---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend Certain Fish And Wildlife Laws And Related Provisions"
description: "An Act To Amend Certain Fish And Wildlife Laws And Related Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 199"
citation: "Maine LD 199 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "FISH & WILDLIFE PROVISIONS REVISED", "INLAND FISHERIES & WILDLIFE DEPT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James DILL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6329a34-8678-4f0b-b2fa-21e30a25c9c1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078262"
source_hash: "f7fc70cc1caa89644e44dddb989dba63dc06bf89e2c80334648aa7f07f69bd8a"
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 199 (130) — An Act To Amend Certain Fish And Wildlife Laws And Related Provisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0088&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0088&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- James DILL — primary (person)
- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-03-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-03-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-03-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-03-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6329a34-8678-4f0b-b2fa-21e30a25c9c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).