---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Access To Lobster Licenses"
description: "An Act Regarding Access To Lobster Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 28"
citation: "Maine LD 28 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOBSTERS", "LICENSING", "WAIT LIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3435642-cfcb-4a99-86fc-36ffea80aee1"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070661"
source_hash: "b1094201a6477b76522b05bf35299cf6ed6cfada023f9d9e062bbec2edeb315d"
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 28 (129) — An Act Regarding Access To Lobster Licenses

## 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=HP0029&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0029&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0029&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **95–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Genevieve McDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
- Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2019-06-20** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2020-02-25** Reports READ.
- **2020-02-25** On motion of Representative McCREIGHT of Harpswell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-25** ROLL CALL NO. 348
- **2020-02-25** (Yeas 95 - Nays 44 - Absent 9 - Excused 1) - Vacant 2
- **2020-02-25** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-686) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2020-02-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-686).
- **2020-02-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-27** Reports Read
- **2020-02-27** On motion by Senator MIRAMANT of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2020-02-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-686) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2020-02-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-03-03** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-03** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-686), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2020-03-05** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-10** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** 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/c3435642-cfcb-4a99-86fc-36ffea80aee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).