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LD139 • 2025

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Donna Bailey
Last action
2025-05-23
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0584(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0584(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 139 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-23 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-21 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-20 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-05-06 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-02-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-02-05 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-01-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer
Sponsor:
Senator Donna Bailey
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0584(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 75 - L.D. 139
Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study
Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer
Sec. 1. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to study establishing
program for electronic tagging of deer. Resolved: That the Department of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife shall study and establish a plan for the implementation of a program
for the electronic tagging of harvested deer. The department shall submit a report, including
suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife no
later than January 14, 2026. The report must include information on the projected costs,
programming and staffing requirements of developing and implementing an electronic
tagging program and how the department would recoup lost money, if applicable. To the
extent practicable, the department shall consult with local business owners in the study who
contract as registered agents of the department for the tagging of deer to gauge how a
transition to an electronic tagging program may impact these agents, especially in more
rural areas of the State. The report must also include information related to anticipated
effects on biological data collection and relevant compliance and enforcement issues.
Finally, the report must outline a plan for program implementation, including suggested
time frames, and a plan for how the department would raise awareness of an electronic
tagging program across the State. The Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and
Wildlife may report out a bill based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the
132nd Legislature.
APPROVED
MAY 23, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
32
RESOLVES