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Legislator > Michele Meyer
State Representative
Michele Meyer
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 150
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
58 Odiorne Lane
Eliot, ME 03903
Eliot, ME 03903
Phone: 207-438-9197
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD156 | An Act to Improve Notifications Related to Substance-exposed Infants | This bill updates the law regarding notification to the Department of Health and Human Services of infants affected by their parents' substance use by granting the department rule- making authority to set out the process for identifying these infants, notifying the department and the department's response to such notifications. The bill also creates a distinction between notifications of infants affected by their parents' substance use and reports of suspected abuse or neglect. | Crossed Over |
| LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | This bill allows an attending physician to waive a portion or all of a waiting period for qualified patients to access end-of-life medication based on the qualified patient's condition and the attending physician's medical opinion regarding the best interests of the qualified patient. | Crossed Over |
| LD889 | An Act to Clarify the Release of Information by the Department of Health and Human Services in the Law Regarding Automatic Referrals | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws regarding the Department of Health and Human Services. | Passed |
| 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. | Crossed Over |
| LD1261 | Resolve, to Establish the Community Navigator Pilot Program to Support At-risk Families | 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. | Passed |
| LD1544 | An Act to Support Families by Improving the Court Process for Child Protection Cases | This bill amends the court process in child protection cases by eliminating as an aggravating factor consideration of whether a parent's rights to another child were previously involuntarily terminated; requiring the court to consider the trauma to the child of removal from the child's home and whether the Department of Health and Human Services exhausted its options to mitigate that harm before removing the child; and at a contested termination of parental rights hearing, requiring the court to explicitly make findings that the department met its statutory obligations to provide reasonable efforts to reunify the child and parent before ordering a termination of the parent's rights. | Passed |
| 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. | Passed |
| LD1866 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the State-designated Agency Advocating for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness | This bill requires in statute that the Department of Health and Human Services contract with an independent agency to provide advocacy services on a statewide basis to individuals with serious mental illness who are residing in those individuals' communities or who are hospitalized. | Passed |
| LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | The bill eliminates the existing law that requires the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt guidelines governing charity care and replaces it with a more comprehensive law governing charity care and other financial assistance programs provided by hospitals to patients to cover charges for services provided by that hospital. The bill does the following. 1. It requires that hospitals provide charity care or free health care services to patients who are state residents and whose family income is equal to or less than 200% of the federal poverty level. 2. It establishes requirements with respect to hospital-provided financial assistance programs and specific requirements applying only to charity care that hospitals must follow in accordance with rules adopted by the department concerning the application process, language interpretation, eligibility determinations, notification of eligibility determinations and, in the case of charity care, rights to a hearing following a denial. 3. It requires that hospitals widely publicize their financial assistance programs within the community served by the hospital, including by publishing a summary of the programs written in plain language; by providing physical copies of the summary, application and application instructions in conspicuous locations within the hospital; and by posting a full, accessible and downloadable version of the application on the hospital's publicly accessible website. 4. It requires that a hospital provide individual written notice of the availability of charity care to each patient. For inpatient services, the notice must be provided upon admission, or in the case of emergency admission before discharge. For outpatient services, individual notice must be included with the patient's bill or at the time service is provided. 5. It requires that a hospital notify a patient who is determined to be eligible for financial assistance if any part of the services provided are not covered by the hospital's financial assistance program. A hospital that fails to provide this notice is prohibited from charging the patient for those services, but is permitted to charge the patient's health insurance carrier for those services. 6. It provides that a hospital must offer, for patients with family incomes that do not exceed 400% of the federal poverty level, a payment plan that requires monthly out-of- pocket payments that do not exceed 3% of the patient's monthly family income that is not exempt from attachment or garnishment under Maine law. 7. It requires hospitals to include on a patient's bill information concerning the process for disputing charges. 8. It requires that hospitals provide an online option for applying for charity care. 9. It requires the department to enforce the provisions of this bill. The department must establish a process to receive patient complaints for hospital noncompliance, conduct reviews of those complaints and require a corrective action when a hospital is found to be noncompliant. 10. It establishes a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for hospitals that knowingly or willfully violate the provisions of this bill or engage in a pattern of noncompliance with these provisions. 11. It requires the department to adopt rules by June 30, 2026 to carry out the purposes of this bill. | In Committee |
| LD1955 | An Act to Increase Child Care Affordability and Early Childhood Educator Stability | This bill does the following. 1. It replaces the early childhood educator workforce salary supplement system with the Salary Sustainability Program for Child Care Professionals. It establishes requirements for the program, requires 5-year assessments and provides funding for the program. 2. It enacts the child care staff scholarship program established as a pilot program in Public Law 2023, chapter 643, Part TT as a permanent program in the Maine Revised Statutes known as the Maine Child Care Affordability Program Child Care Award. 3. It establishes a program of child care provider scholarships for early childhood education or related fields to eligible individuals pursuing associate, bachelor's or graduate degrees or certificates in those fields. 4. It establishes a program of apprenticeships for individuals employed or seeking employment at a licensed child care facility or licensed family child care provider. 5. It requires the State Board of Education to update its plan for career and technical education centers to include opportunities for early childhood education and child care education at career and technical education centers around the State. 6. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a long-term plan for financial sustainability of the Maine Child Care Affordability Program and submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than January 2, 2026. 7. It requires an appropriation of $3,800,000 to the Maine Child Care Affordability Program and a yearly appropriation of $500,000 for wage supplement awards and $1,000,000 to support child care needs. | In Committee |
