LD1790 • 2025

An Act Regarding Lobster Measurement

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Sponsor: Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham
Last action: 2025-06-03
Official status: Reports Read On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act Regarding Lobster Measurement

An Act Regarding Lobster Measurement Sponsor: Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham Reference committee: Marine Resources Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

What This Bill Does

An Act Regarding Lobster Measurement Sponsor: Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham Reference committee: Marine Resources Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

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Bill History

2025-06-03 Senate
Reports Read On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-06-02 House
Reports READ . On motion of Representative HEPLER of Woolwich, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-29 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP
2025-05-15 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-15 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-04-24 Committee
Referred to Committee on Marine Resources.

Official Summary Text

An Act Regarding Lobster Measurement
Sponsor:
Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham
Reference committee:
Marine Resources
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1790
H.P. 1201 House of Representatives, April 24, 2025
An Act Regarding Lobster Measurement
Reference to the Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.

Page 1 - 132LR0861(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6431, sub-§1-B, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 512, §2, is amended
3 to read:
41-B. Compliance with interstate fishery management plan. The commissioner may
5 adopt rules to set minimum and maximum lobster sizes different from those specified in
6 subsection 1 when When necessary to comply with changes to the Atlantic States Marine
7 Fisheries Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster regarding
8 minimum and maximum lobster sizes different from those specified in subsection 1, the
9 commissioner shall submit legislation to the Legislature with proposed minimum and
10 maximum lobster sizes. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical
11 rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A. The commissioner shall notify the
12 joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources
13 matters when initiating rulemaking pursuant to this subsection.
14SUMMARY
15 This bill removes the authority of the Commissioner of Marine Resources to adopt
16 rules to set minimum and maximum lobster sizes different from those specified in statute.
17 Instead, the bill requires the department to submit legislation to the Legislature when
18 changes to minimum and maximum lobster sizes are necessary to comply with changes to
19 the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for
20 American Lobster.
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