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State Senator
Nicole Grohoski
(D) - Maine
Maine Senate District 07
In Office - Started: 07/06/2022

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3 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-287-1515

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P.O. Box 1732
Ellsworth, ME 04605

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
LD787 An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for the Maine School of Science and Mathematics An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for the Maine School of Science and Mathematics Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1669 An Act to Establish the Cannabis Advisory Council This bill establishes the Cannabis Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Director of the Office of Cannabis Policy within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over cannabis matters concerning how best to work with state agencies, municipal governments, the medical use cannabis industry and adult use cannabis industry and citizen groups to make improvements to and maintain the quality of the State's medical use cannabis industry and adult use cannabis industry concerning matters of interest to the State's medical use cannabis industry and adult use cannabis industry, including, but not limited to, changes to the tracking system contract, public health protection and federal legalization. The council is responsible for bringing forward to the director and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over cannabis matters issues of concern to the medical use cannabis industry and adult use cannabis industry and for assisting in the dissemination of information to members of the medical use cannabis industry and adult use cannabis industry. Passed
LD1934 An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting This bill requires that outdoor lighting installed or replaced after October 1, 2026 comply with certain standards, including standards established by the American National Standards Institute and the Illuminating Engineering Society, intended to reduce the amount of unnecessary light emitted. The bill includes exemptions for certain types of lighting such as outdoor sports lighting, temporary lighting and required and emergency lighting. The bill directs certain departments to adopt rules to implement the requirements of this bill. The bill also directs each municipality in the State to adopt a local ordinance to promote compliance with the provisions of this bill and allows a municipality to adopt ordinances that are more strict than those required by this bill. Passed
LD1792 An Act to Ensure Fair and Equitable Recovery of Post-restructuring Stranded Costs An Act to Ensure Fair and Equitable Recovery of Post-restructuring Stranded Costs Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, electricity costs are negatively impacting many Maine electricity consumers; and Whereas, the costs associated with the State's net energy billing programs are having a disproportionate impact on businesses in the State that are vital to economic growth; and Whereas, the rate design adopted by the Public Utilities Commission by order dated April 30, 2025 will not provide sufficient relief for Maine's large and industrial customers; and Whereas, it is the policy of the State that the commission advance through its decisions and orders beneficial electrification in order to achieve the emission reduction and renewable energy goals of the State, reduce energy costs to consumers and provide economic and climate benefits for all ratepayers pursuant to the Beneficial Electrification Policy Act, enacted June 26, 2023; 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
LD1578 Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Evaluate the Scope of Regulatory Review and Oversight over Health Care Transactions That Impact the Delivery of Health Care Services in the State Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Evaluate the Scope of Regulatory Review and Oversight over Health Care Transactions That Impact the Delivery of Health Care Services in the State Passed
LD1279 Resolve, Establishing the Biotoxin Testing of Cultured Scallops Pilot Program Resolve, Establishing the Biotoxin Testing of Cultured Scallops Pilot Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1382 An Act Regarding Dam Repair This bill establishes a maximum limit of $1,000,000 per loan application under the Dam Repair and Reconstruction Fund and establishes a loan payback period between 5 and 30 years, but no longer than the useful life of the proposed project. The bill also allows the department to require an applicant to provide matching funds in order to be considered for a loan and allows the department to establish a loan forgiveness program. Passed
LD1477 An Act to Provide an Exemption from Pilotage Requirements for Passenger Ferry Service Between Bar Harbor, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia This bill provides an exemption from pilotage requirements for certain vessels providing regularly scheduled ferry operations between Bar Harbor, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. In Committee
LD1490 An Act to Allow Nonprofit Organizations to Sell Progressive Sealed Ticket Games and to Offer Partner-assisted Beano An Act to Allow Nonprofit Organizations to Sell Progressive Sealed Ticket Games and to Offer Partner-assisted Beano Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, current interpretation of sealed ticket games does not include games designed by the manufacturer to include a jackpot prize that is carried over to a subsequent series of tickets or cards with the same form number in the event that jackpot prize is not won, also known as progressive pull-tab games, despite historical practice allowing such games; and Whereas, many eligible nonprofit organizations have already registered with the Department of Public Safety's Gambling Control Unit to offer such games and not being able to offer progressive pull-tab games will result in a negative financial impact; 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
LD823 An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Provide for Statewide and Equitable Access to Experiential Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Competition Programs This bill authorizes the Maine Technology Institute to provide grants for statewide experiential science, technology, engineering and mathematics competition programs. Passed
LD995 An Act to Provide Funding for Low-income Electric Ratepayer Assistance This bill specifies, for purposes of needs-based low-income assistance for electricity customers, that "low-income household" means a household with income of no more than 150% of the federal poverty level. The bill also provides one-time funds of $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and in fiscal year 2026-27 for low-income electric ratepayer assistance. Passed
LD1026 An Act to Provide Mapping Services for Aquaculture Lease Siting This bill adds to the duties of the Maine Office of Community Affairs the requirement to create and provide to municipalities, tribal governments and regional councils a mapping template and technical assistance to proactively map out areas of concern related aquaculture lease siting. In Committee
LD1282 An Act Regarding Eligibility for Historic Preservation Bond Proceeds This bill amends the eligibility requirements for grants through the Maine Historic Preservation Commission for the preservation and restoration of historic properties to allow eligibility for properties that have been designated as historic properties by municipal historic preservation ordinances. The bill also directs the Maine Historic Preservation Commission to adopt rules regarding the disbursement of bond proceeds authorized by Public Law 2023, chapter 653 to establish a process for properties in the State that are not on the National Register of Historic Places but have been designated as historic properties by municipal historic preservation ordinances to receive funding through the bond proceeds. Passed
LD1106 An Act to Provide Funds for the Redevelopment of the Island Nursing Home in Hancock County into Affordable Senior Housing This bill provides one-time funds to support the conversion of the Island Nursing Home in Hancock County into 24 affordable apartments for senior citizens. It also requires the Maine State Housing Authority to submit a report regarding the use of the funds to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. Passed
LD560 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Improve Coastal Climate Resiliency The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $75,000,000, will be used for grants for county, municipal and tribal governments, as well as regional councils, to improve their coastal climate resiliency and upgrade their engineered beaches. In Committee
LD749 An Act to Ensure That the Will of the Voters Is Reflected in Interim Appointments of United States Senators This bill provides that if there is a vacancy in the office of United States Senator and the person who vacated the office was enrolled in a political party at the time of that person's last election to that office, the qualified person appointed to fill the vacancy must have been enrolled in that party at the time of the most recent election and at the time the office was vacated and must be enrolled in that party at the time the qualified person is appointed. If the person who vacated the office was not enrolled in a political party at the time of that person's last election to that office, the qualified person appointed to fill the vacancy may not have been enrolled in a political party at the time of the most recent election and at the time the office was vacated and may not be enrolled in a political party at the time the qualified person is appointed. Dead
LD540 An Act to Identify the State's Unidentified Human Remains This bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner to use forensic genetic genealogy testing with the deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, of the remains of an unidentified individual after 45 days of having possession of those remains. Passed
LD762 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Maintenance, Preservation and Promotion of State Historic Sites The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $18,000,000, will be used to fund the capital costs associated with the ongoing maintenance, preservation and promotion of state historic sites. In Committee
LD739 An Act to Reimburse the City of Ellsworth for a Public Road to a New Court Facility in Hancock County This bill provides a one-time General Fund appropriation to reimburse the City of Ellsworth for 50% of the costs incurred in building an access road to the property on which the city is working with the judicial branch to build a new courthouse for Hancock County. 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
LD255 An Act to Support Mobile Home Residents in Purchasing Their Mobile Home Parks This bill provides one-time funding for the manufactured and mobile home park preservation and assistance program. Passed
LD362 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Replenish the Land for Maine's Future Program The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used by the Land for Maine's Future Board for the acquisition of land and interest in land for conservation; water access; wildlife or fish habitat including deer wintering areas; outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing; working farmland preservation; and working waterfront preservation. 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
LD681 An Act Regarding Public Higher Education Funding in the State This bill provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Legislature must increase the percentage of the Maine Maritime Academy's total state appropriation as a share of its total operating costs by 5% until the percentage of the Maine Maritime Academy's total state appropriation as a share of the academy's total operating costs equals at least the lesser of the percentages of the University of Maine System's and the Maine Community College System's total state appropriation as a share of each respective system's total operating costs. The bill also establishes the Commission to Study the Funding of Public Institutions of Higher Education to review the State's laws and rules related to higher education, analyze past, present and alternative methods and mechanisms of funding public higher education and analyze present and future goals, including expanding access to affordable higher education. The commission is required to submit a report based on its findings to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs by December 3, 2025. Passed
