---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Industry Training And Certification For Persons Undertaking Corrosion Prevention And Mitigation For Bridges"
description: "An Act To Require Industry Training And Certification For Persons Undertaking Corrosion Prevention And Mitigation For Bridges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1640"
citation: "Maine LD 1640 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "BRIDGE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS", "TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin CHIPMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-12"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b86efa24-4894-475e-b948-58ae4ab311b3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088656"
source_hash: "6c3ea1d3e723dfcab9fcef9a5f674305cd3d296e08339c7fefdb9e4699369366"
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 1640 (131) — An Act To Require Industry Training And Certification For Persons Undertaking Corrosion Prevention And Mitigation For Bridges

## 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=SP0657&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0657&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0657&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Benjamin CHIPMAN — primary (person)
- Austin THERIAULT — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
- David LAFOUNTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia CRAFTS — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-12** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-04-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-02-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-546) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-28** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-28** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-546) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-02-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-02-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-02-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-546). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-06** On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2024-04-17** TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE
- **2024-04-17** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b86efa24-4894-475e-b948-58ae4ab311b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).