Maine LD2025: An Act to Create a Limited-purpose License for Aquaculture Nursery and Husbandry Activities and to Clarify the Aquaculture Lease Amendment Process

What the bill says

An Act to Create a Limited-purpose License for Aquaculture Nursery and Husbandry Activities and to Clarify the Aquaculture Lease Amendment Process.

From the engrossed text:

An Act to Create a Limited-purpose License for Aquaculture Nursery and Husbandry Activities and to Clarify the Aquaculture Lease Amendment Process Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§10, as amended by PL 2021, c. 581, §1, is further amended to read: 10. Notification of granted leases. After the granting of a lease: B. The department shall notify all riparian owners, intervenors and the municipality in which the lease is located that a lease has been granted. The notice must include a description of the area and how a copy of the lease may be obtained; and C. The lessee shall mark the leased area in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; and. D. The lessee shall annually submit to the department a seeding and harvesting report for the past year and a seeding and harvesting plan for the coming year. Upon written request, the department shall provide a copy of the report to the municipality or municipalities in which or adjacent to which the lease is located. The seeding and harvesting reports submitted by a lessee under this paragraph are considered confidential statistics for the purposes of section 6173. A copy of a report provided to a municipality pursuant to this paragraph is confidential. Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§13, ¶G, as amended by PL 2021, c. 52, §8, is repealed. …

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Sponsors

• Morgan Rielly (D) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. April 6, 2026: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
2. April 2, 2026: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
3. April 2, 2026: Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-951) READCommittee Amendment "A" (H-951) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-951) READ and ADOPTED. Committee Amendment "A" (H-951) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-961) thereto ADOPTED. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-951) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-961) thereto in concurrence.
4. April 2, 2026: CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYOn OBJECTION of Representative HEPLER of Woolwich REMOVED.The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-951) was READ.On motion of Representative HEPLER of Woolwich, House Amendment "A" (H-961) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-951) was READ and ADOPTED.Committee Amendment "A" (H-951) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-961) thereto was ADOPTED. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REF
5. December 3, 2025: Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

Common questions

What is LD2025?

LD2025 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Create a Limited-purpose License for Aquaculture Nursery and Husbandry Activities and to Clarify the Aquaculture Lease Amendment Process.

What does LD2025 do?

In its own words: An Act to Create a Limited-purpose License for Aquaculture Nursery and Husbandry Activities and to Clarify the Aquaculture Lease Amendment Process.

What is the status of LD2025?

Signed into law as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (April 6, 2026).

Who sponsored LD2025?

Morgan Rielly (D).

Where is the official record for LD2025?

On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=2025&snum=132