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Legislator > Kristen Cloutier
State Representative
Kristen Cloutier
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 094
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
contact info
House Democratic Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Phone: 800-423-2900
Phone 2: 207-287-1430
Home Address
33 Charles St.
Lewiston, ME 04240
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone: 207-807-1637
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD723 | Resolve, to Direct the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Nonresidential Law Enforcement Training Program | This bill requires the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to provide a nonresidential law enforcement training program beginning July 1, 2027. | Passed |
| LD1259 | An Act to Enhance Public Safety in Maine by Defining the Relationship Between Local and Federal Law Enforcement | This bill prohibits state or local law enforcement agencies or officers from entering into contracts with federal immigration enforcement authorities. | In Committee |
| LD894 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave | This bill amends the laws governing paid family and medical leave as follows. 1. It clarifies that intermittent leave of an employee of less than one work day may not be taken unless it is agreed to by the employee and the employer. 2. It establishes in statute the Bureau of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Department of Labor to administer the paid family and medical leave benefits program. 3. It establishes remedies for the Department of Labor to enforce the collection of delinquent premium contributions, penalties and assessments on employers that fail to make payments required by the program. 4. It establishes liability for individuals or organizations with respect to premium contributions, penalties and assessments owed by employers acquired by those individuals or organizations. 5. It establishes penalties for employers that allow private plan benefit coverage to lapse during a period of an approved private plan substitution. | In Committee |
| LD1079 | An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education | This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into partnerships with health care providers, including obstetricians and gynecologists, and community-based health care programs and hospitals to create informational materials to educate menstruating persons on the symptoms and processes of and other issues surrounding perimenopause and menopause. | Passed |
| LD1166 | An Act to Change the Professional Title and Identification of Physician Assistants to Physician Associates | This bill changes the professional title and identification of physician assistants to physician associates, with no change to the scope of practice of those professionals. | Passed |
| LD1582 | An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on the Sale of Beverages in Plastic Containers | Current law prohibits the sale of a beverage to a consumer in a container composed of one or more plastics if the basic structure of the container, exclusive of the closure device, also includes aluminum or steel. This bill enacts a definition of "closure device." | In Committee |
| LD1554 | An Act to Require Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Restaurant Employees | This bill requires every restaurant employee to receive sexual harassment prevention training. If the restaurant is not in compliance upon license expiration, the restaurant has 45 days to come into compliance or the Department of Health and Human Services is required to deny the renewal of the restaurant's license. | In Committee |
| SP0785 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 18, 2025 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DAY AGAINST BULLYING AND HATE | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 18, 2025 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DAY AGAINST BULLYING AND HATE | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP1330 | Joint Order, to Recall from the Governor's Desk to the House L.D. 1389, An Act to Create the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-school Time Program | Joint Order, to Recall from the Governor's Desk to the House L.D. 1389, An Act to Create the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-school Time Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD628 | An Act Regarding Eligibility to Apply for a Department of Education Diploma | This bill provides that a student is eligible to apply for a Department of Education diploma if that student is a 4th year secondary school student and is unable to satisfy the requirements for a diploma from a school administrative unit because of a significant interruption to the student's education conditions as approved by the Commissioner of Education during the student's secondary school education history. | Passed |
| LD721 | Resolve, to Support the Full Implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the State | This resolve provides one-time funding to support the full implementation of the 5 certified community behavioral health clinics certified by the State as part of the federal certified community behavioral health clinic Medicaid demonstration program, including hiring clinical and administrative staff critical to the success of the program. The funding must support enhancement of the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed certified community behavioral health clinic rate methodology, including increasing wages for new clinical positions that require graduate-level education from 100% to 125% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and increasing wages for new administrative positions from 75% to 100% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. | Passed |
| LD620 | An Act to Provide Support Services for Military Members Transitioning to Civilian Life in Maine | This bill provides ongoing appropriations to organizations in the State conducting outreach and providing support services to active duty military members and their families who are transitioning to civilian life. | Crossed Over |
| LD818 | An Act to Allow Expenditure of Maine Clean Election Act Funding for the Care of Candidates' Dependents | This bill allows a Maine Clean Election Act candidate to use Maine Clean Election Fund funds for paid caregiving services provided to the candidate or the candidate's spouse or domestic partner for the direct care of a dependent family member and for which the need for paid caregiving services is directly connected with the candidate's campaign activities during the election cycle and would not exist except for the candidate's campaign. | Crossed Over |
| LD1017 | An Act to Include Food Provided or Served at Emergency Shelters in General Assistance Reimbursement | This bill includes the cost of food provided or served at emergency shelters in the Department of Health and Human Services' reimbursement of general assistance costs to municipalities. | Passed |
| LD1097 | An Act to Provide De-escalation and Behavior Intervention Training for School Personnel | This bill directs a school administrative unit to provide, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year and every 3rd year thereafter, at least 4 hours of training to each of its school administrators, teachers and education technicians in topics related to de-escalation and behavior intervention. It directs the Department of Education to maintain a list of trainings and a list of experts who can help school administrative units provide training. It requires school administrative units to offer, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, training to all new school administrators, teachers and education technicians within 60 days of hiring. It requires the department to convene teachers and other educators and experts to develop best practices for trainings and distribute the best practices to all school administrative units in the State no later than September 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| LD105 | An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living in Maine to Establish a Sponsorship Program for Internationally Trained Physicians | This bill establishes a sponsorship program within the Finance Authority of Maine to make grants to sponsoring institutions to provide an alternative license pathway for internationally trained physicians in the State and to expand the number of physicians practicing in areas in the State experiencing a shortage of physicians. Under the program, internationally trained physicians are provided a pathway to full and unrestricted licensure as physicians in the State as long as certain requirements are met. | Passed |
| LD408 | An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their Vital Records At No Cost | This bill requires the state registrar to make available the vital records of an unaccompanied and emancipated minor to the minor at no cost. | Passed |
| LD323 | An Act to Fund Staff Support for the State Board of Education | This bill provides ongoing funds for the State Board of Education to contract for staffing services. | Passed |
| LD747 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness | This bill changes the name of the subsidy program for homeless students to the rental assistance program for homeless students. It removes the requirement that, in developing the program, the Maine State Housing Authority must incorporate elements to provide rental assistance to homeless students who have not attained 18 years of age who do not have adult family members or guardians to secure housing on their behalf. It provides ongoing funds for rental assistance for homeless students in elementary school and secondary school. | Passed |
| LD1356 | An Act to Change the State's Method of Allocating Electoral Votes from a Congressional District Method to a Winner-take-all Method Contingent on the State of Nebraska Changing its Method of Allocating Electoral Votes | This bill requires the State's presidential electors to cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in the State according to the ranked-choice voting process contingent on the State of Nebraska changing that state's system of allocation of electoral votes from a congressional district method to a winner-take-all method of electoral vote allocation. | In Committee |
| LD1842 | An Act to Establish Stepparent Visitation Rights | This bill allows a stepparent to petition a court for visitation and access rights to a stepchild of the stepparent if the visitation and access is in the best interest of the child and would not significantly interfere with the parent's or legal guardian's rightful authority over the child. | Dead |
| LD1690 | An Act Regarding Artificial Intelligence in Campaign Advertising | This bill requires a person or an entity to disclose when an image, audio recording or video recording used in a political communication has been materially manipulated by artificial intelligence or by other means. The bill establishes that a violation of the requirement may result in a penalty of no more than 500% of the amount of the expenditure in violation and provides exemptions for certain categories of political communications. | Dead |
| LD1129 | An Act to Clarify Standards for Defendants' Post-judgment Motions for Relief from Protection from Abuse Orders | This bill clarifies that a defendant seeking relief from a protection from abuse order may file a motion to extinguish a final order only in accordance with the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure unless there are extraordinary circumstances. The bill further clarifies that motions to enforce an order and motions for contempt are unavailable remedies to those defendants. Under the bill, the court may dismiss without a hearing any motion filed by the defendant seeking post-judgment relief. | Passed |
