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An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Russell Black
Last action
2025-05-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Sponsor: Senator Russell Black Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Sponsor: Senator Russell Black Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0315(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0315(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 6 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 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-09 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-07 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-06 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-04-22 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-02-12 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-02-12 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-01-06 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsor:
Senator Russell Black
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0315(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 18 - L.D. 6
An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their
Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries
and Wildlife
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12254, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §216 and
affected by §422, is amended to read:
1. Prohibition. A person may not set a trap for any wild animal without having the
trap plainly labeled with that person's full name and address or that person's trapping online
licensing system identification number issued by the department.
APPROVED
MAY 9, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
64
PUBLIC LAW