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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Support For Sustainable Economic Development In Rural Maine"
description: "An Act To Provide Support For Sustainable Economic Development In Rural Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1478"
citation: "Maine LD 1478 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOND ISSUES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HERBIG"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-18"
last_action: "2017-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/458daaa8-0c6a-4268-a694-562c75ccdc60"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064894"
source_hash: "0a8c8fef30dbeec337acea6e9a26c61ef66cc402539188fe062c8f3af9262644"
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 1478 (128) — An Act To Provide Support For Sustainable Economic Development In Rural Maine
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP101701.asp)
## Sponsors
- HERBIG — primary (person)
- DILL — cosponsor (person)
- HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-18** Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-391).
- **2017-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-391) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-391), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-07** On motion of Representative FREDETTE of Newport, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2017-06-07** Later today assigned.
- **2017-06-08** Speaker laid before the House
- **2017-06-08** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.
- **2017-06-08** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/458daaa8-0c6a-4268-a694-562c75ccdc60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).