| LD1426 | Resolve, to Expand Child Assertive Community Treatment | This resolve requires that, by December 31, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services issue 2 requests for proposals for pilot programs to develop child assertive community treatment teams to serve the Lewiston and Bangor geographic areas. The request for proposals must require the awardees of the grants to use workforce incentives designed to attract, train and retain child assertive community treatment team staff. The department is required to engage in a competitive process to determine the awardees. The awardees for each grant may be, but are not required to be, the same entity. The resolve also provides one-time funding to provide 2 grants of $160,000 each for the 2 pilot programs. Within 90 days following the conclusion of the pilot programs, the department must submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters describing the outcomes and recommendations for continuation of the pilot programs. | Passed |
| LD731 | An Act to Prohibit Municipalities from Barring the Creation of Homeless Shelters | This bill prohibits municipalities from enacting or enforcing ordinances that prohibit the creation or operation of a homeless shelter. | Passed |
| LD788 | An Act to Promote an Innovation-driven Economy by Increasing Research and Development Spending | This bill adds supporting the goal of increasing research and development spending as a percentage of the State's economy to meet the national average by 2030 to the responsibilities of the Maine Economic Growth Council. It also directs the council to track the progress toward the research and development spending goal and submit a report annually to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over research and economic development matters and appropriations and financial affairs. The council is also authorized to seek budgetary recommendations from the Office of Innovation and the Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board regarding the research and development spending goal. | Passed |
| LD696 | An Act to Bolster the Maine Teacher Residency Program | This bill provides one-time funds to support the Maine Teacher Residency Program at the University of Southern Maine. | Passed |
| LD973 | An Act to Establish the Community Partnerships with Public School Systems Grant Program | This bill establishes the Community Partnerships with Public School Systems Grant Program in the Department of Education to encourage the creation of partnerships between public and private colleges and universities, community action agencies or equivalent agencies and public school systems. It requires the program to provide grants for the purpose of offering services and addressing issues related to mental health, public health, staff development or other issues identified by the community or schools. It also makes a one-time appropriation of $500,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to support the program. | Passed |
| LD692 | An Act to Increase Support for Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging | This bill provides additional ongoing funds to align state funding more closely with the statutory requirement to provide emergency broadcast messaging for public safety. | Passed |
| LD239 | An Act to Allow Retail Pharmacies to Operate Remote Dispensing Sites in Rural Areas | An Act to Allow Retail Pharmacies to Operate Remote Dispensing Sites in Rural Areas | Passed |
| LD722 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Public Safety, Emergency Medical Services' Board to Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on the Status of Funds in the Emergency Medical Services Stabilization and Sustainability Program | Resolve, Directing the Department of Public Safety, Emergency Medical Services' Board to Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on the Status of Funds in the Emergency Medical Services Stabilization and Sustainability Program | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD288 | An Act to Make Technical Changes to Maine's Tax Laws | An Act to Make Technical Changes to Maine's Tax Laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD713 | An Act Regarding Taxation | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to makes changes to the laws governing taxation. | In Committee |
| LD714 | An Act to Amend the Tax Laws | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the state laws governing taxation. | In Committee |
| LD1583 | An Act Regarding Home Health Care and Hospice Services Ordered by a Health Care Provider Outside of Maine | This bill allows a home health care or hospice provider to deliver home health care or hospice services to a patient who resides in this State based upon an order from a health care provider from another state or jurisdiction in the United States who is licensed and prescribes services pursuant to an in-person physical examination in the jurisdiction of licensure. | In Committee |
| LD1959 | An Act to Prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from Reducing General Assistance Reimbursement Maximums for Payment of Costs of Providing Emergency Shelter | This bill provides that, retroactive to July 1, 2023, the maximum level of municipal general assistance for emergency shelter is the actual cost of providing emergency shelter services. It prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from adopting any rule reducing or otherwise restricting maximum levels of municipal general assistance for providing emergency shelter or any rule establishing maximum time periods for eligibility for emergency housing assistance that are more restrictive than limits established in the laws governing municipal general assistance. | In Committee |
| LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | This bill permits a municipality to adopt an order, ordinance, policy or regulation that limits or prohibits the possession of firearms within its buildings and voting places and at municipal public proceedings within the municipality; if adopted, the order, ordinance, policy or regulation may impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation. The bill provides an exception to allow a federal, state, county or local law enforcement officer to possess firearms in a municipality's buildings and voting places and at municipal public proceedings within the municipality. If a municipality adopts such an order, ordinance, policy or regulation, it is required to post, in a prominent location outside of all buildings and other places to which the order, ordinance, policy or regulation applies, notice of the limitation or prohibition against the possession of firearms, including any adopted exceptions to the limitation or prohibition. For a municipal public proceeding that is conducted in a part of a nonmunicipal building, the limitation or prohibition does not extend to those nonmunicipal parts or users of the building. The bill also establishes a definition for "municipal public proceeding." | In Committee |
| LD1139 | An Act to Provide Funding for Essential Services for Victims of Crimes | This bill provides ongoing funding for crime victim services and requires any balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to supplement grants under the federal victim assistance formula grant program to be carried forward to the next fiscal year for the same purpose. | Passed |
| LD1389 | An Act to Create the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-school Time Program | This bill establishes the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-school Time Program within the Department of Health and Human Services as a competitive grant program to expand out-of-school programming opportunities for school-age youth by increasing or enhancing current programming, reducing barriers for access to out-of-school programming and creating new programming. It directs the department to issue by December 1, 2026 program grant awards to eligible community nonprofit organizations or libraries and monitor grantee performance and, no later than February 1, 2027 and annually thereafter, submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters summarizing the operation of the program for the immediately preceding fiscal year. The bill appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for the 2026-27 fiscal year to carry out the requirements of the program. | Passed |
| LD651 | An Act to Codify the Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Pilot Program | This bill provides ongoing funds to support the Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program. | Passed |
| LD874 | An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown | This bill establishes the Government Shutdown Loan Guarantee Program. The program, administered by the Finance Authority of Maine, or FAME, provides access to no-interest loans for certain federal employees in Maine or State Government employees affected by a partial or full shutdown of the Federal Government or the State Government that lasts for longer than 7 consecutive days by guaranteeing up to 10% of the loans eligible credit unions and financial institutions make to affected employees. Under the bill, affected employees are eligible for up to 3 loans during a shutdown, each equal to their monthly after-tax pay, less unemployment benefits, up to a maximum of $6,000. Eligibility must be proven by the employee based on certain requirements. The creditworthiness of an employee may not be used as a factor to determine eligibility for the program. An eligible financial institution that makes a loan pursuant to the program is prohibited from requiring repayment of the loan during the grace period, which is the time during the shutdown or 90 days after the disbursement of the loan, whichever is later, and from imposing interest on the loan for 180 days following the grace period. Following the end of the 180 days, an institution that made a loan under the program, after a good faith effort to collect the principal amount of the loan, may apply to FAME for repayment of the uncollected amount of the loan in default. The Treasurer of State is required to transfer funds for the payment of the uncollected amount to FAME, which is required to make the payment to the eligible financial institution. FAME is required to make reasonable efforts to recoup the amount of any payments made to eligible financial institutions from the employee who defaulted on the loan. Finally, the bill gives the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs, in consultation with the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over financial services matters, authority to report out legislation to address any funding needs of the program. | Passed |
| LD501 | An Act to Fairly Fund School Administrative Units for Economically Disadvantaged Students | This bill increases the weighted count in the school funding formula for economically disadvantaged students under the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act from 0.15 to 0.25 effective beginning fiscal year 2026-27. | Dead |
| LD193 | An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness | This bill amends the school funding formula to provide an additional .50 weight to a school administrative unit's per-pupil count for each student experiencing homelessness. The bill also adds these additional weights to the calculation of the base total of a school administrative unit's total operating allocation. | Dead |
| LD163 | An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives and Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives | This bill expands the requirements in current law for coverage of contraceptives to include nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptives and nonprescription emergency contraceptives approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The bill provides that a prescription is not required for insurance coverage for nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptives and nonprescription emergency contraceptives and requires insurers to establish mechanisms to ensure that an enrollee who purchases a nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptive or nonprescription emergency contraceptive at a pharmacy has the option to make the purchase pursuant to a standing order issued for billing purposes without a payment required at the point of sale or to make the purchase with a payment at the point of sale and submit a claim for reimbursement to the insurer. The requirements apply beginning January 1, 2026. The bill requires health insurance carriers to notify enrollees, at least annually, of the coverage requirements for contraceptive supplies and the procedures an enrollee must follow to access coverage for nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptives and nonprescription emergency contraceptives at a pharmacy without an out-of-pocket cost at the point of sale or by submitting a claim for reimbursement. The bill also authorizes the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to adopt rules to implement the provisions and also requires the bureau to monitor implementation by health insurance carriers and to report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health coverage, insurance and financial services matters no later than November 4, 2026. | Passed |
