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Abden Simmons
(R) - Maine
Maine House District 045
In Office - Started: 06/14/2023

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
LD1279 Resolve, Establishing the Biotoxin Testing of Cultured Scallops Pilot Program Resolve, Establishing the Biotoxin Testing of Cultured Scallops Pilot Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1094 An Act to Prohibit a Person from Obtaining an Elver Dealer's License for a Minimum of 5 Years in Cases of Repeat Violations of License Conditions An Act to Prohibit a Person from Obtaining an Elver Dealer's License for a Minimum of 5 Years in Cases of Repeat Violations of License Conditions Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1596 Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources to Submit a Report on the Findings and Recommendations of the Aquaculture Advisory Council Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources to Submit a Report on the Findings and Recommendations of the Aquaculture Advisory Council | Passed
LD1595 An Act to Strengthen Working Waterfronts Against Nuisance Complaints Regarding Aquaculture An Act to Strengthen Working Waterfronts Against Nuisance Complaints Regarding Aquaculture Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
LD968 Resolve, to Study Stakeholder Input Involving the Appointment of the Commissioner of Marine Resources This resolve directs the Department of Marine Resources to study the level of stakeholder input involved in the appointment of the Commissioner of Marine Resources and how that input may be expanded. The department is required to submit a report by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources, which may submit legislation related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. Dead
HP1329 JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE LEGISLATURE'S OPPOSITION TO THE REMOVAL OF NAVIGATIONAL BUOYS JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE LEGISLATURE'S OPPOSITION TO THE REMOVAL OF NAVIGATIONAL BUOYS Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
LD1503 An Act to Create a Green Crab Only Wholesale Dealer License An Act to Create a Green Crab Only Wholesale Dealer License Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1395 An Act Regarding Human Trafficking Prevention Instruction and Dissemination of and Access to Obscene Material in Schools This bill requires that a digital or online library database resource offered by a school administrative unit, public charter school or postsecondary educational institution to students in kindergarten to grade 12 must prevent a user from sending, receiving, viewing or downloading materials that are child pornography or obscene matter or that depict sexual exploitation of a minor. It directs a school administrative unit, public charter school or postsecondary educational institution to withhold payment if a provider of a digital or online library database resource does not comply with these requirements and to consider noncompliance a breach of contract if the provider does not verify compliance in a timely manner. The bill amends the law that prohibits the dissemination of obscene matter to minors to eliminate the exception that applies to noncommercial distribution or exhibition by public schools for purely educational purposes. The bill also permits a public school or private school to offer or integrate into its curriculum instructional modules on the prevention and recognition of signs of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor and human trafficking. It also permits a public or private school to offer training to school employees on the same topics. Dead
LD1504 An Act to Support Small Businesses by Providing a Refundable Tax Credit to Certain Businesses to Offset Credit and Debit Card Transaction Fees This bill creates a tax credit for businesses with less than $2,400,000 in gross sales annually that accept credit cards or debit cards for payment and are charged a transaction fee by the issuer of that card. The amount of the tax credit is the amount of the fees the business paid or 2.5% of the sales taxes remitted by that business to the State, whichever is less. The tax credit is refundable. Dead
LD1845 An Act to Establish the Working Waterfront Advisory Council This bill creates the Working Waterfront Advisory Council to address issues affecting the State's working waterfronts and requires the council to submit a report by February 1, 2026 and annually thereafter to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic and community development matters and marine resources matters on the status of the condition of, the current and future challenges concerning and recommendations related to working waterfronts in the State. The bill also requires the Director of the Maine Office of Community Affairs to submit a report by February 1, 2026 and annually thereafter to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over initiatives proposed by the Maine Office of Community Affairs regarding working waterfronts, including information from coalitions, task forces and engagements with municipal and tribal governments. 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
LD1627 An Act Regarding Workforce Development, Education Reform and Talent Retention This bill requires that students complete an internship prior to graduating from high school beginning January 1, 2027. The bill also requires the Department of Education to: 1. Develop and implement a career exploration module for middle school and high school students; 2. Require school administrative units to track and report post-graduation outcomes and examine metrics that incentivize school administrative units to guide students toward 4-year degree programs; 3. Provide training on career counseling standards, including professional development for school counselors regarding career pathways in high-demand fields; 4. Mandate that all high school students receive information on a variety of post-graduation options, including apprenticeships, certification programs and local employment opportunities in high demand; 5. Redirect infrastructure funds to upgrade career and technical education facilities and equipment to meet industry standards; 6. Expand access to extended learning opportunity program coordinators, prioritizing underserved and rural areas; 7. Establish a competitive grant program for employers to partner with schools, career and technical education centers and the Maine Community College System to create new training opportunities to address workforce gaps; 8. Fund innovative pilot programs, such as mobile training units; 9. Develop, in consultation with the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, employer tax incentives for workforce investments; 10. Coordinate with the Department of Labor to address labor shortages in underserved regions by offering temporary housing and commuting or relocation stipends; 11. Conduct audits of workforce education to identify inefficient programs and, upon discovery, reallocate the funds to initiatives with measurable outcomes; and 12. Submit a report no later than December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs with suggested legislation. Dead
LD422 An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality This bill prohibits the State from placing noncitizens within a municipality without the municipality's prior authorization and allows the municipality to limit the number of noncitizens the State places within the municipality. Dead
