---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exempt Airports From Certain State Endangered And Threatened Species Habitat Protections"
description: "An Act To Exempt Airports From Certain State Endangered And Threatened Species Habitat Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 138"
citation: "Maine LD 138 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS", "PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2662eadf-1cf0-4a29-a3f5-36430d9a26e0"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095642"
source_hash: "13c6d67d46e1afa7b81d409e0fa078c37d5334edb20d6a40d36230bc2faf3f6d"
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 138 (132) — An Act To Exempt Airports From Certain State Endangered And Threatened Species Habitat Protections

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-210)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0074&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0074&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 138 SP 74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0074&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
- Ann FREDERICKS — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany ROBERTS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-01-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-210). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-210). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered - TABLED
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-30T04:00:00+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/2662eadf-1cf0-4a29-a3f5-36430d9a26e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).