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State Representative
William Tuell
(R) - Maine
Maine House District 010
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
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Capitol Office
House Republican Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Phone: 800-423-2900
Phone 2: 207-287-1440
Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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LD634 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Reduction of Unfunded and Outdated Municipal and County Mandates | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study the Reduction of Unfunded and Outdated Municipal and County Mandates. The commission is required to meet at least twice a year and may meet up to 4 times a year for 2 years to review unfunded and outdated municipal and county mandates in order to provide recommendations and to report out by December 1, 2027 a list of mandates for the Legislature to consider eliminating or revising. | Passed |
LD761 | An Act to Support the Maintenance, Preservation and Promotion of State Historic Sites | This bill requires the State Controller, as the next priority transfer at the close of fiscal year 2024-25, after all transfers are made pursuant to statute and any other provision of law, to transfer from the available balance of the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund up to $18,000,000 to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Parks - General Operations program, Other Special Revenue Funds account to be used for the ongoing maintenance, preservation and promotion of historic sites. | Passed |
LD19 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Oversized ATV" in the Laws Governing the Registration of All-terrain Vehicles | This bill increases the minimum weight of an oversized all-terrain vehicle from 2,000 to 2,500 pounds. | In Committee |
LD461 | An Act to Fund Rural Patrol Services in Washington County | This bill provides funding for 4 Maine State Trooper positions and related All Other to conduct rural patrols in Washington County. | Passed |
LD1478 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Baitfish Wholesaler's Licenses | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Baitfish Wholesaler's Licenses | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
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 | Current law imposes a tax at the rate of 1 1/2 cents per pound on wild blueberries shipped or processed in the State; 1/2 of the tax is paid by the seller and 1/2 of the tax is paid by the processor or the shipper. This bill exempts sellers of blueberries harvested in the State from the imposition of the blueberry tax for the 2025 calendar year, which will result in a tax of 0.75 cents per pound on processors and shippers for blueberries harvested in the State. Processors and shippers continue to be responsible for collecting and paying the tax on blueberries harvested outside the State. | Dead |
LD372 | An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax | This bill provides a sales and use tax exemption for sales of gold and silver coins and bullion. | Dead |
LD165 | An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level | This bill allows a school board to expel or authorize the suspension of a student of any grade level. | Dead |
LD998 | An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle | This bill modifies the provision of law governing an employer's authority to prohibit an employee from storing a firearm in the employee's vehicle. The current law states that an employer is not permitted to prohibit an employee from storing a firearm in the employee's vehicle if the employee has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, chapter 252, as long as the vehicle is locked and the firearm is stored out of sight. The bill removes the specification that the employee must have a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm. | Dead |
LD1542 | An Act to Amend the Membership of the Washington County Budget Advisory Committee | An Act to Amend the Membership of the Washington County Budget Advisory Committee | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1248 | An Act Regarding Physical Escort and Restraint and Seclusion of Students in Schools | An Act Regarding Physical Escort and Restraint and Seclusion of Students in Schools | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD150 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Treasurer of State | This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that provides for popular election beginning in 2026 of the Treasurer of State biennially in the manner currently provided for Senators and Representatives. | Dead |
LD1708 | An Act to Create the Commercial Fishing Safety Fund to Further Develop Training and Provide Equipment to Recover Ships and Other Watercraft and Persons in Distress or Lost at Sea | An Act to Create the Commercial Fishing Safety Fund to Further Develop Training and Provide Equipment to Recover Ships and Other Watercraft and Persons in Distress or Lost at Sea | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1760 | An Act to Promote Public Education in Maine by Amending the Laws Governing Student Transfers | This bill amends the laws governing student school transfers by: 1. Consolidating the provisions regarding elementary school transfers and secondary school transfers into one section of law; 2. Requiring notification of accepted transfers to parents and guardians and the sending school administrative unit and amending decision review procedures; 3. Establishing requirements regarding school capacity for transfer students and requiring school administrative units to report to the Commissioner of Education annually the number of transfer applications, acceptances and denials and the reason for each denial; 4. Requiring that a school administrative unit's transfer policy not discriminate against any student on the basis of that student's residential address, ability, disability, race, ethnicity, sex or socioeconomic status; 5. Requiring school boards of 2 or more school administrative units that wish to allow the transfer of students among the participating units to adopt mutual policies that set forth procedures and standards governing the transfers and requiring members of an education service center to adopt a mutual policy allowing the transfer of students among the member school administrative units; and 6. Requiring the commissioner to adopt rules to ensure that homeless students have unrestricted access to free public education. | Dead |
LD1460 | An Act to Require Parents to Be Informed of Hospitals' Safe Sleep Rules | This bill requires a hospital that has a safe sleep rule for children to inform the parent of a child who is an inpatient at the hospital of the rule and the parent to sign a form acknowledging that the parent knows the rule and possible penalties for violation of the rule. | Dead |
