The Second Session of Maine’s 125th Legislature convenes in January, and we’ve got a rundown of the bills on tap for consideration.
Bills Carried Over from First Session:
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
LD: 362 – Resolve, Directing the Department of Conservation To Acquire an Easement To Provide Access to the Dead River. McCabe
LD: 1109 – Resolve, To Target Job Creation in the Agricultural Sector To Improve the Stability and Economic Strength of Rural Maine. McCabe
LD: 1120 – An Act To Move the Land for Maine’s Future Program to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources. Moulton
Appropriations and Financial Affairs
LD: 63 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Repair the Mountain Division Rail Line. Diamond, Plummer
LD: 111 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Large scale Marketing and Research and Development for Bulk Sales of Maine Seafood Worldwide. Kumiega
LD: 225 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $50,000,000 To Fund Research and Development. Rector, Cain
LD: 263 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Construction of a Marine Technology Incubator Facility at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Russell
LD: 359 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Wastewater and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Funds. Flood, Goodall
LD: 381 – An Act To Establish a New Method of Determining the State Budget. Ayotte, Raye
LD: 399 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund LifeFlight. Collins, Martin J.
LD: 409 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development for Technology Advancement. Cain, Rector
LD: 417 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Rail Lines in Western Maine. Craven, Rotundo
LD: 420 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Building a Container Port on Sears Island. Thomas, Peoples
LD: 470 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Complete Renovation of a Bulkhead at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Clark H, Alfond
LD: 513 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of To More Equitably Fund the Liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Saviello
LD: 565 – An Act To Provide Funding for the World Acadian Congress. Jackson, Martin J
LD: 741 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Water and Sewer Infrastructure To Protect Public Health and To Facilitate the Expansion and Growth of Business. Alfond
LD: 777 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Expand Necessary Capital Improvements at the University of Maine System That Support the Critical Disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math To Enhance Economic Development and Employment Opportunities for Maine Citizens. Cain, Rector
LD: 807 – An Act To Repeal the Bonding Authority of the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority. Waterhouse, Rosen R
LD: 829 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Transportation, Broadband Infrastructure, Downtown Revitalization, Land for Maine’s Future and Training Facilities in Labor Market Areas with Higher than Average Unemployment for Tourism-related Training. McCabe
LD: 842 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Research and Sustainable Development of Maine’s Natural Resources. Hunt, Jackson
LD: 851 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest inRailroads To Reduce the Cost of Shipping to Maine Businesses, Attract Tourists to Maine and Facilitate the Development of Commuter Rail Transportation To Reduce the Use of Oil in Maine. Hobbins, Hogan
LD: 852 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Natural Resource-based Economy. Trahan, Cain
LD: 874 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Educational Opportunities for Underserved Regions of the State. Alfond, Wagner
LD: 894 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Highway and Bridge Infrastructure To Meet the Needs of the Business Sector and To Create Jobs. Diamond
LD: 919 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Weatherize and Upgrade the Energy Efficiency of Maine Homes and Businesses and To Provide for a Trained Workforce for Maine’s Energy Future. Hinck
