Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1198: Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to Assess Its Current Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs
Status: Signed into law, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
From the engrossed text:
APPROVED CHAPTER MAY 30, 2025 41 BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES STATE OF MAINE _____ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE _____ S.P. 487 - L.D. 1198 Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to Assess Its Current Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, Maine's meat and poultry inspection programs exist to protect the health and welfare of consumers by ensuring that livestock and poultry used in the production of meat and poultry products, respectively, are humanely handled and disease-free and the resulting products are wholesome, not adulterated and correctly labeled and packaged; and Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period to allow the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to begin its review of Maine's meat and poultry inspection programs as soon as possible; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, be it Sec. 1. Meat and poultry inspection study. Resolved: That, within existing budgeted resources, the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry …
Sponsors
- Russell Black (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Mark Cooper (R, 107)
- Dean Cray (R, 69)
- Timothy Guerrette (R, 4)
- Randall Hall (R, 74)
- Craig Hickman (D, 14)
- Caldwell Jackson (R, 80)
- Chad Perkins (R, 31)
- Jeffrey Timberlake (R, 17)
Latest actions
- : FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- : This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-90).In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (S-90) READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-90).Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- : CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE Unfinished Business
Subjects: MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION, Legislature, Senate, Other, AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORE, PROCEDURES
Common questions
- What is LD1198?
- LD1198 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to Assess Its Current Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs.
- What is the status of LD1198?
- Signed into law as of May 30, 2025. Latest action: FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. (May 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1198?
- Russell Black (R, 5), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1198?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1198&snum=132
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