---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Nuisance Beavers"
description: "An Act Regarding Nuisance Beavers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 547"
citation: "Maine LD 547 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUNTING", "LANDOWNER RELATIONS", "NUISANCE BEAVER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MaryAnne KINNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bbfa36d-d0f0-4b03-a022-9d69a998c3cd"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078945"
source_hash: "5041214d7c7f7d4c446ce37810b11e5482c958672273f88ad4bd3eee157a6c6f"
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 547 (130) — An Act Regarding Nuisance Beavers

## 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=HP0392&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0392&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0392&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- MaryAnne KINNEY — primary (person)
- Josanne DOLLOFF — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
- Theodore KRYZAK — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 22, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-02-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **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** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-78). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-78) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-78), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-04-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+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/3bbfa36d-d0f0-4b03-a022-9d69a998c3cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).