| LD1522 | An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program | Public Law 2023, chapter 643, Part KKKK, section 3 established an eviction prevention pilot program within the Maine State Housing Authority. This bill establishes the Maine Eviction Prevention Program as a permanent program within the authority and provides funding for the program. | Passed |
| LD1277 | An Act Regarding Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Activities | This bill excepts testosterone from the definition of "controlled substance" in the laws governing controlled substances prescription monitoring and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to purge from the records of the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program all information concerning the prescribing and dispensing of testosterone. | Passed |
| LD1406 | An Act to Amend Certain Definitions in the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act | An Act to Amend Certain Definitions in the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period in order to apply to cases of abuse or neglect of a child or jeopardy to health or welfare of a child as soon as possible; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD764 | An Act to Improve the Efficiency of Certain Department of Health and Human Services Licensing Investigations | This bill grants the Commissioner of Health and Human Services, the commissioner's delegate or the legal counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services the ability to issue a subpoena to obtain records and testimony relevant to a licensure violation investigation. This is consistent with authority already established in accordance with the Adult Protective Services Act and with other professional licensure boards. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | This bill provides that pharmacies and retail establishments containing a pharmacy are ineligible for a retail tobacco license and provides that a pharmacy or retail establishment containing a pharmacy that engages in retail sales of tobacco products commits a civil violation. | Passed |
| LD662 | An Act to Support Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma and Active Duty Military Members Transitioning to Civilian Life | This bill provides ongoing appropriations for military sexual trauma liaisons as recommended in the report of the Governor's Advisory Council on Military Sexual Trauma. | Passed |
| LD1105 | An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine | This bill requires municipalities, when filling an open position for a firefighter, to give priority to civilian federal firefighters who have been displaced due to a reduction in force at or closure of a federal military installation. The bill requires the Department of Labor to establish and maintain a database of displaced civilian federal firefighters in Maine. | Passed |
| LD896 | An Act to Provide Young Children Stable Access to Health Care | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to apply, by December 31, 2025, to the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or demonstration project or to amend a pending or current waiver or demonstration project to provide continuous eligibility to a child from birth through 5 years of age who is eligible for and enrolls in the Medicaid program. Upon the approval of such a waiver or demonstration project, it requires the department to adopt rules to establish the continuous eligibility of a child from birth through 5 years of age who is eligible for and enrolls in the Medicaid program, regardless of the child's family's change in income. Continuous eligibility must be maintained through the end of the month in which the child attains 6 years of age, but a child's eligibility to receive continuous coverage must be redetermined or terminated if the child is no longer a resident of the State, the child's parent or legal guardian requests termination of the child's eligibility, the child dies or the department determines that the child's eligibility was erroneously granted at the most recent determination, redetermination or renewal of eligibility because of agency error, fraud, abuse or perjury. | Passed |
| 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 |
| LD800 | An Act to Fund the Provision of Advocacy Services to Persons with Intellectual Disabilities | This bill provides ongoing funding to Disability Rights Maine to provide advocacy services to persons with intellectual disabilities. | Passed |
| LD211 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Communicate to School Administrative Units and Private Schools the Importance of Adopting Seizure Action Plans | This bill requires school administrative units and approved private schools to employ at least one individual who has met the training requirements necessary to administer or assist in the self-administration of a seizure rescue medication or a medication prescribed to treat seizure disorder symptoms beginning July 1, 2026. The bill also requires that, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, all school employees subject to professional development must, for a minimum of one hour of self-directed study, review seizure disorder materials. The bill also requires that a student's parent or guardian must provide written authorization for a seizure medication to be administered at school by a school employee or self-administered at school with a school employee's assistance, a written statement from a physician licensed in this State and the prescribed medication in its unopened, sealed package with the label affixed by the dispensing pharmacy intact. A student's parent or guardian must also collaborate with the school to develop a seizure action plan, which must be kept on file in the office of the school nurse or a school administrator and be distributed to a school employee responsible for the supervision or care of the student. The bill also requires a school administrative unit and approved private school to provide age-appropriate seizure education programming to all students beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. | 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 |
