---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize The Commissioner Of Marine Resources To Adopt Emergency Rules To Protect Certain Marine Mammals In Exceptional Circumstances"
description: "An Act To Authorize The Commissioner Of Marine Resources To Adopt Emergency Rules To Protect Certain Marine Mammals In Exceptional Circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2013"
citation: "Maine LD 2013 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "MARINE RESOURCES DEPT", "RULEMAKING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison HEPLER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-03"
last_action: "2026-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99ce8849-e3a2-4bdc-ba1b-dae0cceac68b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100880"
source_hash: "c0e497523dfb0837394f248ce2c009f05880843cb7bb07e7fe5daaeb95316a4c"
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 2013 (132) — An Act To Authorize The Commissioner Of Marine Resources To Adopt Emergency Rules To Protect Certain Marine Mammals In Exceptional Circumstances

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-856)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1343&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 625** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1343&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2013 HP 1343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1343&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Allison HEPLER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-03** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-12-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-03-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-856). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-18** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-03-18** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-03-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-856) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-19** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-19** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-856), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+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/99ce8849-e3a2-4bdc-ba1b-dae0cceac68b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).