LD: 948 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create Jobs through Energy Efficiency. Bartlett
LD: 979 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create an Animal and Plant Diagnostic Facility at the University of Maine. Edgecomb, Sherman
LD: 990 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $1,000,000 for Road and Bridge Construction. Patrick, Crockett
LD: 1187 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Revitalize Maine’s Downtowns through Innovative Business Development and Creative Economy. Sullivan, Casavant
LD: 1240 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Reduce the Cost of Government through Energy Efficiency. Fitts
LD: 1386 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund the Challenger Learning Center of Maine. Stevens, Farnham
LD: 1395 – An Act To Authorize a Highway Fund Bond Issue To Improve Maine’s Roads and Bridges. Cebra
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
LD: 648 – An Act To Prohibit Organized Retail Theft. Plummer
LD: 1088 – An Act Regarding the Writing of Bad Checks. Martin T
LD: 1095 – An Act To Facilitate the Construction and Operation of Private Prisons by Authorizing the Transport of Prisoners out of State. Thomas, Davis
LD: 1143 – An Act To Require That Law Enforcement Officials Collect DNA Samples from Persons Arrested for Certain Crimes. Maloney
LD: 1514 – An Act To Amend the Sex Offender Registration Laws Education and Cultural Affairs. Haskell, Gerzofsky
Education and Cultural Affairs
LD: 98 – Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Education To Adopt a Policy Regarding Management of Head Injuries in Youth Sports. Pilon, Alfond
LD: 627 – An Act To Expand the Capacity of York County Community College. Beliveau, Langley
LD: 675 – An Act To Establish Multidistrict Online Classes in Maine. Alfond, Richardson D
LD: 958 – Resolve, To Direct the Department of Education To Contract for an Independent Review of the Essential Programs and Services Model. Johnson P, Thomas
LD: 980 – An Act To Prohibit Cyberbullying in Public Schools. Pilon, Langley
LD: 1003 – An Act To Assist Maine Schools To Obtain Federal Funds for Medically Necessary Services. Edgecomb, Sherman
LD: 1237 – An Act To Prohibit Bullying and Cyberbullying in Schools. Morrison, Bartlett
LD: 1316 – An Act To Expand Magnet Schools in Maine. Lovejoy
LD: 1422 – An Act To Prepare Maine People for the Future Economy. Langley, Cain
LD: 1503 – An Act To Promote School Attendance and Increase School Achievement. Alfond
Energy, Utilities and Technology
LD: 425 – An Act To Stimulate Demand for Renewable Resources. Rosen R, Rosen K
LD: 935 – An Act To Create Fair and Open Competition in Line Extension Construction. Guerin
Environment and Natural Resources
LD: 693 – An Act Concerning Solid Waste Facility Citizen Advisory Committees. Duchesne
LD: 781 – An Act To Establish Flushability Standards for Consumer Products Advertised as Flushable. Walsh Innes
LD: 879 – An Act To Ensure Adequate Landfill Capacity in the State for Solid Waste. Curtis, Whittmore
LD: 1278 – An Act To Stabilize Solid Waste Management Funding. Duchesne
LD: 1412 – An Act To Promote the Proper Disposal of Used Medical Sharps. Walsh Innes
LD: 1458 – An Act To Transfer Recycling Technical Assistance and Solid Waste Policy Responsibilities from the State Planning Office to the Department of Environmental Protection. Moulton, Sullivan
Health and Human Services
LD: 612 – An Act To Provide Reimbursement for Medication Therapy Management Services. Rector, Fitts
LD: 646 – Resolve, To Improve Communication Regarding and the Coordination of Care for Children Who Are Prescribed Antipsychotic Medications. Welsh, Craven
LD: 806 – An Act To Provide Public Access to Price Lists of Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities. Berry, Langley
LD: 897 – An Act To Amend the Application Process for the Progressive Treatment Program. Hill
LD: 936 – An Act To Conform Maine Menu Labeling Laws to Federal Standards. Strang Burgess, McCormick
LD: 1114 – An Act To Improve Preventive Dental Health Care and Reduce Future Avoidable Costs. Strang Burgess, Craven
LD: 1115 – Resolve, To Review Oversight and Advisory Responsibilities Related to Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorders. Strang Burgess, Alfond
