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LD1095 • 2025

An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less

An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less

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Sponsor
Representative Sheila Lyman
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less

An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less Sponsor: Representative Sheila Lyman Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less Sponsor: Representative Sheila Lyman Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-29 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-28 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-14 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 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.

  6. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less
Sponsor:
Representative Sheila Lyman
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1095
H.P. 717 House of Representatives, March 18, 2025
An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in
Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LYMAN of Livermore Falls. (BY REQUEST)
Cosponsored by Senator RAFFERTY of York and
Representatives: BAGSHAW of Windham, COLLAMORE of Pittsfield, DRINKWATER of
Milford, GRIFFIN of Levant, HAGGAN of Hampden, MASON of Lisbon, MORRIS of
Turner, WHITE of Guilford.

Page 1 - 132LR1515(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12709 is enacted to read:
3§12709. Relocation of common loons; prohibition
4 A common loon, Gavia immer, may not be relocated from a body of water that
5 measures 500 acres or less as part of a wildlife relocation program.
6SUMMARY
7 This bill prohibits the removal of a common loon from a body of water that measures
8 500 acres or less as part of a wildlife relocation program.
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