---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Recycling By Updating The Stewardship Program For Packaging"
description: "An Act To Improve Recycling By Updating The Stewardship Program For Packaging"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1423"
citation: "Maine LD 1423 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PACKAGING", "RECYCLING", "WASTES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c7fb597-d973-48fa-b122-4d25f2eb75c7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098094"
source_hash: "bc0c3fcff13fa8249e38f83190867eced2cab971ebf1dfc0392ce6065f52bfda"
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 1423 (132) — An Act To Improve Recycling By Updating The Stewardship Program For Packaging

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-419)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-420)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=4&snum=132)
4. **LD 1423 SP 579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **88–59** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** Reports Read
- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-17** On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 554
- **2025-06-17** (Yeas 88 - Nays 59 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-419). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c7fb597-d973-48fa-b122-4d25f2eb75c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).