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Legislator > Jim Libby
State Senator
Jim Libby
(R) - Maine
Maine Senate District 22
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
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Capitol Office
Augusta, ME 04333-0003
Phone: 207-287-1505
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD787 | An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for and Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics | Current law requires that state funding for a student who applies to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics is available only if the student resided in Maine for at least 6 months prior to applying to the school. This bill instead requires that the student reside in Maine at the start of the academic year for which state funds are appropriated. This bill also provides ongoing funds to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics to support administrative operations and allow the administration to give financial support to in-state students who demonstrate a financial need related to paying room and board expenses. | Passed |
| LD1143 | An Act to Update Language on Setback Variances for Single-family Dwellings | An Act to Update Language on Setback Variances for Single-family Dwellings | Passed |
| LD1705 | An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding and Oversight | This bill establishes the Career Advancement and Navigation Program within the Department of Education in collaboration with the Maine Community College System. The program requires the department to employ one college and career success coordinator at each community college campus to provide students with academic support, advisory services and referrals to community services. The bill also requires the Department of Education to annually assess adult education needs in the State relative to funding appropriated by the Legislature and requires the department to annually submit a report to the Legislature detailing its assessment and recommendations. The bill also requires the department to submit to the Legislature a detailed written explanation for any funding for adult education that is not disbursed in accordance with the reimbursement procedures described in the laws governing adult education. The department is also required to adopt guidelines for the use of state funds for adult education programs and to convene a stakeholder group to provide input on statewide goals for adult education, funding priorities and statewide program improvements. The bill requires the Legislature to appropriate from the General Fund an amount equal to 100% of the state obligation for adult education funding in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8606-A, subsection 4. | Passed |
| LD1558 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Update Maine's Public Policy on Higher Education | This resolve establishes the Commission to Update Maine's Public Policy on Higher Education to review all related laws and rules addressing the State's public policy on higher education and make recommendations for potential legislative changes. The commission is directed to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later than December 3, 2025 with findings and recommendations, including suggested legislation. | Passed |
| LD1858 | An Act to Promote Local Seafood in Schools | This bill establishes the Local Seafood Fund to be used to match $1 for every $3 a school administrative unit pays for seafood purchased directly from a person who fishes commercially, a cooperative of persons who fish commercially, an aquaculture farmer, an aquaculture farmer's cooperative, a local food hub, a local food processor or a food service distributor in the State, to a maximum state contribution of $5,000 per school administrative unit in fiscal year 2025-26 and subsequent years or $5,500 per school administrative unit if funding is received and the school administrative unit sends a food service employee to a local seafood training program established and administered by the Department of Education pursuant to the bill. | Passed |
| LD1163 | Resolve, Directing the State Board of Education to Amend Its Educator Credentialing Rules to Create a Pathway for an Industrial Arts Endorsement | This bill creates a pathway for a teacher to obtain an endorsement on a teacher certificate for a component of industrial arts with experiential, laboratory-based instruction. For a teacher to be eligible for an endorsement, the teacher must have: completed an apprenticeship program; completed a 2-year degree or certificate from a technical institution; completed a minimum number of hours of paid applied employment or teaching in the component area for which the endorsement is sought; and completed a minimum number of hours of experience learning the trade or craft for which the endorsement is sought. | Passed |
| LD145 | An Act Pertaining to Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Durable Medical Equipment, Breast Pumps and Mobility-enhancing Equipment | This bill provides a sales and use tax exemption on the sale of durable medical equipment and breast pumps for home use and on the sale of mobility-enhancing equipment for use in a home or motor vehicle. The provisions in the bill apply to sales occurring on or after January 1, 2026. | Passed |
