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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations"
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description: "An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 1519"
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citation: "Maine LD 1519 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "CREATION OF BENEFIT CORPORATIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Erin HERBIG"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-04-11"
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last_action: "2019-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14affca9-c69e-479f-a5f2-75a2e7b28fcd"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073093"
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source_hash: "832aed03a00358f8dacab391fc9464b3fd2ad378dbbe13109a68259f0f7867a6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1519 (129) — An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0468&item=1&snum=129)
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2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0468&item=3&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Erin HERBIG — primary (person)
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- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
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- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
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- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
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- Susan AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
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- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-11** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed
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- **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
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- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-06** Reports Read
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- **2019-06-06** On motion by Senator HERBIG of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2`
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- **2019-06-06** Sent down for concurrence
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- **2019-06-07** Reports READ.
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- **2019-06-07** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **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.
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- **2019-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
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- **2019-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14affca9-c69e-479f-a5f2-75a2e7b28fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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