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

LD 1655: An Act To Allow The Keeping Of Chickens On Private Residential Property

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 1655 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on April 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Allow The Keeping Of Chickens On Private Residential Property. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Poirier (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 30, 2025): Signed by Governor.

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): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer PoirierPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Amanda CollamoreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Billy Bob FaulkinghamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12
Josh MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Nate WadsworthCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82

“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. Signed by Governor
  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  5. Ordered sent down forthwith.
  6. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-173), in concurrence.
  7. Committee Amendment "A" (H-173) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.
  8. READ ONCE.
  9. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-173)
  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 26 actions. Full history

Sources

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