---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Related To Airboats And Airboat Noise Limits"
description: "An Act Related To Airboats And Airboat Noise Limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2272"
citation: "Maine LD 2272 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRBOATS", "RECREATION", "WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-20"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aeaef3a-ea8e-4907-9f77-86577270a88c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092606"
source_hash: "74c349f4ed79066a060093284b34c9d61b917f47abb3567be9d0dbf521664e4c"
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 2272 (131) — An Act Related To Airboats And Airboat Noise Limits

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1461&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1461&item=2&snum=131)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-20** Reported by Representative LANDRY for the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Public Law 2021, chapter 585, section 2.
- **2024-03-20** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** in concurrence.
- **2024-03-25** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-03-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Comes From Committee - IFW
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aeaef3a-ea8e-4907-9f77-86577270a88c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).