republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-426.md

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Bill	An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red	An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 426	Maine LD 426 (128)	bill	HUNTING SAFETY RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR ORANGE CLOT	enacted	McCREA	1	23	1	2017-02-07	2017-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/8df8c066-0532-4a77-a764-c3d07e72f385	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063126	99c57b5c695feefbe1273ae69c8b27739005d7296f93b6cb98e58c159e29f93d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 426 (128) — An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 120–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCREA — primary (person)
• BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
• CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
• GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
• MAKER — cosponsor (person)
• McELWEE — cosponsor (person)
• PARKER — cosponsor (person)
• SHERMAN — cosponsor (person)
• THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
• 2017-02-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-02-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence referral-committee
• 2017-05-11 Reports READ.
• 2017-05-11 On motion of Representative DUCHESNE of Hudson, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-11 ROLL CALL NO. 88
• 2017-05-11 (Yeas 120 - Nays 27 - Absent 3 - Excused 1)
• 2017-05-11 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Committee Amendment "A" (H-130) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-05-11 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2017-05-11 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-130).
• 2017-05-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-16 Reports Read
• 2017-05-16 On motion by Senator CYRWAY of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report READ and ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2017-05-16 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-05-16 Committee Amendment "A" (H-130) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2017-05-16 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-130) in concurrence reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Ordered sent down forthwith
• 2017-05-18 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-18 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-05-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8df8c066-0532-4a77-a764-c3d07e72f385. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).