---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Student License Holders To Fish For Or Take Lobsters During A Closed Season"
description: "An Act To Allow Student License Holders To Fish For Or Take Lobsters During A Closed Season"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 956"
citation: "Maine LD 956 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOBSTERS", "MANAGEMENT ZONES", "YEAR-ROUND STUDENT LOBSTERING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael DEVIN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60fc7e72-0cc0-4eb6-99c6-7e28bf4d46d0"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072026"
source_hash: "9708cfe74042d5af3350a8973e191acc11b92f641f1f2dfede4a0414ccea3246"
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 956 (129) — An Act To Allow Student License Holders To Fish For Or Take Lobsters During A Closed Season

## 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=HP0711&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0711&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0711&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0711&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michael DEVIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-28** On motion of Representative McCREIGHT of Harpswell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-359) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-359).
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Reports Read
- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator MIRAMANT of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-359) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-359) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-359) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 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/60fc7e72-0cc0-4eb6-99c6-7e28bf4d46d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).