republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1319.md

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Bill	An Act To Exempt Certain Boat Operators From Having To Become Maine Guides	An Act To Exempt Certain Boat Operators From Having To Become Maine Guides	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1319	Maine LD 1319 (131)	bill	BOAT OPERATORS RECREATION WATERCRAFT	enacted	Richard BENNETT	3	23	0	2023-03-23	2023-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/02fa4a2f-d596-4080-915a-e2cdb02d7076	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088006	bfaa3da191664d72a617952d646f54568a5d9cc25bff1145a2205b7219c9d85c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1319 (131) — An Act To Exempt Certain Boat Operators From Having To Become Maine Guides

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

• Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
• James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-23 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
• 2023-03-23 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 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.
• 2023-06-08 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2023-06-08 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Committee Amendment "A" (S-215) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-215). reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-08 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2023-06-12 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-06-12 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-06-12 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-215). reading-3
• 2023-06-12 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-13 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2023-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-13 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02fa4a2f-d596-4080-915a-e2cdb02d7076. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).