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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change"
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description: "An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change"
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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 1679"
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citation: "Maine LD 1679 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS", "PLANNING", "CLIMATE CHANGE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-05-02"
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last_action: "2019-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb4180d4-9f41-48bb-aad8-2a1c18e4659e"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073696"
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source_hash: "b2c5aaaf87efea2755327f4de3846573c87a5af877722608d0024abe82271eff"
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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 1679 (129) — An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change
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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. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0550&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0550&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0550&item=3&snum=129)
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## Votes
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- Enactment - Emer — **107–29** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David WOODSOME — primary (person)
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- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
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- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
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- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
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- Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
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- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
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- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
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- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
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- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
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- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
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- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-02** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2019-05-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221). `reading-2`
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- **2019-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221).
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- **2019-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
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- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 209
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- **2019-06-07** (Yeas 107 - Nays 29 - Absent 12 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
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- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
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- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
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- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-06-26** 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/eb4180d4-9f41-48bb-aad8-2a1c18e4659e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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