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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exclude Cardboard Beverage Containers From The Laws Governing Returnable Beverage Containers"
description: "An Act To Exclude Cardboard Beverage Containers From The Laws Governing Returnable Beverage Containers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 227"
citation: "Maine LD 227 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTAINERS - RETURNABLE", "BOTTLES", "CARDBOARD BEVERAGE CONTAINERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVIELLO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/add17009-2280-47d0-b568-22f27d8791bd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062721"
source_hash: "e8ce100b9abf2277393d8754a0b8c59cb3c4a4f17ba393c602c86689402e3ab8"
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 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](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP007301.asp)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/add17009-2280-47d0-b568-22f27d8791bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).