---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Transportation To Complete A Feasibility Analysis To Initiate A Commuter And Passenger Train Service Between Portland And The Lewiston And Auburn Area"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Transportation To Complete A Feasibility Analysis To Initiate A Commuter And Passenger Train Service Between Portland And The Lewiston And Auburn Area"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 991"
citation: "Maine LD 991 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PASSENGER", "PORTLAND TO LEWISTON AND AUBURN", "RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin CHIPMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d743a4c2-2a6b-4635-a978-e288407e425f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079452"
source_hash: "df9ee6cf1e5751007da4620ae71e3042dead3f17929e0b64f182ac2bf51f64f1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 991 (130) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Transportation To Complete A Feasibility Analysis To Initiate A Commuter And Passenger Train Service Between Portland And The Lewiston And Auburn Area

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0317&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0317&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0317&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Benjamin CHIPMAN — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Grayson LOOKNER — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-10** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2021-03-10** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-07** Reports READ
- **2021-06-07** On motion by Senator DIAMOND of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-180) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-180) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-08** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-08** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-180) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-08** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-180). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d743a4c2-2a6b-4635-a978-e288407e425f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).