LD: 1364 – An Act To Improve the Quality and Reduce the Cost of Health. Fitts, Raye
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
LD: 213 – An Act To Provide Funding for the Fish Stocking Program. Thibodeau, Davis
LD: 274 – An Act To Increase the Moose Permit Allocations for Zones 2 and 3. Jackson, Martin J
LD: 372 – An Act To Reduce Deer Predation. Martin J, Jackson
LD: 637 – An Act To Increase the Amount Tagging Agents Receive for Tagging Game. Black
LD: 1242 – An Act To Restore the Deer Herd in Certain Wildlife Management Districts in Maine. Burns DC, Trahan
LD: 1327 – Resolve, To Study the Organization of the Fisheries Management Activities of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Make Recommendations To Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness. Flemings, Trahan
LD: 1408 – An Act To Amend Water Quality Standards for Fish Hatcheries – Trahan, Cushing
Insurance and Financial Services
LD: 882 – An Act To Limit Health Care Mandates. Richardson W
LD: 1030 – An Act To Reduce Costs for Small Businesses. Eves, Brannigan
LD: 1179 – An Act To Require Advance Review and Approval of Certain Small Group Health Insurance Rate Increases and To Implement the Requirements of the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Goode, Brannigan
LD: 1497 – An Act To Comply with the Health Insurance Exchange Provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. McKane, Whittemore
LD: 1498 – An Act To Phase Out Dirigo Health and Establish the Maine Health Benefit Exchange for Small Businesses and Individuals. Treat, Brannigan
Judiciary
LD: 145 – An Act To Protect Homeowners Subject to Foreclosure by Requiring the Foreclosing Entity To Provide the Court with Original Documents. Beavers
LD: 324 – An Act To Authorize Parents with Power of Attorney To Make Decisions Regarding the Education of Their Adult Children. Kent, Alfond
LD: 419 – An Act To Ensure the Payment of Survivor Benefits to Certain Children. Rosen R
LD: 651 – An Act To Improve Tribal-State Relations. Priest, Bliss
LD: 978 – An Act To Amend the Probate Code Regarding Powers of Attorney Education of Children and Guardianship. Stevens, Rosen R
LD: 1377 – An Act To Adopt the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. Sanborn, Brannigan
LD: 1465 – An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Freedom of Access. Rosen R
LD: 1530 – An Act To Amend the Housing Provisions of the Maine Human Rights Act. Hastings
LD: 1546
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Deference Afforded to Agency Decisions. Plowman, Fitts
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
LD: 309 – An Act To Make Voluntary Membership in a Public Employee Labor Organization in the State. Winsor, Snowe-Mello
LD: 323 – An Act To Implement a Coordinated Strategy To Attract New Businesses, Expand Existing Businesses and Develop a Consistent and Recognizable Maine Brand. Volk, Rector
LD: 384 – An Act To Provide Incentives To Foster Economic Growth and Build Infrastructure in the State. Picchiotti, Whittemore
LD: 765 – An Act To Address the Documented Educational and Rehabilitation Needs of Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired. Davis, Thibodeau
LD: 771 – An Act To Establish the St. John Valley Regional Planning Commission. Ayotte, Jackson
LD: 955 – An Act To Establish the Dental Adjudicatory Panel. Rector, Prescott
LD: 1207 – An Act To Amend the Labor Laws Relating to Certain Agricultural Employees. Crafts, Mason
LD: 1314 – An Act To Standardize the Definition of “Independent Contractor.” Tilton, Plowman
LD: 1383 – An Act To Improve the Process by Which Logging Contractors Hire Legal Foreign Workers. Saviello
LD: 1437 – An Act To Implement Recommendations on Reinventing Government. Woodbury, Volk
LD: 1451 – An Act To Create Transparency and Accountability in Economic Development Subsidies. Russell
LD: 1571 – An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Workers’ Compensation. Cushing, Courtney
Marine Resources
LD: 1579 – An Act To Amend the Lobster Promotion Council Rules. Snowe-Mello
SP0237 – Joint Order Proposing an Amendment to the Joint Rules Regarding Fiscal Notes. Alfond
HP1080 – Joint Order, To Amend the Joint Rules To Eliminate Concept Drafts. Treat
