republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1049.md

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Bill	An Act To Protect Maine'S Inland Fisheries From Invasive Fish	An Act To Protect Maine'S Inland Fisheries From Invasive Fish	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1049	Maine LD 1049 (131)	bill	FISH INVASIVE SPECIES PROTECTION	enacted	Russell BLACK	3	29	0	2023-03-07	2024-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/60858c45-d68a-4d1e-bf23-4b1b19121882	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086992	2e1f0418c48dc9013280c08c84da500973b1c145a86109ada5b2e46d78f0dd08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1049 (131) — An Act To Protect Maine'S Inland Fisheries From Invasive Fish

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Russell BLACK — primary (person)
• Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-07 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
• 2023-03-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-03-30 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-07-26 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
• 2024-03-12 Reports Read
• 2024-03-12 On motion by Senator LaFOUNTAIN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-12 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2024-03-12 Committee Amendment "A" (S-563) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-12 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-563) reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-03-12 Sent down for concurrence
• 2024-03-13 Reports READ.
• 2024-03-13 On motion of Representative LANDRY of Farmington, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-13 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-03-13 Committee Amendment "A" (S-563) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-03-13 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2024-03-13 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-563). reading-3
• 2024-03-13 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-19 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2024-03-19 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-20 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60858c45-d68a-4d1e-bf23-4b1b19121882. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).