---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Repeal The Requirement To Obtain A Permit Before Hunting With A Noise Suppression Device"
description: "An Act To Repeal The Requirement To Obtain A Permit Before Hunting With A Noise Suppression Device"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 635"
citation: "Maine LD 635 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUNTING", "LICENSES", "NOISE SUPPRESSION PERMIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f312f3d-ef07-4ebb-b312-8f5d7000005c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079087"
source_hash: "1c614a4cde77b73e9bdd9c693ab240dcb1383b648507a16eb90fda4f4a6e5865"
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 635 (130) — An Act To Repeal The Requirement To Obtain A Permit Before Hunting With A Noise Suppression Device

## 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=SP0249&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0249&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0249&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 1, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, 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.
- **2021-05-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-83) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-83). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-05-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-83). `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+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/7f312f3d-ef07-4ebb-b312-8f5d7000005c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).