HP1049 – Joint Order, To Amend the Joint Rules To Require Review of a Proposal To Create a New Crime or Enhance an Existing Criminal Penalty. Haskell, Gerzofsky
HP0122 – Joint Order, To Amend the Joint Rules To Permit Committees To Add Cosponsors to Bills. Cornell Du Houx
LD: 1335 – An Act Relating to the Authority of the Legislative Council over the Fiscal Note Process. Alfond
State and Local Government
LD: 287 – An Act To Provide Savings to the State by Contracting Out Certain Services. Winsor
LD: 543 – An Act To Protect Legislative Intent in Rulemaking. Prescott, Goodall
LD: 769 – An Act To Review the Functions of the State Planning Office. Moulton, Rector
LD: 1550 – An Act To Change Document Filing Fees for County Registries of Deeds. Moulton, Collins
Taxation
LD: 52 – An Act To Dedicate a Percentage of the Sales and Use Tax on Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts to the Highway Fund. Cebra, Thomas
LD: 234 – An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Exemption to Commercial Horticulturists. Harvell
LD: 305 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Allow Land and Buildings To Be Assessed Differently. Chipman
LD: 590 – An Act To Require Certain Changes to Sales and Use Tax Policy Application or Practice. Chase, Sherman
LD: 835 – An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Economy through Improvements to the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit. Knight, Snowe-Mello
LD: 849 – An Act To Provide Tax Relief for Maine’s Citizens by Reducing Income Taxes. Trahan, Knight
LD: 876 – An Act To Convert Vacant Commercial Property to Occupied Commercial Property. Bennett
LD: 1138 – An Act To Prevent Unnecessary Expulsion of Landowners from the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law Program. Knight, Langley
LD: 1164 – An Act To Support Maine Farms and Alleviate Hunger. Dion, Alfond
LD: 1225 – An Act To Create an Income Tax Return Checkoff To Fund Cancer Screening, Detection and Prevention. Strang Burgess, Raye
LD: 1470 – An Act To Ensure Harvesting of Timber on Land Taxed under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law Raye, Maker
LD: 1535 – An Act Relating to Fiscal Notes on Proposed Legislation. Knight, Trahan
Transportation
LD: 198 – An Act To Update Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Laws. Cebra, Thomas
LD: 697 – An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine Gateway Bridges. Beavers, Hill
LD: 1064 – Resolve, To Expand the Scope of the Study of Existing Highway Infrastructure and Future Capacity Needs West of Route 1 in York and Cumberland Counties Being Conducted by the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority. Tuttle, Collins
LD: 1124 – An Act To Authorize the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras To Prove and Enforce Violations of Overtaking and Passing School Buses. Cebra, Collins
LD: 1367 – An Act To Restore Maine’s Secondary Roads. Thomas, Cebra
Veterans and Legal Affairs
LD: 120 – An Act To End Taxpayer-funded Campaigns for Gubernatorial Candidates. Clark T
LD: 199 – An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Election Laws by Requiring Photograph Identification for the Purpose of Voting. Cebra, Snowe-Mello
LD: 227 – An Act Relating to the Establishment of Casinos. Valentino
LD: 896 – An Act To Adopt the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act. Farnham, Katz
LD: 905 – An Act To Improve Maine’s Liquor Distribution System. Fitts
LD: 1150 – An Act To Improve the Administration of the Legislative Ethics Laws. Farnham
LD: 1262 – An Act To Increase Penalties for Certain Violations of the Campaign Reports and Financing Laws. Bliss
LD: 1469 – An Act To Permit Video Gaming for Money Conducted by Nonprofit Organizations. Fitts
LD: 1523 – An Act To Improve the Maine Clean Election Act. Patrick
Bills Approved by the Legislative Council
LR: 2506 – An Act To Remove the $100 Fee Required When Reporting Fertilizer and Agricultural Liming Materials Tonnage. Libby
LR: 2509 – An Act To Authorize the Registration of Farmland in 2012 and 2013. Saviello
LR: 2516 – An Act To Help Promote Farming in Maine by Limiting the Liability of “Pick Your Own” Farms. Libby
LR: 2615 – An Act To Exempt Maple Sugar Houses from the 1,000-foot Setback Requirement of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission. Black
