---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife"
description: "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2240"
citation: "Maine LD 2240 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE DEPT", "RULES", "SIGNIFICANT WILDLIFE HABITAT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tiffany ROBERTS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-19"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19cd429c-7213-4ff4-ae7c-bb86bcfb4e56"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280102067"
source_hash: "5eec06c6dfb767abe4f486bc9fdd9dad028f41a89aa62e656037ecff73ba4758"
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 2240 (132) — Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of 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 S-A (S-599)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1515&item=4&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1515&item=5&snum=132)
3. **LD 2240 HP 1515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1515&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **73–66** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tiffany ROBERTS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-19** Representative ROBERTS for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 8072 and approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council, reports that the Resolve be REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-19** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-03-19** On motion by Senator Baldacci of Penobscot REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-30** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-30** ROLL CALL NO. 698
- **2026-03-30** (Yeas 73 - Nays 66 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-30** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-30** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-02** Reports READ
- **2026-04-02** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 839 Yeas 22 - Nays 11 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2026-04-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Senate Amendment "A" (S-599) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-599) in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-06** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-599). `reading-3`
- **2026-04-06** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-06** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-06** FINALLY PASSED, 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
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19cd429c-7213-4ff4-ae7c-bb86bcfb4e56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).