| LD1550 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Amend Its Rules to Protect Water Quality by Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Septic Systems | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Amend Its Rules to Protect Water Quality by Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Septic Systems | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1598 | An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims | An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD809 | An Act to Allow a Motion to Extend a Protection from Abuse Order After Expiration of the Original Order | An Act to Allow a Motion to Extend a Protection from Abuse Order After Expiration of the Original Order | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1129 | An Act to Clarify Standards for Defendants' Post-judgment Motions for Relief from Protection from Abuse Orders | An Act to Clarify Standards for Defendants' Post-judgment Motions for Relief from Protection from Abuse Orders | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD67 | An Act to Establish Minimum Standards for Certain Urgent Care Facilities | An Act to Establish Minimum Standards for Certain Urgent Care Facilities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD528 | An Act to Address the Rise in Rabies in Animals by Appointing Certified Rabies Vaccine Administrators | An Act to Address the Rise in Rabies in Animals by Appointing Certified Rabies Vaccine Administrators | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1196 | Resolve, to Require the Towns of Kittery and York to Develop a Boundary Description | This resolve requires the Town of Kittery and the Town of York to jointly develop a description, in metes and bounds, of the boundary between the 2 towns based on the assessing maps in each of the towns. The towns are required to jointly provide the description to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government, which may report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature establishing the boundary between the 2 towns. | Dead |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | This bill provides ongoing funds to support emergency homeless shelters in the State. | Passed |
| 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 |
| LD1938 | An Act Regarding the Regulation of Tobacco | This bill modifies provisions of law governing the regulation of cigarettes and other tobacco products as follows. 1. It modifies the provision of law that prohibits smoking in all enclosed areas of public places by eliminating the exception that allows smoking in motel or hotel rooms that are rented to members of the public. 2. It prohibits the sale of tobacco products in vending machines. 3. It increases the penalties for licensing violations for cigarette distributors. 4. It modifies the provisions of law governing the tax on tobacco products by replacing the definition of "electronic smoking device" under current law. The bill clarifies that while components, parts and accessories of the device, including substances intended to be aerosolized or vaporized by using the device, are included in the definition of "electronic smoking device," any separately sold batteries or chargers, or drugs, devices or combination products authorized for sale by the federal Food and Drug Administration, are not included in that definition. The bill provides an effective date of January 5, 2026 for these changes. | In Committee |
| LD1060 | An Act to Provide Funding to Reduce Stigma for Parents Seeking Support | This bill provides one-time funding for the online resource hub and communications campaign to increase help seeking and resource sharing for parents who need support for parenting and other family needs as part of the Maine Child Safety and Family Well-Being Plan. | Passed |
| 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 | Under current law, within the provisions governing entitlement to receive compensation and services under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992, there is a rebuttable presumption that the condition of post-traumatic stress disorder arose out of and in the course of a worker's employment if that worker is a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, E-9-1-1 dispatcher, firefighter or emergency medical services person diagnosed as having post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted from work stress, as long as certain specified conditions are met. This rebuttable presumption is scheduled to be repealed on October 1, 2025. This bill repeals that repeal, continuing the rebuttable presumption indefinitely. | Passed |
| LD766 | An Act to Protect the Children of Maine | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would enact measures to protect the children of Maine. | In Committee |
| LD1658 | An Act to Preserve and Strengthen the Fund for a Healthy Maine | This bill, beginning January 5, 2026, increases the cigarette excise tax rate by 50 mills, changing the rate per pack of 20 cigarettes from $2 to $3, and the rate per cigarette from 10¢ to 15¢. Under current law, when the cigarette tax increases, the tax on tobacco products also increases by an equivalent amount. The bill includes in the excise tax on tobacco products that equivalent increase and specifies that the definition of "tobacco products" includes products with synthetic nicotine. The bill also, beginning in fiscal year 2027-28, requires the State Tax Assessor and the State Controller to annually determine the amount of revenue from the taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products that is needed to ensure the Fund for a Healthy Maine receives at least $65,000,000 annually from all sources of revenue, including from the so-called tobacco settlement and from certain slot machine income. | In Committee |
| LD1922 | An Act to Support Workforce Development for Families That Were Involved in Child Protective Activities by Requiring the Sealing of Certain Records | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to seal certain child protection records, subject to certain exceptions. Sealing means the records are rendered inaccessible to the public but are retained by the department for internal use, such as compliance with legal obligations, future child protective investigations or other legitimate governmental purposes. | In Committee |
| LD1572 | An Act Regarding Prosecution Standards for Nonfatal Strangulation or Suffocation in Domestic Violence Cases | This bill establishes prosecution standards for nonfatal strangulation or suffocation in domestic assault criminal matters. It: 1. Prohibits the victim, victim's family or victim's dating partner from being able to post bail for the defendant; 2. Allows statements made by the victim during the investigation or preparation for prosecution to be admitted in court without the presence of the victim being required; 3. Prohibits the court from dismissing or allowing unnecessary delay of the disposition of the matter; 4. Prohibits the prosecutor from dismissing, allowing unnecessary delay, deferring or agreeing to a plea of a lesser assault charge; 5. Prohibits a defendant previously convicted of a domestic violence assault charge from entering into a plea agreement; 6. Requires prosecutors, judges, justices, law enforcement officers, defense attorneys and dispatchers to receive training on nonfatal strangulation or suffocation prevention; and 7. Makes domestic violence aggravated assault by means of nonfatal strangulation or suffocation a Class A crime. | In Committee |
