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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red"
+description: "An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "128"
+identifier: "LD 426"
+citation: "Maine LD 426 (128)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HUNTING", "SAFETY", "RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR ORANGE CLOT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCREA"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-07"
+last_action: "2017-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8df8c066-0532-4a77-a764-c3d07e72f385"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063126"
+source_hash: "99c57b5c695feefbe1273ae69c8b27739005d7296f93b6cb98e58c159e29f93d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 426 (128) — An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP030601.asp)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **120–27** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCREA — primary (person)
+- BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
+- CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
+- GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
+- MAKER — cosponsor (person)
+- McELWEE — cosponsor (person)
+- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
+- SHERMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-07** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2017-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2017-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-11** Reports READ.
+- **2017-05-11** On motion of Representative DUCHESNE of Hudson, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2017-05-11** ROLL CALL NO. 88
+- **2017-05-11** (Yeas 120 - Nays 27 - Absent 3 - Excused 1)
+- **2017-05-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment "A" (H-130) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2017-05-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2017-05-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-130).
+- **2017-05-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2017-05-16** Reports Read
+- **2017-05-16** On motion by Senator CYRWAY of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report READ and ACCEPTED. in concurrence
+- **2017-05-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-130) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
+- **2017-05-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-130) in concurrence `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-16** Ordered sent down forthwith
+- **2017-05-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2017-05-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2017-05-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8df8c066-0532-4a77-a764-c3d07e72f385`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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