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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Public Health Through Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspections"
description: "An Act To Protect Public Health Through Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 543"
citation: "Maine LD 543 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER QUALITY", "SEPTIC SYSTEMS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lydia BLUME"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/379c4d40-1ca2-4f08-9236-5b14b59ac452"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071420"
source_hash: "f2566b3ad2576700863e3a75eb21033e1682e17f33aeb4c47ee70477dfb8cfe0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0400&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0400&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0400&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **9546** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/379c4d40-1ca2-4f08-9236-5b14b59ac452`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).