republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-261.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding The Authority Of Municipalities To Regulate Timber Harvesting	An Act Regarding The Authority Of Municipalities To Regulate Timber Harvesting	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 261	Maine LD 261 (132)	bill	FORESTRY MUNICIPAL REGULATION TIMBER HARVESTING	enacted	Stephan BUNKER	4	30	0	2025-01-23	2025-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/cef142c0-d9d8-4812-b319-05ae3fdb218a	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095960	a26b6734ca0cc679de6220b78e678ec7803ea1fcad7f7b001225a2493c4b1ae0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 261 (132) — An Act Regarding The Authority Of Municipalities To Regulate Timber Harvesting

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-295) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H-A to C-A (H-500) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 274 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 261 HP 164 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Stephan BUNKER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-23 Received by the Clerk of the House on January 23, 2025. receipt
• 2025-01-23 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-05-28 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-05-28 On OBJECTION of Representative PLUECKER of Warren REMOVED.
• 2025-05-28 The Committee Report was READ.
• 2025-05-28 On motion of Representative PLUECKER of Warren, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
• 2025-05-28 Later today assigned.
• 2025-06-04 Speaker laid before the House
• 2025-06-04 Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-04 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) was READ.
• 2025-06-04 On motion of Representative PLUECKER of Warren, House Amendment "A" (H-500) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-500) thereto was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-04 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-04 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-500) thereto. reading-3
• 2025-06-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-05 Reports READ and ACCEPTED
• 2025-06-05 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) READ.
• 2025-06-05 House Amendment "A" (H-500) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-05 Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-500) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-05 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-295) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-500) thereto in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cef142c0-d9d8-4812-b319-05ae3fdb218a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).