---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Opportunities For Hunters, Anglers And Sporting Camps By Extending The Seasons On Upland Game"
description: "An Act To Increase Opportunities For Hunters, Anglers And Sporting Camps By Extending The Seasons On Upland Game"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 265"
citation: "Maine LD 265 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUNTING", "SEASON", "RUFFED GROUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7caebc16-b803-417a-8c1f-2bdd4e47946b"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071020"
source_hash: "26fa14044b54f42250b7bdcb06339a3014827e2d053022700b12fcaa451e8551"
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 265 (129) — An Act To Increase Opportunities For Hunters, Anglers And Sporting Camps By Extending The Seasons On Upland Game

## 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=SP0077&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0077&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0077&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Russell BLACK — primary (person)
- Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-26) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-26). `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-04-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-26).
- **2019-04-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** 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/7caebc16-b803-417a-8c1f-2bdd4e47946b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).