# Maine LD 1353: An Act Regarding Required Landings in the Menhaden Fishery

Maine LD 1353, An Act Regarding Required Landings in the Menhaden Fishery, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-16 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 761); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maine LD 1353
- State: Maine
- Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act Regarding Required Landings in the Menhaden Fishery
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-28
- Last action: 2026-04-16, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 761
- Sponsor: Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: FISH, FISH - FISHERIES
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (110 yes, 99 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Priority licenses for eastern towns and past landings: benefit, medium. Before the new rules are adopted, the department can issue licenses to people with proven past activity. You must have held a commercial menhaden license in 2019, 2020, or 2021 and reported at least 20,000 pounds of legal landings in one of those years, based on records filed before January 1, 2023…
- New limited-entry rules for menhaden licenses: mixed, medium. The law creates a limited-entry system for commercial menhaden licenses. Applicants who did not hold a license last year can be eligible only when total licenses are under 350 and the exit ratio is 1 to 1. The Department of Marine Resources must adopt these rules by December 31, 2027. This sets cle…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cheryl Golek (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James Thorne (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Marianne Moore (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Morgan Rielly (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Wayne Farrin (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-06 | Senate | ENACTMENT | fail | 14 | 18 |   |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT | fail | 17 | 18 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP | pass | 79 | 63 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-04-16: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 761
- 2026-04-14: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2026-04-14: On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) as Amended by House Amendment "C" (H-1067) thereto. Ordered sent down forthwith. (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Speaker laid before the HouseSubsequently, on motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, the House RECEDED.On motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, House Amendment "C" (H-1067) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) was READ and ADOPTED.Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) as Amended by House Amendment "C" (H-1067) thereto was ADOPTED. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) as Amended by House Amendment "C" (H-1067) thereto.In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2026-04-13: Unfinished Business (House)
- 2026-04-09: Unfinished Business (House)
- 2026-04-09: Unfinished Business (House)
- 2026-04-07: Unfinished Business (House)
- 2026-04-07: On motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, TABLED pending FURTHER CONSIDERATION.Later today assigned. (House)
- 2026-04-06: Taken from the table by the President Subsequently, FAILED ENACTMENT in NON-CONCURRENCE. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 890 Yeas 14 - Nays 18 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Sent down for concurrence. (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: On motion by Senator DUSON of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. Unfinished Business (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2026-03-26: RELEASED (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Reports ReadMotion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 795 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) in concurrence. Held at the Request of PIERCE of Cumberland (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Reports READ.On motion of Representative HEPLER of Woolwich, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 670(Yeas 79 - Nays 63 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-873) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-873). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-06-25: Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (House)
- 2025-03-28: Received by the Clerk of the House on March 28, 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. (House)

## Bill text

- Amendment C-A (H-873), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=2&snum=132)
- Amendment H-C to C-A (H-1067), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=6&snum=132)
- Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=7&snum=132)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=1&snum=132)

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## Sources
- [Amendment C-A (H-873), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=2&snum=132)
- [Amendment H-C to C-A (H-1067), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=6&snum=132)
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=7&snum=132)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0876&item=1&snum=132)

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