| LD655 | An Act Establishing a State Minimum Hourly Wage for Agricultural Workers | This bill provides that individuals employed to perform agricultural labor may not be paid at a rate less than the state minimum hourly wage of $14.65 per hour and that, on January 1, 2027 and each January 1st thereafter, the minimum hourly wage then in effect must be increased by the increase in the cost of living. It also provides that employers that employ individuals to perform agricultural labor are required to keep a true and accurate record of the hours worked by each employee and the wages paid to each employee. The bill also provides remedies for employees and penalties for employers for unpaid minimum hourly wage violations. | Dead |
| LD1894 | An Act to Address Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness | This bill establishes laws prohibiting large grocery suppliers and retailers from engaging in price discrimination or imposing discriminatory terms of sale and extracting unfair and anticompetitive concessions from wholesalers and suppliers. The bill provides the Attorney General authority to enforce those provisions. | In Committee |
| LD1892 | An Act to Establish Procedures for School Construction Projects | This bill establishes procedures for school construction projects, beginning July 1, 2026. The bill establishes a debt service fund that is funded by gaming activity revenue, cannabis tax revenue, lapsed balances in the General Fund, tobacco tax revenue and federal funds. The bill requires a school administrative unit to pay 25% of the total cost of a school construction project. The Commissioner of Education may adjust this percentage based on the school administrative unit's ability to pay. The bill requires all school construction projects to be green-certified and use the most cost-effective, energy-efficient and low- emission standards possible. The bill also establishes the Maine Public School Financing Authority, which is responsible for the sale of bond issues for school administrative units and, when feasible, offering zero-interest financing or cash allotments for school construction projects. | In Committee |
| LD1629 | An Act to Require Legislative Committees to Provide Equal Time to Each Member of the Public Who Testifies | This bill requires that joint standing and joint select committees of the Legislature must provide equal time to testify to each person testifying before that committee during a public hearing. | In Committee |
| LD1635 | An Act to Streamline Municipal Referenda Recount Initiation | This bill requires that, if a municipal referendum passes or fails by less than 1% of all the votes cast in the referendum, including any blank ballots cast, an automatic recount is required. | In Committee |
| LD1187 | An Act to Require Certain Mental Health Data to Be Included in Uniform Crime Reports | This bill adds to the categories of uniform crime reports that all law enforcement agencies are required to submit to the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, State Bureau of Identification to require the reporting of the number of mental health referrals made pursuant to the extreme risk protection order statutes and the number of individuals who received services pursuant to those referrals. | In Committee |
| LD1932 | An Act to Support Essential Support Workers and Enhance Workforce Development | This bill increases the rate for the labor portion of reimbursement for services provided by essential support workers from 125% of the minimum wage to 140%. This requirement is effective January 1, 2026. The bill requires that essential support workers whose services are reimbursed under the MaineCare program or a state-funded program must be paid no less than 125% of the minimum wage. The bill requires the Maine Health Data Organization, in consultation with the Essential Support Workforce Advisory Committee and the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop a methodology for establishing a baseline report in order to be able to examine the care gap in essential support worker services paid by the MaineCare program or a similar state-funded program. The care gap is defined as the difference between approved services and the hours of services actually provided. The bill requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to provide a biennial report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters that estimates the actual cost to the State of providing all long-term care services and forecasts costs in the future. The bill changes the membership of the Essential Support Workforce Advisory Committee to include a representative of the long-term care ombudsman program and a representative of an organization that provides personal care services in the home. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a stakeholder group to develop the Innovations in Care and Support Technology Plan to be submitted by October 15, 2026. The purpose of the plan is to advance the use of technology to reduce the number of approved but unstaffed essential support worker hours. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to create a stakeholder group to assist the department in developing a 5-year plan to expand the department's worker portability and advancement initiative to establish a standardized curriculum and training program for essential support workers. | In Committee |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | This bill allows distilleries, small distilleries, rectifiers and out-of-state spirits manufacturers to ship their spirits to recipients in the State in a manner similar to that presently allowed for wineries to ship their wine products. The bill authorizes a direct shipper of spirits to use a fulfillment provider for the direct shipment of spirits. The bill provides that fulfillment providers must be registered with the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations in order to ship spirits on behalf of a direct shipper to recipients in this State. The bill establishes reporting and record retention requirements for direct shippers, fulfillment providers and common carriers. The bill establishes shipment restrictions and limitations for direct shippers of spirits and procedures for establishing spirits pricing and for payments to the bureau for spirits shipped directly to recipients in the State, rather than going through the State's warehouse. The bill also establishes an effective date of July 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | This bill expands the statute related to assault on emergency room workers to include all health care workers or persons employed or contracted by a health care entity licensed by the State. | In Committee |
| LD374 | An Act to Provide Comparable Compensation and Benefits for Deputy and Assistant District Attorneys, Assistant Attorneys General and Public Defenders | This bill requires that, for purposes of compensation and benefits, deputy and assistant district attorneys must be treated comparably to assistant attorneys general and public defenders. | In Committee |
| LD471 | Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Program to Expand Intensive English Language Learner Programs | This bill requires the Department of Education, the Department of Labor and the University of Maine System to establish a 2-year pilot program to expand the intensive English language learner programs at the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine. The pilot program must provide stipends to enrolled students for the cost of child care and transportation and certain living expenses. The pilot program must include funding for 2 positions to assist students enrolled in the pilot program with accessing funds through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The pilot program specifies that a student enrolled in the pilot program meets the municipal general assistance work requirement under the municipal general assistance laws. The bill requires the University of Maine System to award full scholarships or tuition waivers for students to attend the University of Southern Maine's Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages online accelerated master's degree program. The University of Maine System and the Department of Education must require that a recipient of a full scholarship or tuition waiver must teach in an intensive English language learner program in the State for a length of time determined by the department after completion of the degree program. The bill also requires the University of Maine System to report to the Legislature on the progress of the pilot program. | In Committee |
| LD386 | An Act Regarding Information That May Be Shared by Law Enforcement Entities with a School Superintendent or a Principal | An Act Regarding Information That May Be Shared by Law Enforcement Entities with a School Superintendent or a Principal | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD110 | An Act to Require Reporting on the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds by Certain Municipalities and County Governments | An Act to Require Reporting on the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds by Certain Municipalities and County Governments | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1098 | An Act to Ensure Equal Access to a Full School Day for All Students | This bill establishes requirements regarding abbreviated school days, including criteria for when a school administrative unit may place a student in an abbreviated school day program and requirements for documentation, parental consent and instruction hours. It excludes from the requirements students who have been removed from school pursuant to disciplinary procedures while the program is being provided during the period of removal. | In Committee |
| LD1746 | An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children | This bill does the following. 1. It delays the requirement for oral health services to be available in all schools from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2027 and clarifies that the requirement applies only to public schools. 2. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop public-private partnerships to establish a model to provide for mobile dental services providers to provide additional preventive oral health and disease intervention services in schools based on the model in the Cumberland County School Oral Health Project. It requires the department to provide for at least one mobile dental services provider in each public health district per school year. 3. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide training and education to primary care providers on minimally invasive dental disease treatment for infants and small children using guidance from the From the First Tooth program or its successor program and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatricians are encouraged to use silver diamine fluoride in primary care settings to reduce dental disease and prevent cavities. 4. It makes permanent 2 previously established limited positions related to provided oral health services in public schools within the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. | In Committee |
