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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exempt Pegmatite Mining From The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act And Establish A Permit-By-Rule Process"
description: "An Act To Exempt Pegmatite Mining From The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act And Establish A Permit-By-Rule Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 795"
citation: "Maine LD 795 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND USE", "PEGMATITE", "PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph MARTIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ae7d9c5-36a2-4954-a9be-b2b56cbd2192"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096938"
source_hash: "60a8d34dd16af2e2d4e0da5c80de24e823e8a87afe07ef386ef9001cc4ed3154"
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 795 (132) — An Act To Exempt Pegmatite Mining From The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act And Establish A Permit-By-Rule Process
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-38)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0360&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0360&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 795 SP 360** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0360&item=1&snum=132)
## Sponsors
- Joseph MARTIN — primary (person)
- Michael LANCE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SOBOLESKI — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 27, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-38) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-38). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-38). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-02T04:00:00+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/2ae7d9c5-36a2-4954-a9be-b2b56cbd2192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).