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Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Steven Foster
Last action
2025-06-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program Sponsor: Representative Steven Foster Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program Sponsor: Representative Steven Foster Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0743(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0743(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 866 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.
Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0743(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0743(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 866 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. 2025-06-12 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-10 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-10 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-05 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  9. 2025-03-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program
Sponsor:
Representative Steven Foster
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0743(04)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 552 - L.D. 866
Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to
Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program
Sec. 1. Program established. Resolved: That the Department of Inland Fisheries
and Wildlife shall establish and implement a landowner antlerless deer permit gift program,
referred to in this resolve as "the program," under which a person may purchase an
antlerless deer permit for a landowner for $12 as a gesture of appreciation for a landowner
that allows hunting on the landowner's land.
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 1, 2027, the Department of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters that includes an
overview of the program and any suggested recommendations for legislative changes. The
report must also include a description of the ways the department has engaged with and
shown appreciation to landowners that allow hunting on those landowners' properties and
the outreach conducted by the department to encourage hunters to show appreciation to
landowners that allow hunting on those landowners' properties. The committee may report
out a bill related to the report to the 133rd Legislature in 2027.
APPROVED
JUNE 12, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
74
RESOLVES