| LD1677 | An Act to Establish the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Prevention and Support Program | This bill establishes the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Prevention and Support Program, which the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention must administer in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, office of aging and disability services. The program's objectives include public education, supporting efforts for early detection and diagnosis, reducing cognitive decline and other negative outcomes and supporting care planning and management. The bill also creates the Healthy Brain Initiative Council as an advisory board composed of various stakeholders including, but not limited to, families affected by Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, medical professionals and medical facilities that treat individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, research and advocacy organizations and employees of the office of aging and disability services. The council is responsible for studying and developing findings and recommendations on a series of topics including, but not limited to, the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias in this State, the treatment and care available and policies that address public awareness, prevention and early detection, treatment and care, safety concerns, legal concerns, research and assistance to families. By December 3, 2025, the council must submit to the Governor and the Legislature a 5-year plan outlining its recommendations to address the concerns the council is tasked with studying under the bill. A plan that is in effect on the effective date of this legislation that was developed by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with stakeholders, to address Alzheimer's disease or related dementias prevention and support, is deemed to fulfill the requirement to create a plan by December 3, 2025. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is required to issue annual updates on the progress of the plan's implementation, and the council is required to issue an updated plan every 5 years. | In Committee |
| LD411 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Disposition of Forfeited Firearms | This bill amends the law governing the disposition of firearms that have been forfeited to the State as a mandatory part of a criminal sentence under the general sentencing provisions of the Maine Criminal Code. Current law requires that forfeited firearms used in commission of a murder or unlawful homicide crime be destroyed by the State. The bill extends the requirement to all firearms that have been forfeited as mandated by the general sentencing provisions of the Maine Criminal Code. The bill also eliminates one of the exceptions to mandatory forfeiture applying to cases in which the firearm subject to forfeiture is rightfully owned by another person. The bill amends the provision of law governing forfeiture of firearms within the Maine Juvenile Code to align with the general sentencing provisions as amended by this bill. The bill amends the relevant asset forfeiture laws to align with the narrowed exception for 3rd-party claims to firearms subject to forfeiture as provided by this bill. Finally, the bill directs the Attorney General to update rules governing the disposition of forfeited firearms under state law. | In Committee |
| LD1261 | An Act to Support At-risk Families by Establishing the Community Navigator Pilot Program | This bill establishes a 2-year pilot program in the Department of Health and Human Services to award contracts to 4 child abuse and neglect prevention councils in this State for a community navigator position within each council. The bill requires community navigators to work with families who have been reported to the department for suspected child abuse or neglect but have been determined by the department to not meet the criteria for a child protective services investigation. Community navigators are required to help connect these families with community services as needed. Under the bill, community navigators are required to provide outreach and education to mandated reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect to enhance their knowledge of available community services for families and how to connect families with those services. The educational outreach must also provide mandated reporters with guidelines for working directly with families in need to help shift the role of mandated reporters from just reporting suspected child abuse or neglect to actively supporting families in need. The bill requires the department to provide funding for the community navigators in the amount of $90,000 per position, per year, for both year one and year 2 of the pilot program. The department must determine to which child abuse and neglect councils the contracts are awarded based on which child abuse and neglect prevention councils are most prepared to participate in the pilot program. | In Committee |
| LD1579 | An Act to Abolish School Budget Referenda | This bill eliminates the requirement for the voters to validate a regional school unit budget at a referendum. | Dead |
| LD1239 | An Act to Require Data Collection on and Reporting of Psychiatric Hospital Resources and Transparency in Denials of Emergency Involuntary Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals | This bill requires: 1. Psychiatric hospitals to provide detailed written explanations to referring hospitals for emergency admission denials that include specific reasons for the denial, circumstances under which the admission referral would be reconsidered and justification for prioritizing other admissions; 2. Psychiatric hospitals on a daily basis to report inpatient bed capacity, occupancy and locations to the Department of Health and Human Services, which is required to make the information available in real time on a publicly accessible website; 3. Psychiatric hospitals on a biennial basis to report information on inpatient bed capacity and occupancy, with the Department of Health and Human Services issuing a publicly accessible report on this information identifying statewide trends and utilization patterns regarding the use of inpatient beds; and 4. The Department of Health and Human Services to include in its biennial report identification of deficiencies contributing to denials of referrals for admission and recommendations for necessary resources to improve access to psychiatric hospitals. | Dead |
| LD1701 | An Act to Support the Implementation of Learning Standards and Results in Public Schools | This bill creates the Learning Results Implementation Advisory Committee within the Department of Education to make recommendations on curricula, resources and staff training related to the study of racial and ethnic studies, financial literacy, civics and health care and to make recommendations on topics to be measured by learning indicators or to adjust learning indicators to reflect best practices. The bill appropriates $500,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to provide grants to school administrative units and nonprofits to implement programs and learning activities based upon the committee's recommendation and appropriates funds for an Interdisciplinary Instruction Specialist position. The bill also directs the committee to include in the committee's recommendations the use of the department's online, open-source education platform that provides optional resources at no cost to educators in the State on topic areas and themes identified as areas of need by educators. | In Committee |
| LD1613 | An Act to Establish Maine's Care Force to Address the State's Health Care Crisis | This bill establishes Maine's Care Force, a program within the Department of Health and Human Services to place individuals trained as essential support workers by the department in private homes, facilities and community-based settings. It provides for ongoing annual appropriations of $32,000,000 to support the program. | Dead |
| LD322 | An Act to Promote Student Attendance in Schools by Requiring the Commissioner of Education to Implement School Attendance Best Practices | This bill repeals laws related to truancy. The bill instead requires the Commissioner of Education to adopt major substantive rules to implement best practices to increase school attendance. The sections of this bill that repeal the laws related to truancy do not go into effect until the Commissioner of Education finally adopts the rules to implement best practices to increase school attendance. | Dead |
| LD643 | Resolve, to Study the Effects of Artificial Intelligence, Cellular Telephones and Social Media on Public Education | This resolve directs the Department of Education to establish a working group to study and make recommendations regarding the use of artificial intelligence, cellular telephones and social media within public school settings. The Commissioner of Education is directed to select members of the working group and include relevant stakeholders. The working group is required, no later than December 3, 2025, to submit a report that includes its findings and recommendations, including suggested legislation, for presentation to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The joint standing committee is authorized to report out a bill related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD238 | An Act to Protect Emergency Medical Services Persons' Right to Work in Multiple Health Care Settings | An Act to Protect Emergency Medical Services Persons' Right to Work in Multiple Health Care Settings | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD814 | An Act to Provide Funding to Area Agencies on Aging for Community-based Services and Programs to Support Older Adults | This bill expands coordinated community programming for older adults to include case management and navigation services. It provides ongoing funding to develop programs and deliver services for older adults in each of the State's coordinated community program areas. | Passed |
| LD1615 | An Act to Expand Access to Oral Health Care by Creating a New Path for Obtaining a License to Practice Dentistry | This bill establishes a new dentist license category, adjunct dentist license, which allows a qualified dentist who lacks the board-determined educational equivalency to a United States doctoral degree in dentistry, such as a dentist trained outside of the United States with a bachelor of dentistry degree, to obtain a license to practice dentistry under the general supervision of a licensed dentist through a written practice agreement signed by both parties. The bill also establishes a pathway to be licensed as a dentist after practicing under an adjunct dentist license for 3 consecutive years in good standing. | In Committee |
| HP1242 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1299 | An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles | This bill prohibits a person from intentionally or knowingly storing a handgun in an unoccupied motor vehicle unless the handgun is stored out of plain view in a locked hard-sided container and the motor vehicle, including the trunk, is locked. The bill includes a number of exceptions to this prohibition. A person who violates this prohibition commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $500 may be adjudged, except that a person who violates the prohibition after having previously been adjudicated as violating the prohibition may be adjudged a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000. | In Committee |
| LD1120 | An Act to Promote the Secure Storage of Firearms | Under current law, it is a Class D crime to negligently store a loaded firearm in a manner that allows a child under 16 years of age to gain access to the loaded firearm without the permission of the child's parent. This bill repeals that law and makes it a Class D crime to negligently store a firearm so that a minor or person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm may gain access to the firearm and either use it in the commission of a crime or display it in a threatening manner. The bill also makes it a Class C crime to negligently store a firearm in a way so that a minor or prohibited person may gain access to the firearm and use it to cause the death of or serious bodily injury to any person. The bill also requires licensed firearms dealers to post a notice in any area where sales or transfers occur informing purchasers that access to a firearm in the home significantly increases the risk of suicide, death during domestic violence disputes and unintentional death of children. | In Committee |
| LD217 | An Act to Require Schools to Provide Access to Free Condoms for Students in Grades 9 to 12 in the School Nurse's Office | This bill requires that schools provide access to condoms free of charge to all students enrolled in grades 9 to 12. A school is subject to this provision if the school serves students in grades 9 to 12 and is a public school or a private school approved for receipt of public funds for tuition purposes and at least 60% of the students it serves are publicly funded students. Condoms may be administered only in the nurse's office by the school nurse. Before administering condoms to students, a school is required to plan for the contingency of a student with an allergy to latex. | Dead |