| LD1847 | An Act to Institute Testing and Tracking of Medical Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products Similar to Adult Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products, Dedicate a Portion of the Adult Use Cannabis Sales and Excise Tax to Medical Use Cannabis Programs and Create a Study Group | This bill provides: 1. For the same testing and tracking provisions that are applied for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products to be applied for medical use cannabis and medical use cannabis products; 2. A requirement that a portion of the adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products excise and sales tax must be used to fund public health and safety campaigns related to the sale and use of medical use cannabis and medical use cannabis products; 3. That edible adult use cannabis products that are gummies must be blister packaged; and 4. For the establishment of a study group to examine youth consumption of medical use and adult use cannabis, including a study of data related to cannabis use of people under 21 years of age in the State, science concerning the effects of the use of cannabis on youth development and overall health, strategies to improve the quality, availability and transparency of data concerning cannabis use by people under 21 years of age in the State and an approach to regularly report to the Legislature on youth consumption of cannabis. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| LD650 | An Act to Support Municipal Public Health | An Act to Support Municipal Public Health | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1379 | An Act to Require Public Health Warnings to Be Posted and Provided by Firearm Dealers and Gunsmiths | This bill requires firearm dealers and gunsmiths to post public health warning signs on their business premises and provide public health warning brochures to purchasers and transferees of firearms stating the significant risk of firearms to public health and safety and that access to firearms increases the risk of suicide, domestic violence fatalities and unintentional deaths, particularly among children. The bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to enforce these provisions and to develop standardized public health warning signs and brochures. | In Committee |
| LD808 | An Act to Require School Boards and Governing Bodies of Approved Private Schools to Implement Wearable Panic Alert Systems | This bill requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, a school board or a governing body of an approved private school to implement at each school building a wearable panic alert system that is capable of integrating with local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit a 9-1-1 call and initiating a campuswide lockdown notification. It directs a school board or a governing body of an approved private school to provide each staff person in a school building with a wearable panic alert device and training on the use of the device. It requires each school board and approved private school governing body to ensure that all security data within a school building are accessible by a local law enforcement agency. It stipulates that records related to physical security or fire safety are not public records pursuant to the Freedom of Access Act but does provide for certain disclosures. | Dead |
| 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 |
| LD1061 | An Act to Increase Community Support for Families in Maine | This bill provides funding to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services to strengthen the capacity of the Maine Child Abuse Prevention Councils to provide universal community support for families and essential child abuse prevention services statewide. | Passed |
| LD1625 | An Act Regarding the Preservation of Working Waterfronts | This bill establishes the Maine Working Waterfront Preservation Program and the Maine Working Waterfront Preservation Fund to preserve strategically significant working waterfront property from redevelopment for purposes that are not related to working waterfront uses and whose continued availability to commercial fisheries businesses is essential to the long-term future of the economic sector. It directs the Department of Marine Resources to administer the program either directly or by contract with a suitable organization. | Dead |
| HP1241 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP1242 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LD765 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1019 | An Act to Provide Funding for Fort McClary | This bill provides one-time funding to the Town of Kittery for renovations and maintenance to restore and preserve the Fort McClary State Historic Site in Kittery Point. | Dead |
| LD627 | An Act to Require Insurance Coverage for Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Medication | This bill requires carriers offering health plans in this State to provide coverage for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist medication approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and prescribed by a health care provider. It also requires the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to initiate an education campaign regarding the coverage requirements and the health benefits associated with the use of the medication. The requirements of the bill apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| HP0898 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2025 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2025 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD518 | Resolve, Increasing Access to Maternal and Child Health Care | This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to examine barriers to the universal referral of all pregnant or parenting individuals and families to the State's maternal and child health home visiting program, known as "CradleME," and develop recommendations for removing the barriers and increasing referrals. The department is directed to seek input from interested stakeholders in the development of the recommendations and to make its report, including any suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. The joint standing committee is authorized to submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD85 | An Act to Revitalize the Maine Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Advisory Council | An Act to Revitalize the Maine Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Advisory Council | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP0577 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP0471 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS NATIONAL PARENT LEADERSHIP MONTH | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS NATIONAL PARENT LEADERSHIP MONTH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD215 | An Act Regarding Large Recovery Residences | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #447 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD229 | An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #441 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Enactment - Emer RC #440 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Adopt Hah-640 RC #433 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Ipp Hah-640 RC #432 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #431 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD648 | An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #446 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1044 | An Act to Clarify the Qualifying Use of Tax Increment Financing for Extension of a Development District | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #442 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #443 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #449 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1131 | An Act to Reform the Process by Which a Person May Petition an Agency to Adopt or Modify Rules