---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce Posting Of Hunting Lands By Providing Free Antlerless Deer Permits To Certain Landowners Who Keep Their Lands Open To Hunting"
description: "An Act To Reduce Posting Of Hunting Lands By Providing Free Antlerless Deer Permits To Certain Landowners Who Keep Their Lands Open To Hunting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 866"
citation: "Maine LD 866 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEER", "HUNTING", "PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven FOSTER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36682584-449b-4716-8039-5d77bbb32e3e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097151"
source_hash: "a5e2dc35bcb355a3f85b8be5d73953b3d91611973f9b16462955620a0e571aa3"
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 866 (132) — An Act To Reduce Posting Of Hunting Lands By Providing Free Antlerless Deer Permits To Certain Landowners Who Keep Their Lands Open To Hunting

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-521)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (H-522)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=4&snum=132)
4. **LD 866 HP 552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Steven FOSTER — primary (person)
- Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- David HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- James THORNE — cosponsor (person)
- Paul FLYNN — cosponsor (person)
- Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen WOOD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-03-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `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.
- **2025-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-09** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** Reports Read
- **2025-06-09** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36682584-449b-4716-8039-5d77bbb32e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).