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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws"
+description: "An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "128"
+identifier: "LD 575"
+citation: "Maine LD 575 (128)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LOBSTERS", "LICENSING", "ENFORCEMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["LANGLEY"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-16"
+last_action: "2017-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e012d3-3821-4893-8710-e2d15586d846"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063335"
+source_hash: "d342e65798ff3dfa2c6333d4bf3eb75f7a92c04a8fc83826fec93202d4e40cb5"
+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 575 (128) — An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws
+
+## 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/SP019001.asp)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **130–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LANGLEY — primary (person)
+- BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
+- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
+- MAKER — cosponsor (person)
+- TUELL — cosponsor (person)
+- WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-16** Committee on MARINE RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed
+- **2017-02-16** REFERENCE to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES
+- **2017-02-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2017-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2017-06-07** Reports Read
+- **2017-06-07** On motion by Senator MAKER of Washington the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2017-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2017-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2017-06-08** Reports READ.
+- **2017-06-08** On motion of Representative KUMIEGA of Deer Isle, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2017-06-08** ROLL CALL NO. 273
+- **2017-06-08** (Yeas 130 - Nays 16 - Absent 4 - Excused 1)
+- **2017-06-08** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2017-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2017-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-200).
+- **2017-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2017-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2017-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2017-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2017-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** 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/18e012d3-3821-4893-8710-e2d15586d846`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+