---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry In Maine"
description: "An Act To Support Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 473"
citation: "Maine LD 473 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "PROCEDURES", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6a0605-f4f8-4baf-9f6b-39eae4af4d29"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096339"
source_hash: "9053d22f58600d389fb40c34516f30daf0c6527056087fba0b12788de050b14b"
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 473 (132) — An Act To Support Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry In Maine

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-626)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0213&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0213&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 473 SP 213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0213&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-04-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-626) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-626). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-04-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2026-04-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-04-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-04-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-626). `reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-04-07** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-07** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-04-06T04:00:00+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/8f6a0605-f4f8-4baf-9f6b-39eae4af4d29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).