---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Assist Municipal Shellfish Conservation Programs"
description: "An Act To Assist Municipal Shellfish Conservation Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 581"
citation: "Maine LD 581 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION PROGRAMS", "HARVESTING", "SHELLFISH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df08af0-a65c-41d8-a919-a7c1eaef6488"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086109"
source_hash: "730e6ff80f3382ac48f3921d37d40bea34990ef899b5bb39c78512acb4d5835a"
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 581 (131) — An Act To Assist Municipal Shellfish Conservation Programs

## 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=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0249&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0249&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Cheryl GOLEK — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie SACHS — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Committee on MARINE RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-04** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-04** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-63) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-09** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-09** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-63) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-11** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-11** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-63). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+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/5df08af0-a65c-41d8-a919-a7c1eaef6488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).