---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Extend The Legal Hours For Harvesting Lobster"
description: "An Act To Extend The Legal Hours For Harvesting Lobster"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 14"
citation: "Maine LD 14 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOBSTERS", "LICENSING", "HARVEST HOURS EXTENDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KUMIEGA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893150d8-7390-416b-a3b5-eb0fc74a8926"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062426"
source_hash: "8c9fb20c1084b15232001c943f3606af41ea3659c1032a5274b96b5bb44a5479"
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 14 (128) — An Act To Extend The Legal Hours For Harvesting Lobster

## 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/HP001501.asp)

## Sponsors

- KUMIEGA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-01-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-10** REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-04-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-04-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-35).
- **2017-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-18** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-35) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-19** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-19** READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY by Committee Amendment "A" (H-35) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2017-04-25** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-28** 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/893150d8-7390-416b-a3b5-eb0fc74a8926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).