LD1341 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources to Evaluate How to Effectively Allow 2 Licensed Individuals to Fish for Lobsters or Scallops from a Single Vessel | Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources to Evaluate How to Effectively Allow 2 Licensed Individuals to Fish for Lobsters or Scallops from a Single Vessel | | Passed |
LD1479 | An Act to Protect Senior Homeowners in Home-sharing Agreements by Providing for an Expedited Eviction Process | This bill establishes an expedited eviction process for a landlord participating in a home-sharing agreement. "Home-sharing agreement" is defined as an agreement made between a landlord who is an individual 65 years of age or older who owns and occupies a residence and a tenant who leases a room in that residence. A home-sharing agreement is deemed a tenancy at will. The bill provides for the landlord to require eviction within 7 days of written notice. Failure of the tenant to comply within 7 days results in the tenant being declared a trespasser without right and allows the landlord to seek assistance from a sheriff or law enforcement officer to evict the tenant. | Dead |
LD1593 | An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" | This bill requires the State or a local government or other political subdivision or educational institution when making a decision based on advancing equity, the entity making that decision must provide on a publicly accessible website the definition of "equity" used to make the decision and the metrics used by that entity to measure equity. | Dead |
LD971 | An Act to Amend the Law Regarding the Checking of Baitfish Traps | An Act to Amend the Law Regarding the Checking of Baitfish Traps | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD147 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State | This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that provides for popular election beginning in 2026 of the Secretary of State biennially in the manner currently provided for Senators and Representatives. | Dead |
LD149 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Attorney General | This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that provides for popular election beginning in 2026 of the Attorney General biennially in the manner currently provided for Senators and Representatives. | Dead |
LD1439 | An Act to Protect the Health and Welfare of Children in Public Schools by Requiring Parental Consent for Certain Tests, Analyses and Diagnoses | This bill prohibits school administrative units from conducting student evaluations that include testing of intellectual, emotional, behavioral, psychological or physical development or are for the purpose of diagnosing an intellectual, emotional, behavioral, psychological or physical condition without first obtaining parental consent. | Dead |
LD1716 | An Act to Require Family Life Education to Include a Human Growth and Development Curriculum | This bill requires schools offering comprehensive family life education to include a human growth and development discussion that includes an ultrasound video and a video showing the process of fertilization and every stage of fetal development inside the uterus. The Attorney General is authorized to bring a civil suit to enforce the provision. | Dead |
LD1253 | An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limited-access Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season | An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limited- access Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1841 | An Act to Modify the Process of Selling Tax-acquired Properties | This bill amends the municipal sale of foreclosed property process to allow for a deed in lieu of foreclosure from the delinquent property owner. The bill amends the sale process to require mandatory notices to the delinquent owner and sets forth a series of actions required before a municipality can complete its sale of the property. Deductions for the expenses of the municipality are allowed to be deducted from the funds received from the sale of foreclosed, tax-acquired property above what the former owner owed the municipality. | Dead |
LD16 | An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | This bill reduces Prosecutorial District Number 7 to Hancock County and creates Prosecutorial District Number 9 for Washington County. | Dead |
LD914 | An Act Regarding Employees in the Office of the State Auditor | This bill provides that the auditors, assistants and employees in the Office of the State Auditor are classified, titled and compensated as the State Auditor considers appropriate. | Dead |
LD1692 | An Act Regarding Antlerless Deer Permits for Certain Agricultural Landowners | This bill allows a landowner that qualifies to hunt without a license on certain land to be issued one antlerless deer permit at no cost. | Dead |
LD775 | An Act Requiring Voter Approval of Legislative and Gubernatorial Pay Increases | This bill requires that any measure providing for an increase in the annual salary of the Governor enacted by the Legislature with an effective date after the first Wednesday of January 2027 must include provisions requiring the salary increase to be submitted to the legal voters of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election held in the month of November following the enactment of the measure. The bill also requires that any measure providing for a salary increase for members of the Senate and House of Representatives enacted by the Legislature with an effective date after the first Wednesday of December 2024, excluding the cost-of-living adjustment, must include provisions requiring the salary increase to be submitted to the legal voters of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election held in the month of November following the enactment of the measure. | Dead |
LD1331 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Regarding When the Governor May Call the Legislature into Session | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to provide that if the Legislature has adjourned without day, the Governor may not convene the Legislature until 90 days after the Legislature adjourned without day. | Dead |
LD1795 | An Act to Change the Calculation for Municipal Service Charges for Tax-exempt Organizations | This bill expands the liability of certain tax-exempt institution and organization property owners to municipalities for service charges on that property. The limitation of the municipality's service charge authority is changed from 2% of the institution's or organization's gross revenue to 20% of the property's assessed value. These provisions take effect January 1, 2027. | Dead |
LD1448 | An Act to Provide Winter Access to the Bog Lake Public Boat Launch in Northfield | This bill requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to ensure the gate to the Bog Lake public boat launch in the Town of Northfield is open from January 1st to March 15th each year. | Dead |
