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Annie Graham
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 105
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
LD1747 An Act to Repeal and Replace the Charter of the Yarmouth Water District An Act to Repeal and Replace the Charter of the Yarmouth Water District Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1887 Resolve, To Improve Air Quality and Ventilation in Newly Constructed Schools Resolve, To Improve Air Quality and Ventilation in Newly Constructed Schools | Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1426 Resolve, to Expand Child Assertive Community Treatment This resolve requires that, by December 31, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services issue 2 requests for proposals for pilot programs to develop child assertive community treatment teams to serve the Lewiston and Bangor geographic areas. The request for proposals must require the awardees of the grants to use workforce incentives designed to attract, train and retain child assertive community treatment team staff. The department is required to engage in a competitive process to determine the awardees. The awardees for each grant may be, but are not required to be, the same entity. The resolve also provides one-time funding to provide 2 grants of $160,000 each for the 2 pilot programs. Within 90 days following the conclusion of the pilot programs, the department must submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters describing the outcomes and recommendations for continuation of the pilot programs. Passed
LD1566 An Act to Provide Compensation to Individuals with Lived Experience Serving on Certain Advisory Boards, Commissions, Councils and Similar Groups This bill amends the law governing compensation and reimbursement for expenses for board members serving on advisory boards and boards with minimal authority established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-I. The bill provides an exception for boards that are not currently authorized to receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses to allow board members who have lived experience regarding the subject matter of the board to receive lived experience compensation if they are not otherwise compensated for their time serving on the board by their employer or the entity they represent. The bill allows board members to be compensated in an amount not to exceed the legislative per diem for their time and be reimbursed for expenses, including but not limited to meals and refreshments provided during the meeting of the board, child care and travel, to the extent that the department or agency of State Government with which the board is associated has sufficient money in the budget of the department or agency to provide the compensation and reimburse the expenses. The associated department or agency must determine the amount and manner of compensation provided to members of the board. Passed
LD1677 An Act to Establish the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Prevention and Support Program This bill establishes the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Prevention and Support Program, which the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention must administer in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, office of aging and disability services. The program's objectives include public education, supporting efforts for early detection and diagnosis, reducing cognitive decline and other negative outcomes and supporting care planning and management. The bill also creates the Healthy Brain Initiative Council as an advisory board composed of various stakeholders including, but not limited to, families affected by Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, medical professionals and medical facilities that treat individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, research and advocacy organizations and employees of the office of aging and disability services. The council is responsible for studying and developing findings and recommendations on a series of topics including, but not limited to, the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias in this State, the treatment and care available and policies that address public awareness, prevention and early detection, treatment and care, safety concerns, legal concerns, research and assistance to families. By December 3, 2025, the council must submit to the Governor and the Legislature a 5-year plan outlining its recommendations to address the concerns the council is tasked with studying under the bill. A plan that is in effect on the effective date of this legislation that was developed by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with stakeholders, to address Alzheimer's disease or related dementias prevention and support, is deemed to fulfill the requirement to create a plan by December 3, 2025. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is required to issue annual updates on the progress of the plan's implementation, and the council is required to issue an updated plan every 5 years. Passed
LD1738 An Act to Establish the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program to Support Public Health Efforts in the State This bill establishes the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program within the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of the program is to disseminate grant funds to community organizations seeking to develop or enhance community hypodermic apparatus mitigation and disposal efforts. The center is required to establish grant guidelines and selection requirements, as well as to submit an annual report to the Legislature. Passed
LD167 An Act to Provide 2 Hearing Aids to MaineCare Members with Diagnosed Hearing Loss An Act to Provide 2 Hearing Aids to MaineCare Members with Diagnosed Hearing Loss Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD802 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Design a Mentoring Program for Youth Who Have Extended Care and Support Agreements with the Department Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Design a Mentoring Program for Youth Who Have Extended Care and Support Agreements with the Department | Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD604 An Act to Ensure Access to Concurrent Methadone Treatment and Intensive Outpatient Programs This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from prohibiting coverage of or otherwise restricting coverage for individuals enrolled in the MaineCare program from receiving methadone maintenance for the treatment of opioid use disorder and from concurrently participating in medically appropriate intensive outpatient programs and other outpatient services intended for the treatment of substance use disorder or behavioral health disorders. It directs the department to adopt rules implementing these requirements no later than 90 days after the effective date of the rules. Passed
LD721 Resolve, to Support the Full Implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the State This resolve provides one-time funding to support the full implementation of the 5 certified community behavioral health clinics certified by the State as part of the federal certified community behavioral health clinic Medicaid demonstration program, including hiring clinical and administrative staff critical to the success of the program. The funding must support enhancement of the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed certified community behavioral health clinic rate methodology, including increasing wages for new clinical positions that require graduate-level education from 100% to 125% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and increasing wages for new administrative positions from 75% to 100% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Passed
