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State Representative
Josh Morris
(R) - Maine
Maine House District 091
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
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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
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Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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LD1498 | An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development | An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1906 | An Act to Improve Accountability and Understanding of Data in Insurance Transactions | An Act to Improve Accountability and Understanding of Data in Insurance Transactions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1761 | An Act to Prohibit Indemnification Agreements | This bill prohibits contract agreements that indemnify or hold harmless the promisee from or against any negligence, claim or liability arising out of an intentional act or omission of the promisee or promisor. Parties to a contract are not prohibited from agreeing that the promisee must be included as an additional insured in an insurance contract. The bill does not affect the validity of workers' compensation or other insurance contracts. | In Committee |
LD519 | An Act to Remove the Requirement That Individual and Small Group Health Plans Be Offered Through a Pooled Market and to Eliminate the Provision of Law Establishing a Pooled Market for Those Plans | This bill repeals the provisions of the Maine Insurance Code that establish a pooled market for individual and small group health plans, removing the requirement that those types of plans must be offered through a pooled market. The bill also eliminates related provisions that require the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association to operate a retrospective reinsurance program providing coverage to member insurers for all individual and small group health plans issued in any plan year in which a pooled market is operating. | In Committee |
LD634 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Reduction of Unfunded and Outdated Municipal and County Mandates | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study the Reduction of Unfunded and Outdated Municipal and County Mandates.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 |
LD820 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish the Right to Hunt and Fish | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to provide that the right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest game and fish, including by the use of traditional methods, may not be infringed, subject to reasonable laws and rules to promote wildlife conservation and management and to preserve the future of hunting and fishing. It also provides that public hunting and fishing are the preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. | Passed |
LD1005 | Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews | Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews | | Passed |
LD1018 | An Act to Protect Health Care for Rural and Underserved Areas by Prohibiting Discrimination by Participants in a Federal Drug Discount Program | This bill prevents discrimination by pharmaceutical manufacturers, health insurance carriers, pharmacy benefits managers and their agents against pharmacies and health care providers that participate in the federal prescription drug discount program, known as the 340B drug discount program. The bill's provisions do not apply to the MaineCare program. The bill also includes language to clarify that the provisions may not be construed or applied in any way that conflicts with federal law. | Dead |
LD1220 | An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Treat Dogs and Equids | This bill authorizes a chiropractor licensed in this State to provide chiropractic care to dogs and equids as long as the licensed chiropractor is certified to perform animal chiropractic care and meets other conditions specified in the bill. | In Committee |
LD1282 | An Act Regarding Eligibility for Historic Preservation Bond Proceeds | This bill amends the eligibility requirements for grants through the Maine Historic Preservation Commission for the preservation and restoration of historic properties to allow eligibility for properties that have been designated as historic properties by municipal historic preservation ordinances. The bill also directs the Maine Historic Preservation Commission to adopt rules regarding the disbursement of bond proceeds authorized by Public Law 2023, chapter 653 to establish a process for properties in the State that are not on the National Register of Historic Places but have been designated as historic properties by municipal historic preservation ordinances to receive funding through the bond proceeds. | Passed |
LD1365 | An Act to Allow Consumption of Adult Use Cannabis in Locally Approved Hospitality Lounges | This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act to authorize a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State to adopt an ordinance providing licensing or other approval requirements applicable to cannabis hospitality lounges within the municipality or unorganized and deorganized area. The bill defines "cannabis hospitality lounge" as a location that is open to members of the public who are 21 years of age or older and is licensed or approved by a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State where persons 21 years of age or older may consume adult use cannabis, adult use cannabis products and edible products that do not contain cannabis. A cannabis hospitality lounge is not a cannabis establishment, may operate as a cannabis hospitality lounge without the need for additional state licensing or approvals and is not subject to the oversight of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy. The bill also amends the law prohibiting smoking in public places to allow the smoking of adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products at a locally licensed or approved cannabis hospitality lounge. | In Committee |
LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | This bill establishes a method for a person who has attempted and failed to complete a State Board of Social Worker Licensure examination for licensure as a licensed social worker; licensed master social worker; licensed master social worker, conditional clinical; or licensed clinical social worker to qualify for licensure through an alternative pathway. | Dead |
LD1895 | An Act to Require the Removal from a Property Tax Lien the Name of a Previous Owner Who Paid Prorated Property Taxes | An Act to Require the Removal from a Property Tax Lien the Name of a Previous Owner Who Paid Prorated Property Taxes | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1511 | An Act to Expand Direct Health Care Service Arrangements | An Act to Expand Direct Health Care Service Arrangements | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | This bill redefines "machine gun" for provisions of the Maine Criminal Code governing offenses involving weapons. The new definition describes a weapon that shoots automatically more than one shot and includes parts of a machine gun or a combination of parts from which a machine gun could be assembled. | Dead |
LD1166 | An Act to Change the Professional Title and Identification of Physician Assistants to Physician Associates | An Act to Change the Professional Title and Identification of Physician Assistants to Physician Associates | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD649 | An Act to Certify Chiropractic Assistants Who Perform X-rays as Chiropractic Radiographers | This bill requires the certification of radiologic technologists who produce x-rays while employed as licensed chiropractic assistants. Certification requirements include satisfactory completion of a radiologic technology course of instruction of at least 50 hours and passing an examination approved by the Board of Chiropractic Licensure. The bill also contains provisions for certificate renewal, continuing radiologic technology education and violations for radiologic technologists. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
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 | This bill provides that the current prohibition on the discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a school does not apply to a person acting pursuant to the laws governing the use of force in defense of premises. | Dead |
LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Under current law, the rental of living quarters in tourist camps and trailer camps is subject to a sales tax of 9%. This bill removes living quarters in tourist camps and trailer camps from inclusion under the 9% sales tax rate, which will result in the rental of living quarters in trailer camps and tourist camps being subject to the general sales tax rate, which is currently 5.5%. | Dead |
LD1462 | An Act to Promote Artisans and the Creative Economy | An Act to Promote Artisans and the Creative Economy | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1062 | An Act to Eliminate Background Checks for Private Sales of Firearms | This bill amends the law governing background checks of firearms buyers to eliminate background checks for private sales of firearms. | Dead |
LD1049 | An Act to Eliminate the Duty to Inform a Law Enforcement Officer When Carrying a Concealed Handgun Without a Permit | Current law requires an individual carrying a concealed handgun without a valid permit who comes into contact with a law enforcement officer during the course of any arrest, detainment or routine traffic stop to immediately inform that law enforcement officer of the fact that the individual is carrying a concealed handgun. This bill repeals that requirement and the penalty provision for failure to comply with that requirement. | Dead |
LD1580 | An Act to Prohibit Carriers and Pharmacy Benefits Managers from Using Spread Pricing | An Act to Prohibit Carriers and Pharmacy Benefits Managers from Using Spread Pricing | 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 |
LD881 | An Act to Establish an Apprentice Insurance Producer License | An Act to Establish an Apprentice Insurance Producer License | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD610 | Resolve, to Designate a Portion of Route 234 in the Town of New Vineyard and the Town of Anson in Honor of Corporal Andrew L. Hutchins | Resolve, to Designate a Portion of Route 234 in the Town of New Vineyard and the Town of Anson in Honor of Corporal Andrew L. Hutchins | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1221 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Study Protection of Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program Funds | Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Study Protection of Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program Funds | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1310 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Insurance Coverage of Preventive and Primary Health Services | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Insurance Coverage of Preventive and Primary Health Services | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1222 | An Act to Limit Sovereign Immunity for Schools and School Superintendents | This bill removes immunity under the Maine Tort Claims Act for school superintendents, school administrative units or schools within the school administrative unit's jurisdiction for certain conduct, including negligence, violations of state or federal education law, failure to ensure student safety, failure to report abuse of, neglect of or threats to a student, willful misconduct or criminal activity. The bill also requires school administrative units to indemnify their staff and employees, establish mandatory reporting policies regarding student safety and carry liability insurance. The bill directs the Department of Education to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the impact and effectiveness of these provisions and establishes an effective date of October 1, 2026. | Dead |
LD867 | An Act Regarding Pre-need Funeral Insurance | An Act Regarding Pre-need Funeral Insurance | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
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 |
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 |
