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LD350 • 2025

Resolve, Directing the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board to Consider Issues Related to All-terrain Vehicles in the State

Resolve, Directing the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board to Consider Issues Related to All-terrain Vehicles in the State

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Directing the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board to Consider Issues Related to All-terrain Vehicles in the State

Resolve, Directing the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board to Consider Issues Related to All-terrain Vehicles in the State Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Directing the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board to Consider Issues Related to All-terrain Vehicles in the State Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 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 - 132LR1957(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1957(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 350 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8SECOND REGULAR SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2026-04-07 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2026-04-07 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2026-03-24 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2026-03-11 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2026-03-11 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Carry Over Approved

  8. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Carry Over Requested

  9. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  10. 2025-01-30 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Directing the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board to Consider Issues Related to All-terrain Vehicles in the State
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1957(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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S.P. 134 - L.D. 350
Resolve, Directing the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory
Board to Consider Issues Related to All-terrain Vehicles in the State
Sec. 1. Study ATV issues. Resolved: That the Landowners and Land Users
Relations Advisory Board, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section
10157 and referred to in this resolve as "the advisory board," shall consider issues related
to weights, sizes and classifications of all-terrain vehicles, referred to in this resolve as
"ATVs," in the State. When considering issues related to ATVs, the advisory board shall
consult with the following stakeholders:
1. An individual who registered an oversized ATV and had that registration rescinded
by the State;
2. An ATV manufacturer;
3. An ATV dealer; and
4. Any other stakeholders as determined by the advisory board.
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the advisory board shall report to the joint standing
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters
with findings and recommendations no later than February 1, 2027. The report must include
a summary of the meetings of the advisory board pertaining to the issues described in
section 1 and a list of the additional stakeholders included in those meetings as described
by section 1. The committee may report out a bill related to the report to the 133rd
Legislature in 2027.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

APRIL 21, 2026
CHAPTER
173
RESOLVES