| LD1760 | An Act to Promote Public Education in Maine by Amending the Laws Governing Student Transfers | This bill amends the laws governing student school transfers by: 1. Consolidating the provisions regarding elementary school transfers and secondary school transfers into one section of law; 2. Requiring notification of accepted transfers to parents and guardians and the sending school administrative unit and amending decision review procedures; 3. Establishing requirements regarding school capacity for transfer students and requiring school administrative units to report to the Commissioner of Education annually the number of transfer applications, acceptances and denials and the reason for each denial; 4. Requiring that a school administrative unit's transfer policy not discriminate against any student on the basis of that student's residential address, ability, disability, race, ethnicity, sex or socioeconomic status; 5. Requiring school boards of 2 or more school administrative units that wish to allow the transfer of students among the participating units to adopt mutual policies that set forth procedures and standards governing the transfers and requiring members of an education service center to adopt a mutual policy allowing the transfer of students among the member school administrative units; and 6. Requiring the commissioner to adopt rules to ensure that homeless students have unrestricted access to free public education. | Dead |
| LD1887 | Resolve, To Improve Air Quality and Ventilation in Newly Constructed Schools | This resolve amends Resolve 2021, chapter 114, which required the Department of Education to amend its school construction and siting and basic approval standards rules to require standards governing air quality and ventilation for all public schools. Instead, this resolve requires the department to amend its rules to require those standards for only newly constructed public schools. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1612 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Solicit Proposals for the Utilization of Unused State-owned Railroad Lines | This resolve requires the Department of Transportation to develop and issue requests for proposals for each unused railroad line owned by the State no later than 180 days after the effective date of this resolve. The department must evaluate proposals based on criteria outlined in the requests for proposals, which may include financial feasibility and potential economic benefits to the State, consistency with environmental and community development objectives and a proposer's qualifications and ability to execute the proposed project. The department must allow proposals to include traditional rail services as well as innovative uses for recreational or commercial activities as long as they do not preclude the preservation of rights-of-way for future freight or passenger rail purposes in accordance with the State Railroad Preservation and Assistance Act. The department must submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters detailing the results of the request for proposals process within 90 days after the submission deadline. | Dead |
| LD1439 | An Act to Protect the Health and Welfare of Children in Public Schools by Requiring Parental Consent for Certain Tests, Analyses and Diagnoses | This bill prohibits school administrative units from conducting student evaluations that include testing of intellectual, emotional, behavioral, psychological or physical development or are for the purpose of diagnosing an intellectual, emotional, behavioral, psychological or physical condition without first obtaining parental consent. | Dead |
| LD38 | An Act Requiring Photographic Identification for Voting | This bill requires the presentation of proof of identity in the form of a photograph identification document when voting in person. Acceptable forms of photograph identification are a current and valid driver's license or nondriver identification card issued in this State, a United States passport, a military identification or a permit to carry a concealed handgun issued in this State if that permit includes a photograph. An identification issued by a college or university may not be accepted for voter identification. The bill also allows a person who does not possess a photograph identification document to request a free special voter photograph identification card from the Secretary of State. | Dead |
| LD10 | An Act to Add Political Affiliation as a Protected Class to the Maine Human Rights Act | This bill adds political affiliation as a protected class under the Maine Human Rights Act. It also corrects a repealed cross-reference with respect to protection orders. | Dead |
| LD375 | Resolve, Directing the University of Maine System to Study the Feasibility of Distance Learning Programs at the University of Maine School of Law | Resolve, Directing the University of Maine System to Study the Feasibility of Distance Learning Programs at the University of Maine School of Law | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| LD1588 | An Act to Ensure Transparency in Student Transfer Requests | This bill modifies the education laws governing student transfers to require greater transparency by school administrative units and the Commissioner of Education. The bill requires school administrative units to report information pertaining to requests by students to transfer either to or from that school administrative unit within the past year. The bill also requires the commissioner to make a de-identified version of that information available on the Department of Education's publicly accessible website, including information related to any transfer request reviewed by the commissioner. | Passed |
| LD1344 | An Act to Improve the Response Time to Tenant Mold Complaints | This bill requires that a complaint for nonsurface mold in a tenant-occupied dwelling unit be investigated within 90 days of the complaint. The bill requires that if the investigation finds an unhealthy level of nonsurface mold, remediation efforts must be initiated by the landlord within 5 business days of the investigation. The bill requires a local health officer to investigate a dwelling unit to determine if all surface mold has been remediated. Finally, the bill provides that a tenant may file a complaint under the implied warranty and covenant of habitability laws if the landlord fails to remediate the nonsurface mold within 60 days of the report. | Dead |
