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Bill	An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act	An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 285	Maine LD 285 (129)	bill	STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT RULEMAKING PROCESS	enacted	Stanley ZEIGLER	2	23	1	2019-01-22	2019-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/936b1949-3af0-4948-a2df-93be20116059	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071038	effa00328c4627d270df60f3da69be99c1f84b85dd341d8f71f7daedfeceaebe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 285 (129) — An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act

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

Votes

• ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — 84–55 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stanley ZEIGLER — primary (person)
• Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
• Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
• Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
• Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-22 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-24 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Reports READ.
• 2019-03-19 On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-03-19 ROLL CALL NO. 17
• 2019-03-19 (Yeas 84 - Nays 55 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
• 2019-03-19 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-03-19 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-03-19 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2019-03-19 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-03-21 Reports Read
• 2019-03-21 On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2019-03-21 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-03-21 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2019-03-26 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2019-03-26 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-03-26 Ordered sent down forthwith
• 2019-03-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-03-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-04-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/936b1949-3af0-4948-a2df-93be20116059. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).