republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Making Unified Allocations From The Highway Fund And Other Funds For The Expenditures Of State Government And Changing Certain Provisions Of The Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government For The Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024 And June 30, 2025"
description: "An Act Making Unified Allocations From The Highway Fund And Other Funds For The Expenditures Of State Government And Changing Certain Provisions Of The Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government For The Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024 And June 30, 2025"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 259"
citation: "Maine LD 259 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melanie SACHS"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8e8cad1-312b-4da8-b72e-9477c658a49d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085494"
source_hash: "fb7422f43dfe7b8e8282cac1ccb03116f4ecf37dc138173fd427042157e5cfd6"
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 259 (131) — An Act Making Unified Allocations From The Highway Fund And Other Funds For The Expenditures Of State Government And Changing Certain Provisions Of The Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government For The Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024 And June 30, 2025

## 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=HP0164&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0164&item=7&snum=131)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0164&item=3&snum=131)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0164&item=1&snum=131)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0164&item=6&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Melanie SACHS — primary (person)
- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-24** Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION 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.
- **2023-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-14** On motion of Representative WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-505) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-505). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** Reports READ
- **2023-06-14** On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-505) Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-505) READ
- **2023-06-14** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-505) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-505) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-505) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-15** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-505) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence
- **2023-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8e8cad1-312b-4da8-b72e-9477c658a49d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).