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IntroducedJan 03, 2024
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Passed SenateFeb 08, 2024
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Passed HouseFeb 13, 2024
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Signed into Law
SP 886, An Act To Address Food Insecurity By Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food
Last Action See all actions
House • Nov 20, 2024: The Bill was in the possession of the House upon the conclusion of the 131st Legislature and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 2093
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Allison Heplercosponsor
- Craig Hickmancosponsor
- Troy Jacksoncosponsor
- Laurie Oshercosponsor
- Teresa Piercecosponsor
- William Plueckercosponsor
- Holly Stovercosponsor
Lobbyists
Benjamin Daley | Client: Lewiston | For | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Ben Whatley | Client: TOPSHAM | For | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Courtney Kennedy | Client: Good Shepherd Food Bank | For | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Tobin Williamson | Client: Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Anna Korsen | Client: Full Plates Full Potential | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Kelley Erickson | Client: Portland | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Keena Tracy | Client: Lisbon | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Jimmy DeBiasi | Client: Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Lorelei Cimeno | Client: Orland | For | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Adele Wise | Client: Cumberland County Food Security Council | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Maureen Clancy | Client: Portland Public Schools | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Gillian Cridler | Client: Portland | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Catherine Kinney | Client: South Portland | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Colleen Labbe | Client: Blackie's Farm Fresh Produce | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Keyko Torres | Client: Portland, ME | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Jeaanie Verrando | Client: Cultivating Community | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Darcy Cooke | Client: Ellsworth | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Rae Sage | Client: Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Penelope (Penny) Jordan | Client: Cape Elizabeth | For | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Jan Goranson | Client: Dresden | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Kate Pilotte | Client: Castine | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Stephanie Peer | Client: PORTLAND | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Taylor Cray | Client: Preble Street | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Sen. Mattie Daughtry | Client: Senate District 23 | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Nicholas Escobedo | Client: Scarborough | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Ann Dodd-Collins | Client: Portland | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Colleen Donlan | Client: Somali Bantu Community Association | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Jamison Pacheco | Client: Bath, ME | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Shelley Megquier | Client: Maine Farmland Trust | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Lucie Nolden | Client: Lincolnville, Maine | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Colin Vettier | Client: Portland | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Jaime Berhanu | Client: Bowdoinham | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Kirsten Walter | Client: Lewiston | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Ben Whatley | Client: Topsham | Written | Start date: 01-22-2024 | End date: 01-22-2024 |
Votes
Actions
- Nov 20, 2024 | House
- The Bill was in the possession of the House upon the conclusion of the 131st Legislature and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
- May 10, 2024 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to any special session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1482.
- May 10, 2024 | Senate
- On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-516)
- On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-767) READ and ADOPTED
- PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-516) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-767) In NON-CONCURRENCE
- Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- Feb 20, 2024 | Senate
- On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- Feb 15, 2024 | House
- This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Feb 13, 2024 | House
- CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-516).
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Feb 08, 2024 | Senate
- COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-516)
- Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- Feb 06, 2024 | Senate
- Report READ and ACCEPTED
- READ ONCE
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-516) READ and ADOPTED
- ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- Jan 31, 2024 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM
- Jan 22, 2024 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 214)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - OTP-AM
- Jan 03, 2024 | House
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY.