LD344 | An Act to Repeal the Law Establishing the Maine Retirement Savings Board | This bill repeals the law establishing the Maine Retirement Savings Board and related provisions. | Dead |
LD1535 | An Act to Reduce Illegal Cannabis Operations by Requiring Permits for High Electrical Usage | This bill requires a permit for the installation or upgrade of electrical service to a total of 300 amperes or more in a residential building. It also requires a transmission and distribution electric utility to report suspicious power use and transmit that report to municipal officials when: a 300-ampere or more total service is installed or an existing service is upgraded to a 300-ampere or more total service at a residential property, regardless of whether that installation or upgrade is a single 300-ampere or more panel or multiple smaller panels the sum of which is 300 amperes or more; a transformer malfunctions; a transformer larger than 25 kilovolt-amperes is installed or a transformer is upgraded to a transformer larger than 25 kilovolt-amperes for a residential customer; there is a month-to-month increase in power consumption greater than 500% for a residential customer; or the transmission and distribution utility finds evidence that power diversion or theft has occurred. The report must state the reason for the power increase if known by the transmission and distribution utility. | Dead |
LD1400 | An Act to Exempt Certain Public School Districts and Their Employees from the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program | This bill provides that a school district is exempt from the paid family and medical leave benefits program if the school district: 1. Provided family leave and medical leave benefits substantially equivalent to those provided in the paid family and medical leave benefits program pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on January 1, 2025; and 2. Continually maintains substantially equivalent paid family leave and medical leave benefits for employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or other contractual agreement, including benefits for sick leave and family sick leave, that accrue annually to at least 12 weeks of leave. It also requires the Department of Labor to refund contributions made to the department by a school district before the school district was exempt from the paid family and medical leave benefits program. It requires a school district employer that deducted a portion of the premium to the employee as part of the employee's wage to remit that portion of the premium to the employee as part of the employee's wage. | Dead |
LD277 | An Act to Repeal the Law Prohibiting Places of Business from Being Open to the Public on Sunday | This bill eliminates the prohibition on a place of business's opening on Sundays and on certain holidays. | Dead |
LD406 | An Act to Repeal the Laws Providing for Paid Family and Medical Leave and to Reimburse Taxpayers | This bill repeals the provisions of law related to the paid family and medical leave benefits program. The bill requires the Department of Labor to refund contributions made by employers and self-employed individuals to the Department of Labor under the paid family and medical leave benefits program. The bill requires an employer that deducted a portion of the premium required for an employee from that employee's wages to remit that portion of the premium to the employee as part of the employee's wages. The bill requires the State Controller to transfer unappropriated funds from the Department of Labor, Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. | Dead |
LD851 | An Act to Establish a Senior Retiree Lobster License | This bill creates a senior retiree lobster and crab fishing license, establishes eligibility requirements for the license, sets regulations about trap count and placement and fishing dates for license holders and sets a license fee at $60. | Dead |
LD1333 | An Act to Make Changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program | This bill makes the following changes to the paid family and medical leave benefits program. 1. It requires an employee to be employed with an employer for 120 days before being eligible to take leave. 2. It clarifies that the definition of "self-employed individual" applies only to employers with less than 15 employees. 3. It allows employers to have intermittent leave schedules reviewed by the program administrator. 4. It applies the same delay of implementation to private employers with collective bargaining agreements as currently applies to public employers. 5. It prohibits the taking of paid leave unless the employee simultaneously takes any available unpaid leave. 6. It reduces the retroactive application deadline from 90 days to 30 days. 7. It requires the paid family and medical leave benefits program administrator to give employers 5 days' notice of leave being approved for an employee. 8. It requires the Department of Labor to post on its publicly accessible website no later than February 1st of each year the dates by which contribution reports and premiums must be remitted. 9. It relieves employers with collective bargaining agreements of the obligation to bargain over the employee's share of the premium. 10. It allows employers to correct mistakes in the employee share of taxes for up to 3 months. 11. It establishes a 52-week formula for calculating the 15-employee threshold. 12. It changes the applications of penalties against employers from mandatory to discretionary. 13. It requires self-employed individuals who elect coverage to pay 1/4 of a year's worth of premiums upon first applying for coverage. 14. It places limits on the fees charged for private plan substitutions. 15. It requires the Department of Labor to post on its publicly accessible website the appropriate tax forms, based on guidance from the United States Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Maine Revenue Services, that employers with approved private plans must provide to employees taking leave. 16. It clarifies that the provision that provides that an employee who takes leave is entitled to be restored to the employee's former position does not apply to an employee who is taking retroactive paid leave and who did not notify the employer for more than 5 days of the employee's absence. 17. It changes rules from routine technical to major substantive. 18. It clarifies that at no time may an employee receive benefits of over 100% of the employee's wages. 19. It establishes that employee count is determined using an existing method to calculate unemployment insurance liability. | Dead |
