An Act to Standardize
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0777
Committee Amendment CA_A_H109 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/^ » to H.P. 502, L.D. 777, "An Act to Standardize
the Muzzle-loading Season Statewide"
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study
Lengthening the IMuzzle-Ioading Season for Deer in Certain Wildlife Management
Districts'
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following:
'See. 1. Study of muzzle-loading season for deer and expanding season in
certain wildlife management districts. Resolved: That the Department of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife shall study lengthening the muzzle-loading season for deer beyond
the 6-day season currently established in department rule in additional wildlife
management districts in the State where winter conditions are less severe,
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, by January 1,2026, the department shall submit a
report to the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife that includes an
overview of the study findings pursuant to section 1 and any recommendations to identify
additional wildlife management districts where the length of the special muzzle-loading
season on deer could be extended. The report must include a map identifymg the muzzle-
loading season for deer iti each wildlife management district in the State and highlight on
the map wildlife management districts that are currently permitted by rule to have a longer
season than 6 days, wildlife management districts that the department determines could
have an extended season and wildlife management districts that the department determines
should continue to have a 6-day season. The committee may report out a bill related to the
report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " A. " to H.P. 502, L.D. 777
^1 SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve. The amendment directs the
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to study lengthening the 6-day muzzle-loading
season on deer in wildlife management districts in additional wildlife management districts
in the State where winter conditions are less severe, The amendment directs the department
to report back to the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife by January
1, 2026 with findings and recommendations and gives the joint standing committee the
authority to report out a bill based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd
Legislature.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved; 04/18/25 i-Kt-
LD 777 LR 1077(02)
An Act to Standardize the Muzzle-loading Season Statewide
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment vp^( [\^ \^\
Committee; Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Any additional costs to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife from the provisions of this bill are expected to
be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources,
LR1077(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1