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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws"
description: "An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 575"
citation: "Maine LD 575 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOBSTERS", "LICENSING", "ENFORCEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANGLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e012d3-3821-4893-8710-e2d15586d846"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063335"
source_hash: "d342e65798ff3dfa2c6333d4bf3eb75f7a92c04a8fc83826fec93202d4e40cb5"
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 575 (128) — An Act To Improve The Enforcement Of Maine'S Lobster Laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP019001.asp)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **13016** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- LANGLEY — primary (person)
- BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- MAKER — cosponsor (person)
- TUELL — cosponsor (person)
- WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-16** Committee on MARINE RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-16** REFERENCE to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES
- **2017-02-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-07** Reports Read
- **2017-06-07** On motion by Senator MAKER of Washington the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-06-08** Reports READ.
- **2017-06-08** On motion of Representative KUMIEGA of Deer Isle, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-08** ROLL CALL NO. 273
- **2017-06-08** (Yeas 130 - Nays 16 - Absent 4 - Excused 1)
- **2017-06-08** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-200) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-200).
- **2017-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18e012d3-3821-4893-8710-e2d15586d846`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).