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LD2240 • 2025

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Sponsored By Senator Baldacci of Penobscot , Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR3085(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR3085(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 2240 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 4STATE OF MAINE 5SENATE 6132ND LEGISLATURE 7SECOND REGULAR SESSION 8 SENATE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-04-06 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2026-04-06 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2026-03-27 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP/ONTP

  5. 2026-03-23 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2026-03-23 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2026-03-19 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife Habitat, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR3085(05)
STATE OF MAINE
_____
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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H.P. 1515 - L.D. 2240
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Significant Wildlife
Habitat, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife
Sec. 1. Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of Chapter 10: Significant
Wildlife Habitat, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of the Department of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife that has been submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant
to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A outside the legislative
rule acceptance period, is authorized.
APPROVED
APRIL 13, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
161
RESOLVES