---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Public Records Maintained By The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife"
description: "An Act Regarding Public Records Maintained By The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2236"
citation: "Maine LD 2236 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE DEPT", "PUBLIC RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tiffany ROBERTS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-03-17"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ea78b4-f9b8-43fb-9375-2bdc2bf5bf92"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101989"
source_hash: "ab81e728432dd3a6d7ad0630bb922d53f6f8cd5cb8c3fc9e6bb0338a06bb30ce"
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 2236 (132) — An Act Regarding Public Records Maintained By The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-986)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-994)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 692** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 2236 HP 1512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Tiffany ROBERTS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-17** Representative ROBERTS for the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 37, section 6 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-03-17** On motion by Senator Baldacci of Penobscot REFERRED to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in concurrence.
- **2026-04-07** Reports READ.
- **2026-04-07** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) was READ.
- **2026-04-07** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, House Amendment "A" (H-994) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-04-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-08** Reports READ
- **2026-04-08** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-04-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-976) READ
- **2026-04-08** House Amendment "A" (H-994) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-04-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4ea78b4-f9b8-43fb-9375-2bdc2bf5bf92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).