LD761 An Act to Support the Maintenance, Preservation and Promotion of State Historic Sites This bill requires the State Controller, as the next priority transfer at the close of fiscal year 2024-25, after all transfers are made pursuant to statute and any other provision of law, to transfer from the available balance of the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund up to $18,000,000 to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Parks - General Operations program, Other Special Revenue Funds account to be used for the ongoing maintenance, preservation and promotion of historic sites. Passed
LD1640 An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission and to Reestablish the Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission This bill establishes the Base Gagetown Training Registry within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services to collect and maintain data related to military service and health conditions from individuals who voluntarily provide such data and who have trained at the Canadian military support base in Gagetown, New Brunswick. The bill also reestablishes the Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission and requires the study commission to request certain information it determines necessary from the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies to provide medical testing for individuals identified through information received pursuant to the requests as necessary to complete its study. Passed
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 This bill provides for ranked-choice voting for general and special elections for the offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and clarifies the definition of "ranked-choice voting" by changing the use of the terms "vote" and "ballot," and provides that the winner of an election in which ranked-choice voting is conducted is the winner by a plurality of the votes. Crossed Over
LD1639 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Conduct a Statewide Survey Related to Instructional Time in Public Schools This bill requires each school administrative unit to ensure that each school within the unit provides at least 900 instructional hours per school year. The bill allows the Commissioner of Education to grant a waiver for a school to be exempt from the minimum instructional hours requirement for extraordinary circumstances. The bill also establishes annual reporting requirements for school administrative units to certify that they are in compliance with the minimum instructional hour requirement. Passed
LD1696 Resolve, to Study Maine's Absolute Dominion and Beneficial Use Laws Relating to Water Rights This resolve establishes the Commission to Study Maine's Absolute Dominion and Beneficial Use Laws Relating to Water Rights and directs the commission to develop findings and recommendations, including any suggested legislation, for policy and statutory changes to the legal status of groundwater rights and ownership in Maine to promote the equitable and sustainable management of water resources in the State. The commission must submit a report by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, which may report out related legislation. Passed
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 This bill requires the Maine State Ferry Service to consult with the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on matters regarding budgets, strategic planning and major operational decisions. Recommendations made by the board regarding certain matters must be considered by the Maine State Ferry Service during its decision-making processes for the following fiscal year. The bill requires the Maine State Ferry Service to provide regular reports to the board and requires the board to review and provide feedback and recommendations. The bill also requires the board to conduct an annual review of the Maine State Ferry Service's performance and operations and provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters by January 15th of each year. Vetoed
LD1730 An Act Regarding the Beneficial Electrification Policy of the State This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make changes to the laws governing the beneficial electrification policy of the State. In Committee
LD1894 Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study 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. Passed
LD1766 An Act to Incorporate Probate Judges into the Maine Judicial Branch This bill implements the recommendations of the Commission To Create a Plan To Incorporate the Probate Courts into the Judicial Branch, referred to in this summary as "the commission." The report is available online at https://legislature.maine.gov/doc/7703 . Maine's county Probate Courts occupy a unique position in Maine's justice system. Unlike Maine's other trial courts, Probate Courts are not part of the state judicial branch and Probate Court Judges are not appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature. Instead, pursuant to the former Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6, Probate Court Judges and Registers of Probate are elected to 4-year terms in each county. Although the caseload varies from county to county, it is generally understood that Maine's county Probate Court Judges serve on a part-time basis and, accordingly, they are authorized to engage in the practice of law. In 1967, the Legislature passed Resolve 1967, chapter 77, which proposed an amendment to the Constitution of Maine that would repeal Article VI, Section 6 and would "become effective at such time as the Legislature by proper enactment shall establish a different Probate Court system with full-time judges." This constitutional amendment was approved by a majority of the voters of Maine on November 7, 1967. In its report, the commission recommended that the Legislature implement this constitutional amendment by establishing a new state Probate Court with full-time, appointed state Probate Court Judges. Part A of the bill sets out that it is the intent of the Legislature that the enactment of this legislation, which implements the commission's recommended new Probate Court system with full-time judges, will trigger the repeal of the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6 pursuant to Resolve 1967, chapter 77 on the date that this legislation is approved. Although this bill is intended to trigger the repeal of the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6, which provides for the election of probate judges, the commission did not recommend and the bill does not provide for the removal from office of any county Probate Court Judge prior to the expiration of the term to which the judge was previously elected under the Constitution. To avoid that result, the commission recommended a multiyear, multistep process for establishing a new state Probate Court with full-time judges. Part B of the bill, which is effective immediately, Part C of the bill, which is effective January 1, 2027, and Part D of the bill, which is effective January 1, 2029, implement this multiyear, multistep process as follows. 1. Parts B and D of the bill establish a state Probate Court within the judicial branch that is distinct from the District Court and Superior Court. By January 1, 2029, the state Probate Court will be staffed by 9 full-time judges appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature, including one judge assigned to serve as the primary judge in each of 8 new Probate Court regions that will be aligned with the State's 8 prosecutorial districts. A. When the terms of the incumbent probate judges in Androscoggin, Franklin, Knox and Penobscot counties expire on December 31, 2026, they will be replaced by county Probate Court Judges elected to 2-year terms that will expire on December 31, 2028. B. When the terms of the incumbent probate judges in Cumberland, Hancock and Washington counties expire on December 31, 2026, they will be replaced by 4 new state Probate Court Judges appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature in the same manner that District Court Judges and Superior Court Justices are appointed and confirmed for terms that commence January 1, 2027. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission also recommended that these judges be supported by one new law clerk, one new judicial administrative assistant and 4 new court marshals. C. Beginning January 1, 2027, the 4 new state Probate Court Judges will preside over probate proceedings in Cumberland, Hancock and Washington counties while the remainder of the State's 16 counties will continue to be served by an elected county Probate Court Judge. If a judicial vacancy occurs in a county Probate Court after January 1, 2027 due to the death, resignation or retirement of the elected county Probate Court Judge, the vacant position will not be filled and jurisdiction over that county's probate matters will be transferred to the new state Probate Court. If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court determines that the number of state Probate Court Judges is insufficient to provide for the efficient administration of justice in all of the counties served by the new state Probate Court, the Chief Justice may request that the Governor appoint an additional state Probate Court Judge. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, to ensure that funding is available for all of the new potential state judgeships as they arise, the commission also recommended that all 9 new state Probate Court Judge positions be funded through General Fund appropriations commencing on January 1, 2027. D. When the terms of all remaining county Probate Court Judges expire on December 31, 2028, they will be replaced by the number of new state Probate Court Judges necessary to achieve a full complement of 9 state Probate Court Judges. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission also recommended that these new judges be supported by a 2nd law clerk and judicial administrative assistant and by 5 additional court marshals. E. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission also recommended that the judicial branch be authorized to hire an information technology specialist and a facilities manager as soon as possible, and that General Fund appropriations be provided for that purpose, to help the judicial branch prepare for the establishment of the state Probate Court on January 1, 2027. 2. Parts B, C and D of the bill direct the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to designate one appointed state Probate Court Judge to serve as the Chief Judge of the Probate Court, who is charged with fulfilling administrative duties similar to the administrative duties of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court and Chief Judge of the District Court. These duties include facilitating the transition from the county Probate Court system to the state Probate Court system; creating the statewide Probate Court schedule; ensuring uniformity of court processes and procedures and that emergency matters are prioritized and addressed expediently; securing and ensuring the accessibility and safety of Probate Court facilities; and preparing annual reports on the business of the state Probate Court. 3. Parts C and D of the bill direct that state Probate Court proceedings be held in existing county Probate Court facilities if possible and require the Chief Judge of the Probate Court to negotiate leases, contracts or other arrangements between the counties and the judicial branch regarding the use of those facilities. When necessary, state District Court and Superior Court facilities may also be used for Probate Court proceedings. 