republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-227.md

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Bill	An Act To Exclude Cardboard Beverage Containers From The Laws Governing Returnable Beverage Containers	An Act To Exclude Cardboard Beverage Containers From The Laws Governing Returnable Beverage Containers	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 227	Maine LD 227 (128)	bill	CONTAINERS - RETURNABLE BOTTLES CARDBOARD BEVERAGE CONTAINERS	enacted	SAVIELLO	1	21	0	2017-01-26	2017-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/add17009-2280-47d0-b568-22f27d8791bd	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062721	e8ce100b9abf2277393d8754a0b8c59cb3c4a4f17ba393c602c86689402e3ab8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 227 (128) — An Act To Exclude Cardboard Beverage Containers From The Laws Governing Returnable Beverage Containers

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• SAVIELLO — primary (person)
• BLACK — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed
• 2017-01-26 REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
• 2017-01-26 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-01-26 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-03-09 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2017-03-09 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Committee Amendment "A" (S-4) READ and ADOPTED
• 2017-03-09 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2017-03-14 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2017-03-14 READ a SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-4)
• 2017-03-14 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-03-16 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-03-21 Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
• 2017-03-21 CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-03-21 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-4).
• 2017-03-21 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-03-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-03-23 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-03-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-03-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/add17009-2280-47d0-b568-22f27d8791bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).