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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Maine Healthy Soils Program"
description: "An Act To Establish The Maine Healthy Soils Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 437"
citation: "Maine LD 437 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS", "HEALTHY SOILS PROGRAM", "PRESERVATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacy BRENNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc173888-f9d1-4ce2-bae7-78487aff9527"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078699"
source_hash: "65684f788ff82f777f5c44059ccdc164fdf272a58193548690de9291e3c00702"
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 437 (130) — An Act To Establish The Maine Healthy Soils Program
## 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=SP0179&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0179&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0179&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stacy BRENNER — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 11, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-05-19** Reports Read
- **2021-05-19** On motion by Senator DILL of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 151 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2021-06-02** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-02** On motion of Representative O'NEIL of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-75). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc173888-f9d1-4ce2-bae7-78487aff9527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).