4. Parts B, C and D of the bill preserve the county registries of probate. A. Part B of the bill provides, by statute, for the election of county Registers of Probate under the same terms and conditions applicable to county register of probate elections under the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6, which will be repealed on the date that this legislation is approved. B. Parts B, C and D of the bill further provide that, as each county transitions to the state Probate Court, that county should continue to retain all fees filed in state Probate Court proceedings in that county to offset the costs of maintaining its county registry of probate and of paying registry staff. These costs include, for example, the cost to maintain the current electronic management system for probate court records that the commission recommended retaining during the multiyear transition to the new state Probate Court system. 5. Part C of the bill provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services is responsible for paying and for establishing the minimum experience, training and additional qualifications for attorneys appointed to represent indigent individuals at public expense in all state and county Probate Court proceedings. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission further recommended that the Legislature provide new General Fund appropriations to the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to cover the cost of these appointments. 6. Parts C and D of the bill require the judicial branch to establish the minimum experience, training and additional qualifications for court-appointed visitors in state Probate Court proceedings and to pay the expenses of both court-appointed visitors and court-appointed guardians ad litem in state Probate Court proceedings when the parties are indigent or the court is allowed or directed by law to pay these expenses. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission recommended that the Legislature provide new General Fund appropriations to the judicial branch to cover the expenses associated with the new requirements. Part C of the bill clarifies that, if a guardian ad litem or visitor is appointed at public expense in a county Probate Court proceeding, the county remains responsible for paying the court-appointed professional's fees. 7. Finally, Part D of the bill establishes the Commission to Evaluate the Incorporation of the Probate Court into the Judicial Branch, a 15-member study group composed of the same categories of members appointed to the Commission To Create a Plan To Incorporate the Probate Courts into the Judicial Branch. Part D of the bill directs the new commission to conduct a thorough review of the new state Probate Court system in 2031, which must include, but is not limited to, evaluating whether the number of supported state Probate Court Judge positions proposed is appropriate or should be adjusted; whether the jurisdiction of the state Probate Court, District Court and Superior Court should be adjusted to increase judicial efficiency and access to justice; whether to authorize assignment of state Probate Court Judges to preside over District Court or Superior Court dockets to the same extent that the judges in the District Court and justices in the Superior Court are available for cross assignments; whether additional investments should be made to enhance the compatibility of the Probate Court and judicial branch electronic case management systems; and whether additional opportunities exist to advance toward the ultimate goal of fully incorporating the Probate Court system into the judicial branch. No later than December 31, 2031, the commission is required to submit a report that includes its findings and recommendations, which may include suggested legislation, for presentation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters. The joint standing committee may report out legislation related to the report to the 135th Legislature. In Committee
LD1814 An Act to Increase Transparency in State Government by Amending Laws Regarding Persons Attempting to Influence the Competitive Bidding Process and Lobbyist Reporting During Rule-making Processes This bill requires any person who is specifically employed by another person for the purpose of attempting to influence the competitive bidding process to register with the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices for each employer and to submit monthly reports regarding activity, expenditures and compensation associated with attempting to influence any order, grant or contract on behalf of that employer. The bill requires the commission to create and maintain a publicly accessible website that displays this information to the public. It also expands the definition of "lobbying" and "grassroots lobbying" to include communicating directly with any official in the executive branch for the purpose of influencing any rulemaking. It requires a lobbyist or lobbyist associate who provides public comment on a proposed agency rule to disclose to the agency the name of the person or organization that lobbyist or lobbyist associate is representing in the same manner as when testifying before a joint select or joint standing committee of the Legislature. In Committee
LD1936 An Act to Provide Greater Equity in and Reduce Costs Related to the State's Net Energy Billing Program This bill does the following. 1. It provides that a person is prohibited from participating in the kilowatt-hour credit and tariff rate net energy billing programs after the expiration of the person's net energy billing agreement with the transmission and distribution utility for the distributed generation resource, with some exceptions. 2. It provides that a distributed generation resource that is greater than one megawatt and not more than 2 megawatts that receives a good-cause exemption from the Public Utilities Commission must reach commercial operation by December 31, 2025 to participate in the kilowatt-hour credit net energy billing program and the tariff rate net energy billing program. 3. It creates a limited exception from the kilowatt-hour credit net energy billing program limitations to allow a distributed generation resource with a nameplate capacity of one megawatt or less to participate in net energy billing if the distributed generation resource is wholly owned by the customers receiving the net energy billing credits associated with the output of the distributed generation resource. 4. It allows a distributed generation resource to be used in the kilowatt-hour credit net energy billing program if the distributed generation resource is owned by the customer and is used to serve the electric load of that customer only and 100% of the net energy billing credits associated with the distributed generation resource are allocated to the retail account of that customer. 5. It directs the commission, starting January 1, 2026, to establish by routine technical rule the compensation rates applicable to all customers participating in net energy billing with distributed generation resources owned by nonresident program owners. 6. It requires a transmission and distribution utility, if a customer with a shared financial interest in the resource terminates the customer's participation in the net energy billing arrangement, to replace that customer by enrolling a customer receiving low-income assistance under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3214, subsection 2 who is located in the same transmission and distribution utility service territory as the terminated customer. 7. Starting January 1, 2026, it establishes that the tariff rate set by the commission by rule for a customer participating in the tariff rate net energy billing program with a distributed generation resource not owned by a nonresident program owner must equal 9.5¢ and increase by 2.25% on January 1st of each subsequent year. If the tariff rate established would cause a project that has reached commercial operation by January 1, 2026 to no longer be financially viable, the owner of a distributed generation resource may petition the commission for an adjustment to the tariff rate. In Committee
LD1949 An Act Regarding Energy Fairness Part A of the bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules prohibiting the disconnection of utility services of a residential customer for nonpayment if the residential customer is enrolled in, has begun the process to enroll in or has been denied enrollment in an assistance program administered by the Public Utilities Commission or another state agency and the customer attests to the utility that the customer or a member of the customer's household is 65 years of age or older, is incapacitated or dependent or has been certified within the last 12 months as having a medical condition or disability by a medical professional or government authority. It also prohibits disconnections if a member of the customer's household has not attained 12 months of age. The commission is required to adopt a process by which a public utility may petition the commission to proceed with a disconnection of a residential customer's service that would otherwise be prohibited. Part A also prohibits a competitive electricity provider from entering into an agreement to provide service to or renew a contract for generation service for a residential consumer that, in the 12-month period prior to entering into the agreement or renewing a contract, has received low-income assistance unless the commission finds that the consumer would receive a lower rate by enrolling in or renewing the contract when compared to the standard-offer service available to that consumer. Part B prohibits certain expenses from being included in a public utility's rates, including fines and penalties, costs associated with travel, lodging and food for officers and members of a public utility's or affiliated interest's board of directors, expenditures for investor relations and certain costs associated with the attendance at, participation in, preparation for or appeal of any contested rate case proceeding conducted before the commission. If a public utility includes any prohibited expenses in rates, it is subject to administrative penalties and the commission may direct the utility to use a portion of the administrative penalties owed for the payment of a rebate to the public utility's customers. In addition to an administrative penalty, the commission is required to order the public utility to issue a refund to the public utility's customers, including interest. Part C requires the commission to adopt rules to require public utilities with over 50,000 customers to file a quarterly docket with the commission containing data from the previous quarter applicable to residential and nonresidential customers. The rules must require that the filing data include information regarding customer overdue accounts, disconnections, reconnections, deposits and payment plans. Part C also requires the commission, within existing resources, to conduct a proceeding at least once every 5 years to review administrative charges collected by a public utility with over 50,000 customers during the preceding 5-year period to ensure that such administrative charges are in compliance with applicable law. Part C also requires that if an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility includes on a customer's bill a public policy charge, the utility must include an accurate and comprehensive description of the costs and benefits of the components of public policy charges, including, but not limited to, energy efficiency programs, renewable energy programs and low-income energy assistance programs. Part D amends the definition of "assisted project" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1304, subsection 1-A to lower the size threshold of a project to which the definition applies. It requires that certain percentages of total labor hours of the construction, alteration or repair of a generation facility are performed by qualified apprentices. Part D also requires the Public Utilities Commission, in executing its duties, powers and regulatory functions under Title 35-A, while ensuring system reliability and resource adequacy, to consider and incorporate environmental justice principles. It requires the commission, on or before April 1, 2026 and within existing resources, to establish a community engagement plan. Crossed Over
LD1943 Resolve, to Establish a Commission to Study the Role of Private Equity in Maine's Economy and in Key Economic Sectors This resolve establishes the Commission to Study Private Equity Firms to conduct a comprehensive study of the role of private equity firms in the State's economy, with a focus on transparency, investment practices and private equity's effects on key sectors such as energy, health care, housing and nursing homes. The commission must issue a report with its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services no later than December 3, 2025, which may include legislative proposals to address the effects of private equity firms on the State's economy and on key economic sectors, such as energy, health care, housing and nursing homes. Passed
