---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exempt Certain Emergency Activities And Structure Elevation Increases In Flood Zones From Permit Requirements Under The Natural Resources Protection Act"
description: "An Act To Exempt Certain Emergency Activities And Structure Elevation Increases In Flood Zones From Permit Requirements Under The Natural Resources Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2030"
citation: "Maine LD 2030 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT", "FLOOD ZONES", "PERMITTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter LYFORD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27442c05-118a-4a92-8bde-d6e57d2be1e8"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091311"
source_hash: "86d5a05660e6e6a467d8ab254eba387b31a248bdc3e3ace3a054f9bf8ba43b93"
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 2030 (131) — An Act To Exempt Certain Emergency Activities And Structure Elevation Increases In Flood Zones From Permit Requirements Under The Natural Resources Protection 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=SP0858&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0858&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0858&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Peter LYFORD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 11, 2023 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-547) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-29** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-29** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-547) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-03-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-03-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-03-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-547). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-06** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-03-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+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/27442c05-118a-4a92-8bde-d6e57d2be1e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).