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type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Conduct A Feasibility Study For Extending Passenger Rail Service From Brunswick Through Augusta And Waterville To Bangor"
description: "Resolve, To Conduct A Feasibility Study For Extending Passenger Rail Service From Brunswick Through Augusta And Waterville To Bangor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 227"
citation: "Maine LD 227 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PASSENGER", "RAILROADS", "STUDY BRUNSWICK TO BANGOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3b6bcb7-e9f3-4444-b61b-471d278a3b06"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078299"
source_hash: "e426b043014f0809cc76f222f00af8b9c5432a81b2ae324fd6c6111f9b6f0894"
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 227 (130) — Resolve, To Conduct A Feasibility Study For Extending Passenger Rail Service From Brunswick Through Augusta And Waterville To Bangor
## 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=SP0095&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0095&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0095&item=3&snum=130)
## Sponsors
- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)
- Barbara CARDONE — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-183) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-183). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-07** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-183). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+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/d3b6bcb7-e9f3-4444-b61b-471d278a3b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).