LD1848 An Act to Implement Recommendations for Improved Dam Safety This bill is designed to implement the following recommendations for the improvement of dam safety in the State as identified in the report required pursuant to Resolve 2021, chapter 176 and submitted to the 131st Legislature in February 2024. 1. It amends the Natural Resources Protection Act to require that, if a proposed activity subject to that Act involves the construction or reconstruction of a nonhydropower dam, prior to granting a permit, the Department of Environmental Protection shall notify the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management regarding the application. The director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency is required to provide the department with an assessment of the design and construction or reconstruction of the proposed dam and any recommendations regarding terms or conditions necessary to minimize the risk of dam failure and to protect public safety and property downstream from the dam that may result from the failure or operation of the dam. For maintenance and repair activities on an existing dam for which a permit is not required under that Act, the bill provides that a long-term maintenance and repair plan for the dam, which is required to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection prior to the commencement of any maintenance or repair activities, must also be submitted to the Maine Emergency Management Agency. 2. It modifies the duties of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management under the State's dam safety program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, chapter 24, by providing for coordination with the Department of Environmental Protection in its administration of the program, clarifying the policies and procedures to be adopted for the administration and enforcement of the program, requiring the development and implementation of a comprehensive database management system, specifying staffing responsibilities, providing for stakeholder engagement and imposing an annual legislative reporting requirement. 3. It clarifies that, for the purposes of the dam safety program under Title 37-B, chapter 24, a state dam inspector appointed or hired by the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management is the legal representative of the commissioner. 4. It requires the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to evaluate the downstream hazard potential of each dam to determine the potential risk to public safety and property downstream from the dam that may result from the failure or operation of the dam. 5. It requires the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to adopt by rule policies and guidelines for owners of dams assigned a high hazard potential to conduct potential failure mode analyses of dams, based on the potential failure mode process developed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 6. It requires inspection by a state dam inspector of all significant hazard potential dams and all high hazard potential dams at least once every 5 years. 7. It authorizes the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to adopt major substantive rules establishing a schedule for the required payment of monetary penalties by a dam owner, lessee or other person in control of a dam that fails to implement remedial measures directed in a dam safety order issued by the commissioner. 8. It requires the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to establish by rule requirements and procedures for periodic comprehensive review and inspection of all high hazard potential dams at least once every 12 years, to be conducted by and at the expense of the owner of the dam. 9. It requires an owner, lessee or person in control of a dam to provide to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management a copy of any engineering study, inspection, comprehensive review or report regarding the dam that was commissioned or otherwise facilitated by the owner, lessee or person. 10. It repeals and replaces the law regarding dam emergency action plans to provide that, prior to the construction or reconstruction of any dam, the owner must prepare an emergency action plan for the dam and submit the plan to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management for review. The department is also required to establish guidelines and procedures for the testing of emergency action plans for high hazard potential and significant hazard potential dams. 11. It directs the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to take all necessary steps to ensure that, within 6 months of the effective date of this legislation, it has appointed or hired in a permanent capacity one or more state dam inspectors. To attract qualified candidates for the state dam inspector position, the department is authorized to offer a salary package for that position that is competitive and aligns with pay standards for professional engineers in the State. 12. It directs the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, as soon as practicable, to identify all dams in the State that are under its jurisdiction and are not in compliance with applicable dam safety standards and, in accordance with the compliance and enforcement policies and procedures adopted under the dam safety program, take all actions necessary to ensure that those dams achieve compliance, prioritizing its actions based on the hazard potential of each identified dam as assigned pursuant to law. 13. It requires the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to assess staffing and operational needs for the administration and enforcement of the dam safety program. By January 1, 2026, the department must submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety a report identifying the funding amounts necessary to ensure the effective administration and enforcement of the dam safety program. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out related legislation. Passed
LD857 An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1078 An Act to Support Maine's Public Health Objectives by Increasing Access to Hypodermic Apparatus Exchange Programs An Act to Support Maine's Public Health Objectives by Increasing Access to Hypodermic Apparatus Exchange Programs Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD861 An Act to Prohibit the Public Advocate and a Commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission from Certain Employment Activities Following Service An Act to Prohibit the Public Advocate and a Commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission from Certain Employment Activities Following Service Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD841 Resolve, to Study the Delivery of Emergency Medical Services to and Ferry Service Effects on Unbridged Island Communities in the State Resolve, to Study the Delivery of Emergency Medical Services to and Ferry Service Effects on Unbridged Island Communities in the State Passed
LD670 An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1751 An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1963 An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers This bill increases protections for public utility whistleblowers and allows the Public Utilities Commission to provide financial compensation for information leading to an administrative penalty or savings to utility customers. It requires that public utilities, competitive electricity providers and their affiliated interests and contractors provide training to all employees at least once every 2 years on the rights and responsibilities of whistleblowers. It provides that the Public Utilities Commission may investigate a whistleblower report while protecting the whistleblower's anonymity. The bill does not permit penalty, rate reduction or the disallowance of cost recovery against a utility based on an anonymous report. Dead
LD529 An Act to Establish the Alamoosook Lake Watershed Management District An Act to Establish the Alamoosook Lake Watershed Management District Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the current owner of the dam on Alamoosook Lake has petitioned the Department of Environmental Protection for release from ownership of that dam and all property rights necessary to maintain and operate that dam under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6; and Whereas, pursuant to Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6, a dam owner petitioning for release from ownership is required to consult with the persons listed in Title 38, section 902, subsection 3 to determine if any of those persons wish to assume ownership of the dam; and Whereas, the municipalities in which a dam is located are included in the mandatory consultation procedure under Title 38, section 902, and the consultation period for a municipality is significantly time-limited to 180 days after the date a petition for release from dam ownership is filed by the dam owner, with the opportunity for one extension of 180 days following that initial period; and Whereas, the watershed management district established in this legislation is designed to assume ownership of the dam on Alamoosook Lake and to subsequently maintain and operate that dam, including coordinating water level management, on Alamoosook Lake; and Whereas, the watershed management district must therefore be established prior to the expiration of the statutory period in Title 38, section 902 to effectuate and implement the municipal consultation procedure; 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
LD531 An Act to Establish the Toddy Pond Watershed Management District An Act to Establish the Toddy Pond Watershed Management District Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the current owner of the dam on Toddy Pond has petitioned the Department of Environmental Protection for release from ownership of that dam and all property rights necessary to maintain and operate that dam under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6; and Whereas, pursuant to Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6, a dam owner petitioning for release from ownership is required to consult with the persons listed in Title 38, section 902, subsection 3 to determine if any of those persons wish to assume ownership of the dam; and Whereas, the municipalities in which a dam is located are included in the mandatory consultation procedure under Title 38, section 902, and the consultation period for a municipality is significantly time-limited to 180 days after the date a petition for release from dam ownership is filed by the dam owner, with the opportunity for one extension of 180 days following that initial period; and Whereas, the watershed management district established in this legislation is designed to assume ownership of the dam on Toddy Pond and to subsequently maintain and operate that dam, including coordinating water level management, on Toddy Pond; and Whereas, the watershed management district must therefore be established prior to the expiration of the statutory period in Title 38, section 902 to effectuate and implement the municipal consultation procedure; 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
