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LD173 • 2025

An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration Requirements

An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration Requirements

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Sponsor
Representative Stephen Wood
Last action
2025-06-05
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration Requirements

An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration Requirements Sponsor: Representative Stephen Wood Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration Requirements Sponsor: Representative Stephen Wood Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0502(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0502(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 173 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 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. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-06-04 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 325 (Yeas 73 - Nays 70 - Absent 8 - Excused 0) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-30 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  4. 2025-03-10 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-03-10 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-01-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration Requirements
Sponsor:
Representative Stephen Wood
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 173
H.P. 106 House of Representatives, January 14, 2025
An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration
Requirements
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative WOOD of Greene.
Cosponsored by Representatives: DRINKWATER of Milford, MASON of Lisbon, THORNE
of Carmel.

Page 1 - 132LR0502(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13056, sub-§2, ¶G, as amended by PL 2013, c. 408, §24, is
3 further amended to read:
4 G. A motorboat used exclusively for racing purposes that displays on its hull in a
5 prominent manner a valid boat number issued by a recognized racing association; and
6Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13056, sub-§2, ¶H, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 408, §25, is
7 amended to read:
8 H. A motorboat participating in an event as permitted by section 13061. ; and
9Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §13056, sub-§2, ¶I is enacted to read:
10 I. A canoe, kayak or rowboat that is equipped with a motor having a manufacturer's
11 horsepower rating less than 100 horsepower.
12SUMMARY
13 This bill exempts canoes, kayaks and rowboats that are equipped with a motor having
14 a manufacturer's horsepower rating less than 100 horsepower from boat registration
15 requirements.
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