ME LD489 | 2025-2026 | 132nd Legislature
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-07 - PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-07 - PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
An Act to Provide for a Vessel Breakdown License Exception for Commercial Halibut Fishing License Holders
Title
An Act to Provide for a Vessel Breakdown License Exception for Commercial Halibut Fishing License Holders
Sponsors
| Rep. Tiffany Strout [R] | Rep. Gary Drinkwater [R] | Rep. Sheila Lyman [R] | Sen. Marianne Moore [R] |
| Rep. Tracy Quint [R] | Sen. Cameron Reny [D] | Rep. William Tuell [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-07 | Senate | PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. |
| 2025-05-06 | House | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| 2025-05-06 | House | PASSED TO BE ENACTED. |
| 2025-05-06 | House | This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary. |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Ordered sent down forthwith. |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-74), in concurrence. |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Committee Amendment "A" (H-74) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | READ ONCE. |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence. |
| 2025-04-29 | House | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| 2025-04-29 | House | The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-74). |
| 2025-04-29 | House | Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY. |
| 2025-04-29 | House | CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY |
| 2025-04-25 | Joint | Reported Out: OTP-AM |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. |
| 2025-03-13 | Joint | Voted: OTP-AM |
| 2025-03-13 | Joint | Work Session Held |
| 2025-02-06 | House | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Received by the Clerk of the House on February 6, 2025. |
