---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Bureau Of Alcoholic Beverages And Lottery Operations To Study Paying Bonuses To Agents For Selling Certain Powerball Tickets"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Bureau Of Alcoholic Beverages And Lottery Operations To Study Paying Bonuses To Agents For Selling Certain Powerball Tickets"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1125"
citation: "Maine LD 1125 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENTS", "BONUSES", "LOTTERY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77235b95-6101-47cf-b0e1-d1e62afa2196"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087258"
source_hash: "2477c4fe19ac4c10a156d143e1393ed369243a4fee91b215698ae6db75ebb39e"
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 1125 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Bureau Of Alcoholic Beverages And Lottery Operations To Study Paying Bonuses To Agents For Selling Certain Powerball Tickets

## 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=SP0459&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0459&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0459&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — primary (person)
- Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila LYMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-03-16** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-69) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-11** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-11** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-69) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-16** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-69). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-18** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-23** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+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/77235b95-6101-47cf-b0e1-d1e62afa2196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).