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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Encourage The Purchase And Sale Of Locally Grown And Raised Crops And Products"
description: "An Act To Encourage The Purchase And Sale Of Locally Grown And Raised Crops And Products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 971"
citation: "Maine LD 971 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS", "PROMOTION", "PRODUCTS SOLD IN SUPERMARKETS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle DUNPHY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b12637c2-b255-49a1-8988-81bfbba8af6b"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072069"
source_hash: "358131666a14c26d27edb9de81ade29754404c01affe33718ea73546be803ce0"
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 971 (129) — An Act To Encourage The Purchase And Sale Of Locally Grown And Raised Crops And Products
## 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=HP0726&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0726&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0726&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Michelle DUNPHY — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-26** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-203).
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-203) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-203), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 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/b12637c2-b255-49a1-8988-81bfbba8af6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).