---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Chapter 379: Compensation For Impacts To High-Value Agricultural Land From Solar Energy Development, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Environmental Protection"
description: "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Chapter 379: Compensation For Impacts To High-Value Agricultural Land From Solar Energy Development, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Environmental Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1976"
citation: "Maine LD 1976 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT", "IMPACTS TO HIGH-VALUE LAND", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori GRAMLICH"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-13"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e048a0a-cd7f-4caf-b591-78b8052cb7cb"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099294"
source_hash: "b25ea3676ce3c42a8d3fbc701a575550af46fa46f895c230d72bc725fe9315f7"
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 1976 (132) — Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Chapter 379: Compensation For Impacts To High-Value Agricultural Land From Solar Energy Development, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Environmental Protection

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 51** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1320&item=3&snum=132)
2. **LD 1976 HP 1320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1320&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Lori GRAMLICH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-13** Representative GRAMLICH for the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 8072 and approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council, reports that the Resolve be REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-13** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-13** On motion by Senator Tepler of Sagadahoc REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-28** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-05-29** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-05-29** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e048a0a-cd7f-4caf-b591-78b8052cb7cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).