| LD1185 | An Act to Prohibit Persons Under 18 Years of Age from Marrying | An Act to Prohibit Persons Under 18 Years of Age from Marrying | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1167 | Resolve, to Create a Pilot Program to Assist Nonprofit Housing Developers in Rehabilitating Existing Aging Housing Stock for First-time Home Buyers | This resolve directs the Maine State Housing Authority to create a pilot program to provide nonprofit housing developers grants of up to $80,000 per unit to rehabilitate existing aging housing stock for purchase by first-time home buyers who will occupy the unit and whose income does not exceed 120% of the area's median income and who agree to relinquish a graduated percentage of profit if they sell the unit within the first 3 years of ownership. The resolve also provides $1,200,000 to fund the pilot program. | In Committee |
| LD1643 | An Act to Establish the Maine Life Science Innovation Center | This bill establishes the Maine Life Science Innovation Center to leverage and expand the State's growing life science sector and appropriates $2,000,000 of one-time funds in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for the center's start-up costs. | In Committee |
| LD1624 | An Act to Provide Funding for Summer School Programming | This bill provides ongoing funding to school administrative units for summer school programs and related credit recovery activities that will help high school students meet the academic standards required to earn course credits and to graduate on time. It also allows funding to be used to support summer enrichment and intervention programs for elementary and middle school students to strengthen foundational skills and prevent learning loss. Priority will be given to school administrative units with student poverty rates of 25% or higher, with additional consideration for students from asset-limited and income- constrained households. | In Committee |
| LD437 | An Act Directing the Department of Education to Develop Pilot Programs to Place Child Care Facilities in Selected School Administrative Units | This bill directs the Department of Education to study placing child care facilities in public schools and to develop and establish pilot programs based on the study in 8 school administrative units no later than the first day of the 2026-2027 school year. The pilot programs must be designed to continue for 6 years. The pilot programs will be designed to serve infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children of public school staff and employees. The department must develop the pilot programs to serve several purposes, including, but not limited to, the following: providing safe child care for staff and the community, providing child care and child development courses to students and reducing the shortage of early childhood educators and caregivers. Through the study, the department must also evaluate several potential characteristics of a program developed under this provision, including, but not limited to: providing child care services to the children of students and community members as space allows after the children of school staff members have been served; child care facility staffing; hours of operation; fees for participation; potential discounts and acceptance of vouchers; and the development of an early childhood education and child development curriculum for 11th and 12th grade students, including a certificate awarded at graduation after 2 years of study. Beginning in 2026, the department is required over the 6-year duration of the pilot programs to make 3 reports to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters. The reports must be submitted by the dates specified in the bill and must include the findings of the initial study and the progress of the pilot programs, including any recommendations for legislation. The joint standing committee is authorized to report out legislation with respect to each of these reports. | In Committee |
| LD882 | An Act to Protect Communication with Providers of Critical Incident Stress Management Peer Support | This bill: 1. Includes critical incident stress management peer support in the definition of "health care" in the laws governing the confidentiality of health care information; 2. Provides that providers of critical incident stress management peer support are mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect or suspicious child deaths; and 3. Designates communications of providers of critical incident stress management peer support as privileged communications. | In Committee |
| LD1178 | An Act to Expedite the Process Involving Municipalities That Illegally Move a Person to Avoid Responsibility for General Assistance Support | This bill decreases from 30 to 15 working days the period for the Department of Health and Human Services to determine if a municipality has illegally moved an individual to avoid responsibility for general assistance support. The bill reduces the appeals period from 30 to 15 days after the determination is made. The bill also provides for interest on unreimbursed amounts to be paid by the offending municipality and a penalty of up to $10,000 for a repeat violation within a 12-month period and creates the rebuttable presumption that if a municipality moves a person to another municipality, the municipality did so to avoid paying general assistance to that person. | Dead |
| LD1584 | An Act to Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services to Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2025-26 | This bill establishes municipal cost components for state and county services provided to the unorganized territory that would normally be paid for by a municipality. The municipal cost components constitute the property tax for the unorganized territory. | In Committee |
| LD1235 | An Act to Establish Transparency in Opioid Settlement Funds Allocated to Municipalities or Counties | This bill requires that a direct share subdivision that receives opioid settlement funds in accordance with the Maine State-Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Regarding Use of Settlement Funds, dated and signed on January 26, 2022, and the Maine State-Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Regarding Use of Settlement Funds-2023, dated and signed on May 2, 2023, collectively defined in the bill as "Memoranda of Understanding," must submit an annual report to the Attorney General detailing the amount of such funds received and expended in the prior calendar year and including a description of each such expenditure. The first annual report must be submitted by January 15, 2026. "Direct share subdivision" is defined in the bill as a municipality or county that is a plaintiff subdivision identified in Exhibit 3 of the Memoranda of Understanding. | Dead |
| LD263 | Resolve, to Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits Under MaineCare | This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a pilot project lasting 18 months that provides nonmedical transportation services to individuals receiving services pursuant to rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 19, Home and Community Benefits for the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities, in an amount up to $2,000, in addition to currently permissible medical transportation services. The department is required to submit a report regarding the costs, effectiveness and future viability of the pilot project to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. | Dead |
| LD260 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish That All Maine Residents Have Equal Rights Under the Law | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial or abridgment by the State or any political subdivision of the State of equal rights based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry or national origin of an individual. | Passed |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | This bill provides ongoing appropriations of $6,180,000 in each year of the biennium from the General Fund to be distributed by the Department of Health and Human Services to a single grantee to provide management and oversight of the delivery of family planning services. The bill establishes within the department the Fund to Maintain Access to Statewide Family Planning Services. | Passed |
| LD522 | Resolve, Directing the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women to Study the Extent of Workforce Gender Segregation in the State | This resolve directs the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women to study the extent of occupational and workforce segregation by gender in the State and assess any disparities in safety or compensation related to that segregation. The commission is required to submit a report based on its findings by January 15, 2026 to the Secretary of State and the Joint Standing Committee on Labor. | Passed |
| LD815 | An Act to Provide Funding for Respite Care and Supplemental Services Provided by the Family Caregiver Support Program | This bill provides ongoing funding to the Office of Aging and Disability Services within the Department of Health and Human Services to provide respite care and supplemental services for family caregivers and older relative caregivers. | Passed |
| LD873 | An Act to Expand Municipal Authority over Utility Pole Permits | An Act to Expand Municipal Authority over Utility Pole Permits | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD875 | An Act to Fund Essential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence | This bill provides funding for essential services for victims of domestic violence. | Passed |
| LD709 | An Act to Establish the Respite for ME Program | An Act to Establish the Respite for ME Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD468 | An Act to Address Food Insecurity by Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food | This bill provides ongoing funding of $1,200,000 per fiscal year to the Fund To Address Food Insecurity and Provide Nutrition Incentives to be used to match contributions from private and public sources. | Passed |
| LD826 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Establish the School Energy Savings Revolving Loan Fund | This bill provides for a bond issue, in the amount of $10,000,000, to capitalize the School Energy Savings Revolving Loan Fund, which the bill establishes to support energy and energy efficiency projects in Maine schools to be administered by the Department of Education. | In Committee |
| LD974 | Resolve, to Increase the High School Graduation Rate by Creating the Maine Promise Initiative | This resolve directs the Department of Education to create a program to be known as the Maine Promise Initiative. The primary goal of the initiative is to have, by 2030, at least 95% of the State's secondary school students graduate from high school in either a 4-year or a 6-year time period. The initiative must include additional 2030 graduation rate goals, including increasing graduation rates for identified populations that are below the 2025 graduation rates of the general population of secondary school students. The department is directed to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs by December 3, 2025. The joint standing committee is authorized to report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. The resolve includes a one-time appropriation of $100,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to support the creation of the initiative. | In Committee |
| LD1332 | An Act to Establish the Community Schools Success Fund to Ensure the Implementation and Success of Community Schools Programs | This bill establishes the Community Schools Success Fund, a nonlapsing fund within the Department of Education, to provide grants to community schools, local education providers and nonprofit organizations to support community school programs. | In Committee |
