An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Ending Hunger by 2030 Advisory Group',
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0174
Committee Amendment CA_A_HA_A_H925 (House)
Amends: 7 MRSA §2

HOUSE AMENDMENT 'A "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 127, 
L.D. 174, "An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Ending Hunger by 2030 
Advisory Group', 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 1 and inse11ing the following: 
'Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §2, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
6. Strategic plan to end hunger. Act as the lead among depatiments and agencies of 
State Government to implement a strategic plan to end hunger in the State by 2030. The 
Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, established in Title 5, section 3102, shall 
provide staffing services to the commissioner as necessa1:y for purposes of this subsection, 
Strategies must include: 
A. 
Building infrastructure and capacity necessaty within and outside State 
Government to coordinate implementation of the plan to end hunger in the State; 
B, Ensuring consistent. easy and equitable access to healthy and culturally appropriate 
food; 
C. Promoting, suppo11ing and enabling economic security and opportunity fo1• all 
households in tJ1e State: 
D. Focusing on collective responsibility to amplify the voices of persons experiencing 
food insecurity; and 
E. Closing the equity gap in household food insecurity by addressing underlying 
strnctural inequities. 
The commissioner shall establish an advisory committee to guide the implementation of 
the strategic plan under this subsection to end hunger in the State, The advisory committee 
must be composed of members with expertise relevant to the strategic plan to end hunger 
in the State, including, but not limited to, expertise related to economic development, 
employment, housing, children's issues, health care, education, transpo1tation, emergency 
food and the social safety net as well as expertise that derives from lived experience of 
poverty and food insecurity. At least 1/3 of the members, or 3 members, whichever is 
greater, of the advisory co'tnmittee must be persons with lived experience of food insecurity 
or generational poverty. The advisory committee shall submit a report to the joint standing 
committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over agricultural matters, health and 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
ROS 
HOUSE AMENDMENT "A " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 127, L.D. 174 
human services matters, labor and housing matters, transportation matters and economic 
and community development matters no later than Januaiy 1st of each year until 2030 
regarding activities and progress made toward ending hunger in the State by 2030. The 
joint standing committees may each submit a bill to the Legislature each year relating to 
the subject matter of the report.' 
Amend the amendment in section 2 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 28 in amendment) by 
striking out the following: 
11implementu and insetting the following: 'coordinate the 
implementation of' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Office of Policy Innovation aud the Future Z135 
Initiative: Appropriates funding for one Public Service Coordinator II position and related 
All Other costs to support the coordination, communications and activities of the strategic 
plan to end hunger in the State by 2030. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS ~ LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2021-22 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
1.000 
$125,885 
$5,000 
$130,885 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment requires the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
to act as the lead among depa1tments and agencies of State Government to implement a 
strategic plan to end hunger in the State. Committee Amendment "A" requires the Office 
of Policy Innovation and the Future to et- s the lead agency. The amendment also adds an 
appropriations and id 
sectio 
/ • 
SPONSORED BY: ___ b) 
_ _..;:_:::;._ _____ _ 
(Representative PL UECKER, B.) 
TOWN: Warren 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/01/22 ft'ac:.. 
LD 174 
LR 1083(03) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Ending Hunger by 2030 Advisory Group 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment~• to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Rep. Pluecker of Warren 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
l:: 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
$0 
$0 
($652,361) 
($652,361) 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
($462,337) 
($462,337) 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
($476,748) 
($476,748) 
This amendment replaces the Govemor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) with the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) as the lead agency to implement a strategic plan to end hunger in the 
State. This change reduces the staffing needs of GOPIF from 4 positions to one position. The amended bill includes an 
ongoing General Fund appropriation of $130,885 beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 for one Public Service Coordinator 
II position and related costs. Any additional costs to ACF as a result of this change are anticipated to be minor and can 
be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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