---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Persons To Label Their Wild Animal Traps With Their Online Identification Number Issued By The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife"
description: "An Act To Allow Persons To Label Their Wild Animal Traps With Their Online Identification Number Issued By The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 6"
citation: "Maine LD 6 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABELING REQUIREMENTS", "REGULATIONS", "TRAPPING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59030c05-e45a-4f99-bde2-ac6b38534442"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095526"
source_hash: "b0dcbbeafe498ec68f9fce3122ea06d0210532c761f09e869abd27adc458e2c0"
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 6 (132) — An Act To Allow Persons To Label Their Wild Animal Traps With Their Online Identification Number Issued 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 (S-23)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0018&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 64** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0018&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 6 SP 18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0018&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell BLACK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **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.
- **2025-04-23** Reports READ
- **2025-04-23** Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot moved The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report
- **2025-04-23** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report
- **2025-04-23** -
- **2025-04-29** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-04-29** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-23) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-29** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** by Committee Amendment "A" (S-23) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-23) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-04-30** Reports READ.
- **2025-04-30** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-30** ROLL CALL NO. 105
- **2025-04-30** (Yeas 140 - Nays 0 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-04-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-23) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-04-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-23). `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+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/59030c05-e45a-4f99-bde2-ac6b38534442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).