| LD1431 | An Act to Implement an Interstate Voter Registration Cross-check Program | This bill authorizes the Secretary of State to collaborate and cross-check voter registration data with other states to identify voters who may have moved out of the State and registered in another state. The bill also authorizes the Secretary of State to contract with a private sector data system provider to support a program for maintenance of voter registration. The bill also ensures that the personally identifying data and other information of the voters of the State are protected when exchanging data with other states and with a private sector data provider. | Dead |
| LD1011 | An Act to Change the Residency Requirements for State Funding for Student Tuition at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics | This bill changes the residency requirement for a student to receive free tuition at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics from the student being required to have resided in the State with a parent, other relative or guardian for a period of at least 6 months to the student's parent or guardian being required to be a resident of the State at the start of the school year for which tuition is to be paid. | Dead |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LD660 | An Act to Provide Transparency and Public Access to Public School Curricula | This bill requires school administrative units to adopt policies and procedures to ensure that the approved curriculum presented is implemented in the classroom without change, to post at least 3 years of data regarding certain student enrollment and performance, to maintain lists regarding participation in and development of professional development programs and to create an online portal that will act as the single source for all student information and data that can be accessed by 3rd-party contractors, including curriculum materials and information regarding speakers and guests. The bill requires the Department of Education to list and make available to the public all administrator, teacher and staff professional development and instructional programs offered to schools that are paid for with state funds and maintain a list of school boards that have approved a statewide program. The bill places restrictions on the choice of academic class offerings and curriculum materials and on-site professional development programs. Certain provisions of this bill are designed to satisfy federal law related to parental access to information and protection of pupil's rights. | Dead |
| LD358 | An Act to Increase Fees Paid to Registers of Deeds | This bill increases fees paid to a county register of deeds for certain services. It implements a flat fee of $45 for receiving, recording and indexing instruments that do not already have a specific fee set forth in statute and changes the fee for recording, indexing and preserving plans to $45. The bill also increases fees applicable to electronic or printed images and electronic abstracts from a county registry of deeds website and increases the surcharge a register of deeds may collect per document. It also increases the fees associated with downloads of 1,000 or more consecutive electronic images or abstracts from a county registry of deeds and prohibits the buyer from selling such images or abstracts to another person. The bill also repeals a $13 fee for requests for more than one previously recorded instrument. In current law, an annual report is required from the register of deeds for each county to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters on the amount of surcharge funds raised and expended and the use of those funds; the bill makes the report required only if requested by the committee. | Passed |
| LD369 | An Act to Grant or Extend Conditional Teaching Certificates Under Certain Circumstances | This bill allows the Commissioner of Education to grant an extension of a conditional teaching certificate in the case of extenuating circumstances. The request for an extension must be accompanied by supporting documentation of the circumstances. The bill also allows the commissioner to issue a conditional certificate to an individual who has been employed as a full-time professor at a college or university in the State for at least 5 years and prohibits the Commissioner of Public Safety from assessing a fee for fingerprinting such an applicant. | Dead |
| LD34 | An Act to Increase the Minimum Salary for Teachers | This bill incrementally increases minimum teacher salaries beginning in the 2026-2027 school year and provides limited supplemental funding to pay for those increases. | Passed |
| LD919 | An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools | This bill prohibits a public school, public charter school or private school approved for tuition purposes from administering to a student who is a minor a survey or questionnaire that asks or identifies the student's full name without affirmative written permission from the student's parent. | Dead |
| LD1389 | An Act to Create the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-school Time Program | This bill establishes the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-school Time Program within the Department of Health and Human Services as a competitive grant program to expand out-of-school programming opportunities for school-age youth by increasing or enhancing current programming, reducing barriers for access to out-of-school programming and creating new programming. It directs the department to issue by December 1, 2026 program grant awards to eligible community nonprofit organizations or libraries and monitor grantee performance and, no later than February 1, 2027 and annually thereafter, submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters summarizing the operation of the program for the immediately preceding fiscal year. The bill appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for the 2026-27 fiscal year to carry out the requirements of the program. | Passed |
