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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1198: Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry To Assess Its Current Meat And Poultry Inspection Programs

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1198 is a bill introduced in the Maine Senate on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry To Assess Its Current Meat And Poultry Inspection Programs. Primary sponsor: Russell Black (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 30, 2025): Signed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Russell BlackPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Mark CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse107
Dean CrayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Timmy GuerretteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Randy HallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Craig HickmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Caldwell JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Chad PerkinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Jeff TimberlakeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. FINALLY PASSED.
  5. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
  6. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  7. The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-90).
  8. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
  9. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
  10. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
  11. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-90).
  12. Committee Amendment "A" (S-90) READ and ADOPTED.

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source