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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit Emergency Funding For Food Banks When A State Of Emergency Is Declared"
description: "An Act To Permit Emergency Funding For Food Banks When A State Of Emergency Is Declared"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 87"
citation: "Maine LD 87 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "FOOD BANKS", "FUNDING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean PAULHUS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f59db94-e0f4-4939-9a63-60a422d8086a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085230"
source_hash: "6224496858b3db6ad45a4f3a0d4e707c9325a7394b7094f459381ae281889912"
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 87 (131) — An Act To Permit Emergency Funding For Food Banks When A State Of Emergency Is Declared
## 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=HP0055&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0055&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0055&item=3&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Sean PAULHUS — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Representative SACHS from the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-03-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-03-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-212). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-05-30** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (H-212) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-212), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To - REF TO SLG
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+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/4f59db94-e0f4-4939-9a63-60a422d8086a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).