---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Strengthen Shoreland Zoning Enforcement"
description: "An Act To Strengthen Shoreland Zoning Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2101"
citation: "Maine LD 2101 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND USE", "MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY", "SHORELAND ZONING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy NANGLE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61593063-3287-4c7c-867e-8ebbcbac1474"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091495"
source_hash: "7567ce70d12fd3715e03db502b768e6eee85182a0868167a857505eb5241a22b"
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 2101 (131) — An Act To Strengthen Shoreland Zoning Enforcement

## 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=SP0894&item=3&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0894&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0894&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **107–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy NANGLE — primary (person)
- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur BELL — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-01-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-26** Reports READ
- **2024-03-26** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-26** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-611) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-611) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-03-27** Reports READ.
- **2024-03-27** On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-27** ROLL CALL NO. 425
- **2024-03-27** (Yeas 107 - Nays 36 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-611) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-611). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61593063-3287-4c7c-867e-8ebbcbac1474`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).