Under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act | Report "b" Ontp RC #448 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1200 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Items Intended to Be Used to Inhale Nitrous Oxide for Recreational Purposes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #437 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1187 | An Act to Require Certain Mental Health Data to Be Included in Uniform Crime Reports | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #435 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1330 | An Act to Clarify That a Business's License or Subscription to Use Software Is Not Considered a Lease for the Purposes of Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #436 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Recede And Concur RC #426 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1657 | An Act to Expand the Use of Tax Increment Revenue for Affordable Housing by Adding Authorized Project Costs | Recede And Concur RC #445 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1666 | An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #434 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1705 | An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding and Oversight | Final Enactment RC #439 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Reconsider RC #429 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Reconsider RC #428 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Recede And Concur RC #427 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1731 | An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #438 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1879 | An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax and Providing Property Tax Exemptions | Recede And Concur RC #430 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Recede And Concur RC #444 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD96 | An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Law Governing Mandatory Driver's License Suspension for Refusing Testing for Drugs or a Combination of Drugs and Alcohol | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #410 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD259 | An Act to Establish the Criminal Records Review Commission in Statute | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #402 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD371 | An Act to Expand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-megawatt Cap | Recede And Concur RC #398 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD419 | An Act to Increase the Transparency and Accountability of the Maine Information and Analysis Center | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #416 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD427 | An Act to Prohibit Mandatory Parking Space Minimums in State and Municipal Building Codes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #414 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD455 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require a Statewide Popular Election of the Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State and the Attorney General for 4-year Terms | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #403 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD497 | An Act Regarding the Regulation of Significant Vernal Pools Under the Natural Resources Protection Act | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #405 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD537 | An Act to Prohibit the Doxing of a Minor and to Authorize a Related Civil Action | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #406 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD598 | An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work | Recede And Concur RC #395 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD682 | An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #422 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Recede And Concur RC #396 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD810 | An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines | Enactment RC #419 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD787 | An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for and Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics | Adopt Sas-226 RC #413 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD856 | An Act to Phase Out the Income Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #417 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1016 | An Act to Establish the Manufactured Housing Community and Mobile Home Park Preservation and Assistance Fund | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #425 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1202 | An Act to Establish the African American Studies Advisory Council and Provide Funding to Support African American Studies | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #399 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1283 | An Act to Allow Employees Covered Under the Maine Retirement Savings Program to Elect to Enroll and Unenroll in a Payroll Deduction for an Individual Retirement Account | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #401 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #424 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1474 | An Act to Strengthen the Teaching of Wabanaki Studies in Maine Schools | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #404 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #411 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1519 | An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products | Recede And Concur RC #393 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1543 | An Act to Establish the Maine Green Schools Network | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #400 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1620 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regulating the Testing of Adult Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Products | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #409 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1657 | An Act to Expand the Use of Tax Increment Revenue for Affordable Housing by Adding Authorized Project Costs | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #418 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1668 | An Act Regarding the Voting Requirement to Extend the Date for Adjournment of the Legislature | Enactment RC #420 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #412 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1750 | An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #407 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1879 | An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax and Providing Property Tax Exemptions | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #408 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1928 | An Act to Prohibit Lodging Establishments from Providing Single-use Plastic Containers | Recede And Concur RC #397 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1920 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Potentially Intoxicating Hemp Products to a Person Under 21 Years of Age | Enactment - Emer RC #423 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #394 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1956 