republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-1998.md

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Bill	An Act To Establish A Disaster Relief Fund For Potato Farmers Adversely Affected By Drought Conditions	An Act To Establish A Disaster Relief Fund For Potato Farmers Adversely Affected By Drought Conditions	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 1998	Maine LD 1998 (130)	bill	ASSISTANCE DISASTER RELIEF FUND POTATOES	enacted	Troy JACKSON	5	38	0	2022-02-23	2022-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/683a0d93-b21b-45bd-8e93-2470b1c008ad	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082908	1b78be2c0bdfef8f132c2d7792286fdb50724acf8c794cda743b500b9c809f92	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1998 (130) — An Act To Establish A Disaster Relief Fund For Potato Farmers Adversely Affected By Drought Conditions

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

Sponsors

• Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
• David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• James DILL — cosponsor (person)
• John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
• Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-23 Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2022-02-23 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-05 Reports READ
• 2022-04-05 Senator DILL of Penobscot moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) Report.
• 2022-04-05 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 By Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) Report,
• 2022-04-07 Taken from the table by the President
• 2022-04-07 Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) Report ACCEPTED
• 2022-04-07 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2022-04-07 Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-04-07 Sent down for concurrence
• 2022-04-11 Reports READ.
• 2022-04-11 On motion of Representative McCREA of Fort Fairfield, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2022-04-11 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2022-04-11 Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2022-04-11 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2022-04-11 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504). reading-3
• 2022-04-11 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-04-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-12 On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2022-04-25 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2022-04-25 On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) reading-3
• 2022-04-25 On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) was ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-25 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-25 Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-25 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-3
• 2022-04-25 Sent down for concurrence
• 2022-04-25 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) thereto. reading-3
• 2022-04-25 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-04-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2022-05-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2022-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/683a0d93-b21b-45bd-8e93-2470b1c008ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).