---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create A Commercial Menhaden Fishing License"
description: "An Act To Create A Commercial Menhaden Fishing License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1922"
citation: "Maine LD 1922 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL FISHING", "LICENSES", "MENHADEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Genevieve McDONALD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce018a8-a4c1-4ba3-803d-21f29ea51aca"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075826"
source_hash: "14123a20199ef243648e408a0d1415c84fae842f867fc4bb89d99887f942b109"
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 1922 (129) — An Act To Create A Commercial Menhaden Fishing License

## 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=HP1370&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1370&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1370&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Genevieve McDONALD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 2, 2020.
- **2020-01-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-03-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-03-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-723).
- **2020-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2020-03-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-723) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-723), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** 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/cce018a8-a4c1-4ba3-803d-21f29ea51aca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).