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

LD 228: An Act To Allow Coastal Seawalls To Be Raised By Up To 2 Feet In Order To Accommodate Predicted Sea Level Rise

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 228 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Allow Coastal Seawalls To Be Raised By Up To 2 Feet In Order To Accommodate Predicted Sea Level Rise. Primary sponsor: Bob Foley (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 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 2 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bob FoleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse145
Donna BaileyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Mark BlierCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Dick CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Lori GramlichCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse131
Joe MartinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Rick MasonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Mike SoboleskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73

“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. PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  5. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
  6. Ordered sent down forthwith.
  7. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-164), in concurrence.
  8. Committee Amendment "A" (H-164) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.
  9. READ ONCE.
  10. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
  11. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  12. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-164).

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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