LD913 An Act to Amend the Law Regulating the Resale of Tickets An Act to Amend the Law Regulating the Resale of Tickets Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD810 An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1736 An Act to Increase the Supply of Child Care Services Through the Use of Contracts An Act to Increase the Supply of Child Care Services Through the Use of Contracts Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1793 An Act to Amend Eligibility Criteria Under the Maine Solid Waste Diversion Grant Program An Act to Amend Eligibility Criteria Under the Maine Solid Waste Diversion Grant Program Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1672 An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act to provide that a cannabis establishment licensee may voluntarily elect, but is not required, to use the tracking system for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products implemented and administered by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy. The office is directed to adopt major substantive rules regarding minimum inventory control system and other requirements that must be satisfied by a licensee that does not voluntarily elect to use that tracking system implemented and administered by the office. The bill also prohibits the office from renewing, extending, negotiating or entering into any contract or other agreement with a 3rd-party entity for the administration of, or otherwise relating to, the tracking system for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products. The office is directed to, as expeditiously as possible, take all reasonable steps to cancel or terminate any such existing contracts or agreements with 3rd-party entities, subject to the terms, conditions and other limitations of those contracts or agreements. By June 30, 2026, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services is required to transfer to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Bureau of Veterans' Services, Maine Veterans' Homes Stabilization Fund, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, section 613, all funds in its possession allocated or otherwise dedicated to the administration of, or otherwise relating to, the tracking system for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products. Dead
LD879 An Act to Increase Maximum Small Claim Limits for Home Construction Contracts This bill amends the laws governing the limit on small claims to provide that for a right of action related to a home construction contract, a debt or damage not exceeding $25,000, exclusive of interest and costs, is a small claim. Dead
LD1232 An Act to Require Radon Testing for Certain Commercial and Residential Construction This bill requires a radon permit for new commercial and residential construction and for improvements or alterations to a commercial structure requiring a building permit. A person registered by the Department of Health and Human Services to test radon must apply for the permit and conduct testing, and if it is determined that radon mitigation measures are required, the person designing and installing the radon mitigation measures must be registered by the department. Residential construction in a municipality without a building code or performed by a homeowner acting as a general contractor and who performs more than 50% of the framing and finishing of the structure are exempt from the permit requirements. Penalties for violations are $1,000 for commercial construction and $500 for residential construction. Dead
LD1231 An Act to Require Legislative Approval of Proposed Permanent Changes to the Overnight Docking of State Ferries on Islands An Act to Require Legislative Approval of Proposed Permanent Changes to the Overnight Docking of State Ferries on Islands Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1133 An Act to Allow Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by Condominium and Residential Associations An Act to Allow Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by Condominium and Residential Associations Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1027 An Act to Strengthen the Law Regarding Relief for Improvident Transfers of Title An Act to Strengthen the Law Regarding Relief for Improvident Transfers of Title Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1726 An Act to Enhance the Coordination and Effectiveness of Integrated Distribution Grid Planning An Act to Enhance the Coordination and Effectiveness of Integrated Distribution Grid Planning Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1676 Resolve, to Study Ways to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Rural Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through Access to Health Insurance This resolve requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to convene a commission to study ways to improve recruitment and retention of rural emergency medical services personnel through access to health insurance. By December 3, 2025, the commissioner must submit a report related to the study to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and the joint standing committee may report out a bill related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. Dead
LD1700 An Act to Create a Direct Investment Pilot Project Under the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator An Act to Create a Direct Investment Pilot Project Under the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD447 An Act to Amend the Law Governing Ferry Service to Matinicus Isle An Act to Amend the Law Governing Ferry Service to Matinicus Isle Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD356 Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Prohibit the Use of Rodenticides in Outdoor Residential Settings Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Prohibit the Use of Rodenticides in Outdoor Residential Settings | Passed
LD1257 An Act to Ban the Sale of Cell-cultured Meat This bill requires that a label be placed on a food or food product offered for sale in the State derived from aquaculture, livestock or poultry that is genetically engineered. Dead
LD1445 An Act to Prevent Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults An Act to Prevent Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1341 Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources to Evaluate How to Effectively Allow 2 Licensed Individuals to Fish for Lobsters or Scallops from a Single Vessel Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources to Evaluate How to Effectively Allow 2 Licensed Individuals to Fish for Lobsters or Scallops from a Single Vessel | Passed
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. Dead
LD1466 An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to exempt a school from making up missed instructional days in cases when the school is located in a section of the State for which a state of emergency has been declared by the Governor and the school was in fact unable to operate due to circumstances or conditions related to the reason for the emergency proclamation. The bill requires the Department of Education to update its rules and requires that the rules clarify that a school requesting the exemption may not be required to submit a waiver application. Dead
LD1342 An Act Regarding Vehicle Inspection and Registration This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to allow a person who registers a motor vehicle that subsequently fails a state inspection to receive a prorated refund of registration fees and excise taxes, within 90 days, or apply the remaining value as a credit toward the registration of another vehicle. Dead
LD741 An Act to Increase Preparedness for Solar Power Adoption in Maine This bill requires the Technical Building Codes and Standards Board to ensure that the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code includes standards for the construction of new commercial buildings contained in Appendix CB of the 2021 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code published by the International Code Council. It requires the board to define "new commercial buildings" to exclude buildings that have received all necessary permits and approvals before July 1, 2026 and any buildings that receive funding from the Maine State Housing Authority. Dead
LD726 An Act to Protect Municipalities' Investment in Law Enforcement Officers Current law requires that when a governmental entity hires a full-time law enforcement officer within 5 years of the officer's graduation from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy or the Indian police academy at the federal law enforcement training center, and that officer's training had been paid for by the officer's original governmental entity, the hiring governmental entity must pay the original governmental entity a designated portion of the officer's training costs. This bill increases the amount of those payments. Dead
LD16 An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine This bill reduces Prosecutorial District Number 7 to Hancock County and creates Prosecutorial District Number 9 for Washington County. Dead
LD1628 An Act to Allow Municipalities to Regulate Exterior Lights This bill allows municipalities to adopt ordinances to regulate exterior lights to prevent the brilliance or positioning of the exterior lights from causing undue annoyance or otherwise adversely affecting the health or safety of a member of the public or enjoyment or use of another property, including requiring the exterior light to be positioned to shine downward or be equipped with a shield to narrow the beam of light projected by the exterior light. Dead
LD1674 An Act to Require Insurers to Address Climate Risk in Their Business Activities This bill establishes the Insuring Our Communities Act, which requires insurers to address climate risk in their business activities. Dead
LD1958 An Act to Ensure Due Process for Recipients of No Trespass Orders on Certain State Properties This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. The bill would ensure due process for a recipient of a no trespass order from a State Government entity that prohibits the recipient of the order from accessing certain state properties. 1. The legislation is limited to state properties where the public accesses state services and where the public has a reasonable expectation of entry. 2. The no trespass order must include a reason for the order that is available to the recipient of the order upon request of the recipient of the order. 3. The allowable reasons to serve such a no trespass order are harassment of the State Government entity as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 4651, subsection 2 or a refusal to leave the state property upon request 3 or more times in a one- month period. 4. The recipient of the no trespass order may contest the order within 14 days of the receipt of the order. 5. The court must set a date for return within 7 days of the recipient's contesting the order. 6. In a court proceeding on the issuance of such a no trespass order, the court must use the procedure as described for the issuance of a protection from abuse order under Title 19-A, chapter 103 and ensure that a defendant in a proceeding on the issuance of a no trespass order receives the same due process protections as a defendant in a proceeding on the issuance of a protection from abuse order. Dead
LD1314 An Act to Protect Cannabis Industry Workers' Access to Personal Credit This bill prohibits a creditor from denying, refusing to extend credit for or cancelling a credit card solely on the basis that a person is an owner, operator or employee of a cannabis establishment or is a registered caregiver under the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act, except when prohibited by federal law and regulation. Dead
LD160 An Act to Eliminate REAL ID Requirements in Maine This bill repeals the law that permits the Secretary of State, upon request of an applicant, to issue a driver's license or a nondriver identification card that meets the standards of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13. The bill also repeals provisions of law that concern fees for REAL ID licenses and identification cards. Dead
LD1914 An Act to Address Housing Density Requirements in Sole Source Aquifer Island and Peninsular Communities This bill establishes an exemption from the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, sections 4364 to 4364-C for municipalities that are located wholly or partially on an island or peninsula and rely on a primary drinking water supply derived from a sole source aquifer. The bill provides that such a municipality is exempt from these provisions until a licensed geologist has analyzed the groundwater and septic capacity within the municipality or a particular area within the municipality and determined that it can support an increase in housing density. If the licensed geologist determines in the geologist's evaluation report that the area can support an increase in housing, the municipality is required to comply with the provisions of Title 30-A, sections 4364 to 4364-C, to the extent that the licensed geologist determines the area can support the increase. If the geologist's evaluation report indicates the area cannot support an increase in housing density, the municipality is exempt from Title 30-A, sections 4364 to 4364-C. The Department of Economic and Community Development and the Department of Environmental Protection are directed to adopt rules to implement this legislation. The Department of Environmental Protection has rule-making authority limited to establishing criteria by which municipalities may select a licensed geologist and other rules necessary to perform the geological evaluation required under this legislation. Dead
