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An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine

An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine

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Sponsor
Senator Anne Beebe-Center
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine

An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine Sponsor: Senator Anne Beebe-Center Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine Sponsor: Senator Anne Beebe-Center Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Senate

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

  2. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-25 House

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine
Sponsor:
Senator Anne Beebe-Center
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1293
S.P. 523 In Senate, March 25, 2025
An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox.
Cosponsored by Representative DODGE of Belfast and
Senators: BRENNER of Cumberland, LAWRENCE of York, RAFFERTY of York,
Representatives: BOYER of Cape Elizabeth, FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor, KUHN of
Falmouth, PUGH of Portland.

Page 1 - 132LR2451(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12002 is enacted to read:
3§12002. Coyote-killing contests prohibited
41. "Coyote-killing contest" defined. As used in this section, unless the context
5 otherwise indicates, "coyote-killing contest" means an organized or sponsored competition
6 with the objective of killing coyotes for prizes or entertainment.
72. Coyote-killing contests prohibited. A person may not:
8 A. Arrange, cause, hold, organize, plan or sponsor a coyote-killing contest;
9 B. Provide the venue for a coyote-killing contest;
10 C. Entice a person to knowingly take part in a coyote-killing contest; or
11 D. Knowingly take part in a coyote-killing contest.
12 A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.
133. Defense of person or property and sanctioned culling. This section may not be
14 construed to prohibit a person from protecting a person or property or a municipal, county
15 or state employee's sanctioned culling of coyotes.
16SUMMARY
17 This bill prohibits coyote-killing contests. It provides that a person who arranges,
18 provides a venue for, entices a person to knowingly take part in or knowingly takes part in
19 a coyote-killing contest commits a Class E crime. It specifies that the law prohibiting
20 coyote-killing contests may not be construed to prohibit the defense of a person or property
21 or a government employee's sanctioned culling of coyotes.
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