LD151 | An Act to Allow Businesses to Impose a Surcharge on Credit Card and Debit Card Transactions | Current law permits a governmental entity to impose and prohibits a seller in a sales transaction from imposing a surcharge on a credit card or debit card transaction. This bill permits a seller in a sales transaction to impose a surcharge on a credit card or debit card transaction. It also repeals a chapter of law governing credit card practices involving providers of travel services, as the law prohibits providers of travel services from imposing a surcharge on credit card transactions. | Dead |
LD148 | An Act to Provide for the Statewide Popular Election of the State Auditor | This bill provides for the statewide popular election of the State Auditor every 4 years beginning in 2028. | Dead |
LD1096 | An Act to Allow Municipalities That Have Financed Fiber-optic Broadband Infrastructure to Use Loans or Grants to Repay Associated Debt | This bill authorizes the Municipal Gigabit Broadband Network Access Fund to provide funding to municipal entities applying for project grants to repay debt that was incurred by a municipal entity for the construction of a municipally owned gigabit fiber-optic broadband network project. It specifies that the Maine Connectivity Authority may make direct loans or grants to municipal entities for the repayment of debt incurred by a municipal entity for the construction of municipally owned broadband infrastructure. The bill also requires the authority, in administering a grant or award for the development or construction of municipally owned broadband infrastructure, to permit the use of grant or award funds for the repayment of debt incurred by a municipal entity related to the development or construction of the broadband infrastructure unless such use is prohibited by the source of the grant or award. | Dead |
LD501 | An Act to Fairly Fund School Administrative Units for Economically Disadvantaged Students | This bill increases the weighted count in the school funding formula for economically disadvantaged students under the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act from 0.15 to 0.25 effective beginning fiscal year 2026-27. | Dead |
LD1008 | An Act to Require the Attorney General to Seek Legislative Approval Before Filing Any Civil Suit on Behalf of the State and to Authorize Citizen-initiated Petitions to Move for Dismissal | This bill creates a process for the Attorney General to request legislative approval before filing a case on behalf of the State in state or federal court. The bill authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters to report out legislation authorizing the Attorney General's request for approval in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The bill also authorizes any registered voter in the State to request a citizen-initiated review of any case filed by the Attorney General and requires that proceedings in that case be halted until the petition process has been completed. Finally, the bill authorizes the Legislature to meet during the interim for the purposes of completing legislative review on a request by the Attorney General. | Dead |
LD635 | Resolve, to Direct the Attorney General to Drop the Lawsuit Filed Against Big Oil Companies Concerning Climate Change | This resolve directs the Department of the Attorney General to dismiss and withdraw from the case State of Maine v. BP, PLC et al, currently pending in the United States District Court, District of Maine. | Dead |
LD1594 | An Act to Change the Appropriation for the Governor's Expense Account and Create Transparency in Expenditures Made from That Account | This bill reduces the annual appropriation to the Governor's expense account to $30,000 and requires the Governor to provide a quarterly accounting of expenses made from the account and post that accounting on the Governor's publicly accessible website. | Dead |
LD1753 | An Act to Establish the Upper St. John Valley Recovery High School Program | This bill requires the Department of Education to establish the Upper St. John Valley Recovery High School Pilot Program, a 3-year pilot program based at the campus of the University of Maine at Fort Kent and operated by the Valley Unified Education Service Center, or its successor organization, to educate high school students in recovery from substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders. The bill requires the program to provide supervised housing to enrolled students during the school week and requires students to participate in a concurrent, complementary program of recovery from substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders while enrolled in the program. The program must address requirements for awarding secondary school diplomas to students enrolled in the program. The bill also requires the Department of Education to work with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Valley Unified Education Service Center to establish the curriculum and enrollment criteria for the program. | Dead |
LD489 | An Act to Provide for a Vessel Breakdown License Exception for Commercial Halibut Fishing License Holders | An Act to Provide for a Vessel Breakdown License Exception for Commercial Halibut Fishing License Holders Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, this legislation must take effect before May 18, 2025, the beginning of the 2025 commercial halibut fishing season; 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 |
LD513 | An Act to Allow the Spouse of a School Board Member to Serve as a Stipend Employee Within the School Board's Jurisdiction | This bill provides that a school board may permit a school board member's spouse to serve as a stipend employee and a volunteer. A school board may adopt a written policy on nepotism that includes hiring practices for school-sanctioned stipend positions, discourages favoritism and political patronage, considers the needs of the school system and provides that all qualified applicants or volunteers have a fair and equal opportunity to be selected on merit, with priority consideration given to the best interest of students without restrictions based solely on family association. The bill's provisions include a repeal date of July 1, 2028. | Dead |
LD1168 | An Act to Amend the Law Regarding the Current Use Valuation of Certain Working Waterfront Land with Respect to Commercial Boat Yards | This bill amends the tax laws relating to the current use valuation of certain working waterfront land to clarify that working waterfront land includes commercial boat yards. The bill also includes a new definition for "commercial boat yard." | Dead |
LD1295 | An Act to Waive Basic Law Enforcement Training Requirements for Full-time Law Enforcement Officers Who Have Successfully Completed Equivalent Courses in Other Jurisdictions | Current law permits, but does not require, the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to waive basic training requirements for newly employed law enforcement officers that have completed an equivalent basic law enforcement training course. This bill changes the waiver from permissive to mandatory if an officer has completed an equivalent training course. Additionally, the bill directs the board to conduct a study to review the current waiver requirements and suggest legislation to reduce any unnecessary or burdensome requirements that would prevent a law enforcement officer from qualifying for a law enforcement basic training waiver. | Dead |
