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type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Establish The Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Creating Basic Income Security"
description: "Resolve, To Establish The Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Creating Basic Income Security"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1324"
citation: "Maine LD 1324 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSISTANCE", "INCOME", "BASIC ECONOMIC SECURITY STUDY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eb3cdb8-87af-46a3-87b1-90f8b9898de8"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072584"
source_hash: "404766f5da7356c76c77ed0cdf76d89b99ae65927515f61f33ac269c7b878753"
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 1324 (129) — Resolve, To Establish The Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Creating Basic Income Security
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7762** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **2113** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-19** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-19** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Reports Read
- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 152 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-157) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-157) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-30** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-30** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-30** ROLL CALL NO. 154
- **2019-05-30** (Yeas 77 - Nays 62 - Absent 9 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-30** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-157) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-30** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-157).
- **2019-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc PLACED ON THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently FINALLY PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/0eb3cdb8-87af-46a3-87b1-90f8b9898de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).