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program and Establish the Community Workforce Connections Program | Enactment RC #415 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1967 | Resolve, to Design a Maine Home Energy Navigator and Coaching Pilot Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #421 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD125 | An Act to Increase the Total Amount of Credits Authorized Under the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #383 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD147 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #374 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD152 | An Act to Amend the Freedom of Access Act to Require a Specific Time Frame for Agencies to Comply with Requests for Public Records | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #360 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD150 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Treasurer of State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #377 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD149 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Attorney General | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #375 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD253 | An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #384 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #356 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD371 | An Act to Expand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-megawatt Cap | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #369 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD810 | An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines | Recede And Concur RC #363 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD886 | An Act to Regulate Medication Abortions | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #385 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD887 | An Act to Make Manufacturers Responsible for Proper Disposal of Abortion Drugs and Require a Health Care Provider to Be Physically Present During a Chemical Abortion | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #386 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD894 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave | Enactment RC #362 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1007 | An Act to Update the State's Informed Consent Laws Regarding Drug-induced Abortion | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #387 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1034 | An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults | Enactment RC #381 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1048 | An Act to Require Certain Notice Requirements for Whistleblower Protections | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #355 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1113 | An Act Regarding Fairness in Sentencing for Persons Based on Age | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #372 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #366 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1154 | An Act to Require That Informed Consent for Abortion Include Information on Perinatal Hospice | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #388 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1277 | An Act Regarding Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Activities | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #357 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1263 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking When That Trafficking Results in an Overdose Causing Serious Bodily Injury of a Person | Recede And Concur RC #354 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1376 | An Act to Increase the Acceptable Level of Alcohol in a Low-alcohol Spirits Product and to Increase Availability of Those Products | Insist RC #353 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #359 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1505 | An Act to Phase out the Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #378 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1539 | An Act to Create a State Employee Compensation Stabilization Fund | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #367 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1522 | An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #358 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1563 | An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #370 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1593 | An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #371 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1668 | An Act Regarding the Voting Requirement to Extend the Date for Adjournment of the Legislature | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #380 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Enactment RC #382 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1734 | An Act to Exempt Over-the-counter Medicines from the Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #368 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1776 | An Act to Establish the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex | Recede RC #364 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1858 | An Act to Promote Local Seafood in Schools | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #365 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1899 | An Act to Eliminate Taxation on Health Care Spending | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #379 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1894 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness | Final Passage - Emer RC #361 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1930 | An Act Regarding Acts of Violence Committed Against a Pregnant Woman | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #389 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1974 | An Act to Affirm Parental Rights | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #373 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #376 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD59 | An Act to Ban the Drug Tianeptine | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #351 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD38 | An Act Requiring Photographic Identification for Voting | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #337 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD195 | An Act to Create the Small Business Capital Savings Account Program | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #339 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #343 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD246 | An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #338 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD385 | An Act to Protect Communications by Alleged Victims Regarding Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Cyberbullying or Discrimination from Litigation | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #336 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Maine Joint Health and Human Services Committee | Chair | 1 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine House District 150 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/07/2022 | |
| ME | Maine House District 002 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 12/05/2018 | 01/19/2025 |