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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 139S.P. 75 In Senate, January 8, 2025
Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
to Establish a Pilot Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BAILEY of York.
Cosponsored by Senators: BALDACCI of Penobscot, HICKMAN of Kennebec, NANGLE of
Cumberland, TIPPING of Penobscot, Representatives: CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham, EATON
of Deer Isle, TERRY of Gorham, WEBB of Durham. Page 1 - 132LR0584(01)1
2 That the Department of Inland
3 Fisheries and Wildlife shall establish a pilot program for the electronic tagging of harvested
4 deer. The department may establish parameters for the program, including the length of the
5 pilot program, the designation of certain areas and registration stations where electronic
6 tagging is permitted and any other requirements the department determines necessary. The
7 department shall submit a report regarding the pilot program, including suggested
8 legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife no later than
9 December 3, 2025. The committee may report out a bill based on the report to the Second
10 Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.
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12 This bill directs the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish a pilot
13 program for the electronic tagging of harvested deer. The bill also requires the department
14 to submit a report regarding the pilot program to the Joint Standing Committee on Inland
15 Fisheries and Wildlife no later than December 3, 2025 and authorizes the committee to
16 report out a bill based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.
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