---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Training Requirements For Harbor Masters"
description: "An Act To Address Training Requirements For Harbor Masters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 152"
citation: "Maine LD 152 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARBORMASTERS", "HARBORS", "TRAINING REQUIREMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa1ee1e-806c-4b5b-8804-2d8a5f7582b1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078124"
source_hash: "94dfb34aff667af10ebdbec376a23b790da382ef15cb21de33870e77871c0459"
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 152 (130) — An Act To Address Training Requirements For Harbor Masters

## 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=HP0108&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0108&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0108&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 19, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-01-19** 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`
- **2021-03-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-03-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-03-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-49). `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-03-30** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Committee Amendment "A" (H-49) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-03-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-49), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa1ee1e-806c-4b5b-8804-2d8a5f7582b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).