---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Decibel Level Limits For Airboats"
description: "An Act To Address Decibel Level Limits For Airboats"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 2065"
citation: "Maine LD 2065 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RECREATION", "WATERCRAFT", "NOISE LEVELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ded7338-4bf9-44de-878d-5b7006a11e6d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280076093"
source_hash: "82b6ab0ccdaecb53bb52f43c22c0d7d3475af156ee702d09c4f65e64f45a2f6a"
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 2065 (129) — An Act To Address Decibel Level Limits For Airboats

## 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=HP1467&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1467&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1467&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine NADEAU — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2020-01-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-01-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-752).
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2020-03-17** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-752) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-752), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17** 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`
- **2020-03-18** 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/5ded7338-4bf9-44de-878d-5b7006a11e6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).