---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Correct And Clarify Maine'S Fish And Wildlife Laws"
description: "An Act To Correct And Clarify Maine'S Fish And Wildlife Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1497"
citation: "Maine LD 1497 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE DEPT", "ADMINISTRATION", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOOD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-20"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f23bc68d-127f-46fb-a0a8-0f67975de2e5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064959"
source_hash: "0648bc0aea5ba0b51860f8b9f6f1814a359ff4b8e458733e521e2de5ee03befd"
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 1497 (128) — An Act To Correct And Clarify Maine'S Fish And Wildlife Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP103001.asp)

## Sponsors

- WOOD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-20** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-31** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-322).
- **2017-05-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-01** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-01** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Committee Amendment "A" (H-322) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-01** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-322), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f23bc68d-127f-46fb-a0a8-0f67975de2e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).