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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Resolve, To Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. To Sue The State"
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description: "Resolve, To Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. To Sue The State"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 1667"
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citation: "Maine LD 1667 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEMPHILL FARMS", "TORT CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENTS", "TORTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-04-17"
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last_action: "2026-01-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/396c2812-f1e0-436d-8477-392ebaf67540"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098540"
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source_hash: "252ee0a27442b52230fbafcf85381bd67b053daa15ac23e9904ad98e30c83e54"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1667 (132) — Resolve, To Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. To Sue The State
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment C-A (S-406)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0661&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-422)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0661&item=3&snum=132)
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3. **Chapter 129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0661&item=4&snum=132)
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4. **LD 1667 SP 661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0661&item=1&snum=132)
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## Votes
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- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT — **11–24** (fail) · upper
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- ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP — **48–99** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
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- Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph UNDERWOOD — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
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- Roger ALBERT — cosponsor (person)
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- Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy GUERRETTE — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-17** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2025-04-17** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-16** Report READ
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- **2025-06-16** Senator CARNEY of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report
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- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report. Roll Call Ordered
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- **2025-06-17** Taken from the table by the President
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- **2025-06-17** ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
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- **2025-06-17** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 597 Yeas 11 - Nays 24 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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- **2025-06-17** Subsequently The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) Report ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) READ
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- **2025-06-17** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** Sent down for concurrence
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- **2025-06-17** Reports READ.
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- **2025-06-17** Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
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- **2025-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 563
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- **2025-06-17** (Yeas 48 - Nays 99 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
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- **2025-06-17** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-06-17** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) was READ.
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- **2025-06-17** Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2025-06-17** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto. `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-17** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-18** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
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- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
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- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2025-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/396c2812-f1e0-436d-8477-392ebaf67540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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