---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Revoke The Hunting License Of A Person Charged With Defacing Property Posting Signs"
description: "An Act To Revoke The Hunting License Of A Person Charged With Defacing Property Posting Signs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 557"
citation: "Maine LD 557 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUNTING", "LICENSES", "REVOCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HILLIARD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9003a55b-ab49-472b-9cd0-51267beb411c"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063297"
source_hash: "a41a84daa4b9ef0b30002aca4d8579668d90880339ac780ac5957b58e254a3e0"
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 557 (128) — An Act To Revoke The Hunting License Of A Person Charged With Defacing Property Posting Signs

## 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/HP039901.asp)

## Sponsors

- HILLIARD — primary (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- LYFORD — cosponsor (person)
- POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIELLO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-04-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-04-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-55).
- **2017-04-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-55) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-55), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-05** 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/9003a55b-ab49-472b-9cd0-51267beb411c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).