---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Transfer Responsibility For Licensing Of Land-Based Aquaculture From The Department Of Marine Resources To The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry"
description: "An Act To Transfer Responsibility For Licensing Of Land-Based Aquaculture From The Department Of Marine Resources To The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1502"
citation: "Maine LD 1502 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AQUACULTURE", "LICENSING", "LAND-BASED", "AUTHORITY TRANSFERRED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANGLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-20"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/467edf1a-ade0-41ae-bcb2-38e5b073d759"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064965"
source_hash: "ed6049a8367a6044dcbd3da6007577663b062d894801fbe9146e6dbfd98001eb"
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 1502 (128) — An Act To Transfer Responsibility For Licensing Of Land-Based Aquaculture From The Department Of Marine Resources To The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry

## 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/SP052701.asp)

## Sponsors

- LANGLEY — primary (person)
- VITELLI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-20** Committee on MARINE RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-16** Reports READ
- **2017-05-16** On motion by Senator MAKER of Washington The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-05-17** Reports READ.
- **2017-05-17** On motion of Representative KUMIEGA of Deer Isle, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-05-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-05-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-24** 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/467edf1a-ade0-41ae-bcb2-38e5b073d759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).