LD1080 An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities from Requiring Deposits Based Solely on a Residential Customer's Income An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities from Requiring Deposits Based Solely on a Residential Customer's Income Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD895 An Act to Support Immersive Outdoor Education by Establishing the Outdoor School for All Maine Students Program An Act to Support Immersive Outdoor Education by Establishing the Outdoor School for All Maine Students Program 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 establishes an immersive outdoor education program that provides interdisciplinary and experiential education in an outdoor setting, and this legislation creates equitable opportunities for students across this State to have outdoor experiences; and Whereas, many children in this State lack opportunities to enjoy and learn about the outdoors because of home circumstances, lack of access or transportation or a deficiency of suitable school or community-based programs; and Whereas, the Outdoor School for All Maine Students Program will prepare children in this State for future success, will build self-awareness and confidence and will be an opportunity to instill the importance of the State's natural resources industries by encouraging future generations of farmers, foresters, persons who fish commercially and others working outdoors or as stewards of the State's natural resources; and Whereas, the Outdoor School for All Maine Students Program will begin in school year 2025-2026; 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
SP0010 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING SEPARATE APPLICATIONS TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING ARTICLE V CONVENTIONS TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS ESTABLISHING TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND TERM LIMITS FOR JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING SEPARATE APPLICATIONS TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING ARTICLE V CONVENTIONS TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS ESTABLISHING TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND TERM LIMITS FOR JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT Dead
LD1680 An Act to Establish a Permanent Ferry Oversight Committee to Ensure Sustainable and Equitable Ferry Operations This bill establishes the Ferry Oversight Committee, which is an independent committee providing continuous oversight of ferry operations and serving as a legislative mechanism for ensuring accountability and transparency around key decisions that affect unbridged island communities. Dead
LD944 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Improve Representation and Simplify Legislative Redistricting This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to provide that the House of Representatives consists of an odd number of Representatives, not less than 151 nor more than 155. Dead
LD1116 An Act to Protect the Constitutional Rights of Petition Circulators This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to update certain laws to protect the constitutional rights of individuals who circulate petitions. Dead
LD1250 An Act to Provide That Portfolio Requirements for Renewable Electricity Resources Apply Only to Actual Retail Sales This bill requires that portfolio requirements for renewable resources apply only to actual retail electricity sales. Dead
LD1415 An Act to Expand Reporting Requirements for Legislators and Lobbyists This bill requires lobbyists and Legislators to report behested payments to the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. Under the bill, behested payments are payments made by a lobbyist or other person to an organization for a legislative, governmental or charitable purpose at the suggestion or solicitation of, or made in coordination with, a member of the Legislature. Dead
LD1808 An Act to Enact the Maine Climate Superfund Act This bill establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Protection. Under the program, an entity or a successor in interest to an entity that was engaged in the trade or business of extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2024 is assessed a cost recovery demand for the entity's share of fossil fuel extraction or refinement contributing to greenhouse gas-related costs in the State. An entity is assessed a cost recovery demand only if the department determines that the entity's products were responsible for more than one billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Cost recovery payments received by the department are deposited into the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Fund to provide funding for climate change adaptation projects in the State, which the department is directed to prioritize through the adoption of a resilience implementation strategy. Dead
SP0778 JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD1698 An Act Regarding Changes of Ownership of Dams This bill adds to the list of the types of information that a petitioner must include in a petition to the Department of Environmental Protection to initiate proceedings for release from dam ownership or water-level maintenance. It also requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to review the economic impact on surrounding communities, including private and municipal interests, in determining whether the best interest of the public requires that the department assume ownership of a dam. Dead
LD1678 An Act to Allocate Commercial Menhaden Fishing Licenses for Island Communities This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to allocate one commercial menhaden fishing license each for certain island communities to be issued to an applicant who is a resident of each community. The bill prohibits a license issued to a resident of an island community from being transferred to a resident of a community other than the community to which the commissioner allocated the license. The bill also allows the commissioner to reallocate a license that goes unissued for 3 consecutive years to another island community and directs the commissioner to work with the municipal officers of the island communities and relevant organizations within the communities to implement and administer the provisions of the bill. Dead
LD1679 An Act to Allocate Scallop Dragging Licenses for Island Communities This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to allocate one scallop dragging license each for certain island communities to be issued to an applicant who is a resident of each community. The bill prohibits a license issued to a resident of an island community from being transferred to a resident of a community other than the community to which the commissioner allocated the license. The bill also allows the commissioner to reallocate a license that goes unissued for 3 consecutive years to another island community and directs the commissioner to work with the municipal officers of the island communities and relevant organizations within the communities to implement and administer the provisions of the bill. Dead
LD279 An Act to Address the Shortage of Direct Care Workers for Children with Disabilities in Maine This bill allows for the reimbursement of a parent providing in-home personal care services to the parent's child by allowing the parent to register as a personal care agency if the parent has made reasonable but unsuccessful efforts to obtain regular in-home personal care services and has passed a background check. The child must be eligible for the MaineCare program. An individual who is not a parent of the child must be designated as the employer and must be approved as the employer by both the parent and the Department of Health and Human Services. The department is required to request the necessary state plan amendments or waivers from the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and adopt routine technical rules within 6 months of federal approval. Dead
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
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
LD1670 An Act to Establish the Maine Public Employees Retirement System Home Repair and Energy Upgrade Loan Program and Fund This bill creates the Maine Public Employees Retirement System Home Repair and Energy Upgrade Program to provide low-interest loans to retirement system members and retired retirement system pension holders for residential energy efficiency improvements and home repairs. The Maine Public Employees Retirement System Home Repair and Energy Upgrade Loan Program is supported by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System Home Repair and Energy Upgrade Loan Fund, which is funded by allocations from Maine Public Employees Retirement System investment holdings in fossil fuel companies. Dead
LD465 An Act to Update Waste Discharge License Fees An Act to Update Waste Discharge License Fees Signed/Enacted/Adopted
LD763 An Act to Improve Long-term Care by Providing Funding for Nursing Facilities This bill provides one-time funding of $50,000,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services, Nursing Facilities program, Nursing Facility Reform Transition Fund Other Special Revenue Funds account to fund components of nursing facility rates. Dead
LD1345 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Timely Provide Interim Settlement Payments to Long-term Care Facilities This resolve: 1. Reinforces, by providing specific deadlines, requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 121, subsection 1 to reimburse nursing facility interim settlement amounts; 2. Clarifies that the 75% reimbursement of as-filed settlements to nursing facilities within 90 days of the receipt of facility cost reports also applies to private nonmedical institutions, including previously filed cost reports awaiting payment; and 3. Requires the department to amend its rules to conform to this resolve. Dead
LD1489 Resolve, to Provide Stability to Long-term Care Facility Funding This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide a cost-of- living adjustment for residential care facilities and apply that adjustment retroactively to January 1, 2025. The bill also requires the department to conduct a rate study and determine rates for residential care facility services no later than January 1, 2026. Dead
LD1280 Resolve, to Create Pilot Programs to Provide Tuition Assistance and Grants for Rural Child Care Providers This bill directs the Department of Education to develop, by July 1, 2026, a pilot program to provide tuition assistance to students pursuing a degree in early childhood education or a related field. In developing the program, the department must provide that students awarded assistance must be ineligible for free community college enrollment, must reside in a county with a population under 100,000 and must also apply for federal financial aid. This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to develop, by July 1, 2026, a pilot program to provide grants to child care providers licensed under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 8301-A, subsection 2 and family child care providers licensed under Title 22, section 8301-A, subsection 3 and located in counties with populations under 100,000 to open or expand child care programs. This bill also includes a one-time appropriation of $600,000 to implement these pilot programs. Dead
LD951 An Act to Require Disclosure of Campaign Funding Sources This bill requires certain party committees, political action committees and ballot question committees to notify and seek consent from a contributor in writing that the contribution may be used to make expenditures to influence a political campaign in this State. The bill requires the committee to report to the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices information about the identity of certain contributors and 3rd parties and the amount of the contribution used to make expenditures to influence a political campaign in this State. The bill contains other requirements regarding the source of contributions, required reporting relating to the top 3 funders and penalties for violations. Dead