LD961 An Act to Address Maine's Health Care Workforce Shortage and Improve Access to Care This bill repeals the provision of law requiring that a certified nurse practitioner who qualifies as an advanced practice registered nurse must practice for at least 24 months under the supervision of a physician or supervising nurse practitioner or be employed by a clinic or hospital that has a medical director who is a licensed physician. The bill also eliminates the supervising nurse practitioner designation, which is no longer needed. In Committee
LD1003 An Act Establishing the Retirement Benefit Improvement Fund This bill requires that an amount of surplus General Fund revenue be transferred annually to a nonlapsing fund to be used to pay for retirement benefit improvements for retired state employees and teachers and their beneficiaries. Passed
LD1040 An Act to Raise the Cap on Retirement Benefits for Certain State Employees and Teachers to Which a Cost-of-living Adjustment Is Made This bill provides that, effective July 1, 2026, the cost-of-living adjustment applies to $40,000 of the retirement benefit being paid to retired state employees and retired teachers who retired on or before June 30, 2011 or their beneficiaries. Passed
LD229 An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates This bill changes, beginning in 2026, the current income tax brackets by increasing the threshold amount of income subject to the current tax rates of 5.8%, 6.75% and 7.15%. The bill adds 3 new income tax brackets and imposes tax rates of 7.52%, 7.15% and 8.2% in those new brackets. As under current law, the income tax brackets are indexed to the Chained Consumer Price Index as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Passed
LD260 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish That All Maine Residents Have Equal Rights Under the Law This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial or abridgment by the State or any political subdivision of the State of equal rights based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry or national origin of an individual. Passed
LD415 An Act to Support Hunger Prevention in Maine This bill provides an additional $1,000,000 each year in ongoing funding to contract with nonprofit organizations that provide statewide hunger relief services. Passed
LD540 An Act to Identify the State's Unidentified Human Remains This bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner to use forensic genetic genealogy testing with the deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, of the remains of an unidentified individual after 45 days of having possession of those remains. Passed
LD1772 An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission to Design a Plan for Sustained Investment in Preventing Disease and Improving the Health of Maine Communities This bill establishes the Trust for a Healthy Maine to receive money paid to the State pursuant to the tobacco settlement and from other sources and to distribute that money to state agencies or designated agents of the State to fund tobacco use prevention and addiction disease control, ensure adequate resources for other disease prevention efforts, promote public health, plan and deliver public health and prevention programs and services, support accreditation of the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and support public health workforce development. The trust is governed by a 15-member board of trustees composed of the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and 14 members appointed by the Governor. In Committee
LD1847 An Act to Institute Testing and Tracking of Medical Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products Similar to Adult Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products, Dedicate a Portion of the Adult Use Cannabis Sales and Excise Tax to Medical Use Cannabis Programs and Create a Study Group This bill provides: 1. For the same testing and tracking provisions that are applied for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products to be applied for medical use cannabis and medical use cannabis products; 2. A requirement that a portion of the adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products excise and sales tax must be used to fund public health and safety campaigns related to the sale and use of medical use cannabis and medical use cannabis products; 3. That edible adult use cannabis products that are gummies must be blister packaged; and 4. For the establishment of a study group to examine youth consumption of medical use and adult use cannabis, including a study of data related to cannabis use of people under 21 years of age in the State, science concerning the effects of the use of cannabis on youth development and overall health, strategies to improve the quality, availability and transparency of data concerning cannabis use by people under 21 years of age in the State and an approach to regularly report to the Legislature on youth consumption of cannabis. In Committee
LD1879 An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax This bill imposes an additional tax of 1.07% on annual corporate income of more than $3,500,000, bringing the top rate to a total of 10%. The revenue from the additional tax is designated for agricultural purposes, in order of priority and to the extent funds are available, to: dairy stabilization support funds; the Dirigo business incentives program to fund the credit for expenditures on agricultural businesses; reimburse municipalities for a new 100% property tax exemption for agricultural buildings constructed, reconstructed or renovated after January 1, established in the bill; the Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment Fund; the Business Recovery and Resilience Fund program to benefit the agriculture industry; the Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund; and the Dairy Improvement Fund. Any remaining balance must be transferred to the General Fund. Passed
LD1859 An Act to Improve Access to Child Care and Early Childhood Education by Establishing Regional Resource Hubs This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish, through contracts with community entities, early childhood learning and development resource hubs. The resource hubs must provide families with the information and support necessary to locate early childhood programs; assist families in connecting with other resources in the State; support the training of child care workers; and build networks among child care providers. The bill requires the department, beginning January 1, 2027 and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters and education and cultural affairs and to the members of the Children's Cabinet and its advisory council regarding the status of state and regional early childhood education and family needs, data collected by resource hubs and any related recommendations to increase access to early childhood services. The bill provides $471,087 in funds in fiscal year 2025-26 and $1,621,048 in fiscal year 2026-27 to support the purposes of the resource hubs. Passed
