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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Acknowledge Potable Water As A Necessity"
description: "An Act To Acknowledge Potable Water As A Necessity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1121"
citation: "Maine LD 1121 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS PRACTICES", "FAIR TRADE", "PROFITEERING", "POTABLE WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin CHENETTE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/200e7f1c-36d0-4774-83e2-e01ac70a7356"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072273"
source_hash: "8b89ad6646e886f8a445341b450be317375d11cf77fd67b4a75110fcde08e441"
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 1121 (129) — An Act To Acknowledge Potable Water As A Necessity
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Justin CHENETTE — primary (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS suggested and ordered printed
- **2019-03-07** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-05-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 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/200e7f1c-36d0-4774-83e2-e01ac70a7356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).