| LD1053 | An Act to Ensure That Rebates from Prescription Drug Manufacturers Are Passed on to Patients at Pharmacies | This bill removes a provision that requires that compensation remitted by or on behalf of a pharmaceutical manufacturer, developer or labeler to a pharmacy benefits manager be remitted to the carrier if it is not remitted to the covered person. It retains the provision that requires that the compensation be remitted to the covered person to reduce the out-of- pocket costs associated with a prescription drug. It requires pharmacy benefits managers to annually report compliance with this requirement to the Superintendent of Insurance. It authorizes the superintendent to impose civil penalties and take enforcement action for noncompliance by a carrier or pharmacy benefits manager. It designates the information provided as confidential. | Dead |
| LD962 | An Act to Establish the Offense of Aggravated Operating Under the Influence Resulting in the Death of a Pet | This bill creates the offense of aggravated operating under the influence resulting in the death of a pet and provides that it is a Class C crime with a mandatory fine, a period of incarceration, a court-ordered suspension of a driver's license and mandatory community service related to animal welfare. The bill also requires the offender to provide restitution to the owner of the pet, including veterinary costs, the market value of the pet and a sum for emotional distress. | Dead |
| LD507 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Fund LifeFlight of Maine | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $13,485,000, will be used to improve emergency aviation infrastructure, including hospital helipads, fuel systems, automated weather observation systems, communications systems and emergency transport, to improve the safety of and access to critical emergency medical services. | In Committee |
| LD48 | An Act to Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes | This bill updates references to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 contained in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36 to refer to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2024, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 and for any prior tax year as specifically provided by the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. | Passed |
| LD114 | An Act to Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority | An Act to Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD106 | An Act Regarding the Taxation of Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits | This bill provides that benefits paid from the paid family and medical leave benefits program are subject to state income tax to the extent those benefits are not included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. It also provides that a taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income may be reduced by the amount subject to repayment that has been previously taxed by the State. It also allows individuals filing a new claim for family leave benefits or medical leave benefits to elect to have the administrator of the program deduct and withhold state income tax from the individual's payment of benefits at the rate of 5% and requires the administrator of the program to deduct and withhold state income tax. It also requires the department to advise individuals filing a new claim for benefits that the benefits are subject to state income tax. | Dead |
| LD221 | An Act to Address the Effect of Changes to Federal Income Tax Laws on Maine Income Tax Laws | This bill addresses the situation in which the Legislature has not had the opportunity before the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services begins processing Maine income tax returns to conform or adjust Maine laws in response to federal income tax law changes by: 1. Requiring the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to approve an extension of time for payment or filing that would have a material budgetary impact on the State. Prior to approving the extension, the commissioner is required to report in writing to the Governor the nature of the extension and its budgetary impact and to send a copy of the report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, the chair of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters and the chair of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs; 2. Requiring the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to report in writing to the Governor a description of the federal changes, their potential effect on Maine income tax laws and the state budget. The commissioner is required to send a copy of the report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, the chair of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters and the chair of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs; 3. After receiving the report, allowing the Governor to direct the State Tax Assessor to temporarily adjust the assessor's administration of the Maine income tax returns based on some or all of such federal income tax law changes; and 4. Requiring the State Tax Assessor, based on direction from the Governor, to provide taxpayers the option of waiting to file their tax returns until the Legislature has enacted legislation to address the federal income tax law changes by filing for an extension or to file their returns consistent with the issued tax returns, forms, instructions and other guidance. If as a result of the changes enacted into law by the Legislature, there is an underpayment by or incorrect refund to a taxpayer, penalties and interest accruing before the date of enactment may not be imposed. | In Committee |
| LD506 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development and Commercialization | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used to provide funds for research and development and commercialization as prioritized by the Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board's most recent innovation economy action plan and the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Innovation's most recent science and technology action plan. The funds must be allocated in support of technological innovation leading to commercialization in the targeted sectors of life sciences and biomedical technology, environmental and renewable energy technology, information technology, advanced technologies for forestry and agriculture, aquaculture and marine technology, composites and advanced materials and precision manufacturing. The funds must be awarded through a competitive process and to Maine-based public and private institutions to leverage matching private and federal funds on at least a one-to-one basis. | In Committee |
| LD690 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Provide Funding for Affordable and Low-income Housing Programs | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $100,000,000, will be used to support the Maine State Housing Authority's programs for rural rentals, the low-income housing tax credit, affordable homeownership and home repairs, with 20% of the funding provided to the rural affordable housing rental program, the low-income housing tax credit program and the affordable homeownership program made available for projects using or involving modular construction. | In Committee |
| LD734 | An Act to Promote Voter Registration for Students in Maine's High Schools | This bill requires secondary schools to annually organize and facilitate voter education and registration activities beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. A secondary school must designate a school employee or a 3rd party as a voter registration drive coordinator who will be responsible for organizing the activities. The voter registration drive coordinator must coordinate the distribution and collection of voter registration applications from the Secretary of State and deliver or mail completed voter registration applications to the appropriate town clerk or to the Secretary of State within 5 days of the conclusion of the drive and no later than the close of business on the 21st day before election day. The secondary school must notify the Secretary of State of the name and title of the voter registration drive coordinator. The bill also requires that voter education and registration activities be offered during social studies classes, homerooms or assemblies and that a student must be at least 16 years of age to participate in a voter registration drive. Voter registration applications must be offered in both online and paper registration formats, and a voter registration drive must have information about voter eligibility available to students at the time of the drive. Prior to and following a voter registration drive, a secondary school must keep voter registration applications and information about voter eligibility in a location easily accessible to students. | Dead |
| LD155 | An Act to Make Menstrual Products Available in Certain Schools | This bill requires school administrative units to require their schools that serve students in any of grades 6 to 12 to make available menstrual products to students at no cost in all school bathrooms. | Dead |
| LD1109 | An Act to Reduce Gun Violence Casualties in Maine by Prohibiting the Possession of Large-capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices | This bill makes possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device a Class D crime. It provides that a person is guilty of possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device if the person knowingly manufactures, imports, purchases, possesses, sells, offers or transfers ownership of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device. It defines "large-capacity ammunition feeding device" to mean a magazine, belt, drum, box, tube, feed strip or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It also provides certain exemptions. | In Committee |
| LD223 | An Act to Amend the Mining Excise Tax Laws | In Resolve 2023, chapter 83, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, Office of Tax Policy was required to review the State's taxation of metallic mineral mining and submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation in the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. 1. This bill implements the changes proposed in the legislation accompanying the report, including providing for the refund of sales tax on depreciable machinery and equipment purchases and also: A. Exempting unextracted minerals from the property tax; B. Simplifying the excise tax imposed on a mining company by establishing a formula of the gross proceeds of that mining company multiplied by 0.05; repealing the definition of "mineral products"; clarifying the definition of "tax year" for purposes of the mining excise tax; incorporating various administrative provisions; and eliminating credits for payment of certain property taxes and prepayment of taxes; and C. Eliminating the Mining Impact Assistance Fund and related provisions. The fund is used to provide grants to municipalities, counties and the unorganized territory to offset the loss of property tax revenue and to provide necessary new or additional public facilities and services related to mining. 2. The bill also makes the following changes not included in the Office of Tax Policy's original report: A. It clarifies the imposition and calculation of the mining excise tax; B. It adds administrative provisions regarding extensions, amended returns, accounting periods and estimated tax payments; and C. It eliminates the Mining Oversight Fund and requires that, of the mining excise tax revenue, 75% is deposited in the Land for Maine's Future Trust Fund and 25% is deposited in the General Fund. | Dead |
| LD865 | An Act to Require MaineCare to Reimburse for Lactation Services in the Homes of Eligible Persons | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse for lactation services in hospitals and in the homes of eligible persons. It requires the department to reimburse for services provided by lactation consultants certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. The department must apply for a state plan amendment no later than January 1, 2026 and adopt or amend rules within 6 months of approval. | In Committee |
| HP0658 | Joint Order, to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation to Report Out a Bill Establishing Municipal Cost Components for the Unorganized Territory | Joint Order, to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation to Report Out a Bill Establishing Municipal Cost Components for the Unorganized Territory | Introduced |
