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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Regulate Nonwater-Dependent Floating Structures On Maine'S Waters"
description: "An Act To Regulate Nonwater-Dependent Floating Structures On Maine'S Waters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1763"
citation: "Maine LD 1763 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FLOATING STRUCTURES", "RECREATION", "WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison HEPLER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f373390e-3b8b-44bf-983d-b242c6e504ab"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098763"
source_hash: "f7d9fbd308c8d9cc0dec6c40274d342c32e35a0ed9c19fc5388f050559ac3f73"
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 1763 (132) — An Act To Regulate Nonwater-Dependent Floating Structures On Maine'S Waters
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (H-684)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1182&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-711)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1182&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1182&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 1763 HP 1182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1182&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ADOPT HAH-711 TO CAH-684 — **7557** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Allison HEPLER — primary (person)
- Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-23** Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-684). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-684) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-684), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-13** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-06-13** FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2025-06-13** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2025-06-13** On further motion of the same Representative, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-684). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** On further motion of the same Representative, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-684) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, House Amendment "A" (H-711) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-684) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** ROLL CALL NO. 498
- **2025-06-13** (Yeas 75 - Nays 57 - Absent 17 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-13** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (H-684) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-711) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-684) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-711) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-684) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-711) thereto in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+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/f373390e-3b8b-44bf-983d-b242c6e504ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).