# Maine LD 866: Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program

Maine LD 866, Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Steven Foster (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-12 (Signed by Governor, RESLV Chapter 74) (as of 2026-10-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maine LD 866
- State: Maine
- Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Implement a Landowner Antlerless Deer Permit Gift Program
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-04
- Last action: 2025-06-12, Signed by Governor, RESLV Chapter 74
- Sponsor: Steven Foster (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: HUNTING, HUNTING - DEER
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- $12 deer permit gifts for landowners: mixed, low. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife must create a landowner antlerless deer permit gift program. You can pay $12 to give a permit to a landowner who allows hunting on their land. By January 1, 2027, the department must report to the Legislature’s inland fisheries and wildlife commit…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Steven Foster (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Perkins (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Haggan (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: James Dill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James Thorne (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Flynn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Richard Mason (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Russell J. Black (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Scott Cyrway (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stephen Wood (Republican), House

## Actions (8)

- 2025-06-12: Signed by Governor, RESLV Chapter 74
- 2025-06-10: FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-06-09: Reports ReadOn motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) Report ACCEPTED. Bill READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) in concurrence. (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: Reports READ.On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) 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-521). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-03-21: Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. (House)
- 2025-03-04: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)

## Bill text

- Amendment C-A (H-521), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=2&snum=132)
- Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=4&snum=132)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=1&snum=132)

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- LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed)
- LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed)
- LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed)
- LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed)
- LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed)

## Sources
- [Amendment C-A (H-521), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=2&snum=132)
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=4&snum=132)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=1&snum=132)

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