MaineMaine authorizes its wildlife agency to finalize a habitat rule
Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has legislative approval to finalize its significant wildlife habitat rule, which it submitted late for review.
What it does
Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife can finalize its significant wildlife habitat rule despite submitting it outside the Legislature’s normal period for accepting rules for review.
Argument forThis authorization could help Maine’s wildlife agency finish adopting its habitat rule without waiting for another legislative review period.
Argument againstApproving a rule submitted late could make the Legislature’s review schedule less predictable for people tracking wildlife habitat rules.
More detail
The law allows Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to give its significant wildlife habitat rule final approval. The authorization applies to Chapter 10, Significant Wildlife Habitat, which the agency had already approved provisionally. The authorization covers the rule submitted to lawmakers outside the normal period for accepting rules for review.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Apr 13Signed by Governor Janet MillsBecame Law
- Apr 6FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.Passed 2nd Chamber
- Apr 6Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 6FINALLY PASSED.Passed 1st Chamber
- Apr 6ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 6The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-599).Minor
- Apr 2Sent down for concurrence.
- Vote recorded ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 2PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-599) in NON-CONCURRENCE.Minor
- Apr 2On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Senate Amendment "A" (S-599) READ and ADOPTED.
- Apr 2Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIMEMinor
- Apr 2READ ONCE.Minor
- Apr 2Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 839 Yeas 22 - Nays 11 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- Apr 2On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- Apr 2Reports READ
- Mar 30Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Vote recorded ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 30The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Minor
- Mar 30Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- Mar 30The Resolve was READ ONCE.Minor
- Mar 30(Yeas 73 - Nays 66 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- Mar 30ROLL CALL NO. 698
- Mar 30On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- Mar 30Reports READ.
- Mar 27Reported Out - OTP/ONTP
- Mar 23Voted - Divided Report
- Mar 23Work Session Held
- Mar 19On motion by Senator Baldacci of Penobscot REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence.Minor
- Mar 19Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- Mar 19Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 19The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.Minor
- Mar 19Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- Mar 19Representative ROBERTS for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 8072 and approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council, reports that the Resolve be REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.Introduced
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