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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Hessel'S Hairstreak As The Maine State Butterfly"
description: "An Act To Establish The Hessel'S Hairstreak As The Maine State Butterfly"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 239"
citation: "Maine LD 239 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE BUTTERFLY", "STATE EMBLEMS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori GRAMLICH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5014c224-5f35-49bd-be13-bf40a569d58c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085469"
source_hash: "d6d19495738b294c0e1152a61c550aee13f45e7f7e95384f597ef24225c8845d"
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 239 (131) — An Act To Establish The Hessel'S Hairstreak As The Maine State Butterfly
## 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=HP0160&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0160&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0160&item=3&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Lori GRAMLICH — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn COPELAND — cosponsor (person)
- Sean PAULHUS — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-87). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-03** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Committee Amendment "A" (H-87) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-04** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-04** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-87), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-04-28T04:00:00+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/5014c224-5f35-49bd-be13-bf40a569d58c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).