---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Scheduling Of Agricultural Fairs And Pulling Events"
description: "An Act Regarding Scheduling Of Agricultural Fairs And Pulling Events"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2096"
citation: "Maine LD 2096 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL", "DATES", "FAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christina MITCHELL"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d5c575c-b120-4f55-b473-ebfbd532d823"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101158"
source_hash: "e91d252281eba2877334317ec3d4916666c7b888e2b9bb313205cd4717d19c36"
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 2096 (132) — An Act Regarding Scheduling Of Agricultural Fairs And Pulling Events

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-823)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1411&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 582** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1411&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2096 HP 1411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1411&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Christina MITCHELL — primary (person)
- Caldwell JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Mark COOPER — cosponsor (person)
- Parnell TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon FROST — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy GUERRETTE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2026-01-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-01-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-03-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-03-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-823). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-10** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-823) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-10** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-12** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-12** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-823), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-03-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+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/0d5c575c-b120-4f55-b473-ebfbd532d823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).