---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Eliminate Permits For Wild Turkey Hunting, Expand The Bag Limits And Expand Opportunities For Registering Wild Turkeys"
description: "An Act To Eliminate Permits For Wild Turkey Hunting, Expand The Bag Limits And Expand Opportunities For Registering Wild Turkeys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 98"
citation: "Maine LD 98 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAME", "TURKEY", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DAVIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc0d58d-34f4-4b6a-a1c1-aa2ce4c07aa3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062590"
source_hash: "3517c9f2bb662965a7c7e0e00d9f97f1ef45b1d7dabbfc2898a3b2615bcde70f"
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 98 (128) — An Act To Eliminate Permits For Wild Turkey Hunting, Expand The Bag Limits And Expand Opportunities For Registering Wild Turkeys

## 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/SP004601.asp)

## Sponsors

- DAVIS — primary (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- DOW — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIELLO — cosponsor (person)
- STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
- WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
- **2017-01-17** suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-17** REFERENCE to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
- **2017-01-17** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-102) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-102) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-05-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-102).
- **2017-05-18** 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/7bc0d58d-34f4-4b6a-a1c1-aa2ce4c07aa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).