| LD1881 | An Act to Ensure the Rights of Parents of Minor Children in Education | This bill provides that a parent is entitled to access all information regarding the school activities of the parent's minor child; review all information regarding mental, emotional and physical health care services available at the school the parent's minor child attends as well as teaching and instructional materials for the parent's minor child; receive a well- being questionnaire or health screening form before that questionnaire or form is administered to the minor child; access health care and educational records of the parent's minor child; and refuse the parent's minor child's participation in a noneducational or core assignment, activity or service or assignment of material and request an alternative assignment, activity or service or material. The bill prohibits the governing body of a school administrative unit from adopting procedures or student support forms that prohibit school administrative unit personnel from notifying a parent of a student about the student's mental, emotional or physical health or well-being or that encourage or have the effect of encouraging a student to withhold this information from the student's parent. It also prohibits school administrative unit personnel from discouraging or prohibiting parental notification of and involvement in critical decisions affecting a student's educational learning or mental, emotional or physical health or well-being. It provides an exception for a school administrative unit to adopt procedures that permit school administrative unit personnel to withhold information from a parent if a reasonably prudent person would believe that disclosure would result in child abuse or neglect or child abandonment. | Dead |
| LD1337 | An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act Regarding Female Athletes and Safety in Women's Single-sex Shelters | This bill exempts from the definition of "place of public accommodation" in the Maine Human Rights Act privately owned and operated facilities that provide emergency shelter to women or temporary residence for women who are in reasonable fear of their safety. The bill also amends the provisions in the Maine Human Rights Act governing unlawful educational discrimination to provide that they may not be construed to affect the rights of a female athlete under the federal laws known as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. | In Committee |
| LD142 | Resolve, Directing the Bureau of Financial Institutions to Issue Guidance Related to the Charging of Multiple Fees for Attempted Withdrawals Involving Insufficient Funds | Resolve, Directing the Bureau of Financial Institutions to Issue Guidance Related to the Charging of Multiple Fees for Attempted Withdrawals Involving Insufficient Funds | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD549 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits | This bill directs the Department of Public Safety to establish, operate and maintain a sexual assault forensic examination kit tracking system. The system must provide relevant information for victims, both those who choose to report to a law enforcement agency and those who choose not to report, and other approved users regarding the processing, custody, analysis and destruction of evidence. The department is required to submit an annual report beginning January 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and the Governor concerning information related to the status of sexual assault forensic examination kits reported in the tracking system. The bill provides requirements for the tracking system and requires the department to adopt routine technical rules, including rules regarding participation in the tracking system, confidentiality and the operation of the tracking system. The bill directs that, by June 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault forensic examination kits must complete an inventory of all kits in its possession and report its findings to the Department of Public Safety. The department must compile all agency reports and present findings of the inventory by January 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and at the same time post the report on the department’s publicly accessible website. Public Law 2023, chapter 236 changed a provision in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25 to require law enforcement agencies to store sexual assault forensic examination kits for 20 years. For consistency with that provision, this bill amends a provision in Title 24 to require law enforcement agencies to store sexual assault forensic examination kits for 20 years. The bill allows an alleged victim who has not reported an alleged offense to a law enforcement agency to request that a completed kit be transported to the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory to be processed by signing a consent form, and the results of the analysis must be kept anonymous. The bill requires that, beginning January 1, 2027, and every 5 years thereafter, all completed kits that identify an alleged victim and are being stored by a law enforcement agency must be transported to the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and be processed on a rolling basis, beginning with kits most recently stored. The bill also requires all forensic examination kits completed on or after January 1, 2027 to be transported to the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and be processed. | In Committee |
