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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Banning Polystyrene Foam To Exclude Packaging For Meat, Poultry, Fish, Seafood And Eggs"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Banning Polystyrene Foam To Exclude Packaging For Meat, Poultry, Fish, Seafood And Eggs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1631"
citation: "Maine LD 1631 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTAINERS", "POLYSTYRENE PACKAGING IN MEAT PACK", "WASTES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John MARTIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af991591-51e5-4f39-b17c-343802cbc221"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080673"
source_hash: "9b814abde6a59cdcbe6753f3d5bba06d7ee8b5a6eb667e8f90dc6d8643d46eca"
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 1631 (130) — An Act To Amend The Laws Banning Polystyrene Foam To Exclude Packaging For Meat, Poultry, Fish, Seafood And Eggs
## 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=HP1214&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1214&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1214&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ENACT-EMER 2/3 ELECT — **322** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John MARTIN — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-04-28** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-416). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-416) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-416), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 305 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af991591-51e5-4f39-b17c-343802cbc221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).