LR: 2594 – An Act To Amend Provisions Limiting the Return to Work after Retirement by Teachers, School Employees and State Employees. Hill
LR: 2373 – An Act To Provide Funding To Operate the Dolby Landfill in East Millinocket. Clark
LR: 2656 – An Act To Provide for an Advisory Referendum on the Approval of Tax-exempt Student Loan Revenue Bonds. Raye
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
LR: 2644 – An Act To Mandate the Use of Standardized Risk Assessment in the Management of Domestic Violence Crimes. Cain
LR: 2440 – An Act To Establish a Pilot Program as an Alternative to the Drug Court. Stevens
LR: 2397 – An Act To Impose a Penalty for Making False Claims Regarding Affiliation with a Federally Recognized Tribe. Soctomah
LR: 2308 – An Act To Establish or Increase Criminal Penalties for Failure To Report a Missing or Deceased Child. Blodgett
LR: 2310 – An Act To Increase to a Class C Crime the Failure To Report a Missing Child within 24 Hours. Olsen
LR: 2324 – An Act To Prohibit Verbal Sexual Solicitation of a Minor. Hobbins
LR: 2473 – An Act To Define, Prevent and Suppress Gang Activity in the State. Volk
LR: 2470 – An Act To Rescue Children Who Are Being Sexually Abused and To Make Improvements to the Sex Offender Registry and the Computer Crimes Unit. Diamond
LR: 2605 – An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Stalking and Domestic Violence. Garrett
LR: 2333 – An Act To Amend the Maine Bail Code To Protect Victims of Domestic Violence. Fredette
LR: 2401 – An Act To Ensure Equal Treatment of Juvenile Case Records. Haskell
LR: 2386 – An Act Regarding Inmates on Public Works Projects. Clarke
LR: 2377 – An Act To Better Provide Notification to Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking When Defendants Make Bail. Casavant
LR: 2424 – An Act To Amend the Law Relating to Concealed Firearms Locked in Vehicles. Crafts
LR: 2436 – An Act To Modify the Alternative Organizational Structure Budget Approval Process. Burns, David C
LR: 2327 – Resolve, To Amend the Resolve Establishing a Task Force on Franco-Americans. Fredette
LR: 2531 – An Act To Update the Laws Concerning the Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Ayotte
LR: 2380 – An Act To Enforce Prompt Payment to Career and Technical Education Regions. Gifford
LR: 2382 – An Act Regarding the School Fund in the Town of Burlington. Turner
LR: 2400 – An Act To Improve the Budget Approval and Validation Process. Snowe-Mello
LR: 2618 – An Act To Clarify Municipal Budget Requirements within an Alternative Organizational Structure. Raye
LR: 2646 – An Act To Prevent Cost Increases in Health Care for Rural Maine School Districts. Cain
LR: 2607 – An Act To Encourage Parental Involvement in Education. Alfond
LR: 2635 – An Act To Restructure the National Board Certification Program for Teachers. Alfond
LR: 2533 – An Act To Improve the Readiness of Maine High School. Alfond
LR: 2433 – An Act To Reduce Open Burning in Community Neighborhoods. Courtney
LR: 2513 – An Act To Refine the Definition of “Person Aggrieved” in Proceedings before the Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission. Saviello
LR: 2357 – An Act To Improve Well Water Testing at Licensed Child Care Facilities. Sirocki
LR: 2511 – An Act To Clarify Site Location Exemptions for Previously Developed Sites. Saviello
LR: 2514 – An Act To Facilitate the Use of Alternative Biomedical Waste Treatment Devices. Saviello
LR: 2350 – An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Extraction of Water from Great Ponds for Purposes of Generating Energy. Sarty
LR: 2632 – An Act To Support Maine’s Biomass and Forest Products Industries. Fitts
LR: 2619 – An Act To Increase Energy Options. Raye
LR: 2489 – An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing Electric Industry Restructuring. Sherman
LR: 2589 – An Act To Expand the Availability of Natural Gas to Maine Residents. Katz
LR: 2348 – An Act To Create Efficiency in E-9-1-1 Call Centers. Thibodeau
LR: 2434 – An Act To Amend the Charter of the Ogunquit Sewer District. Hill
LR: 2528 – An Act To Amend the Charter of the Veazie Sewer District. Parker
LR: 2501 – An Act To Create the New Gloucester Water District. Espling
LR: 2426 – An Act To Conform Maine’s Prescription Privacy Laws with the United States Constitution. McCormick