LD490 | An Act to Provide for a 5-year Automatic Repeal of Agency Rules | This bill amends the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to provide that any agency rule that is finally adopted or an amendment to which is finally adopted in accordance with the requirements of that Act after January 1, 2026 is automatically repealed 5 years from the date of final adoption. An agency that has adopted or has jurisdiction over a rule subject to automatic repeal may submit to the Legislature a request that the rule be renewed and not be subject to repeal for an additional period of up to 5 years. For any rule subject to automatic repeal, the bill requires the Secretary of State to provide to the agency that adopted or has jurisdiction over the rule a notice regarding the date of the automatic repeal no later than 18 months prior to the date on which the rule will be repealed. | Dead |
LD1573 | An Act to Require Legislative Approval for Certain Emergency Powers of the Governor | This bill provides that the Governor may not reissue or renew an emergency proclamation, issue another emergency proclamation that is substantially similar to one that expired or reissue an emergency proclamation terminated by the Legislature without approval of the Legislature. | Dead |
LD1655 | An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property | An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1095 | An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less | This bill prohibits the removal of a common loon from a body of water that measures 500 acres or less as part of a wildlife relocation program. | Dead |
LD383 | An Act to Facilitate the Consolidation of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Land Use Planning Commission into a Single Combined Entity | This bill implements statutory changes and other provisions necessary to transition the Maine Land Use Planning Commission from the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill also requires the Department of Environmental Protection, on or before January 1, 2026, to submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources a report outlining recommendations, including necessary draft legislation, for the consolidation, by July 1, 2028, of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Land Use Planning Commission into a single combined entity, to be known as the Maine Environmental and Land Use Commission. The new Maine Environmental and Land Use Commission must be designed to prioritize landowner rights, ensuring that private landowners are empowered to make use of their property subject to reasonable, well-established rules for the protection of the environment, and its activities and adopted rules must ensure sustainable land use development practices and not unduly or arbitrarily restrict landowner property use except as necessary to protect public health, safety and the environment. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out a bill relating to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
LD671 | An Act to Abolish the Maine Income Tax and Establish a Zero-based Budget | This bill eliminates the Maine income tax beginning January 1, 2026. It requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to review provisions of law that refer to income tax and submit a report, including suggested legislation, to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature identifying necessary changes to implement the elimination. The bill also requires the development of a new budgeting system in which agencies would be subject to zero-based budgeting every 8 years and in the interim years be subject to review and alternative budget requirements. | Dead |
LD278 | An Act to Eliminate the Tobacco Products Tax on Certain Products That Contain Nicotine | This bill modifies the tobacco products tax by eliminating the tax imposed on certain products that contain nicotine but not tobacco. Current law provides a general definition for "tobacco products" as well as a list of specific types of products that are included in that definition. This bill modifies the general definition to remove language that would allow products that contain either natural or artificial nicotine, but not tobacco, to be taxable. The bill does not alter the list of specific products that are taxable, including electronic smoking devices, whether or not they contain nicotine. | Dead |
LD309 | An Act to Allow a Political Party to Determine How That Party's Nominee Is Selected in a Primary Election | This bill allows a political party, during the state convention held by each party between March 1st and August 1st biennially during each general election year, to determine if the party's primary election to be held for the general election following the next general election after the party's convention will be determined by ranked-choice voting pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, section 723-A or by an alternate method determined for the party's primary election at the state convention and incorporated into the party's rules. The bill requires the party's state committee to notify the Secretary of State no later than October 1st of the year prior to a party's primary election if that party has determined an alternate method for conducting that party's primary election. | Dead |
LD732 | An Act to Prohibit Copyrights for Works of State Government | This bill prohibits the use of copyright protection for any work of the State except for merchandise sold by a department or agency. This bill does not preclude the State from receiving and holding a copyright transferred to the State by assignment, bequest or otherwise or a copyright of a work of the State existing prior to the effective date of this legislation. | Dead |