| LD145 | An Act Pertaining to Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Durable Medical Equipment, Breast Pumps and Mobility-enhancing Equipment | This bill provides a sales and use tax exemption on the sale of durable medical equipment and breast pumps for home use and on the sale of mobility-enhancing equipment for use in a home or motor vehicle. The provisions in the bill apply to sales occurring on or after January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| LD68 | An Act to Amend the State Tax Laws | This bill does the following. Part A: 1. Expands the exception to the requirement that liens are notarized that applies to liens filed by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Maine Revenue Services to include those filed pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, Part 9, thereby including liens filed pursuant to the property tax deferral program; and 2. Removes the automatic extension for business equipment tax exemption applications and replaces it with an extension for good cause of up to 3 months, changes the filing deadline to May 1st and removes the requirement for Maine Revenue Services to provide paper copies of the application. Part B: 1. Limits the sales tax exemption for watercraft or materials used in watercraft sold to or used by a person that is not a resident of this State to exclude the lease or rental of watercraft; 2. Clarifies that, for the purposes of the sales tax exemption for sales sourced to tribal land, the sale of a motor vehicle to a tribal member or a tribal entity is sourced to tribal land if the vehicle is intended to be driven or transported to tribal land immediately upon receipt of the vehicle; and 3. Clarifies that the tax levy on casual sales includes casual rentals and applies the existing 15-day safe harbor for the casual rental of living quarters to those rentals. Part C: 1. Updates the exclusion from the calculation of payments to the Loring Job Increment Financing Fund to also exclude state income withholding taxes that are based on the gross wages used to calculate the Maine Employment Tax Increment Financing Program benefit; 2. Specifies that early retirement distributions from an employee retirement plan that are reported as normal distributions are not eligible for the pension income deduction unless part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made for the life of the primary recipient or the joint lives of the primary recipient and that recipient's designated beneficiary; 3. Clarifies that "reviewed year," in the laws governing income taxation of partnerships, includes the taxable year of a partnership that files an administrative adjustment request from which federal adjustments arise; 4. Specifies that the original due date for calculating interest and penalties of any partnership income tax as a result of a federal adjustment from a partnership audit or administrative adjustment request is the 15th day of the 3rd month following the end of the taxable year of a partnership that was subject to the partnership-level audit or administrative adjustment request; and 5. Corrects a cross-reference in the laws governing employment tax increment financing to reference a qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business. | In Committee |
| LD41 | Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor to Convey the Interest of the State in Certain Real Estate in the Unorganized Territory | This resolve authorizes the State Tax Assessor to convey the interest of the State in several parcels of real estate in the Unorganized Territory. | In Committee |
| LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | This bill adds coercive control to the definition of "abuse" and defines the term "coercive control" in the protection from abuse laws. | In Committee |
| HP0499 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MUSLIM CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MUSLIM CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP0472 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT FAMILY CAREGIVERS IN MAINE | JOINT RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT FAMILY CAREGIVERS IN MAINE | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD49 | An Act to Ensure Quality in Personal Care Agencies | This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish by rule and post on a publicly accessible website annual quality performance metrics for personal care agencies. It authorizes the department to revoke the license of a personal care agency that fails to timely or adequately satisfy the metrics or file reports required by the department. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD77 | An Act to Stabilize and Sustainably Fund the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries and Hatcheries Division by Increasing the Inland Fishing License Fees and Establishing the Inland Fisheries Conservation and Enhancement Fund | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #243 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD16 | An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | Reconsider RC #226 | 05/29/2025 | Nay |
| LD197 | Resolve, to Direct the Governor's Energy Office to Conduct a Study Regarding the Future of Electric Transmission Infrastructure in the State | Recede And Concur RC #225 | 05/29/2025 | Nay |
| LD186 | An Act to Clarify the Public Utilities Commission's Authority to Establish Time-of-use Pricing for Standard-offer Service | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #240 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD301 | An Act to Allow the Public Utilities Commission to Use Quantitative Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms in a Proceeding for a General Rate Increase | Reconsider RC #248 | 05/29/2025 | Nay |
| LD339 | Resolve, to Provide Funds to the Maine Indian Education School District to Develop a Wabanaki-centered Curriculum | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #233 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD384 | An Act to Prevent Student Homelessness | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #228 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD439 | An Act to Preserve Maine's Sporting Heritage and Enhance Sporting Opportunities for Maine's Youth by Allowing Maine's Youth to Hunt on Sunday | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #244 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD607 | An Act to Require the Approval of Superintendent Agreements Regarding Transfers of Students Between School Administrative Units | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #234 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD820 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish the Right to Hunt and Fish | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #245 | 05/29/2025 | Nay |
| LD832 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce the Debt of the Vassalboro Sanitary District | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #229 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD870 | An Act Regarding the Membership of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #232 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD919 | An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #235 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD965 | An Act to Require the Automatic Repealing of Agency Rules | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #246 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1097 | An Act to Provide De-escalation and Behavior Intervention Training for School Personnel | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #236 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1292 | An Act to Codify the Maine Turnpike Authority's Contributions to the Highway Fund with Regard to the Sensible Transportation Policy Act | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #231 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1255 | An Act to Ensure In-state Tuition for Postsecondary Students Who Are Registered to Vote in the State and to Amend Eligibility Requirements for the Free Community College Tuition Program | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #237 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1258 | An Act to Include Qualified Out-of-state Electric Vehicle Providers and Clarify Provisions Regarding Electric Bicycles Under the Electric Vehicle Fund | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #241 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1420 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Ensure a Just and Equitable Energy Transition for Maine's Workforce | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #230 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1473 | An Act to Require Utilities to Monitor Meters for Natural Gas Leaks | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #242 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1536 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Bail | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #227 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1626 | An Act to Improve Professional Development for Educational Technicians and School Support Staff | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #238 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1881 | An Act to Ensure the Rights of Parents of Minor Children in Education | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #239 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD1884 | Resolve, to Increase the Number of Kennebec County Commissioners | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #247 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| LD301 | An Act to Allow the Public Utilities Commission to Use Quantitative Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms in a Proceeding for a General Rate Increase | Insist RC #223 | 05/28/2025 | Nay |
| LD301 | An Act to Allow the Public Utilities Commission to Use Quantitative Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms in a Proceeding for a General Rate Increase | Recede And Concur RC #205 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD301 | An Act to Allow the Public Utilities Commission to Use Quantitative Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms in a Proceeding for a General Rate Increase | Insist RC #204 | 05/28/2025 | Nay |
| LD343 | An Act to Direct the Public Utilities Commission to Seek Informational Bids Regarding Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in the State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #214 | 05/28/2025 | Nay |
| LD342 | An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #213 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD309 | An Act to Allow a Political Party to Determine How That Party's Nominee Is Selected in a Primary Election | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #220 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD500 | An Act to Ensure Access to Safe Drinking Water from Household Wells in Rural Areas by Expanding Testing | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #217 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD493 | An Act to Expand Testing for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Private Drinking Water Wells | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #216 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD551 | An Act to Restore Balanced Emergency Powers | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #210 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD671 | An Act to Abolish the Maine Income Tax and Establish a Zero-based Budget | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #218 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD723 | Resolve, to Direct the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Nonresidential Law Enforcement Training Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #211 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD818 | An Act to Allow Expenditure of Maine Clean Election Act Funding for the Care of Candidates' Dependents | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #224 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD858 | An Act to Ensure Behavioral and Mental Health Services Are Available to Students by Providing Grants to Schools That Contract for Those Services | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #212 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD900 | An Act to Protect State Retiree Pensions from Inflation | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #209 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD1017 | An Act to Include Food Provided or Served at Emergency Shelters in General Assistance Reimbursement | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #208 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD1159 | An Act to Prohibit Governmental Entities That Charge a Fee for In-person Credit Card Purchases from Refusing to Accept Cash | Recede And Concur RC #206 | 05/28/2025 | Nay |
