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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exempt Certain Boat Operators From Having To Become Maine Guides"
description: "An Act To Exempt Certain Boat Operators From Having To Become Maine Guides"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1319"
citation: "Maine LD 1319 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOAT OPERATORS", "RECREATION", "WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02fa4a2f-d596-4080-915a-e2cdb02d7076"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088006"
source_hash: "bfaa3da191664d72a617952d646f54568a5d9cc25bff1145a2205b7219c9d85c"
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 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](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0538&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0538&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0538&item=3&snum=131)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02fa4a2f-d596-4080-915a-e2cdb02d7076`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).