republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1856.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding Permits For Burial Of Cremated Remains	An Act Regarding Permits For Burial Of Cremated Remains	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1856	Maine LD 1856 (128)	bill	INDUSTRIES FUNERAL SERVICES CREMATORIES	enacted	JACKSON	1	16	0	2018-03-06	2018-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/fdf165ce-f98b-41a5-b5fb-48d48ce00a1b	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280068124	be5db5db42490d843d3a57baea39af66509b4befb983d75c82f8e276e1beecf0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1856 (128) — An Act Regarding Permits For Burial Of Cremated Remains

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• JACKSON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-06 Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2018-03-06 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. referral-committee
• 2018-03-06 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-27 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2018-03-27 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2018-03-27 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-2
• 2018-03-27 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2018-03-28 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2018-03-28 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2018-03-28 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2018-03-28 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-02 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2018-04-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-04-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-03 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-04-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdf165ce-f98b-41a5-b5fb-48d48ce00a1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).