---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing The Issuance Of Bonds And Notes By The City Of Bath"
description: "An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing The Issuance Of Bonds And Notes By The City Of Bath"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1821"
citation: "Maine LD 1821 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDING AUTHORITY", "CITY OF BATH", "MUNICIPALITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-27"
last_action: "2023-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26457df3-c3ea-4bb9-9a6a-96c44f5f6f6f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089019"
source_hash: "60f405879060ff37accdf9e4216a70ac9d217a3df43e56c6be2ac8f85fa27101"
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 1821 (131) — An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing The Issuance Of Bonds And Notes By The City Of Bath

## 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=SP0736&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0736&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0736&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Sean PAULHUS — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-04-27** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** Reports Read
- **2023-06-06** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-147) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-147) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-07** On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-147) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-147). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+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/26457df3-c3ea-4bb9-9a6a-96c44f5f6f6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).