LR: 2544 – An Act To Restrict Further the Amount of Methamphetamine Precursors That May Be Bought or Sold. Willette
LR: 2614 – An Act Relating to False Claims under the Medicaid Program. Gifford
LR: 2640 – An Act To Improve Accountability Concerning Travel Reimbursement under MaineCare. Burns, David C
LR: 2645- An Act To Ensure Access to Prescription Drugs in Rural Maine by Ensuring Fairness in Reimbursement for Mail Order Pharmacies. Cain
LR: 2630 – An Act To Clarify the Status of Patients Held under Involuntary Commitment Applications. Moulton
LR: 2572 – An Act To Permit Financial Institutions To Share Certain Information for the Purpose of Preventing Electronic Bank Card Losses. Richardson
LR: 2486 – An Act To Require Funds for Prearranged Funerals To Be Invested Subject to the Requirements of the Maine Uniform Prudent Investor Act. Richardson
LR: 2453 – An Act Regarding Subrogation of Medical Payments Coverage. Picchiotti
LR: 2319 – An Act To Change Certain Effective Dates Regarding Guaranteed Access and the Purchase of Health Insurance from outside Maine. Courtney
LR: 2398 – An Act To Restore Supplemental Health Insurance Coverage for Disadvantaged Children of State Retirees. Sarty
LR: 2448 – An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Health Insurance for Certain State Employees. Martin
LR: 2522 – An Act To Clarify Health Insurance Benefits for Disabled Participants in the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Katz
LR: 2535 – An Act To Repeal the Authority for an Insurer To Vary the Premium Rate Based on Geographic Area. Martin
LR: 2596 – An Act To Correct Inconsistencies and Ambiguities in the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association Act. Richardson
LR: 2612 – An Act Related to Specialty Tiers in Prescription Medication Pricing. Fitts
LR: 2485 – An Act To Permit a Pre-need Life Insurance Product and Limited License for Payment of Prearranged Funeral Plans. McKane
LR: 2387 – An Act To Extend Certain Insurance Protection to Emergency Responders. Luchini
LR: 2569 – An Act Regarding Insurance Adjusters. Cushing III
LR: 2369 – An Act To Extend the Scope of the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association. Courtney
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
LR: 2484 – An Act To Sustain the Elver Fishery. Tilton
LR: 2521 – An Act To Ensure a Reliable Funding Stream for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Raye
LR: 2422 – An Act To Strengthen the Relationship between Land Users and Landowners. Cushing III
LR: 2503 – An Act To Provide Magistrates To Assist the Court in Handling Small Claims and Landlord-tenant Cases. Priest
LR: 2439 – An Act To Remove Redundancy in Child Custody Laws. Schneider
LR: 2444 – An Act To Clarify the Requirements of Income Withholding Orders. Nass
LR: 2651 – An Act To Protect the Privacy of Social Workers. Hayes
LR: 2425 – An Act To Facilitate Recovery of Debts Owed to the State for Indigent Legal Services. Hastings III
LR: 2404 – An Act To Clarify Authorization for a Court Facilities Bond. Hastings III
LR: 2661 – An Act To Amend the Uniform Commercial Code Regarding Motor Vehicle Warranties. Cushing III
LR: 2446 – An Act To Protect Gasoline Marketers from Liability for Selling Federally Mandated Gasoline. Hastings III
LR: 2405 – An Act To Prevent the Theft and Illegal Sale of Copper. Longstaff
LR: 2658 – An Act To Provide Additional In-store Advertising Space for Maine’s Businesses. Prescott
LR: 2659 – An Act To Conform Maine Law to Federal Law Regarding Payment of Overtime to Truck Drivers and Driver’s Helpers. O’Conner
LR: 2647 – Resolve, To Establish a Task Force To Facilitate the Development of Unoccupied Mills. Hobbins
LR: 2649 – Resolve, To Create the Task Force To Bolster and Expand Exports of Maine Products and Services. Hobbins
LR: 2332 – An Act To Provide That Persons Hiring Assistants To Provide Home Care for Relatives Are Not Employers for Purposes of Unemployment Compensation Laws. Waterhouse
LR: 2378 – An Act Relating To Determining Population for Purposes of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. Richardson
LR: 2636 – An Act To Clarify the Liability of 3rd-party Building Inspectors. Moulton