| LD1404 | Resolve, to Create a Working Group on the Status of School Libraries and on Public Libraries in Maine | This resolve directs the State Librarian to convene a working group on the status of school libraries and public libraries in the State. The working group is required to study: 1. Library services for specific segments of the Maine population; 2. The role that libraries play in emergency preparedness; cultural diversity and inclusion; public health and safety; community identity and resiliency; economic development; and 3. Access to public services and resources; and the current overall status of school and public libraries in the State, including information on partnerships, resources, facilities, technology and staffing. The State Librarian is required to submit a report of the working group's findings and recommendations by November 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs, which is authorized to report out legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 133rd Legislature. | Passed |
| LD696 | An Act to Bolster the Maine Teacher Residency Program | This bill provides one-time funds to support the Maine Teacher Residency Program at the University of Southern Maine. | Passed |
| LD692 | An Act to Increase Support for Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging | This bill provides additional ongoing funds to align state funding more closely with the statutory requirement to provide emergency broadcast messaging for public safety. | Passed |
| LD482 | An Act to Expand Educational Opportunities and Broaden Educational Services for Students Enrolled in Equivalent Instruction Programs | This bill modifies the provisions of law governing standards for participation in public school by students who are enrolled in equivalent instruction programs. Equivalent instruction programs include home instruction programs, private schools or other alternative arrangements approved by the Commissioner of Education. Current law provides different standards for participation in public school for students enrolled in home instruction programs as opposed to students enrolled in certain recognized private schools. The bill amends the law to provide one set of standards to apply to all types of equivalent instruction programs. The bill makes changes related to the approval process that a student enrolled in an equivalent instruction program must follow to participate in regular classes in a public school. These changes include eliminating the requirement that a student receive written approval from the superintendent or the superintendent's designee to enroll in or audit a course and modifying the terms used to describe the academic achievement a student must demonstrate in order to participate. The bill allows an equivalent instruction program to use facilities on property owned or leased by a library, community service organization, museum, performing arts venue, theater, cinema or church facility if the property is being used solely for the purpose of operating a type of facility described in the bill, the facility is or was actively used for one of those purposes within 5 years of any executed agreement for the equivalent instruction program to use that facility and the facility follows the state and local health, safety and welfare laws, codes and rules applicable to that facility, including fire safety and building safety. | Dead |
| LD370 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Collect Data on Secondary School Mathematics Requirements | This bill changes the minimum state standard for mathematics education for a high school diploma from 2 years of mathematics instruction to 3 years of mathematics instruction. The bill requires the Department of Education to provide the necessary funding from department funds to carry out the purposes of the bill. | Passed |
| LD1927 | An Act to Protect Housing Quality by Enacting Mold Inspection, Notification and Remediation Requirements | This bill requires a landlord, upon receipt of a request from a tenant, to inspect a dwelling unit within 24 hours following a leaking event or for visible mold or dampness. The bill also requires a landlord to demonstrate reasonable effort to repair the source of the leak and restore the area within 5 days of inspection. The bill requires a tenant to, after reasonable notice, allow the landlord or the landlord's agent access to the dwelling unit for remediation purposes. Finally, the bill gives remedies and enforcement mechanisms to the landlord and the tenant for noncompliance with the duties given under these provisions. | In Committee |
| LD907 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing Zoning Ordinance Variances for Persons with Permanent Disabilities | An Act to Amend the Law Governing Zoning Ordinance Variances for Persons with Permanent Disabilities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1583 | An Act Regarding Home Health Care and Hospice Services Ordered by a Health Care Provider Outside of Maine | This bill allows a home health care or hospice provider to deliver home health care or hospice services to a patient who resides in this State based upon an order from a health care provider from another state or jurisdiction in the United States who is licensed and prescribes services pursuant to an in-person physical examination in the jurisdiction of licensure. | In Committee |
