---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife To Establish A Working Group To Explore Opportunities To Maintain Public Access Of Land"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife To Establish A Working Group To Explore Opportunities To Maintain Public Access Of Land"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1308"
citation: "Maine LD 1308 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY ACCESS", "PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS", "RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e21af5d-0668-49ad-80b8-8f8f3ffc4940"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097849"
source_hash: "5080d581b1392439199d7de2fca29a1cac154a4eafb1754d672299e7720b1fed"
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 1308 (132) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife To Establish A Working Group To Explore Opportunities To Maintain Public Access Of Land

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-314)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0538&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0538&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1308 SP 538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0538&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- William BRIDGEO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-27** Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-03-27** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-314) 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" (S-314). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-09** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-314). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-06-10** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e21af5d-0668-49ad-80b8-8f8f3ffc4940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).