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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1596: An Act To Support Maine'S Sea Farmers

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1596 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on April 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Support Maine'S Sea Farmers. Primary sponsor: Morgan Rielly (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 22, 2025): Became Law without Governor's Signature.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Independent 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Morgan RiellyPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Dan AnkelesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Art BellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Stacy BrennerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Lydia CraftsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Craig HickmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Bill PlueckerCo-sponsorIndependentHouse44
Abden SimmonsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Denise TeplerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Became Law without Governor's Signature
  2. FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. FINALLY PASSED.
  5. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-463) in concurrence.
  6. Committee Amendment "A" (H-463) READ and ADOPTED.
  7. Bill READ ONCE.
  8. On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
  9. Reports Read
  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-463).
  12. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source