---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Require The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife To Develop A Plan For Communication Regarding Certain Municipal Regulation"
description: "Resolve, To Require The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife To Develop A Plan For Communication Regarding Certain Municipal Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 491"
citation: "Maine LD 491 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHERY ZONES", "BOW AND ARROW", "HUNTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen WOOD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a7fce25-ca0c-493a-94ea-f2fea6892a3e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085865"
source_hash: "30deaab0733f5032c19568e781e63470e7feb88e9b3fd744b68a91eebf330e67"
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 491 (131) — Resolve, To Require The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife To Develop A Plan For Communication Regarding Certain Municipal Regulation

## 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=HP0308&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0308&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Stephen WOOD — primary (person)
- Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-07** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-16** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-18** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-23** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-23** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2023-05-30** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-01** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a7fce25-ca0c-493a-94ea-f2fea6892a3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).