LD1705 An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding and Oversight This bill establishes the Career Advancement and Navigation Program within the Department of Education in collaboration with the Maine Community College System. The program requires the department to employ one college and career success coordinator at each community college campus to provide students with academic support, advisory services and referrals to community services. The bill also requires the Department of Education to annually assess adult education needs in the State relative to funding appropriated by the Legislature and requires the department to annually submit a report to the Legislature detailing its assessment and recommendations. The bill also requires the department to submit to the Legislature a detailed written explanation for any funding for adult education that is not disbursed in accordance with the reimbursement procedures described in the laws governing adult education. The department is also required to adopt guidelines for the use of state funds for adult education programs and to convene a stakeholder group to provide input on statewide goals for adult education, funding priorities and statewide program improvements. The bill requires the Legislature to appropriate from the General Fund an amount equal to 100% of the state obligation for adult education funding in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8606-A, subsection 4. Passed
LD1728 An Act to Establish the Maine Child Care Affordability Program Advisory Board The bill establishes the Maine Child Care Affordability Program Advisory Board to advise the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services on the Maine Child Care Affordability Program, including any program changes. The board consists of 5 members, with the legislative member serving a 2-year term, and the remaining 4 members serving 3-year terms. The board must meet at least quarterly and submit an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters on its activities and with its recommendations. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters is authorized to report out legislation in the year in which the report is submitted. The bill requires the Office of Child and Family Services to amend its rule Chapter 6: Child Care Affordability Program Rules, to add child care employees who qualify for the program to be included in the families who are prioritized when there is a waiting list for the program. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services together with the Maine Child Care Affordability Program Advisory Board to develop a long-term plan for financial sustainability of the Maine Child Care Affordability Program and submit the report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than January 2, 2026. The bill requires an appropriation of $3,800,000 to clear the current waiting list for the Maine Child Care Affordability Program. In Committee
LD1658 An Act to Preserve and Strengthen the Fund for a Healthy Maine This bill, beginning January 5, 2026, increases the cigarette excise tax rate by 50 mills, changing the rate per pack of 20 cigarettes from $2 to $3, and the rate per cigarette from 10¢ to 15¢. Under current law, when the cigarette tax increases, the tax on tobacco products also increases by an equivalent amount. The bill includes in the excise tax on tobacco products that equivalent increase and specifies that the definition of "tobacco products" includes products with synthetic nicotine. The bill also, beginning in fiscal year 2027-28, requires the State Tax Assessor and the State Controller to annually determine the amount of revenue from the taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products that is needed to ensure the Fund for a Healthy Maine receives at least $65,000,000 annually from all sources of revenue, including from the so-called tobacco settlement and from certain slot machine income. In Committee
LD1959 An Act to Prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from Reducing General Assistance Reimbursement Maximums for Payment of Costs of Providing Emergency Shelter This bill provides that, retroactive to July 1, 2023, the maximum level of municipal general assistance for emergency shelter is the actual cost of providing emergency shelter services. It prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from adopting any rule reducing or otherwise restricting maximum levels of municipal general assistance for providing emergency shelter or any rule establishing maximum time periods for eligibility for emergency housing assistance that are more restrictive than limits established in the laws governing municipal general assistance. In Committee
LD1078 An Act to Support Maine's Public Health Objectives by Increasing Access to Hypodermic Apparatus Exchange Programs An Act to Support Maine's Public Health Objectives by Increasing Access to Hypodermic Apparatus Exchange Programs Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD623 An Act to Enhance Support Services for Individuals with an Acquired Brain Injury An Act to Enhance Support Services for Individuals with an Acquired Brain Injury Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD670 An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD532 An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings This bill expands the statute related to assault on emergency room workers to include all health care workers or persons employed or contracted by a health care entity licensed by the State. Dead
LD1938 An Act Regarding the Regulation of Tobacco An Act Regarding the Regulation of Tobacco Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1866 An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the State-designated Agency Advocating for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the State-designated Agency Advocating for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1736 An Act to Increase the Supply of Child Care Services Through the Use of Contracts An Act to Increase the Supply of Child Care Services Through the Use of Contracts Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD84 An Act to Improve the Coordination of Health Care for Minors in State Care An Act to Improve the Coordination of Health Care for Minors in State Care Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1033 An Act to Regulate Alcoholic Beverage Competitions An Act to Regulate Alcoholic Beverage Competitions Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1815 An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident That Results in Serious Bodily Injury or Death This bill does the following. 1. It requires an operator of a motor vehicle to submit to a blood test for drugs when the operator is involved in an accident where there is probable cause to believe that death or serious bodily injury has occurred or will occur as a result of the accident. 2. It allows the blood test to be admissible at trial if the court reviews all available evidence, with the exception of the blood test, and the court determines that probable cause exists to believe that the operator was under the influence of THC at the time of the accident. 3. It requires that the Secretary of State suspend an operator's license for one year if the operator fails to submit to a blood test that is required under this bill. However, the bill requires that the suspension be removed if the person can show that the person was not under the influence of THC or that the person did not negligently cause the accident. Dead
