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LD1661 • 2025

Resolve, Requiring a Review and Assessment of the State's Invasive Species Management Efforts

Resolve, Requiring a Review and Assessment of the State's Invasive Species Management Efforts

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Sharon Frost
Last action
2026-04-25
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Requiring a Review and Assessment of the State's Invasive Species Management Efforts

Resolve, Requiring a Review and Assessment of the State's Invasive Species Management Efforts Sponsor: Representative Sharon Frost Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Requiring a Review and Assessment of the State's Invasive Species Management Efforts Sponsor: Representative Sharon Frost Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1076(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1076(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1661 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 8SECOND REGULAR SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-25 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2026-04-13 Senate

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table. Subsequently, FINALLY PASSED in concurrence.

  3. 2026-03-12 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2026-02-26 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2026-01-08 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  6. 2026-01-08 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Carry Over Approved

  8. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Carry Over Requested

  9. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered; TABLED

  10. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Work Session Held

  11. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  12. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  13. 2025-04-15 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Requiring a Review and Assessment of the State's Invasive Species Management Efforts
Sponsor:
Representative Sharon Frost
Reference committee:
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1076(04)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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H.P. 1102 - L.D. 1661
Resolve, Requiring a Review and Assessment of the State's Invasive Species
Management Efforts
Sec. 1. Review and assessment of State's invasive species management
efforts. Resolved: That, within existing budgeted resources, the Department of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry,
referred to in this resolve as "the departments," shall conduct a review and assessment of
the State's invasive species management efforts. The departments shall collaborate with
the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Marine Resources, other
state agencies and local units of government and nongovernmental organizations in
conducting the review and assessment. The review and assessment must include a
summary of existing interagency working groups and other collaborative efforts focused
on invasive species, including, but not limited to, invasive aquatic species and invasive
terrestrial plants. In conducting the review and assessment, the departments shall explore
opportunities for increased collaboration and efficiency and funding opportunities for
projects related to the control and management of invasive species, education and outreach
efforts and projects aimed at early detection and prevention of invasive species.
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, by January 31, 2027, the departments shall submit
a report detailing the results of the review and assessment under section 1, including any
findings and recommendations, to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over agriculture, conservation and forestry matters; inland fisheries and
wildlife matters; marine resources matters; and environment and natural resources matters.
Each joint standing committee may submit legislation to the 133rd Legislature in 2027.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

APRIL 25, 2026
CHAPTER
174
RESOLVES