republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1655.md

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Bill	An Act To Allow The Keeping Of Chickens On Private Residential Property	An Act To Allow The Keeping Of Chickens On Private Residential Property	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1655	Maine LD 1655 (132)	bill	POULTRY PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTS	enacted	Jennifer POIRIER	3	26	1	2025-04-15	2025-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/90b80edd-471a-4d92-b712-381f7c47d218	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098508	9e0ae04f161888dd15bc7864cf086400d802dd099bc81cfed1d66cbacef91a8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1655 (132) — An Act To Allow The Keeping Of Chickens On Private Residential Property

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-173) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 174 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1655 HP 1096 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC OUGHT TO PASS AS AMEND REP — 131–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer POIRIER — primary (person)
• Amanda COLLAMORE — cosponsor (person)
• Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-15 Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-04-15 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. referral-committee
• 2025-04-15 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-15 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-05-20 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-05-20 On OBJECTION of Representative MOONEN of Portland REMOVED.
• 2025-05-20 The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-20 ROLL CALL NO. 159
• 2025-05-20 (Yeas 131 - Nays 8 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-173) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-173) reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-21 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2025-05-21 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Committee Amendment "A" (H-173) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-173), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-21 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90b80edd-471a-4d92-b712-381f7c47d218. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).