---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide For Medical And Vessel Breakdown License Exceptions For Commercial Menhaden License Holders"
description: "An Act To Provide For Medical And Vessel Breakdown License Exceptions For Commercial Menhaden License Holders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2025"
citation: "Maine LD 2025 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL FISHING", "LICENSES", "WAIVERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marianne MOORE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e7ddfc-1c85-4fdb-949e-b6bfbda087b2"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091247"
source_hash: "8a11fa0215fe9f4beca5560d8d7f87e8cd85714631bf8fddc7b1533feaa66337"
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 2025 (131) — An Act To Provide For Medical And Vessel Breakdown License Exceptions For Commercial Menhaden License Holders

## 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=SP0853&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0853&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Marianne MOORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 11, 2023 and REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-03-07** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-07** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-03-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-03-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-03-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+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/36e7ddfc-1c85-4fdb-949e-b6bfbda087b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).