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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act Regarding Access To Lobster Licenses"
+description: "An Act Regarding Access To Lobster Licenses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 28"
+citation: "Maine LD 28 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LOBSTERS", "LICENSING", "WAIT LIST"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-09"
+last_action: "2020-03-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3435642-cfcb-4a99-86fc-36ffea80aee1"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070661"
+source_hash: "b1094201a6477b76522b05bf35299cf6ed6cfada023f9d9e062bbec2edeb315d"
+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 28 (129) — An Act Regarding Access To Lobster Licenses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0029&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0029&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0029&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **95–44** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
+- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
+- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
+- Genevieve McDONALD — cosponsor (person)
+- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
+- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-09** Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
+- **2019-06-20** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
+- **2020-02-25** Reports READ.
+- **2020-02-25** On motion of Representative McCREIGHT of Harpswell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2020-02-25** ROLL CALL NO. 348
+- **2020-02-25** (Yeas 95 - Nays 44 - Absent 9 - Excused 1) - Vacant 2
+- **2020-02-25** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-686) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2020-02-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-686).
+- **2020-02-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2020-02-27** Reports Read
+- **2020-02-27** On motion by Senator MIRAMANT of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
+- **2020-02-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-686) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
+- **2020-02-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2020-03-03** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2020-03-03** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-686), in concurrence. `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-03** Ordered sent down forthwith.
+- **2020-03-05** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2020-03-10** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** 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/c3435642-cfcb-4a99-86fc-36ffea80aee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+