LD1379 An Act to Require Public Health Warnings to Be Posted and Provided by Firearm Dealers and Gunsmiths This bill requires firearm dealers and gunsmiths to post public health warning signs on their business premises and provide public health warning brochures to purchasers and transferees of firearms stating the significant risk of firearms to public health and safety and that access to firearms increases the risk of suicide, domestic violence fatalities and unintentional deaths, particularly among children. The bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to enforce these provisions and to develop standardized public health warning signs and brochures. Dead
LD211 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Communicate to School Administrative Units and Private Schools the Importance of Adopting Seizure Action Plans Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Communicate to School Administrative Units and Private Schools the Importance of Adopting Seizure Action Plans | Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1676 Resolve, to Study Ways to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Rural Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through Access to Health Insurance This resolve requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to convene a commission to study ways to improve recruitment and retention of rural emergency medical services personnel through access to health insurance. By December 3, 2025, the commissioner must submit a report related to the study to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and the joint standing committee may report out a bill related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. Dead
LD1576 An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD242 An Act to Extend the Maximum Time Period for Certain School Construction Bonds An Act to Extend the Maximum Time Period for Certain School Construction Bonds Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1148 Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections | Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1413 An Act to Amend Laws Governing Hearing Aid Dealers to Allow an Exception to Certain Hearing Examination Requirements An Act to Amend Laws Governing Hearing Aid Dealers to Allow an Exception to Certain Hearing Examination Requirements Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1442 Resolve, Regarding Personal Care Agency Licensing Rules This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services, within 60 days of the effective date of this resolve, to make changes to its rule Chapter 129: Personal Care Agency Licensing Rule. These changes include removal of the requirement that a personal care agency have a physical site located in the State; additional options for required training of direct care staff; changes to supervision requirements and to reporting requirements; and changes to requirements for clients to sign certain changes to the clients' service plans. Dead
LD1081 An Act to Support Access to General Assistance at Municipal General Assistance Offices and Designated Places An Act to Support Access to General Assistance at Municipal General Assistance Offices and Designated Places Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1878 An Act to Establish a Managed Care Program for MaineCare Services This bill establishes a managed care program for MaineCare services. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a request for proposals to contract with 3 managed care organizations to provide MaineCare services. Managed care refers to a system of delivering services through arrangements with selected providers to furnish health care services and financial incentives for patients to use the participating providers and procedures included in the managed care program. The model also requires that the department reimburse the managed care organizations primarily using negotiated monthly rate per enrollee, rather than a fee-for-service model. The bill establishes a number of requirements for developing the procurement process and essential contract terms. The bill establishes deadlines by which specific categories of eligible enrollees must be enrolled in the managed care program, beginning February 1, 2029. The department must submit a report to the Legislature by December 3, 2025 detailing its plan for implementing the program within the timeline established by this legislation. The bill also includes a deadline of April 1, 2026, by which time the department must submit all waivers and amendments for the state Medicaid plan that are necessary to implement this legislation. The department is authorized to adopt rules. Rules adopted are considered major substantive rules under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. Dead
LD1799 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Review the Progressive Treatment Program and Processes by Which a Person May Be Involuntarily Admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital or Receive Court-ordered Community Treatment This resolve directs the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to convene a stakeholder group of interested parties to review the entire process related to a progressive treatment program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 3873-A and to review for efficiency and effectiveness the processes by which a person may be involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital or receive court-ordered community treatment pursuant to Title 34-B, chapter 3, subchapter 4, article 3. The commissioner is required to submit a report with recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. The committee is authorized to report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature related to the recommendations in the report. Dead
LD1029 An Act to Ensure General Assistance for Housing Does Not Reduce Assistance for Other Basic Necessities and to Increase Presumptive Eligibility and State Reimbursement for General Assistance This bill: 1. Requires that the total maximum general assistance level provided to a person or household sufficiently account for housing assistance while providing adequate eligibility for other basic necessities; 2. Increases the period of presumptive eligibility for general assistance for a person who is provided shelter in an emergency shelter for the homeless from 30 days to 180 days; and 3. Increases from 70% to 90% the amount of state reimbursement for direct costs of general assistance incurred by each municipality and Indian tribe and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse municipalities and Indian tribes 100% of direct costs for providing emergency shelter for the homeless. Dead
LD831 An Act Regarding Abandoned Vehicles Due to Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization This bill allows a period of 120 days before the Secretary of State determines that a vehicle is abandoned if the vehicle owner is involuntarily hospitalized. The notification of involuntary hospitalization, which must be provided to the Secretary to State, may come from the owner of the vehicle, the hospital or another person authorized by the owner of the vehicle. The bill prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing a letter of ownership or certificate of title until at least 120 days after the date on which the owner of the premises where a vehicle has been abandoned, or the owner's agent, has been notified that the vehicle owner is involuntarily hospitalized. The bill also reduces the total storage charges to $600 for the first 30 days of storage and specifies the total storage charges may not exceed $1,500 for each subsequent 30-day period. Dead
