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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand Application Of The Maine Agricultural Marketing And Bargaining Act Of 1973 To Harvesters And Haulers Of Forest Products"
description: "An Act To Expand Application Of The Maine Agricultural Marketing And Bargaining Act Of 1973 To Harvesters And Haulers Of Forest Products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1459"
citation: "Maine LD 1459 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARKETING", "COOPERATIVES", "FOREST PRODUCTS PRODUCERS UNDER AGR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a99a790-980e-41a1-8818-ef7467807fa0"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072850"
source_hash: "4bdc5fa6dddb806bd525cefde81d0ab296db1f6a7de665b12429b27989c6d900"
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 1459 (129) — An Act To Expand Application Of The Maine Agricultural Marketing And Bargaining Act Of 1973 To Harvesters And Haulers Of Forest Products
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0444&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0444&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP RPT — **2114** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **8354** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **2311** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Dana DOW — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-02** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed
- **2019-04-02** On motion by Senator DILL of Penobscot REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** Reports Read
- **2019-05-21** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 101 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-23** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** ROLL CALL NO. 120
- **2019-05-23** (Yeas 83 - Nays 54 - Absent 11 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 142 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 0 - Absent 1
- **2019-06-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a99a790-980e-41a1-8818-ef7467807fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).