---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Extraction Of Common Minerals By Amending The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act"
description: "An Act To Support Extraction Of Common Minerals By Amending The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1363"
citation: "Maine LD 1363 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND USE", "PERMITS", "ROCK AND MINERAL EXTRACTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/396c4720-1770-44c2-9410-a179abd8119d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088086"
source_hash: "6929820b20e595d51411f75d0b5d9ef31fdec4257fd7842e32d76641168e9316"
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 1363 (131) — An Act To Support Extraction Of Common Minerals By Amending The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act

## 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=HP0877&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0877&item=7&snum=131)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0877&item=5&snum=131)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0877&item=1&snum=131)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0877&item=6&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep — **113–13** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT HBH-601 TO CAH-384 — **11–111** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austin THERIAULT — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy JAVNER — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SOBOLESKI — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-08** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-08** Representative GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2023-06-08** On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, TABLED pending the motion of Representative GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2023-06-08** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-23** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-23** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-23** ROLL CALL NO. 329
- **2023-06-23** (Yeas 113 - Nays 13 - Absent 25 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) was READ.
- **2023-06-23** On motion of Representative GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach, House Amendment "A" (H-576) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-23** Motion of Representative O'NEIL of Saco, House Amendment "B" (H-601) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) was READ and FAILED ADOPTION. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-23** ROLL CALL NO. 330
- **2023-06-23** (Yeas 11 - Nays 111 - Absent 29 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-23** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-576) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-576) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-23** HELD at the Request of Representative O'NEIL of Saco.
- **2023-06-26** RELEASED.
- **2023-06-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-27** Reports READ
- **2023-06-27** On motion by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-27** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 460 Yeas 26 - Nays 7 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) READ
- **2023-06-27** House Amendment "A" (H-576) as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-576) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-384) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-576) thereto in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+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/396c4720-1770-44c2-9410-a179abd8119d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).