LD1546 An Act to Require Recommendations from Study Commissions to Be Printed as Legislative Documents This bill requires that the recommendations of a study commission established by the Legislature be produced as legislation, submitted to the Legislature to which the study commission is required to submit its report, referred to a joint standing committee or joint select committee of the Legislature and given a public hearing. Dead
LD1084 Resolve, to Alleviate the Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage by Allowing the Training and Granting of Behavioral Health Certifications by Community-based Agencies and Hospitals This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to, by January 1, 2026, amend its rules to allow community-based agencies and hospitals to provide in-house training and to certify their own staff for all levels of mental health rehabilitation technicians, certified residential medication aides and behavioral health professionals. It requires the department to terminate 3rd-party contracts to conduct this training and to end the requirement for 3rd-party approval for certifications for those positions. Dead
LD1703 Resolve, to Establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening and Resiliency Assessment Pilot Project This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening and Resiliency Assessment Pilot Project to administer to public school students screenings for adverse childhood experiences and resiliency assessments in school-based health centers located in Cumberland, Androscoggin and Washington counties. It requires the pilot project to be designed to reach all students within Cumberland, Androscoggin and Washington counties who seek health services at participating school- based health centers. It requires the pilot project to identify at-risk youth, provide early intervention services and offer resources to promote emotional and psychological well-being. It requires the licensed clinical social workers and licensed master social workers participating in the pilot project to obtain training regarding adverse childhood experiences screenings and resiliency assessments and related subjects. The department is directed to report on the pilot project no later than October 1, 2027 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, which is authorized to report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 133rd Legislature. Dead
LD1891 An Act to Address the Dental Professional Workforce Shortage by Establishing Scholarship and Loan Programs and Updating the Dental Care Access Tax Credit This bill establishes the Dentists for Maine's Future Scholarship Program to provide a tuition subsidy of 50% of the cost of attendance, up to a maximum of $25,000 per student annually, for eligible students who enter dental school programs in this State for the purpose of increasing the number of dentists in this State who practice in extreme shortage areas of the State. The bill also establishes the Extreme Shortage Area Dental Education Loan Program to provide loans and loan repayment agreements to eligible dental students and individuals who are eligible for licensure as a doctor of dental medicine or as a dental hygienist, dental therapist, expanded function dental assistant or dental assistant who agrees to serve an extreme shortage area in the State. The bill also updates the dental care access tax credit to include eligible dental hygienists and changes the date that the tax credit is repealed to December 31, 2032. Dead
SP0778 JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD650 An Act to Support Municipal Public Health An Act to Support Municipal Public Health Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1758 An Act to Expedite Provider Enrollment in MaineCare This bill establishes an expedited process for providers to enroll in the MaineCare program. Under the bill, the Department of Health and Human Services must provisionally approve the enrollment application of a provider in good standing that has a national provider identifier within 48 hours of receipt of a complete application if the provider is employed by a health care entity that has an enrollment application approval rate of greater than 90% in the previous 5 years. The department may conduct a complete review during a 60-day expedited provisional approval period, but the provider is considered approved after 60 days if the department does not affirmatively deny approval during that period. However, the bill does not prevent the department from suspending or revoking approval after the 60-day period if a material deficiency exists. If the provider's approval is revoked, the provider is not eligible for expedited reenrollment but must go through the regular enrollment process as established by rule. The Office of MaineCare Services may seek reimbursements for any payment made to a provider during the provisional period if the provider's provisional approval is revoked. The department must adopt rules to implement these provisions. Dead
LD1631 Resolve, to Implement the Recommendations of the Stakeholder Group to Address Child Stay Times in Hospital Emergency Departments This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to implement certain recommendations made by the stakeholder group to address the problem of children and adolescents experiencing long stays in hospital emergency departments, established by Resolve 2023, chapter 134, as outlined in the stakeholder group's report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services submitted on January 16, 2025. The department is directed to do the following: 1. Address the closure of beds for children and youth residential services by counseling service providers about resource needs and providing emergency funds to support acute staffing needs; 2. Develop an internal process to ensure that the department is meeting its obligations to make available and maximize its use of funding for early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment services; 3. Submit 2 additional reports to the Legislature related to the number of children experiencing long stays in hospital emergency departments and other matters related to youth services; and 4. Submit a report to the Legislature containing a gap analysis that describes all of the youth beds and programs added since 2018 and lost since 2018 and information concerning waiting lists and average time waiting for approval for youth programs. The report must also contain updates on the implementation and development of various policy efforts related to behavioral health services. Dead
LD1239 An Act to Require Data Collection on and Reporting of Psychiatric Hospital Resources and Transparency in Denials of Emergency Involuntary Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals This bill requires: 1. Psychiatric hospitals to provide detailed written explanations to referring hospitals for emergency admission denials that include specific reasons for the denial, circumstances under which the admission referral would be reconsidered and justification for prioritizing other admissions; 2. Psychiatric hospitals on a daily basis to report inpatient bed capacity, occupancy and locations to the Department of Health and Human Services, which is required to make the information available in real time on a publicly accessible website; 3. Psychiatric hospitals on a biennial basis to report information on inpatient bed capacity and occupancy, with the Department of Health and Human Services issuing a publicly accessible report on this information identifying statewide trends and utilization patterns regarding the use of inpatient beds; and 4. The Department of Health and Human Services to include in its biennial report identification of deficiencies contributing to denials of referrals for admission and recommendations for necessary resources to improve access to psychiatric hospitals. Dead
