---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Maine'S Sea Farmers"
description: "An Act To Support Maine'S Sea Farmers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1596"
citation: "Maine LD 1596 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AQUACULTURE", "LICENSING", "OPERATIONS TYPE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan RIELLY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2025-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29b5e474-8899-499e-9eea-d22ce71c5997"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098422"
source_hash: "2e1ad387ec184246df7dacfa916b2de9f9d32af5bb6e16387c032e4ce1e3ca1f"
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 1596 (132) — An Act To Support Maine'S Sea Farmers

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-463)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1054&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1054&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1596 HP 1054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1054&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Morgan RIELLY — primary (person)
- Abden SIMMONS — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur BELL — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia CRAFTS — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative HEPLER of Woolwich, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-463) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-463). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-05** Reports Read
- **2025-06-05** On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-05** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-463) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-463) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-22** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29b5e474-8899-499e-9eea-d22ce71c5997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).