LD1152 | An Act to Expand the Right to Shop for Health Care Services | This bill makes the following changes to the law relating to the comparable health care service incentive program. 1. It removes the requirement that the small group health plan design be compatible with a federally authorized health savings account. 2. It requires that the incentives be equal to or greater than 25% of the difference between the price of the health care service from the provider selected and the statewide average for the same covered health care service based on data reported on the publicly accessible health care costs website of the Maine Health Data Organization. 3. It adds surgical procedures to the categories of nonemergency, outpatient health care services included in the definition of "comparable health care service." Under current law, if an enrollee covered under a health plan other than a health maintenance organization plan elects to obtain a covered comparable health care service from an out-of-network provider at a price that is the same or less than the statewide average for the same covered health care service, the carrier is required to allow the enrollee to obtain the service from the out-of-network provider at the provider's charge and, upon request by the enrollee, to apply the payments made by the enrollee for that comparable health care service toward the enrollee's deductible and out-of-pocket maximum as specified in the enrollee's health plan as if the health care services had been provided by an in-network provider. The bill removes the exception that the provision does not apply to a health maintenance organization plan. The bill also removes the limitation defining "out- of-network provider" as a provider located in Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Maine that is enrolled in the MaineCare program and participates in Medicare. | Dead |
LD1314 | An Act to Protect Cannabis Industry Workers' Access to Personal Credit | This bill prohibits a creditor from denying, refusing to extend credit for or cancelling a credit card solely on the basis that a person is an owner, operator or employee of a cannabis establishment or is a registered caregiver under the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act, except when prohibited by federal law and regulation. | 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 |
LD1470 | An Act to Create a Liaison Program to Self-insured Entities and Consumers | This bill directs the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to establish a liaison program, including a complaint process, to provide assistance to consumers seeking coverage or reimbursement of claims from a self-insured entity. | Dead |
LD1512 | An Act to Protect Patients from Health Care Discrimination and Guarantee Access to the Lowest Available Cost for Care | This bill provides that a health care provider may not discriminate against a patient based on the patient's method of payment. It also requires the disclosure of a discounted cash price option upon request, free itemized bills and, for an uninsured patient's health care service or treatment, a price that is the lesser of what Medicare would pay and the lowest amount payable under any of the health care provider's contracts. | Dead |
LD1972 | An Act to Enhance Transparency and Value in Substantial Health Care Transactions by Changing the Review and Approval Process for Those Transactions | This bill enacts law governing consequential transactions, such as transfers of ownership or control, among health care entities, including health care providers, health care facilities, provider organizations, pharmacy benefits managers and carriers. It establishes a preliminary and comprehensive review process carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Office of Affordable Health Care and provides for post-transaction oversight. It creates provisions governing reporting on the ownership and control of health care entities upon the completion of a transaction. It also makes the provisions take effect January 1, 2026. | Dead |
LD1396 | An Act to Amend Maine's Municipal Subdivision Standards to Increase the Number of Dwelling Units on or Divisions of a Tract of Land Before the Tract is Considered a Subdivision | This bill amends the definition of "subdivision" within the land use planning laws governing subdivisions to exclude from the definition the creation of up to 4 lots or dwelling units on a parcel of land. The bill provides that the addition or creation of an attached or unattached accessory dwelling unit does not constitute a lot. The bill also amends the exception to the subdivision law for a division of a new or existing structure into 3 or more dwelling units by allowing the creation of any number of dwelling units, whether by creation of a condominium or through redevelopment of the interior of the structure. | Dead |
LD937 | An Act to Establish a Permit to Hunt Coyote over Bait | This bill establishes that a person who possesses a valid hunting license may obtain a permit to hunt coyote over bait between September 1st and December 15th in wildlife management districts 1 to 14, 18, 19, 27 and 28, as long as the person places coyote bait in towns known to have active deer wintering areas and the person follows other bait placement and use provisions already in statute. The bill also directs the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish rules related to the placement of coyote bait and sets a fee for the permit at $4. | Dead |
LD1501 | An Act to Extend the Time Frame for a Chiropractic Intern License | An Act to Extend the Time Frame for a Chiropractic Intern License | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD206 | An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage | This bill sets the minimum hourly wage at $14.65 and removes the annual cost-of- living adjustment. The minimum hourly wage as of January 1, 2025 pursuant to Initiated Bill 2015, chapter 2 is $14.65 per hour due to inflation adjustments. The bill also removes cross-references to the annual cost-of-living adjustment. | 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 |
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 |
