---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Funding For The Animal Welfare Fund By Increasing Certain Fees"
description: "An Act To Increase Funding For The Animal Welfare Fund By Increasing Certain Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1744"
citation: "Maine LD 1744 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL WELFARE", "FUND", "FUND SOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James DILL"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-11-30"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0f58e3-6ec3-4a75-944f-6251b2121f00"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280081866"
source_hash: "81ecda542a624b28ea25fcf6cb00c455f33c5fbaf3cf5a13efcb0b3c2d66f371"
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 1744 (130) — An Act To Increase Funding For The Animal Welfare Fund By Increasing Certain Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0599&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0599&item=9&snum=130)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0599&item=3&snum=130)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0599&item=1&snum=130)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0599&item=8&snum=130)

## Votes

- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **76–61** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MIN OTP-B RPT — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **11–21** (fail) · upper
- ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP — **73–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James DILL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on November 30, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Reports Read
- **2022-03-24** On motion by Senator DILL of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "A" (S-454) Report FAILS.
- **2022-03-24** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 634 Yeas 11 - Nays 21 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2022-03-24** Subsequently The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-455) Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-03-24** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 635 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2022-03-24** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Committee Amendment "B" (S-455) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "B" (S-455) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-03-29** Reports READ.
- **2022-03-29** On motion of Representative O'NEIL of Saco, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-29** ROLL CALL NO. 487
- **2022-03-29** (Yeas 73 - Nays 62 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-03-29** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Committee Amendment "B" (S-455) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-29** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-03-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-455). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-19** RECALLED From Governor's Desk pursuant to Joint Order SP 746.
- **2022-04-19** On motion by Senator DILL of Penobscot Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED `passage`
- **2022-04-19** On motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "B" (S-455) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "B" (S-455) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-455) Report was ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2022-04-19** On further motion by Same Senator I ask leave of the Senate to Withdraw this motion `withdrawal`
- **2022-04-19** On further motion by Same Senator The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-454) Report ACCEPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2022-04-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-454) READ
- **2022-04-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-562) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-454) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-454) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-562) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-454) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-562) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-19** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-454) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-562) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** ROLL CALL NO. 591
- **2022-04-19** (Yeas 76 - Nays 61 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-04-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-19** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c0f58e3-6ec3-4a75-944f-6251b2121f00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).