---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Public Access To Conservation Land By Providing Protections From Liability To Landowners"
description: "An Act To Ensure Public Access To Conservation Land By Providing Protections From Liability To Landowners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1953"
citation: "Maine LD 1953 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESS", "LANDOWNER PROTECTIONS", "PUBLIC LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacy BRENNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-07"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe91ee54-2b18-4966-b70e-0943975b8e8f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099159"
source_hash: "38103833908127b78e7c75b944126c4c574f8b759785d561a81be9074be6a2d5"
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 1953 (132) — An Act To Ensure Public Access To Conservation Land By Providing Protections From Liability To Landowners

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-187)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0761&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0761&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1953 SP 761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0761&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Stacy BRENNER — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- John DUCHARME — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-07** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-187) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-187). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-187). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+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/fe91ee54-2b18-4966-b70e-0943975b8e8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).