An Act to Amend Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species List
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0057
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: DILL
Amends: 12 MRSA §12803

Legislative Document
No. 57
H.P. 32
House of Representatives, January 4, 2023
An Act to Amend Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species List
Submitted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative DILL of Old Town.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 2007, c. 166, §1, is 
further amended to read:
D.  Sedge wren, Cistothorus platensis stellaris, endangered;
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §6 and 
affected by §8 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§3 and 6, is repealed.
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶P, as amended by PL 2015, c. 121, §2, is 
further amended to read:
P.  Clayton's copper, Lycaena Tharsalea dorcas claytoni, threatened;
Sec. 4.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶S, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §6 and 
affected by §8 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§3 and 6, is amended to read:
S.  Katahdin arctic, Oenis Oeneis polixenes katahdin, endangered;
Sec. 5.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶BB, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §6 and 
affected by §8 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§3 and 6, is amended to read:
BB.  Tidewater mucket, Leptodea Atlanticoncha ochracea, threatened;
Sec. 6.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶JJ, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 166, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. 7.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶PP, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 166, §1, is 
amended to read:
PP.  Purple lesser Arctic fritillary, Boloria chariclea grandis, threatened;
Sec. 8.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶WW, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 121, §5, is 
amended to read:
WW.  Frigga fritillary, Boloria frigga saga, endangered;
Sec. 9.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶ZZ, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 121, §5, is 
amended to read:
ZZ.  Eastern small-footed bat, Myotis leibii, threatened; and
Sec. 10.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶AAA, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 121, §5, is 
amended to read:
AAA.  Six-whorl vertigo, Vertigo morsei, endangered.;
Sec. 11.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶BBB is enacted to read:
BBB.  Ashton's cuckoo bumble bee, Bombus ashtoni, endangered;
Sec. 12.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶CCC is enacted to read:
CCC.  Bank swallow, Riparia riparia, threatened;
Sec. 13.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶DDD is enacted to read:
DDD.  Bicknell's thrush, Catharus bicknelli, threatened;
Sec. 14.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶EEE is enacted to read:
EEE.  Blackpoll warbler, Setophaga striata, threatened;
Sec. 15.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶FFF is enacted to read:
FFF.  Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, threatened;
Sec. 16.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶GGG is enacted to read:
GGG.  Margined tiger beetle, Ellipsoptera marginata, threatened;
Sec. 17.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶HHH is enacted to read:
HHH.  Saltmarsh sparrow, Ammodramus caudacutus, endangered; and
Sec. 18.  12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3, ¶III is enacted to read:
III.  Tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus, threatened.
SUMMARY
This bill makes amendments to the State's list of endangered and threatened species 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 12803.  It removes the box turtle 
and the rapids clubtail from the endangered species list.  It adds the Ashton's cuckoo bumble 
bee and the saltmarsh sparrow to the endangered species list.  It adds the bank swallow, the 
Bicknell's thrush, the blackpoll warbler, the cliff swallow, the margined tiger beetle and the 
tricolored bat to the threatened species list. It also makes some taxonomic nomenclature 
changes.