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LD1655 • 2025

An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property

An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property

Agriculture
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Jennifer Poirier
Last action
2025-05-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property

An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property Sponsor: Representative Jennifer Poirier Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property Sponsor: Representative Jennifer Poirier Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 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 - 132LR1314(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1314(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1655 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-30 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-15 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property
Sponsor:
Representative Jennifer Poirier
Reference committee:
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR1314(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1096 - L.D. 1655
An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §219-D is enacted to read:
§219-D. Keeping chickens on residential property
A county or municipality may not adopt a regulation or ordinance that prohibits a
person from keeping chickens on that person's residential property. For purposes of this
section, "chicken" means a female domesticated bird that is raised for meat or eggs and
does not include a fully mature domesticated male chicken. This section may not be
construed to limit the home rule authority of a municipality.
APPROVED
MAY 30, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
174
PUBLIC LAW