republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-856.md

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Bill	An Act To Extend The Germination Testing Period For Cool-Weather Lawn And Turf Seed From 9 To 15 Months	An Act To Extend The Germination Testing Period For Cool-Weather Lawn And Turf Seed From 9 To 15 Months	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 856	Maine LD 856 (128)	bill	SUPPLIES SEED EXTENSION OF TESTING PERIOD FOR GRA	enacted	LYFORD	1	18	0	2017-03-07	2017-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e666c6aa-ba63-40a0-b8c5-9698f135e3cf	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063796	e83ebd32da2f0f06d5cb118d68e951054233e1fe4b59f5fea1037ac383b31755	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 856 (128) — An Act To Extend The Germination Testing Period For Cool-Weather Lawn And Turf Seed From 9 To 15 Months

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• LYFORD — primary (person)
• CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
• HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
• STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
• STEARNS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-07 Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
• 2017-03-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-03-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-04-25 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-04-25 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2017-04-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-04-27 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2017-04-27 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-04-27 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2017-05-02 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-02 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-05-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-05-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e666c6aa-ba63-40a0-b8c5-9698f135e3cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).