LD376 An Act to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes Through Doula Care This bill requires reimbursement under the MaineCare program for doula services. Dead
HP1242 JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HP1241 JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1237 An Act to Support Adult Family Care Homes and Residential Care Facilities That Are Small or Located in Rural and Isolated Areas of the State This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapters II and III, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services, and Chapter III, Section 97, Private Non-Medical Institution Services, Appendix C, to provide a supplemental payment of 10% to the MaineCare rates for facilities that have fewer than 10 beds or are at least 35 miles away from the nearest similar facility. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to determine the likely impact of proposed rule changes to reimbursement and staffing requirements to long-term care facilities on small, rural, isolated and island facilities to reduce impacts on the communities where those facilities are located as well as the impact on safety and quality of services. Dead
LD263 Resolve, to Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits Under MaineCare This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a pilot project lasting 18 months that provides nonmedical transportation services to individuals receiving services pursuant to rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 19, Home and Community Benefits for the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities, in an amount up to $2,000, in addition to currently permissible medical transportation services. The department is required to submit a report regarding the costs, effectiveness and future viability of the pilot project to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. Dead
LD625 An Act Supporting Education for the Rural Health Care Workforce This bill establishes the Maine Rural Health Care Education Workforce Fund to support rural primary care and health professions workforce development in rural areas of the State. Dead
LD94 An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD511 Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council This resolve directs the Department of Transportation, subject to available funding resources, permitting and municipal agreements, to remove state-owned inactive existing railroad track along the section known as the Berlin Subdivision between the City of Portland and the City of Auburn and to replace the track with an interim bicycle and pedestrian trail surfaced with pavement or gravel or stone dust on the existing rail bed. Dead
LD969 An Act to Increase Emergency Medical Services Provider Training Opportunities This bill directs the Emergency Medical Services' Board to adopt rules to allow municipalities to conduct or host emergency medical services licensing and relicensing training. Dead
LD1055 An Act to Prohibit Discrimination in Access to Anatomical Donations and Organ Transplants This bill prohibits a health care facility or provider from denying medical services or other services related to organ transplantation to an individual based solely on the individual's disability. It requires health care facilities and providers to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices and procedures to allow individuals with disabilities access to transplantation-related services. It provides that, whenever it appears that a health care facility or provider is violating the antidiscrimination provision of the bill, the affected individual may commence a civil action in Superior Court for injunctive or equitable relief against the health care facility or provider for purposes of enforcing compliance. It prohibits a health insurance carrier that offers, issues or renews a health benefit plan that provides coverage for anatomical gifts, organ transplants or related treatments or services from denying coverage for these services solely on the basis of a covered individual's disability. Dead
LD627 An Act to Require Insurance Coverage for Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Medication This bill requires carriers offering health plans in this State to provide coverage for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist medication approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and prescribed by a health care provider. It also requires the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to initiate an education campaign regarding the coverage requirements and the health benefits associated with the use of the medication. The requirements of the bill apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. Dead
LD817 An Act to Remove Restrictions That Prohibit School Administrative Units from Making Purchases Through Cooperatives This bill amends the provisions of law related to competitive bids and cooperative purchases made through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services to allow school administrative units to participate in cooperative purchasing for the purpose of the purchase, repair or alteration of nonbuilding real property, including, but not limited to, an athletic field. Dead
LD892 An Act to Expand Property Tax Relief for Veterans and Their Surviving Spouses, Minor Children and Parents This bill changes the property tax benefits for veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. The bill provides that veterans are no longer required to have served during a federally recognized war period and receive an exemption of up to $5,000 of the just value of the property. It provides that veterans who are 62 years of age or older receive an exemption of up to $6,000 of the just value of the property. It also provides that veterans receive an exemption of between $10,000 and $50,000 based on their United States Department of Veterans Affairs service- connected disability rating. The bill provides that a veteran's unremarried surviving spouse, minor child or parent remains eligible for the benefit that the veteran would be eligible for if the veteran was living. Dead
LD909 An Act to Expand Property Tax Relief for Veterans and Their Survivors This bill changes the property tax benefits for veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. The bill provides that veterans are no longer required to have served during a federally recognized war period and receive an exemption of up to $5,000 of the just value of the property. It provides that veterans who are 62 years of age or older receive an exemption of up to $6,000 of the just value of the property. It also provides that veterans receive an exemption of between $10,000 and $50,000 based on their United States Department of Veterans Affairs service- connected disability rating. The bill provides that a veteran's unremarried surviving spouse, minor child or parent remains eligible for the benefit that the veteran would be eligible for if the veteran was living. Dead
