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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Reduce Food Waste In Schools"
description: "Resolve, To Reduce Food Waste In Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 541"
citation: "Maine LD 541 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PROGRAMS", "NUTRITION PROGRAMS", "PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heidi SAMPSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30865727-16eb-4cf3-970e-7a1ff2158cb1"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071418"
source_hash: "239d238c2713bb00858133bdd6c63736acab6fc2df882d4900ebfda3352e1cd4"
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 541 (129) — Resolve, To Reduce Food Waste In Schools
## 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=HP0398&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0398&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0398&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Heidi SAMPSON — primary (person)
- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Frances HEAD — cosponsor (person)
- Josanne DOLLOFF — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-31** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-31** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-16** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-255).
- **2019-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-21** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-255) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-255), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-23** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** 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/30865727-16eb-4cf3-970e-7a1ff2158cb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).