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

LD 1708: An Act To Create The Commercial Fishing Safety Fund To Further Develop Training And Provide Equipment To Recover Ships And Other Watercraft And Persons In Distress Or Lost At Sea

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 1708 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on April 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Create The Commercial Fishing Safety Fund To Further Develop Training And Provide Equipment To Recover Ships And Other Watercraft And Persons In Distress Or Lost At Sea. Primary sponsor: Tiffany Strout (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 10, 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): Democratic 3 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tiffany StroutPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Holly EatonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15
Billy Bob FaulkinghamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12
Abigail GriffinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Allison HeplerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Artie MingoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Marianne MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Morgan RiellyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Abden SimmonsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Will TuellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10

“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-351), in concurrence.
  7. Committee Amendment "A" (H-351) 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-351).
  12. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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