republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-820.md

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Bill	An Act To Protect Maine'S Clean Water And Taxpayers From Mining Pollution	An Act To Protect Maine'S Clean Water And Taxpayers From Mining Pollution	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 820	Maine LD 820 (128)	bill	GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION MINE SITE POLLUTION PROTECTIONS	enacted	CARSON	1	35	4	2017-03-02	2017-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/64518877-57aa-4d1d-be4c-f83af149675c	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063670	70435d1c52ed72dbf1aba3b0db177d1034ac3a90fe8cd9961d2ab4377c2c9139	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 820 (128) — An Act To Protect Maine'S Clean Water And Taxpayers From Mining Pollution

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration - Veto — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration - Veto — 122–21 (pass) · lower
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 126–14 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CARSON — primary (person)
• CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
• COREY — cosponsor (person)
• FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
• HARLOW — cosponsor (person)
• HARVELL — cosponsor (person)
• MAREAN — cosponsor (person)
• PARRY — cosponsor (person)
• PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
• SAVIELLO — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-02 Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed
• 2017-03-02 REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
• 2017-03-02 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-03-02 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. referral-committee
• 2017-03-02 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-09 Reports READ
• 2017-05-09 On motion by Senator CARSON of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2017-05-09 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 109 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2017-05-09 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-05-09 Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) READ and ADOPTED
• 2017-05-09 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2017-05-11 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-11 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) reading-2
• 2017-05-11 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-05-16 Reports READ.
• 2017-05-16 On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
• 2017-05-16 Later today assigned.
• 2017-05-18 Speaker laid before the House
• 2017-05-18 On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-18 ROLL CALL NO. 124
• 2017-05-18 (Yeas 126 - Nays 14 - Absent 9 - Excused 2)
• 2017-05-18 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-05-18 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2017-05-18 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-73).
• 2017-05-18 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-23 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-06-07 LD 820 In Senate, June 7, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 35 IN FAVOR and 0 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. veto-override-passage
• 2017-06-07 This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"
• 2017-06-07 ROLL CALL NO. 269V
• 2017-06-07 122 having voted in the affirmative and 21 in the negative, with 7 being absent, and 1 excused, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since two-thirds of the members of the House so voted.
• 2017-06-07 Sent to the Engrossing Department. became-law
• 2017-06-07 Ordered Sent Forthwith.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64518877-57aa-4d1d-be4c-f83af149675c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).