---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Designate The 2Nd Week Of May As Dark Sky Week"
description: "An Act To Designate The 2Nd Week Of May As Dark Sky Week"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 567"
citation: "Maine LD 567 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DARK SKY WEEK", "STATE COMMEMORATIONS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey GUERIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35efea0b-c44b-46ab-ac76-a8193dbf6c5a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096571"
source_hash: "d34dd6fccd17ae0f4a2db7738adbf744dee680cf7d0783a6b73404bc0fe2619a"
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 567 (132) — An Act To Designate The 2Nd Week Of May As Dark Sky Week

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-54)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0247&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0247&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 567 SP 247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0247&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Stacey GUERIN — primary (person)
- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly POMERLEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn COPELAND — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 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.
- **2025-05-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-54) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-54). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-54). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+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/35efea0b-c44b-46ab-ac76-a8193dbf6c5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).