---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Reduced Interest Rates For Logging And Fishing Operations"
description: "An Act To Provide Reduced Interest Rates For Logging And Fishing Operations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1733"
citation: "Maine LD 1733 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL LOGGING AND FISHING", "FINANCIAL PRACTICES", "LOANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f0e4237-4703-4b1d-83cd-0470ea39167f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098693"
source_hash: "e045c196ba516a82940c5d3a31445bc57616ef17588df14086b482a40a47b496"
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 1733 (132) — An Act To Provide Reduced Interest Rates For Logging And Fishing Operations

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-294)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0679&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0679&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1733 SP 679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0679&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
- Amanda COLLAMORE — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Lucien DAIGLE — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-294) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-294). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-294). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-22** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+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/1f0e4237-4703-4b1d-83cd-0470ea39167f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).