LD63 An Act to Support Implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Projects An Act to Support Implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Projects Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the Legislature appropriated funds during the 131st Legislature to support certified community behavioral health clinic projects; and Whereas, since the adjournment of the 131st Legislature, the State was accepted into the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid Demonstration Program by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in partnership with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and Whereas, an adjustment in the appropriation of funding for certified community behavioral health clinic projects is needed for state-licensed mental health organizations to establish certified community behavioral health clinics within the federal Medicaid demonstration program and to leverage federal funding for the implementation of a Medicaid prospective payment system model; and Whereas, the establishment of certified community behavioral health clinics through the federal Medicaid demonstration program is critical to strengthening the community mental health system to provide comprehensive and integrated mental health and substance use services that ensure timely access to care, improve accountability and improve the quality of behavioral health services and supports to meet the needs of people in this State; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD409 An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Licensed Massage Therapists Across State Lines This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would adopt the Interstate Massage Compact, the text of which may be found here: https://legislature.maine.gov/doc/11383 . Dead
LD480 An Act to Support Healthy Weight by Providing MaineCare Coverage for Certain Weight Loss Medications This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide reimbursement under the MaineCare program for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists that are approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of obesity. The department must restrict reimbursement to medications prescribed by a primary care provider or a bariatric specialist and must require a prior authorization of the medication. Dead
HP0577 JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD207 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Qualifying Contributions of Cash Under the Maine Clean Election Act This bill eliminates the requirement that contributors making qualifying contributions in the form of cash to a participating candidate in the Maine Clean Election Act sign a form affirming that the contributor made the contribution with personal funds. Dead
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
LD70 An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics Enactment RC #601 06/25/2025 Yea
LD70 An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics Recede And Concur RC #588 06/25/2025 Yea
LD109 Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educational Use Recede And Concur RC #589 06/25/2025 Yea
LD143 An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services Enactment RC #602 06/25/2025 Yea
LD143 An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services Recede RC #599 06/25/2025 Yea
LD166 An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies Recede And Concur RC #590 06/25/2025 Yea
LD698 An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine Recede And Concur RC #591 06/25/2025 Yea
LD747 An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness Recede And Concur RC #592 06/25/2025 Yea
LD874 An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown Recede And Concur RC #593 06/25/2025 Yea
LD958 An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands Reconsideration - Veto RC #586 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1023 Resolve, to Reestablish the Blue Economy Task Force to Support Maine's Emergence as a Center for Blue Economy Innovation and Opportunity in the 21st Century Recede And Concur RC #594 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1126 An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms Recede And Concur RC #595 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1184 An Act to Require Municipal Reporting on Residential Building Permits, Dwelling Units Permitted and Demolished and Certificates of Occupancy Issued Recede And Concur RC #596 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1328 An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services Reconsideration - Veto RC #587 06/25/2025 Nay
LD1738 An Act to Establish the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program to Support Public Health Efforts in the State Recede And Concur RC #597 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1951 An Act to Promote Food Processing and Manufacturing Facility Expansion and Create Jobs Recede And Concur RC #598 06/25/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Enactment RC #583 06/18/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Recede And Concur RC #579 06/18/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #571 06/18/2025 Yea
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Enactment RC #582 06/18/2025 Nay
LD893 An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements Passage To Be Engrossed RC #578 06/18/2025 Nay
LD1088 An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #584 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1211 An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #575 06/18/2025 Nay
LD1298 An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing Recede And Concur RC #580 06/18/2025 Nay
LD1666 An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes Enactment RC #576 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1940 An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws Recede And Concur RC #581 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1960 An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products Recede And Concur RC #572 06/18/2025 Nay
LD1963 An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers Recede And Concur RC #573 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1971 An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities Enactment RC #574 06/18/2025 Yea
HP1338 JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH Adoption RC #577 06/18/2025 Yea
LD93 An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults Enactment RC #556 06/17/2025 Yea
LD184 Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process Recede And Concur RC #548 06/17/2025 Yea
LD252 An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Recede And Concur RC #546 06/17/2025 Yea
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #553 06/17/2025 Nay
LD532 An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #567 06/17/2025 Nay
LD532 An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #566 06/17/2025 Yea
LD746 An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #568 06/17/2025 Yea
LD953 An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #547 06/17/2025 Yea