LD618 An Act to Allow Minors Under 16 Years of Age to Work Until 9 p.m. During the School Year and Until 10 p.m. During Summer Vacation This bill allows minors under 16 years of age to work until 9 p.m. during the school year and until 10 p.m. during summer vacation. Dead
LD1633 An Act to Promote the Recycling and Reuse of Construction Materials This bill directs the Department of Environmental Protection to establish by rule a streamlined process for the certification of construction materials reclamation facilities. Under the bill, a construction materials reclamation facility is defined as a facility that exclusively accepts construction and demolition debris and sorts, refurbishes and sells construction materials reclaimed from the debris for reuse in construction. A construction materials reclamation facility that receives a certification from the department is not required to obtain a solid waste facility license. The bill also establishes the nonlapsing Construction Materials Reclamation Fund within the department to provide grants, loans or other funding to any public or private entity to support the development and certification of construction materials reclamation facilities, training programs for individuals operating and employed at those facilities and public outreach and education initiatives regarding those facilities. Beginning January 1, 2026, this fund will receive a new $10 per ton fee imposed on the landfill disposal of construction and demolition debris and residue from the processing of the debris. The bill also capitalizes this fund with General Fund appropriations of $1 million in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27. The bill establishes a new state goal that, by January 1, 2036, the total tonnage of construction and demolition debris annually disposed of at solid waste landfills in the State will be reduced by 25%. The baseline for calculating this reduction is the 2024 solid waste generation and disposal capacity data gathered by the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill also directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to develop a proposal for implementation of a refundable tax credit for housing developers that purchase for use in the construction of affordable housing in the State reclaimed construction materials from a certified construction materials reclamation facility. The credit must be equal to 100% of the documented cost of the reclaimed construction materials purchased by the developer from a construction materials reclamation facility. The bureau is also required to develop a proposal for implementation of a charitable deduction from individual income tax for individuals or businesses who donate construction materials to a certified construction materials reclamation facility. The bureau must submit by January 1, 2026 a report setting forth the tax credit and deduction proposals, including necessary implementing legislation along with any related recommendations, to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out related legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. Dead
LD657 An Act to Modify the Law Governing Municipal General Assistance by Designating Broadband Internet Access Service and Wireless Access Point Technology as Basic Necessities This bill modifies the provisions of law governing municipal general assistance to designate broadband Internet access service and wireless access point technology as basic necessities. Dead
LD1352 An Act to Amend Provisions Regarding the Scallop Fishery License Apprentice Program, Licensing and Limited Access Areas This bill amends provisions regarding the scallop fishery by: 1. Prohibiting an apprentice program for entry into the scallop fishery to be conducted through a lottery; 2. Allowing a new entrant to be eligible for a hand fishing scallop license or a scallop dragging license only upon the termination of an existing hand fishing scallop license or a scallop dragging license; and 3. Directing the Department of Marine Resources to adopt rules to allow all holders of hand fishing scallop licenses and scallop dragging licenses equal access to limited access scallop fishing areas during the same period and not on a rotational basis. Dead
LD1334 An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal This bill requires a liquor retailer to display liquor that is not placed in a display case or behind the counter at least 48 inches from a cash register or payment terminal. 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
LD816 An Act Regarding the Emptying of Elver Fyke Nets An Act Regarding the Emptying of Elver Fyke Nets 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 amends the law governing the emptying of elver fyke nets; and Whereas, it is important that this legislation take effect immediately in order for these changes to be in place before the beginning of the next elver fishing season in March 2025; 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
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
LD735 An Act to Protect Sand Dunes on Sears Island and to Establish Criteria for Legislation Regarding Land Development This bill repeals the provisions in law that authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and potentially grant a permit under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 480-D for construction of an offshore wind terminal on Sears Island in the Town of Searsport to be located on or that will otherwise impact a coastal sand dune system on the island. The bill also repeals the provisions in law that direct the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, to take all reasonable steps to ensure the conservation and protection of a parcel of land in the northwest portion of Sears Island that is approximately 10 acres in size and that includes a coastal sand dune system that is approximately 1 1/2 acres in size. The bill also requires that any legislation proposing to enact a measure regarding the development of land that is in conflict with United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations may be sponsored only by a member of the House of Representatives or Senate who represents the affected district and may be enacted only with a 2/3 vote of the Legislature. The bill also prohibits the State from authorizing any land development on Sears Island without first establishing an indigenous lands protection committee and obtaining from that committee a certification that any area to be developed does not contain a site sacred to indigenous people in Maine. Dead
LD964 An Act to Change the Definitions of "Sunrise" and "Sunset" in the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Laws to Better Allow for Variations in Timing Across the State This bill amends the inland fisheries and wildlife law to change the entity within the United States Naval Observatory that the State relies upon to determine the times for sunrise and sunset from the Nautical Almanac Office to the Astronomical Applications Department and removes references to Bangor, Maine. Dead
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
LD70 An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics Enactment RC #601 06/25/2025 Absent
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 Absent
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Nay
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
Detail Maine Joint Marine Resources Committee 7
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
ME Maine House District 045 House Republican In Office 06/14/2023
ME Maine House District 091 House Republican Out of Office 12/07/2016 03/01/2024