---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Turkey Tagging By Allowing Electronic Tagging"
description: "An Act To Improve Turkey Tagging By Allowing Electronic Tagging"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 943"
citation: "Maine LD 943 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRONIC TAGGING", "HUNTING", "TURKEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard MASON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/613dac96-75e3-499a-942e-b6a64f6fef36"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079394"
source_hash: "84e85970645eceac3ae576f1d66bb0f264ded42fa787e1b9d7d620d60a441e89"
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 943 (130) — An Act To Improve Turkey Tagging By Allowing Electronic Tagging

## 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=HP0699&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0699&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0699&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Richard MASON — primary (person)
- Dustin WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Joel STETKIS — cosponsor (person)
- Lester ORDWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy ROCHE — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2021-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `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** 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" (H-147). `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-147) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `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" (H-147), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down 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`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+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/613dac96-75e3-499a-942e-b6a64f6fef36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).