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Bill	An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers	An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 289	Maine LD 289 (129)	bill	WASTES CONTAINERS POLYSTYRENE FOOD SERVICE CONTAINERS	enacted	Stanley ZEIGLER	5	37	2	2019-01-22	2019-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9cfe8428-3a4d-4e85-b335-8d0dae8c7685	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071044	246c7a23ca07b66e711030555e921553ce8d93ab760ca0ed1fd5cabc8cb83b71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 289 (129) — An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Chaptered Law (committee substitute) — source
3. Divided Reports (committee substitute) — source
4. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ENACTMENT — 23–10 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 87–51 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stanley ZEIGLER — primary (person)
• Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Justin CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
• Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
• Michael DEVIN — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
• Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
• Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-22 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-24 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 Reports READ.
• 2019-04-02 On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
• 2019-04-02 Later today assigned.
• 2019-04-04 Speaker laid before the House
• 2019-04-04 On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-04-04 ROLL CALL NO. 37
• 2019-04-04 (Yeas 87 - Nays 51 - Absent 11 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
• 2019-04-04 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-04-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) was READ.
• 2019-04-04 On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, House Amendment "A" (H-55) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-04-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-55) thereto was ADOPTED.
• 2019-04-04 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-04-04 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-55) thereto.
• 2019-04-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-11 Reports READ
• 2019-04-11 Senator CARSON of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
• 2019-04-11 On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
• 2019-04-16 Taken from the table by the President
• 2019-04-16 Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
• 2019-04-16 Roll Call Ordered
• 2019-04-16 Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw his motion for a Roll Call.
• 2019-04-16 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-04-16 Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2019-04-16 House Amendment "A" (H-55) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) ADOPTED
• 2019-04-16 Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-55) thereto ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2019-04-16 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-55) thereto reading-2
• 2019-04-18 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-04-18 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-23 On motion by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT
• 2019-04-25 Taken from the table by the President
• 2019-04-25 Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2019-04-25 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 57 Yeas 23 - Nays 10 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2019-04-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cfe8428-3a4d-4e85-b335-8d0dae8c7685. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).