LR: 2620 – An Act To Preserve the Integrity of the Maine Certified Public Accountant Examination. Cushing III
LR: 2539 – An Act To Define the Term “Pharmacy Student Intern.” Nutting
LR: 2580 – An Act To Allow for the Timely Access to and Enhanced Administration of Injectable Medications, Biologicals, Immunizations and Vaccines. Strang Burgess
LR: 2652 – Resolve, Directing the Workers’ Compensation Board To Revise the Medical Fee Schedule To Use an Appropriate Conversion Factor in the Payment of Anesthesia Services. Prescott
LR: 2604 – Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources To Examine the Role of 3rd-party Laboratories in Conducting Testing for the Department. Snowe-Mello
LR: 2488 – An Act To Establish a Program To Certify Maine Shellfish. Langley
LR: 2421 – An Act Concerning Copying Fees for Users of County Registries of Deeds. Thomas
LR: 2334 – An Act To Allow the Adjutant General To Appear before a Joint Session of the Legislature To Address the Legislature. Fredette
LR: 2515 – An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Discontinued Town Ways. Saviello
LR: 2329 – An Act To Amend the Charter of the Lucerne-in-Maine Village Corporation. Rosen
LR: 2512 – An Act To Require Agencies and Their Legal Representatives To Report the Cost of Pursuing Actions in Administrative and Court Proceedings. Plowman
LR: 2331 – An Act To Promote POW/MIA Recognition Day. Turner
LR: 2339 – An Act To Limit Taxes on Pensions. Maloney
LR: 2575 – An Act To Create Excise Tax Equity and Consistency for Buses. Knapp
LR: 2650 – An Act To Ensure Tax Equity between Maine Residents and Nonresidents in the Sale of Real Estate. Hayes
LR: 2447 – An Act To Ensure Equal Tax Treatment for Providers of Residential Care to the Elderly and Disabled. Harmon
LR: 2507 – An Act To Amend the Circuitbreaker Program. Plowman
LR: 2526 – An Act To Amend the Law Governing Abatements of Property Taxes for Infirmity or Poverty. Keschl
LR: 2603 – An Act To Restore Equity in Revenue Sharing . Alfond
LR: 2305 – An Act To Amend the Law Regarding the Sale of Wood Pellets. McKane
LR: 2487 – An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Exemption for Electricity for Thermal Storage Heating Power. Courtney
LR: 2519 – An Act To Promote Jobs in the Motor Coach Industry by Providing a Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Buses. Raye
LR: 2520 – An Act To Make Fisheries and Wildlife Projects Eligible for Tax Increment Financing Funds. Raye
LR: 2438 – An Act To Increase Truck Weight Limits. Schneider
LR: 2454 – An Act To Clarify the Definition of “Tractor” under the Motor Vehicle Laws. Whittemore
LR: 2592 – An Act To Revise Motor Vehicle Inspection Laws with Regard to Tire Sizes. Martin
LR: 2606 – An Act To Modernize Maine’s Vehicle Inspection Program. Mason
LR: 2336 – An Act To Allow Disabled Veterans To Receive Two Sets of Special Designating License Plates. Katz
LR: 2468 – An Act To Remove a Barrier to Response by Emergency Medical Personnel. Sullivan
LR: 2316 – Resolve, To Name 2 Bridges in the Town of Harmony. Thomas
LR: 2390 – An Act To Restrict Spending on a Bridge on the Ricker Hill Road in the Town of Turner. Timberlake
LR: 2598 – An Act To Allow Signs along Interstate 95 for the Town of Kittery and Its Businesses and Establishments. Hill
LR: 2410 – Resolve, To Name Route 1-A between Brewer and Ellsworth the Korean War Veterans Highway. Rosen, Kimberly
LR: 2574 – An Act To Simplify Toll Discounts and Amend Certain Powers and Procedures of the Maine Turnpike Authority. Collins
LR: 2411 – An Act To Amend the Liquor Laws as They Pertain to Off-premises Catering at Planned Events or Gatherings. Harmon
LR: 2655 – An Act To Correct Errors in Recently Enacted Laws Governing Agency Liquor Stores. Plowman
LR: 2441 – An Act To Restore Election Day Voter Registration. Russell
LR: 2479 – An Act To Reinstate Same-day Voter Registration. Bolduc
LR: 2384 – An Act To Clarify the Process of Removal of a Person from a Dormitory or Residential Facility Operated by a Charitable or Philanthropic Organization. Hastings III
LR: 2326 – Resolve, To Establish a Stakeholder Group for the Development of a Plan for the Inventory and Proper Care of Veterans’ Graves. Raye
LR: 2346 – An Act To Enhance a Community’s Ability To Update Its Veterans Honor Roll. Johnson