---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide For Special Fees For Certain Aquaculture Lease Applications And To Amend Other Provisions In The Laws Governing Aquaculture Leases"
description: "An Act To Provide For Special Fees For Certain Aquaculture Lease Applications And To Amend Other Provisions In The Laws Governing Aquaculture Leases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1844"
citation: "Maine LD 1844 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AQUACULTURE", "LEASES", "LICENSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58307bda-1401-4861-9775-406f95996e77"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082220"
source_hash: "5e0235c99503cc73e3de4a656c1e8d290f5f5a7c8a1b6224fc223314c49829be"
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 1844 (130) — An Act To Provide For Special Fees For Certain Aquaculture Lease Applications And To Amend Other Provisions In The Laws Governing Aquaculture Leases

## 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=HP1365&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1365&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1365&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-20** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 20, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-12-20** 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`
- **2022-03-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-03-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-03-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-815). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-03-24** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Committee Amendment "A" (H-815) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-24** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-815), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-03-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+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/58307bda-1401-4861-9775-406f95996e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).