LD1402 | An Act to Convene a Stakeholder Group to Determine Methods of Ensuring the Long-term Solvency of the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to convene a stakeholder group to study the long-term solvency of the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association and to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding solutions to ensure that the association remains solvent. | Dead |
LD1663 | An Act Relating to Health Care Transparency and the Maine Health Data Organization | This bill requires the Maine Health Data Organization to report the average amount paid by public payors, including but not limited to Medicare and the MaineCare program, on its publicly accessible website that reports the average amount paid for common health care procedures at different health care settings in the same manner that it reports the average amount paid by commercial payors. | Dead |
LD1675 | An Act to Provide Just Compensation in Cases of Taking by Eminent Domain by Transmission and Distribution Utilities | This bill updates the laws regarding damages paid to owners of property taken by eminent domain by a transmission and distribution utility for the construction, rebuilding or relocation of a transmission line. The bill requires a transmission and distribution utility to set aside 1% of the total revenue generated from the construction, rebuilding or relocation of a transmission line annually to be paid as damages to the owner of a property taken by eminent domain for the construction, rebuilding or relocation of that transmission line. The 1% of the revenue set aside for damages must be distributed to property owners based on the acres of property taken from that owner for the construction, rebuilding or relocation of the transmission line in the form of an annual installment over the course of 20 years from the operation date of the transmission line. | Dead |
LD955 | An Act to Ensure Human Oversight in Medical Insurance Payment Decisions | This bill prohibits, beginning January 1, 2026, health insurance carriers from denying coverage or claims for services under a health plan solely based on the use of artificial intelligence. The bill requires that, before a carrier denies benefits or reduces payment for services using artificial intelligence, a carrier must conduct a utilization review done by a physician who is licensed in this State that includes a review of the medical necessity of the services, the professional judgment of the enrollee's provider and the impact of any denial of benefits or reduction in payment on the enrollee's health outcomes. The bill requires carriers and the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to report on a quarterly and annual basis, respectively, on the use of artificial intelligence. The bill also requires the bureau to adopt rules related to the use of artificial intelligence by carriers no later than November 1, 2025. | Dead |
LD1151 | An Act to Protect Access to Health Insurance Under the MaineCare Program | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to enact measures to address issues relating to a MaineCare recipient losing MaineCare coverage if the recipient's income increases above the income levels established for MaineCare eligibility. | Dead |
LD1251 | Resolve, to Reduce the Cost of Energy in Maine and Further Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Energy Contracts | of the responses the commission received from its request for information under subsection 1, any actions the commission has taken, if any, as a result of the information submitted by respondents to the commission's request for information and a summary of actions taken by the commission under subsection 2. The committee may report out a bill relating to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. SUMMARY This resolve requires the Public Utilities Commission to: 1. Issue a request for information after consultation with the Office of the Public Advocate, the Governor's Energy Office and the Efficiency Maine Trust regarding reasonable opportunities for the commission to explore and consider engaging in the execution of an energy cost reduction contract or a physical energy storage contract. The commission's request for information must also seek identification of existing and near-term replacement energy sources for natural gas in commercial and industrial uses, including when the replacement energy sources are expected to be available, the cost of those replacement energy sources and the steps needed to develop a cost-effective and reliable supply of such replacement energy sources; and 2. Contact every gas utility and natural gas pipeline utility in the State and every state or province adjacent to this State to negotiate favorable terms for one or more energy cost reduction contracts, physical energy storage contracts or such other arrangements as the commission may find necessary or appropriate to reduce the costs of energy in the State and to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The commission must submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology by December 3, 2025 that includes a summary of the responses the commission received from its request for information, any actions taken by the commission as a result of the information received and a summary of actions taken by the commission to negotiate favorable terms for one or more energy cost reduction contracts, physical energy storage contracts or other arrangements. | Dead |
LD1320 | An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry | This bill amends the definition of "disqualifying drug offense" in the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act and in the Cannabis Legalization Act to provide that a conviction within the 3-year period prior to an application for licensure or registration for a crime, related to the cultivation or distribution of cannabis that is not authorized in the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act or in the Cannabis Legalization Act, is a disqualifying drug offense. | Dead |
