republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-575.md

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Bill	An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws	An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 575	Maine LD 575 (128)	bill	LOBSTERS LICENSING ENFORCEMENT	enacted	LANGLEY	1	25	1	2017-02-16	2017-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/18e012d3-3821-4893-8710-e2d15586d846	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063335	d342e65798ff3dfa2c6333d4bf3eb75f7a92c04a8fc83826fec93202d4e40cb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 575 (128) — An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws

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 — 130–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• LANGLEY — primary (person)
• BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
• COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
• MAKER — cosponsor (person)
• TUELL — cosponsor (person)
• WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Committee on MARINE RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed
• 2017-02-16 REFERENCE to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES
• 2017-02-16 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-07 Reports Read
• 2017-06-07 On motion by Senator MAKER of Washington the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2017-06-07 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-06-07 Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) READ and ADOPTED
• 2017-06-07 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) reading-2
• 2017-06-07 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-06-08 Reports READ.
• 2017-06-08 On motion of Representative KUMIEGA of Deer Isle, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2017-06-08 ROLL CALL NO. 273
• 2017-06-08 (Yeas 130 - Nays 16 - Absent 4 - Excused 1)
• 2017-06-08 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-06-08 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2017-06-08 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-200).
• 2017-06-08 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-09 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2017-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-06-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-06-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18e012d3-3821-4893-8710-e2d15586d846. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).