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jan 03, 2024 | Senate
- Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-516) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-516) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Fiscal Note for Amendment S-A (S-767) -- RotundoHTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment S-A (S-767) -- RotundoPDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Elizabeth Alvarez (Maine Federation of Farmers Markets)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Jaime Berhanu (Bowdoinham)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Lorelei Cimeno (Orland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Maureen Clancy (Portland Public Schools)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Darcy Cooke (Ellsworth)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Taylor Cray (Preble Street)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Gillian Cridler (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Sen. Mattie Daughtry (Senate District 23)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Jimmy DeBiasi (Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Jimmy DeBiasi (Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Kate Del Vecchio (Richmond)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Ann Dodd-Collins (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Colleen Donlan (Somali Bantu Community Association)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Kelley Erickson (Portland )PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Nicholas Escobedo (Scarborough)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Jan Goranson (Dresden)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Henry Ingwersen (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Penelope (Penny) Jordan (Cape Elizabeth )PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Courtney Kennedy (Good Shepherd Food Bank)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Catherine Kinney (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Anna Korsen (Full Plates Full Potential)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Colleen Labbe (Blackie's Farm Fresh Produce)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Anna Libby (Maine Organic Farmer and Gardeners Association)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Shelley Megquier (Maine Farmland Trust)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Lucie Nolden (Lincolnville, Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Theresa Oleksiw (Farms for Food Equity)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Jamison Pacheco (Bath, ME)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Stephanie Peer (PORTLAND)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Kate Pilotte (Castine)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Rae Sage (Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Silvan Shawe (Cultivating Community)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Jennifer Stonebraker (Bowdoinham Food Pantry)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Keyko Torres (Portland, ME)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Keena Tracy (Lisbon)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Jeaanie Verrando (Cultivating Community)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Colin Vettier (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Kirsten Walter (Lewiston)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Michelle Webb (Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Ben Whatley (Topsham)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Tobin Williamson (Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 22, 2024 by Adele Wise (Cumberland County Food Security Council)PDF
- Courtney Kennedy, Good Shepherd Food Bank (Speaking For) - ACF 01/19/2024 04:01 PM
- Tobin Williamson, Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 09:23 AM
- Anna Korsen, Full Plates Full Potential (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 10:17 AM
- Kelley Erickson, Portland (Written) - ACF 01/21/2024 05:34 PM
- Keena Tracy, Lisbon (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 11:02 AM
- Jimmy DeBiasi, Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets (Written) - ACF 01/15/2024 03:22 PM
- Lorelei Cimeno, Orland (Speaking For) - ACF 01/22/2024 09:14 AM
- Adele Wise, Cumberland County Food Security Council (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 04:18 PM
- Maureen Clancy, Portland Public Schools (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 02:37 PM
- Gillian Cridler, Portland (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 12:19 PM
- Catherine Kinney, South Portland (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 10:27 AM
- Colleen Labbe, Blackie's Farm Fresh Produce (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 02:42 PM
- Keyko Torres, Portland, ME (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 02:32 PM
- Jeaanie Verrando, Cultivating Community (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 11:32 AM
- Darcy Cooke, Ellsworth (Written) - ACF 01/21/2024 07:21 PM
- Rae Sage, Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 09:01 AM
- Penelope (Penny) Jordan, Cape Elizabeth (Speaking For) - ACF 01/21/2024 10:54 AM
- Jan Goranson, Dresden (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 01:24 PM
- Kate Pilotte, Castine (Written) - ACF 01/20/2024 12:28 PM
- Stephanie Peer, PORTLAND (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 10:58 AM
- Taylor Cray, Preble Street (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 01:26 PM
- Sen. Mattie Daughtry, Senate District 23 (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 11:37 AM
- Nicholas Escobedo, Scarborough (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 05:54 AM
- Ann Dodd-Collins, Portland (Written) - ACF 01/21/2024 03:10 PM
- Colleen Donlan, Somali Bantu Community Association (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 10:29 AM
- Jamison Pacheco, Bath, ME (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 10:08 AM
- Shelley Megquier, Maine Farmland Trust (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 10:07 AM
- Lucie Nolden, Lincolnville, Maine (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 11:46 AM
- Colin Vettier, Portland (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 11:53 AM
- Jaime Berhanu, Bowdoinham (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 09:46 AM
- Kirsten Walter, Lewiston (Written) - ACF 01/19/2024 04:45 PM
- Ben Whatley, Topsham (Written) - ACF 01/22/2024 09:54 AM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=2093&SessionID=15
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280091487
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280091487
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=2093&PID=1456&snum=131
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091487
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/ACF/01-22-2024