LD918 | An Act to Allow a Qualifying Religious Organization to Self-insure for Automobile Insurance | This bill provides authorization for qualifying religious organizations to satisfy the requirements for financial responsibility to operate a motor vehicle registered in this State through self-insurance. The bill sets forth the requirements that must be met before the Secretary of State may grant a certificate of self-insurance to a religious organization and its members. The bill authorizes a member of the qualifying religious organization to provide that certificate of self-insurance as evidence of financial responsibility to register a motor vehicle owned or operated by that member. | 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 |
LD187 | An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers | Current law authorizes an organization that serves as a bargaining agent to charge employees who are represented by but are not members of the organization a service fee for expenditures related to representation. This bill removes that authorization. | Dead |
LD812 | An Act to Provide State Recognition of the Kineo St. John Tribe | This bill provides for state recognition of the Kineo St. John Tribe as a Native American tribe. Recognition does not create, extend or form the basis of any right or claim to land or real estate in the State or any right to conduct gambling activities prohibited by law. The Kineo St. John Tribe and the individual members of the tribe remain subject to all the laws of the State. | Dead |
LD813 | An Act Regarding State Recognition of Native American Tribes | This bill establishes a process for state recognition of Native American Indian tribes, which is designed to recognize the historical and cultural contributions of Native Americans to the State, to protect and strengthen the heritage of Native Americans in the State and to provide technical assistance to state-recognized Native American Indian tribes and their members related to state and federal programs and activities. It establishes the Maine Commission on Native American Indian Affairs, a 5-member panel of experts appointed by the Governor to review and to make recommendations on applications for state recognition of Native American Indian tribes in the State and to provide specific assistance to state-recognized Native American Indian tribes and their members. The ultimate decision whether to confer state recognition lies with the Legislature. State-recognized Native American Indian tribes and their members remain subject to all of the laws of the State, and recognition may not be construed to grant the state- recognized Native American Indian tribe or its members any right or claim to land or real estate in the State or the right to conduct any gambling activities otherwise prohibited by law. | Dead |
LD1401 | An Act to Repeal the Provisions of Law Requiring Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Policies to Cover the Cost of Towing and Storing Certain Vehicles | This bill repeals the laws requiring motor vehicle liability coverage in an amount up to $500 per accident for the towing and storage charges incurred as a result of an accident involving the insured vehicle if the vehicle is towed at the request of a law enforcement officer. | Dead |
LD659 | An Act to Reduce Housing Costs by Not Requiring Fire Sprinkler Systems for Single-family Homes and Duplexes | This bill prohibits a municipality from adopting or enforcing a provision of a building code that requires the installation or use of fire sprinkler systems in a single-family dwelling or duplex. | Dead |
LD1046 | An Act to Establish a 180-day State Residency Requirement for Receiving Municipal General Assistance | This bill establishes a 180-day state residency requirement for applicants for municipal general assistance. | Dead |
LD1373 | An Act to Repeal the National Popular Vote Compact | This bill repeals the National Popular Vote for President Act and makes changes to other election statutes to reflect that repeal. | Dead |
LD1218 | An Act to Allow Certain County Commissioners Who Are Maine Public Employees Retirement System Members to Switch to the Legislative Retirement Program | This bill provides that a county commissioner who is a member of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System and is contributing to a defined benefit plan, has previously served in the Legislature and is eligible to participate in the Legislative Retirement Program may become a member of the Legislative Retirement Program by submitting a written election to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Upon making the election, the past contributions of the county commissioner are transferred to the Legislative Retirement Program and service as a county commissioner is counted by the program as creditable service. | Dead |
LD938 | An Act to Implement Certain Local Spending and Sourcing Requirements Regarding the Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | This bill requires a household receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to spend at least 10% of each monthly benefit within a 50-mile radius of the household's declared residence. It also provides that, in addition to the requirements established by the United States Department of Agriculture, a retailer participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program must ensure that at least 10% of all perishable foods in the retailer's inventory are sourced from within the State. | Dead |
LD917 | An Act Regarding Charges to Uninsured Patients for COVID-19 Vaccines | An Act Regarding Charges to Uninsured Patients for COVID-19 Vaccines | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD337 | An Act to Repeal the Sunday Amateur Sports Law, the Law Allowing Municipalities to Permit the Operation of Movie Theaters on Sundays and the Law Imposing a Fine or Imprisonment for Playing Games and Sports with Admission Charges on Memorial Day | An Act to Repeal the Sunday Amateur Sports Law, the Law Allowing Municipalities to Permit the Operation of Movie Theaters on Sundays and the Law Imposing a Fine or Imprisonment for Playing Games and Sports with Admission Charges on Memorial Day | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD450 | An Act to Lower Electricity Costs by Repealing the Laws Governing Net Energy Billing | This bill repeals the laws that authorize the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules governing net energy billing and that direct the commission to establish a net energy billing program for commercial and institutional customers of investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities. It prohibits the commission from adopting rules that require a transmission and distribution utility to allow a customer to participate in net energy billing. The bill also amends the laws that reference the net energy billing programs repealed by this bill, including repealing the provisions of law that provide for real estate and personal property tax exemptions for solar energy equipment used in connection with net energy billing customers. | Dead |
