---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Removing The Lobster Advisory Council From The State Government Evaluation Act Review Requirements"
description: "An Act Removing The Lobster Advisory Council From The State Government Evaluation Act Review Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2208"
citation: "Maine LD 2208 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVISORY COUNCIL", "LOBSTERS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison HEPLER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-02-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47aac9e2-6142-446a-8fd8-343717ee2cf1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091958"
source_hash: "b3c066d579f57660cdccd0addafc29adbe3d2b04ac171663af7ce753b97e9198"
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 2208 (131) — An Act Removing The Lobster Advisory Council From The State Government Evaluation Act Review Requirements

## 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=HP1415&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1415&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Allison HEPLER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Reported by Representative HEPLER for the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 955, subsection 4.
- **2024-02-13** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-02-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-15** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-20** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-20** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2024-02-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** 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/47aac9e2-6142-446a-8fd8-343717ee2cf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).