LD735 An Act to Protect Sand Dunes on Sears Island and to Establish Criteria for Legislation Regarding Land Development This bill repeals the provisions in law that authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and potentially grant a permit under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 480-D for construction of an offshore wind terminal on Sears Island in the Town of Searsport to be located on or that will otherwise impact a coastal sand dune system on the island. The bill also repeals the provisions in law that direct the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, to take all reasonable steps to ensure the conservation and protection of a parcel of land in the northwest portion of Sears Island that is approximately 10 acres in size and that includes a coastal sand dune system that is approximately 1 1/2 acres in size. The bill also requires that any legislation proposing to enact a measure regarding the development of land that is in conflict with United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations may be sponsored only by a member of the House of Representatives or Senate who represents the affected district and may be enacted only with a 2/3 vote of the Legislature. The bill also prohibits the State from authorizing any land development on Sears Island without first establishing an indigenous lands protection committee and obtaining from that committee a certification that any area to be developed does not contain a site sacred to indigenous people in Maine. Dead
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
LD466 An Act to Extend the Law Governing Electric Power and Service Residential Rates for Military Veterans' Organizations An Act to Extend the Law Governing Electric Power and Service Residential Rates for Military Veterans' Organizations Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the end of the 90-day period to ensure the law governing electric power and service residential rates for military veterans' organizations remains effective; 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
LD226 An Act to Protect the Cultural Resources and Historical Heritage of Sears Island in Searsport by Extending Conservation Easement Protections This bill directs the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, to extend the current conservation easement to cover all lands on Sears Island that are not managed under a permanent buffer conservation easement between the State and the trust. Dead
LD923 An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on the Interstate Highway System This bill removes the location and enrollment requirements that a college or university must meet to appear on a supplemental guide sign on the interstate highway system. Dead
LD1073 An Act to Amend Provisions of the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act to Advance Health Equity and Improve the Well-being of Vulnerable Populations This bill provides a number of amendments to the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act, including the following. 1. In addition to other requirements provided under current law, the bill requires an applicant for a mining permit to: A. Submit a human health impact assessment for the proposed mining operation that identifies all potential emissions and effects from the mining operation in a proposed mining area and affected area that can reasonably be expected to cause or threaten harm to human health and to particularly vulnerable populations. The assessment must include a baseline health data evaluation for the population surrounding the mining operation; B. Demonstrate specific plans to provide for and fund the perpetual treatment and monitoring of mine waste and tailings in the event that the applicant fails to satisfy applicable mine waste or tailings management requirements, applicable closure and post-closure monitoring requirements or other applicable requirements resulting in the need for perpetual treatment of mine waste or tailings following closure; C. Demonstrate specific plans to address natural events that may affect mining operations and for the implementation of climate adaptation measures as specified by rule; and D. Demonstrate specific plans for ensuring that the mining operation will use clean energy measures and technologies to the greatest extent practicable. 2. In addition to other restrictions provided under current law, the bill prohibits the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a mining permit for a mining operation that: A. Will involve or result in the release of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances into the air, soil, groundwater or surface water within any mining area or affected area; B. Will involve the use of explosives or other blasting materials that contain perchlorate; or C. Does not meet all applicable setback requirements specified in rule, which must include, but are not limited to, minimum setbacks from schools, day care facilities, residences, hospitals, national and state parks, elder care facilities, community gardens, churches, locations considered sacred by federally recognized Indian tribes, nations or bands in the State, water bodies and wildlife refuges. 3. In addition to other requirements provided under current law, the bill requires a mining permittee to: A. Comply with applicable air quality standards and requirements through direct measurement of emissions and not by estimating emissions concentrations; to conduct air emissions monitoring for the pollutants described in the State's ambient air quality standards laws and for other hazardous air pollutants specified in rule; to install and operate fenceline monitoring equipment for air emissions from any stack, flue, chimney, vent or other potential source of air pollution within a mining area; and to ensure the monitoring and measurement of fugitive emissions to the air within a mining area; and B. Provide proof of and maintain comprehensive general liability insurance for the mining operation for the same duration as financial assurance is required by law, which must provide sufficient coverage to address potential harm to members of the public located adjacent to or in proximity to mining areas or affected areas. 4. The bill amends the provisions of the mining law regarding imminent endangerment to provide the department with authority to take action necessary to prevent an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or safety, environment or natural resources that a mining operation has the potential to cause or result in, regardless of whether a violation exists. 5. The bill amends certain definitions within the mining law and makes other associated changes to the mining law to provide for the regulation of smelting or refining activities and facilities that are part of the mining operation. If a mining operation involves on-site smelting or refining activities or facilities, if mine waste or other materials resulting from those activities is removed for off-site storage or disposal, the permittee must conduct post-closure groundwater monitoring at any location where the mine waste or other materials are stored or disposed. 6. The bill amends permittee notification requirements to require the provision of information to communities surrounding a mining operation regarding air emissions and other fugitive emissions, material safety data for all chemicals and substances used in the mining operation and the results of studies or modeling regarding the mining operation. At the request of a surrounding community that receives such information, the permittee must attend a public meeting to provide additional information. Dead
LD1038 An Act to Increase the Maximum Term of a Medical Cannabis Written Certification to 2 Years This bill changes the maximum term for a medical cannabis written certification from up to one year as determined by a qualifying patient's medical provider to 2 years. Dead
LD1035 Resolve, to Study the Safe Disposal of Single-use Propane Canisters This resolve directs the Department of Environmental Protection to study the current infrastructure for the disposal of single-use propane canisters and make recommendations regarding improvements to allow residents of the State to safely dispose of used canisters and directs the department to perform research on the viability of implementing a statewide ban on propane canisters that are not manufactured to be refillable. The department is directed to submit a report by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, which may report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. Dead
LD409 An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Licensed Massage Therapists Across State Lines This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would adopt the Interstate Massage Compact, the text of which may be found here: https://legislature.maine.gov/doc/11383 . Dead
LD237 An Act to Increase the Percentage of Funds Provided to Municipalities Through State-Municipal Revenue Sharing This bill increases the percentage of funds provided to municipalities through state- municipal revenue sharing to 5.5% beginning January 1, 2026 and to 6% beginning January 1, 2027. Dead
SP0173 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPLICATION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT ADDRESSING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPLICATION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT ADDRESSING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM Dead
LD118 An Act to Allow Candidates for Sheriff and District Attorney to Participate in the Maine Clean Election Act This bill allows candidates for the office of sheriff and for the office of district attorney to participate in the Maine Clean Election Act beginning with the 2028 election cycle. Dead
LD207 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Qualifying Contributions of Cash Under the Maine Clean Election Act This bill eliminates the requirement that contributors making qualifying contributions in the form of cash to a participating candidate in the Maine Clean Election Act sign a form affirming that the contributor made the contribution with personal funds. Dead
LD1223 An Act to Lower Electric Rates for Maine Ratepayers by Requiring the Payment of Certain Costs from the General Fund This bill does the following. 1. It prohibits the recovery in rates of costs incurred by a transmission and distribution utility that are attributable to net energy billing and provides that such costs must be paid from the General Fund. The bill directs the Public Utilities Commission to adopt routine technical rules to identify the types of costs that are attributable to net energy billing. 2. It provides that costs incurred by a transmission and distribution utility for the purchase or contracting required by the commission for energy, renewable energy credits, energy storage systems and transmission infrastructure must be paid from the General Fund. 3. It prohibits an electricity customer in the State who is a participant in an assistance program from purchasing generation service from a competitive electricity provider and requires that the customer be enrolled in standard-offer service. 4. It requires the commission to require a standard-offer service provider to implement time-of-use rates for residential and small commercial customers in the service area of a transmission and distribution utility if the utility has the necessary electric billing and metering services to accommodate time-of-use rates. It also requires the commission to require a transmission and distribution utility that has selected one or more standard-offer service providers to establish electric billing and metering services necessary to accommodate time-of-use rates. 5. It provides that certain costs associated with low-income assistance provided by the commission and an arrearage management program established by a transmission and distribution utility may not be paid by an assessment on the utilities or by electricity customers and instead must be paid from the General Fund. 6. It excepts electricity consumed by residential and small commercial customers from the definition of "tangible personal property" that is subject to sales tax. 7. It limits the applicability of a property tax exemption for solar energy equipment to those that have been approved by the municipality in which the solar energy equipment is located. Introduced
