republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-543.md

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Bill	An Act To Protect Public Health Through Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspections	An Act To Protect Public Health Through Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspections	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 543	Maine LD 543 (129)	bill	WATER QUALITY SEPTIC SYSTEMS PROVISIONS REVISED	enacted	Lydia BLUME	3	25	1	2019-01-31	2019-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/379c4d40-1ca2-4f08-9236-5b14b59ac452	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071420	f2566b3ad2576700863e3a75eb21033e1682e17f33aeb4c47ee70477dfb8cfe0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 543 (129) — An Act To Protect Public Health Through Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspections

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 95–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lydia BLUME — primary (person)
• Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
• Janice COOPER — cosponsor (person)
• John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 Reports READ.
• 2019-03-26 On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-03-26 ROLL CALL NO. 21
• 2019-03-26 (Yeas 95 - Nays 46 - Absent 8 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
• 2019-03-26 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-03-26 Committee Amendment "A" (H-37) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-03-26 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-03-26 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-37).
• 2019-03-26 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-03-28 Reports Read
• 2019-03-28 On motion by Senator CARSON of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2019-03-28 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-03-28 Committee Amendment "A" (H-37) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2019-03-28 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2019-04-02 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2019-04-02 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-37), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-04-02 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-04-04 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2019-04-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-11 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-04-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/379c4d40-1ca2-4f08-9236-5b14b59ac452. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).