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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create The Commercial Fishing Safety Fund To Further Develop Training And Provide Equipment To Recover Ships And Other Watercraft And Persons In Distress Or Lost At Sea"
description: "An Act To Create The Commercial Fishing Safety Fund To Further Develop Training And Provide Equipment To Recover Ships And Other Watercraft And Persons In Distress Or Lost At Sea"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1708"
citation: "Maine LD 1708 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "PERSONNEL", "TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tiffany STROUT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-17"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d67c8dd-2ee5-436a-8e77-cc8c712cc59a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098618"
source_hash: "f72ad8c5ffa1c1b30a63d2eca1dd7c94ebbb98ed0e63cf673cc37bf5dbe882c7"
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 1708 (132) — An Act To Create The Commercial Fishing Safety Fund To Further Develop Training And Provide Equipment To Recover Ships And Other Watercraft And Persons In Distress Or Lost At Sea
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (H-351)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1143&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1143&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1708 HP 1143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1143&item=1&snum=132)
## Sponsors
- Tiffany STROUT — primary (person)
- Abden SIMMONS — cosponsor (person)
- Abigail GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur MINGO — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Holly EATON — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-17** Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-351). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-351) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-351), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+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/7d67c8dd-2ee5-436a-8e77-cc8c712cc59a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).