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LD468 • 2025

An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food

An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food

Agriculture
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Henry Ingwersen
Last action
2026-04-16
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food

An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food Sponsor: Senator Henry Ingwersen Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food Sponsor: Senator Henry Ingwersen Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0635(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0635(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 468 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.
Sponsored By Senator Rotundo of Androscoggin , Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0635(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0635(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 468 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 4STATE OF MAINE 5SENATE 6132ND LEGISLATURE 7SECOND REGULAR SESSION 8 SENATE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-16 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-04-13 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2026-04-13 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-04-07 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-02-05 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food
Sponsor:
Senator Henry Ingwersen
Reference committee:
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR0635(05)
STATE OF MAINE
_____
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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S.P. 206 - L.D. 468
An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access
Locally Produced Food
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF
Fund To Address Food Insecurity and Provide Nutrition Incentives Z329
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Fund To Address Food Insecurity and Provide
Nutrition Incentives to be used to match contributions from private and public sources.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $0 $500,000
__________ __________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $500,000
APPROVED
APRIL 16, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
745
PUBLIC LAW