---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Tagging And Sale Of Shellfish"
description: "An Act Regarding The Tagging And Sale Of Shellfish"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1745"
citation: "Maine LD 1745 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SHELLFISH", "HARVESTING", "SALES AND HANDLING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8a849ab-3976-41b6-90b1-3ebf8d630a6f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073980"
source_hash: "da8cc691daa5e59c7435ca66ee15c53377e7b5cbf97ae61393226207932529fd"
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 1745 (129) — An Act Regarding The Tagging And Sale Of Shellfish

## 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=HP1244&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1244&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1244&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-456).
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-456) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-456), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** 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/e8a849ab-3976-41b6-90b1-3ebf8d630a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).