republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1519.md

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Bill	An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations	An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1519	Maine LD 1519 (129)	bill	BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CORPORATIONS CREATION OF BENEFIT CORPORATIONS	enacted	Erin HERBIG	2	19	0	2019-04-11	2019-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/14affca9-c69e-479f-a5f2-75a2e7b28fcd	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073093	832aed03a00358f8dacab391fc9464b3fd2ad378dbbe13109a68259f0f7867a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1519 (129) — An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations

Version chain

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

1. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
2. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Erin HERBIG — primary (person)
• Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
• Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
• Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
• Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
• Susan AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-11 Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed
• 2019-04-11 On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook REFERENCE to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2019-04-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-06 Reports Read
• 2019-06-06 On motion by Senator HERBIG of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-06 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED reading-2
• 2019-06-06 Sent down for concurrence
• 2019-06-07 Reports READ.
• 2019-06-07 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-07 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-06-07 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-06-07 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2019-06-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14affca9-c69e-479f-a5f2-75a2e7b28fcd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).