LD978 An Act to Increase General Assistance Reimbursement for Municipalities and Indian Tribes Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #545 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1077 An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #537 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1126 An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms Enactment RC #557 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1217 An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #558 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1189 An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #539 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1164 An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming Enactment RC #550 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1270 An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources Adopt Hah-771 To Cah-746 RC #561 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1270 An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #536 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1228 An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #565 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1386 An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #538 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1423 An Act to Improve Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #554 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1656 An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #540 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1667 Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #563 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1715 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers Recede And Concur RC #549 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1710 An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested Enactment RC #552 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1710 An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested Table Until Later RC #551 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1749 Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #564 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1751 An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #570 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1849 An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #562 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1867 An Act to Prohibit Financial Institutions from Using Merchant Category Codes to Identify or Track Firearm Purchases or Disclose Firearm Purchase Records Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #560 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1871 An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation Enactment RC #542 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1937 An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care Adopt Hah-707 To Cas-346 RC #544 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1937 An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #543 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1940 An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #569 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1963 An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #559 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1971 An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #541 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1987 An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program Recede And Concur RC #555 06/17/2025 Yea
LD93 An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #526 06/16/2025 Yea
LD184 Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #517 06/16/2025 Nay
LD264 An Act to Remove the 12-month Waiting Period for the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #527 06/16/2025 Yea
LD297 An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill Recede RC #511 06/16/2025 Yea
LD291 An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #528 06/16/2025 Nay
LD372 An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax Recede And Concur RC #507 06/16/2025 Nay
LD427 An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums Recede And Concur RC #534 06/16/2025 Yea
LD427 An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums Enactment RC #514 06/16/2025 Yea
LD515 An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #531 06/16/2025 Yea
LD525 An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances Recede And Concur RC #505 06/16/2025 Nay
LD670 An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #518 06/16/2025 Yea
LD613 An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients Recede And Concur RC #508 06/16/2025 Yea
LD738 An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program Insist RC #523 06/16/2025 Nay
LD879 An Act to Increase Maximum Small Claim Limits for Home Construction Contracts Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #512 06/16/2025 Nay
LD958 An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands Enactment RC #513 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1138 An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan Recede And Concur RC #510 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1299 An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1266 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health to Convene a Working Group to Propose a Plan for Expanding the Reach of Treatment Courts Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #519 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1318 An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #532 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1517 An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures Recede And Concur RC #506 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1672 An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary Insist RC #524 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1715 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #533 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1710 An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #530 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1743 An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings Recede And Concur RC #509 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1815 An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident That Results in Serious Bodily Injury or Death Recede And Concur RC #535 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1853 An Act to Establish an Educational Tax Credit Program to Help Parents Pay for Nonpublic School Tuition and Fees Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #529 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1868 An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws Enactment RC #515 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1873 An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #522 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1897 An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #521 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1897 An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #520 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1968 An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement Recede RC #525 06/16/2025 Nay
LD179 An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code to Eliminate the Class E Crime of Violation of Condition of Release Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #484 06/13/2025 Yea
LD165 An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #473 06/13/2025 Yea
LD182 An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #487 06/13/2025 Yea
LD233 An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #492 06/13/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Maine Joint Health and Human Services Committee 4
Detail Maine Joint Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee 7
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
ME Maine House District 105 House Democrat In Office 12/07/2022
ME District 109 House Democrat Out of Office 12/01/2010 01/18/2025