republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-547.md

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Bill	An Act To Amend The Hunting Laws As They Pertain To The Training Of Dogs	An Act To Amend The Hunting Laws As They Pertain To The Training Of Dogs	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 547	Maine LD 547 (131)	bill	DOGS HUNTING REGULATIONS	enacted	Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM	3	22	0	2023-02-09	2023-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/cf670d97-ff8e-4d8c-a3db-b516addc9c4d	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086059	854f14d7d486157efb12fa22dd7aaf6dcdcc0fbe4b5566d66e8ab25f67cf1727	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 547 (131) — An Act To Amend The Hunting Laws As They Pertain To The Training Of Dogs

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

• Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — primary (person)
• Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
• Tiffany STROUT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-02-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-02-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-05-30 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-05-30 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-05-30 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-226). reading-3
• 2023-05-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-01 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2023-06-01 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Committee Amendment "A" (H-226) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-01 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-226), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2023-06-08 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2023-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-08 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf670d97-ff8e-4d8c-a3db-b516addc9c4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).