---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize Medical Waivers For Menhaden Fishing Licenses"
description: "An Act To Authorize Medical Waivers For Menhaden Fishing Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2026"
citation: "Maine LD 2026 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL FISHING", "LICENSES", "MENHADEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marianne MOORE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ae8e4e-297b-4a0c-95a5-f0ac507c3346"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091248"
source_hash: "ce064210ef53dde52ed3131df72d1b73a6873e1bb80baaab31a1ce6f89729792"
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 2026 (131) — An Act To Authorize Medical Waivers For Menhaden Fishing Licenses

## 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=SP0854&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0854&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0854&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Marianne MOORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 11, 2023 and REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-545) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-28** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-28** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-545) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-02-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-02-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-02-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-545). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+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/c6ae8e4e-297b-4a0c-95a5-f0ac507c3346`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).