| LD1288 | An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Maine's Drug Laws Regarding Heroin, Fentanyl and Cocaine | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #207 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD1329 | An Act to Identify United States Citizenship Status on Driver's Licenses and Nondriver Identification Cards | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #219 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD1358 | An Act to Reduce Electricity Rates by Removing Limitations on the Ownership of Generation by an Affiliate of an Investor-owned Transmission and Distribution Utility | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #215 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD1395 | An Act Regarding Human Trafficking Prevention Instruction and Dissemination of and Access to Obscene Material in Schools | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #222 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD1437 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Specify the Qualifications of Electors in State and Local Elections | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #221 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| LD29 | Resolve, to Require the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council and the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council | Adopt Hah-126 To Cas-44 RC #185 | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| LD29 | Resolve, to Require the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council and the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #184 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD60 | An Act to Allow Employees to Request Flexible Work Schedules | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #194 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD61 | An Act to Regulate Employer Surveillance to Protect Workers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #197 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD30 | Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council | Adopt Hah-127 To Cas-45 RC #183 | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| LD30 | Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #182 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD112 | An Act to Promote Opportunities by Establishing a Student Wage | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #195 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD277 | An Act to Amend the Law Prohibiting Places of Business from Being Open to the Public on Sundays and Holidays | Adopt Hah-293 To Cah-251 RC #203 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD331 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Ensure Timely Reimbursement Under MaineCare Regarding Hospital Cost Reports | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #196 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD487 | Resolve, Directing the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to Apply for Federal Funding for the Purpose of Identifying the Rail Corridor Connecting Portland to Orono as an Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #181 | 05/27/2025 | 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 | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #189 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD724 | An Act to Recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as State Holidays | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #187 | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| LD732 | An Act to Prohibit Copyrights for Works of State Government | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #198 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD784 | An Act to Create a Rebuttable Presumption Related to Specialized Risk Screening for First Responders | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #188 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD885 | An Act to Allow Certain Persons with a Permit to Carry Concealed Handguns to Possess or Discharge a Firearm on School Property | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #190 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD855 | An Act to Limit Eligibility Under the Maine Clean Election Act | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #200 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD853 | An Act to Replace the Minimum Hourly Wage with a Regionally Based Living Wage | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #201 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD1022 | An Act to Protect and Increase Access to Justice in Civil Legal Matters for Persons with Low Incomes | Enactment - Emer RC #180 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD1063 | An Act to Require Competitive Procurement of Electricity from Generators Fueled by Municipal Solid Waste in Conjunction with Recycling | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #192 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD1219 | An Act to Increase State Funding for the Campuses of the University of Maine System | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #186 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD1331 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Regarding When the Governor May Call the Legislature into Session | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #199 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD1405 | An Act to Amend Laws Governing the Public Utilities Commission Concerning Participant Funding | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #193 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD1462 | An Act to Promote Artisans and the Creative Economy | Acc Report "a" Ought To Pass RC #202 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD1586 | An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #191 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| LD21 | An Act to Update the Provision of Law Concerning Student Codes of Conduct in Order to Reflect Best Practices Regarding Behavioral Threat Assessment and Response | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #169 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD16 | An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #174 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD160 | An Act to Eliminate REAL ID Requirements in Maine | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #167 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD206 | An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #176 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD255 | An Act to Support Mobile Home Residents in Purchasing Their Mobile Home Parks | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #172 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD301 | An Act to Allow the Public Utilities Commission to Use Quantitative Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms in a Proceeding for a General Rate Increase | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #179 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD482 | An Act to Expand Educational Opportunities and Broaden Educational Services for Students Enrolled in Equivalent Instruction Programs | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #178 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD599 | An Act to Raise the Salary Threshold for Overtime Pay | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #177 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD696 | An Act to Bolster the Maine Teacher Residency Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #170 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #173 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Recede And Concur RC #166 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Reconsider RC #165 | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Recede And Concur RC #164 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD771 | An Act to Include Possession of Compounds, Mixtures or Substances Containing a Detectable Amount of Certain Scheduled Drugs to Prove the Offense of Unlawful Trafficking of Scheduled Drugs | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #168 | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| LD828 | An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Be Designated as School Health Advisors | Recede And Concur RC #163 | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| LD1022 | An Act to Protect and Increase Access to Justice in Civil Legal Matters for Persons with Low Incomes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #175 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD1210 | An Act to Regarding Renewable Electricity Generation by Hydropower Projects | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #171 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| LD82 | An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws by Extending Indefinitely the Presumption Applying to Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder | Enactment - Mandate RC #161 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD220 | An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program in Order to Provide Funding for Students Attending Certain Private Schools and Students Receiving Home Instruction | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #145 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD222 | An Act to Establish a Take-back and Disposal Program for Firefighting and Fire-suppressing Foam to Which Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Have Been Added | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #158 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #152 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD266 | An Act to Require the Updating of Voter Registration Signatures | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #153 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD349 | An Act to Repeal the Laws That Allow Same-day Voter Registration | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #154 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD421 | An Act to Eliminate Barriers to Reentry into the Community After Incarceration by Repealing Certain Driver's License Suspension Provisions | Recede And Concur RC #143 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD530 | An Act to Eliminate a Rebuttable Presumption Against the Admission of Certain Applicants to the Bar | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #149 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD538 | An Act to Amend Maine's Prescription Drug Labeling Law by Allowing the Removal of the Name of a Prescriber of Mifepristone, Misoprostol and Their Generic Alternatives | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #148 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD666 | An Act to Prevent Domestic Violence by Providing Adequate Funding Support for Court-ordered Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Programs | Acc Report 'a' Otp-am RC #157 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #144 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD635 | Resolve, to Direct the Attorney General to Drop the Lawsuit Filed Against Big Oil Companies Concerning Climate Change | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #151 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #150 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| LD874 | An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown | Enactment RC #162 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine House District 094 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/07/2022 | |
| ME | Maine House District 060 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 12/05/2018 | 03/11/2024 |