---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Municipalities To Stock Ponds In Their Areas With Fish"
description: "An Act To Allow Municipalities To Stock Ponds In Their Areas With Fish"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1579"
citation: "Maine LD 1579 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISH", "PROTECTION", "STOCKING BY MUNICIPALITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard MASON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99dc6df4-a5c0-4aad-8592-4e563c04d0d8"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073384"
source_hash: "fd584c6bca69a34dea7a0ab08320a95258a711bf1f6170f1892cd857d40b9f6d"
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 1579 (129) — An Act To Allow Municipalities To Stock Ponds In Their Areas With Fish

## 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=HP1141&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1141&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1141&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Richard MASON — primary (person)
- Catherine NADEAU — cosponsor (person)
- David HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Gary DRINKWATER — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Joel STETKIS — cosponsor (person)
- Lester ORDWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-375).
- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-375) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-375), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** 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/99dc6df4-a5c0-4aad-8592-4e563c04d0d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).