LD1030 | An Act Regarding the Reporting of Medical Debt on Consumer Reports | This bill prohibits a consumer reporting agency from reporting debt from medical expenses on a consumer's consumer report if the consumer was covered by a health plan at the time of the event giving rise to the medical expenses and the debt is for an outstanding balance owed for emergency medical treatment or treatment in a health care facility for an out-of-network benefit claim. | Dead |
LD1031 | An Act to Allow Time-share Associations to Charge Credit Card Surcharges | This bill authorizes a time-share association or managing entity that charges an assessment or fee to impose a surcharge on a time-share owner that uses a credit card or debit card to make payments as long as the surcharge is clearly disclosed prior to payment and the amount of the surcharge does not exceed the costs associated with providing the credit card or debit card service that are directly incurred by the association or managing entity or assessed by an authorized 3rd-party payment service provider for a credit card or debit card transaction. | Dead |
LD314 | An Act to Establish Consumer Protections Regarding Small Dollar Loans | This bill establishes the Maine Small Dollar Consumer Protection Act. It establishes the required process for supervised lenders to offer small dollar loans, which are defined as loans not exceeding $2,500 that are unsecured and paid in substantially equal installments and that mature not less than 90 days or more than 365 days after the date of the agreement, and the rights that consumers have when entering into small dollar loan agreements. It also repeals the provision that provides that a person is a lender subject to the requirements of the Maine Consumer Credit Code governing finance charges and related provisions notwithstanding the fact that the person purports to act as an agent or service provider or in another capacity for another entity that is exempt from the requirements of the Maine Consumer Credit Code governing finance charges and related provisions if certain conditions are met. It provides that the requirements of the Maine Consumer Credit Code governing finance charges and related provisions do not apply to a person doing business pursuant to any law of this State or of the United States relating to banks, national banking associations, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, credit unions or mortgage companies, including without limitation any affiliate, subsidiary or service provider of such a person, irrespective of whether or not such an affiliate, subsidiary or service provider is a bank. | Dead |
LD444 | An Act to Lower Energy Costs by Repealing the Law Setting Out the State's Goals for Consumption of Electricity from Renewable Resources | This bill repeals the law establishing the State's renewable energy goals and amends other provisions of law to remove cross-references to the renewable energy goals. | Dead |
LD258 | Resolve, to Establish a Program to Recruit and Retain Behavioral Health Clinicians | This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a program to provide a $25,000 recruitment and retention incentive to behavioral health clinicians in the State during fiscal year 2025-26. It directs the department to establish criteria regarding participation in the program and to submit a report regarding the program to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services in 2025. | Dead |
LD720 | An Act to Protect Federal Home Loan Banks That Lend Money to Insurer Members That Become Delinquent | An Act to Protect Federal Home Loan Banks That Lend Money to Insurer Members That Become Delinquent | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD520 | An Act to Ensure Choices in Health Insurance Markets by Modifying the Provisions of Law Governing Clear Choice Design Health Plans | This bill amends the provisions of the Maine Insurance Code related to pooled market and clear choice design. The bill eliminates the requirement that health insurance carriers offering individual health plans must make those plans available to all eligible small employers within the plan's approved service area. It also eliminates the requirement that health insurance carriers offering small group health plans make those plans available to all eligible individuals residing within the plan's approved service area. The bill eliminates requirements related to premium rate adjustments for health plans that are issued on other than a calendar year basis. The bill requires the Superintendent of Insurance to develop separate clear choice designs for individual health plans and small group health plans and requires that on January 31st of each year, the superintendent must release the proposed clear choice designs to be used in the following plan year for review and comment by stakeholders. The bill modifies provisions related to alternative designs to allow carriers to offer up to 3 alternative individual health plan designs and up to 3 alternative small group health plan designs. | Dead |
LD188 | An Act to Permit the Sale of Motor Vehicles on Sundays | This bill repeals the current prohibition on sales of motor vehicles on Sunday. | 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 | 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 | Nay |
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 | Nay |
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 |
State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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ME | Maine House District 091 | House | Republican | In Office | 12/07/2022 | |
ME | Maine House District 075 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 12/05/2018 | 03/13/2024 |