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
LD143 An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services Enactment RC #651 06/25/2025 Yea
LD143 An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services Recede And Concur RC #649 06/25/2025 Yea
LD143 An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #640 06/25/2025 Yea
LD166 An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies Enactment RC #650 06/25/2025 Nay
LD182 An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #656 06/25/2025 Nay
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Reconsider RC #647 06/25/2025 Nay
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Enactment RC #646 06/25/2025 Nay
LD549 An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #653 06/25/2025 Nay
LD588 An Act to Enact the Agricultural Employees Concerted Activity Protection Act Veto Override (2/3) RC #642 06/25/2025 Yea
LD698 An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine Enactment RC #652 06/25/2025 Yea
LD893 An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements Enactment RC #648 06/25/2025 Nay
LD1088 An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act Accept Report 'a' Ought Not To Pass RC #645 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1126 An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms Enactment RC #654 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1126 An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms Adopt Senate Amendment (sbs-468) To Committee Amendment RC #638 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1217 An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program Reconsider RC #659 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1217 An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program Commit RC #657 06/25/2025 Yea
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 Veto Override (2/3) RC #643 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1802 An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to Clarify When an Indigent Criminal Defendant Is Entitled to Counsel at State Expense Veto Override (2/3) RC #641 06/25/2025 Yea
LD1816 An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Conduct an Inventory of Existing Forensic Examination Kits in the Possession of Law Enforcement Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #655 06/25/2025 Nay
LD1968 An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement Enactment RC #658 06/25/2025 Yea
SP0799 Joint Order, to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs to Report Out 2 Bills to the Senate Passage RC #644 06/25/2025 Nay
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Enactment RC #635 06/18/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (scs-436) RC #631 06/18/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sbs-434) RC #630 06/18/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sas-433) RC #629 06/18/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Indefinitely Postpone RC #628 06/18/2025 Yea
LD210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #627 06/18/2025 Yea
LD442 An Act to Amend the Automotive Repair Statute Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #621 06/18/2025 Yea
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Recede And Concur RC #620 06/18/2025 Nay
LD532 An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings Recede And Concur RC #632 06/18/2025 Nay
LD746 An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #624 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1227 An Act to Repeal the Requirement That Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Equip Vehicles with a Standardized Data Access Platform Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #622 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1270 An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #626 06/18/2025 Nay
LD1394 An Act to Support Maine's Electric Vehicle Adoption Goals by Providing an Exclusion for Electric Vehicles from Certain Requirements of the Right to Repair Law Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #623 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1666 An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes Enactment RC #637 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1777 An Act to Reduce Costs and Increase Customer Protections for the State's Net Energy Billing Programs Adopt Senate Amendment (s-439) To Committee Amendment RC #633 06/18/2025 Yea
LD1940 An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws Accept Report 'c' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #625 06/18/2025 Nay
LD1971 An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities Enactment RC #634 06/18/2025 Yea
HP1338 JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH Adoption RC #636 06/18/2025 Yea
LD93 An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults Adopt Senate Amendment (s-426) To Committee Amendment RC #600 06/17/2025 Nay
LD93 An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #599 06/17/2025 Yea
LD252 An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Commit RC #608 06/17/2025 Nay
LD252 An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Recede And Concur RC #607 06/17/2025 Nay
LD532 An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings Indefinitely Postpone RC #619 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1077 An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #601 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1126 An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms Adopt Cah-660 RC #596 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1126 An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms Adopt Senate Amendment (s-403) To Committee Amendment RC #595 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1211 An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #613 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1189 An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #603 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1270 An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #616 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1228 An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #618 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1386 An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers Recede And Concur RC #609 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1386 An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #602 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1656 An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #604 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1667 Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #597 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1749 Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #617 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1849 An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #615 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1868 An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws Enactment RC #612 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1868 An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws Enactment RC #610 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1868 An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws Commit RC #598 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1873 An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter Recede RC #611 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1963 An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers Recede And Concur RC #614 06/17/2025 Nay
LD1971 An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #606 06/17/2025 Yea
LD1971 An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #605 06/17/2025 Yea
LD93 An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults Table Until Later RC #587 06/16/2025 Yea
LD184 Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #578 06/16/2025 Yea
LD233 An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School Recede And Concur RC #586 06/16/2025 Nay
LD233 An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #556 06/16/2025 Yea
LD244 Resolve, to Provide Safe, Short-term Housing to Individuals Recently Released from Correctional Facilities Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #564 06/16/2025 Yea
LD252 An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Reconsider RC #577 06/16/2025 Nay
LD252 An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #567 06/16/2025 Nay
LD297 An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill Enactment RC #571 06/16/2025 Nay
LD291 An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #588 06/16/2025 Nay
LD515 An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #590 06/16/2025 Yea
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Reconsider RC #576 06/16/2025 Nay
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Table Until Later RC #566 06/16/2025 Nay
LD556 An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #565 06/16/2025 Nay
LD670 An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #563 06/16/2025 Yea
LD738 An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #550 06/16/2025 Yea
LD868 An Act to Ensure Equity and Safety in Athletics, Restrooms, Changing Rooms and Housing at Elementary, Secondary and Postsecondary Schools Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #557 06/16/2025 Yea
LD953 An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code Indefinitely Postpone RC #569 06/16/2025 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 Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #593 06/16/2025 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 Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #592 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1107 An Act to Amend the Tax Expenditure Review Process and Centralize Incentive Data Collection Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #555 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1217 An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #583 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1164 An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming Reconsider RC #575 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1164 An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming Indefinitely Postpone RC #574 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1164 An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #573 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1164 An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming Reconsider RC #570 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1298 An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #572 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1337 An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act Regarding Female Athletes and Safety in Women's Single-sex Shelters Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #558 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1318 An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #559 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1488 An Act Regarding Cannabis Testing Adopt Cas-320 RC #568 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1498 An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development Accept Report RC #579 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1665 An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #584 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1672 An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #552 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1710 An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #589 06/16/2025 Nay
LD1748 An Act to Enhance Businesses' Understanding of Labor Standards and Grow Maine's Energy Economy Through Project Development Information Resources Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #549 06/16/2025 Yea
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 Enactment RC #553 06/16/2025 Yea
LD1743 An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings Recede And Concur RC #562 06/16/2025 Nay
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Maine Joint Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee 2
Detail Maine Joint Taxation Committee Chair 1
Detail Maine Senate Engrossed Bills Committee 2
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
ME Maine Senate District 07 Senate Democrat In Office 07/06/2022
ME Maine House District 132 House Democrat Out of Office 12/05/2018 03/11/2024