LD956 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendation of the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council to Create a Multi-use Trail | This resolve requires, consistent with the majority recommendation of the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council, that 12.26 miles of inactive existing railroad track material from the Route 214 intersection in Ayers Junction in Pembroke to Route 1 in Calais must be removed and replaced with a multi-use trail on the existing railbed. | Dead |
LD652 | An Act to Provide Qualifying Downtown Businesses and Developments with Assistance Paying Flood Insurance Premiums | This bill authorizes municipalities or plantations with established downtown tax increment financing districts to use funds related to tax increment financing for flood insurance assistance. | Dead |
HP0950 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE HONORABLE LOIS GALGAY RECKITT ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOSTON RED SOX OPENING HOME GAME ON APRIL 4, 2025 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE HONORABLE LOIS GALGAY RECKITT ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOSTON RED SOX OPENING HOME GAME ON APRIL 4, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HP1001 | Joint Order, Directing the Office of the Executive Director to Develop a Plan for Increasing Public Access to Legislative Proceedings | Joint Order, Directing the Office of the Executive Director to Develop a Plan for Increasing Public Access to Legislative Proceedings | Introduced |
LD181 | An Act to Modify the Calculation of Pupil Counts Used for Determination of School Administrative Unit Operating Costs | This bill amends the calculation of the pupil count used for determination of operating costs for school administrative units to provide that, beginning in fiscal year 2026-27, the pupil count includes the greater of the average of the pupil counts for October 1st of the 3 most recent calendar years prior to the year of funding and the most recent October 1st pupil count. The bill corrects cross-references to these provisions of law as necessary. The bill also repeals outdated language that is no longer used in calculating the pupil count. | Dead |
LD183 | An Act to Cap Publicly Owned Land Area at No More than 50 Percent of Any County | This bill limits publicly owned land in the State to no more than 50% of the land area in any county. The bill also allows the State, a county or a municipality to exceed the limits with the approval of 2/3 of each House of the Legislature. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is required to report biannually beginning April 15, 2026 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over public lands matters on the percentage of federal, state, county and municipal property ownership statewide and by county. | Dead |
Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Enactment RC #601 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Recede And Concur RC #588 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #602 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede RC #599 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Recede And Concur RC #591 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
LD747 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness | Recede And Concur RC #592 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Reconsideration - Veto RC #586 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Recede And Concur RC #595 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #578 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #584 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Recede And Concur RC #581 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #577 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Recede And Concur RC #548 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #546 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
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 | Yea |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #547 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD978 | An Act to Increase General Assistance Reimbursement for Municipalities and Indian Tribes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #545 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #537 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #557 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #536 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | 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 | 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 | Nay |
LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #564 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1751 | An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #570 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
LD1871 | An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation | Enactment RC #542 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
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 | Nay |
LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #569 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #559 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Recede RC #511 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
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 | Yea |
LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Recede And Concur RC #534 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Enactment RC #514 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #518 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Insist RC #523 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
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 | Yea |
LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Enactment RC #513 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
LD1299 | An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
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 | 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 | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #530 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
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 | Nay |
LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #515 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #522 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
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 | Yea |
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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
Committee | Position | Rank | |
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Detail | Maine Joint State and Local Government Committee | 9 |
State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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ME | Maine House District 010 | House | Republican | In Office | 12/03/2024 | |
ME | Maine House District 139 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 12/03/2014 | 09/13/2023 |