---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create A Limited Retail Seafood Harvester Certificate"
description: "An Act To Create A Limited Retail Seafood Harvester Certificate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 144"
citation: "Maine LD 144 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL FISHING", "LICENSES", "SEAFOOD HARVESTER CERTIFICATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cameron RENY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7703d70d-84d8-420b-9759-25481277c65b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095734"
source_hash: "ec908b0a54eebba8dbf728ac4b6218ff3b71adee42b4c61741c6c4e9f50dfffd"
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 144 (132) — An Act To Create A Limited Retail Seafood Harvester Certificate

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-46)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0080&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0080&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 144 SP 80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0080&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Cameron RENY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Committee on MARINE RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-46) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-46). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-46). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+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/7703d70d-84d8-420b-9759-25481277c65b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).