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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change"
description: "An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1679"
citation: "Maine LD 1679 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS", "PLANNING", "CLIMATE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-02"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb4180d4-9f41-48bb-aad8-2a1c18e4659e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073696"
source_hash: "b2c5aaaf87efea2755327f4de3846573c87a5af877722608d0024abe82271eff"
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 1679 (129) — An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change
## 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=SP0550&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0550&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0550&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- Enactment - Emer — **10729** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David WOODSOME — primary (person)
- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-02** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-05-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221).
- **2019-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 209
- **2019-06-07** (Yeas 107 - Nays 29 - Absent 12 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 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/eb4180d4-9f41-48bb-aad8-2a1c18e4659e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).