| LD928 | An Act to Maintain Public Access to Town Ways in Maine | This bill provides that if the municipal officers or county commissioners have declared a town way discontinued by abandonment and have retained a public easement in the abandoned town way under this section for at least 15 years, the municipality, county commissioners or an abutter on the way may not gate, bar or otherwise obstruct the town way. The bill also provides that if the municipal officers or county commissioners have declared a town way discontinued by abandonment and have retained a public easement in the abandoned town way under this section for less than 15 years, the municipality, county commissioners or an abutter on the way, acting with the written permission of the municipal officers or county commissioners, may remove any gates, bars or other obstructions in the town way. | In Committee |
| LD206 | An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage | This bill sets the minimum hourly wage at $14.65 and removes the annual cost-of- living adjustment. The minimum hourly wage as of January 1, 2025 pursuant to Initiated Bill 2015, chapter 2 is $14.65 per hour due to inflation adjustments. The bill also removes cross-references to the annual cost-of-living adjustment. | Dead |
| LD220 | An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program in Order to Provide Funding for Students Attending Certain Private Schools and Students Receiving Home Instruction | This bill establishes the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program administered by the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Board. The board is directed to establish hope accounts that may be used by the parents or legal guardians of qualified students to pay for the education of those students enrolled in certain private schools and students receiving home instruction. The funding for these hope accounts comes from shifting 90% of the essential programs and services funding that would otherwise be provided by the State and by the school administrative unit for each qualified student into a hope account. The bill specifies which educational expenditures are permitted and provides for review of spending from the accounts. | Dead |
| LD581 | An Act to Fund the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program | This bill provides ongoing funds to maintain the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program. | Passed |
| LD169 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study MaineCare Estate Recovery | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to return the state portion of estate recovery under the MaineCare program to the estate. This requirement does not impact the portion that is required to be paid to the Federal Government for estate recovery for Medicaid. The bill requires the department to amend its rules in Chapter 332: MaineCare Eligibility Manual, Part 15, Transfer of Assets, to change the standard for transfer of assets from "clear and convincing evidence" to a "preponderance of evidence." The rule is a major substantive rule. The bill also requires the department to develop educational materials to assist individuals with accessing programs that allow family members or legal guardians to be reimbursed for providing personal care services to a family member who is eligible to receive home and community-based services under the MaineCare program or a state-funded program. It also requires the department to develop educational materials to assist individuals with long-term care planning, estate planning and asset transferring and sheltering. | Passed |
| LD349 | An Act to Repeal the Laws That Allow Same-day Voter Registration | This bill makes changes to the deadline for in-person voter registration. Current law permits in-person voter registration up to the close of business on election day. The bill changes the deadline to the close of business on the Thursday before election day. | Dead |
| LD624 | Resolve, to Create the Commission to Study a Legislative Internship Program | This resolve creates the Commission to Study a Legislative Internship Program. The commission has 12 members, including a Senate member and a member of the House of Representatives who sit on the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and who serve as cochairs of the commission. The commission is required to study and develop a structure for an internship program matching postsecondary education institution students with members of the Legislature to assist members of the Legislature with the policy work of the Legislature. The commission is required to submit a report to the Legislative Council no later than February 1, 2026 setting out recommendations for an internship program, including a pilot internship program starting in the First Regular Session of the 133rd Legislature. | Passed |
| LD1689 | An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Study Expansion of Public Preschool and Early Care and Education | This bill implements the recommendations of the Commission to Study Expansion of Public Preschool and Early Care and Education, which was established pursuant to Public Law 2023, chapter 477. It provides that a public elementary school constructed after October 1, 2025 must include an area that may be used for preschool instruction or child care. It directs the Department of Education to revise the essential programs and services funding formula regarding the method it uses to fund preschool instruction to use a method similar to that used for funding kindergarten instruction in order to provide incentives to school administrative units to provide full-day preschool instruction. It directs the Department of Education to study early childhood educator and provider credentialing procedures and policies as they relate to nursery school teachers, preschool teachers, kindergarten teachers and elementary school teachers. The department is required to identify barriers to the expansion of preschool programs in this State and recommend improvements to early childhood educator and provider credentialing procedures and policies that would provide greater flexibility in credentialing and facilitate the expansion of preschool programs by school administrative units. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education and stakeholders, to study the standards and rules for early childhood educators and providers in order to better align standards and rules across early childhood educators and providers and reduce barriers to the expansion of preschool programs and the provision of early childhood education services. It requires the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to each report their findings, including any suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. The Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services each may report out legislation based on the reports to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. The bill provides funding to establish 4 regional coordinator positions in the Department of Education to work with schools and potential partners in different regions of the State that are looking to start or expand public preschool programs. The bill also provides a total of $4,000,000 for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for a preschool expansion grant program. | Dead |
| LD1417 | An Act to Strengthen the Authority of Local Officials to Enforce Provisions Regarding Dangerous and Nuisance Properties that Constitute a Threat to Public Health and Safety | This bill expands the authority of local municipal health and code enforcement officials to enforce laws pertaining to properties that are dangerous, a nuisance or abandoned and constitute a threat to public health or safety. | Dead |
| LD1603 | An Act to Eliminate the Property Tax on Business Equipment With a Value of No More Than $50,000 | This bill exempts all business equipment with a value of no more than $50,000 from the personal property tax and prohibits a political subdivision of the State from imposing a tax on such business equipment. The bill applies to property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. The bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to develop and provide guidance to municipalities and businesses regarding compliance with the elimination of the property tax on business equipment with a value of no more than $50,000. | Dead |
| LD1714 | An Act to Create a New Pathway to Licensure to Drive School Buses | This bill creates a license specifically endorsed for the operation of a school bus, which must conform with the requirements of the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986. An applicant for a license specifically endorsed for the operation of a school bus must follow requirements set out in the bill to obtain that license. The bill does not prohibit a holder of a commercial license with a school bus endorsement who is otherwise qualified to operate a school bus from operating a school bus in the State. A school bus learner's permit holder must complete a school bus driver's license skills course taught by an instructor who has at least 3 years of school bus driving experience and has completed a school bus driver's license skills instructor course, which may be offered in conjunction with a commercial driver's license instructor course. | Dead |
| LD680 | An Act to Support Higher Education in Maine by Providing Funds to Maine's Community Colleges | This bill provides ongoing funds to continue operations at the State's 7 community colleges to support students' learning and completion for a credential of value. | Dead |
| LD1002 | An Act to Protect Children's Identification by Requiring Public Schools to Use the Name and Gender Specified on a Child's Birth Certificate | This bill provides that public school and public charter school personnel must refer to a minor student by the name and gender listed on the student's official record of birth submitted to the school at the time of enrollment unless the minor student's parent or guardian provides written permission stating otherwise or documentation of a legal change of name or gender is provided to the school. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| LD1770 | An Act to Provide Immediate and Long-term Property Tax Relief to Maine Households | This bill: 1. Increases the maximum property tax fairness credit, beginning with tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, from $1,500 to $2,000 for taxpayers under 65 years of age and from $2,000 to $2,500 for taxpayers 65 years of age and older; and 2. Establishes the Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force. Using data collected at the municipal, county, state and national level, the task force is required to examine the assessment of property taxes and property tax relief programs and make recommendations for improving the process involved in determining, levying and paying property taxes and reducing the tax burden, including possible changes to the Constitution of Maine and other laws. The membership of the task force includes Legislators, economists, tax experts, real estate professionals and representatives of low-income and older residents and is required to be geographically diverse. | In Committee |
| LD783 | An Act to Continue Support for the Maine Multicultural Center | This bill provides ongoing funds to the Maine Multicultural Center in Bangor for one or more positions to establish a comprehensive program for foreign-trained workers through the Maine Multicultural Center. | Passed |
| HP1242 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD203 | An Act to Provide an Income Tax Credit for Employer-supported Child Care | This bill repeals the law governing the employer-assisted day care income tax credit, which by its own terms does not apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016. The bill authorizes, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, a refundable tax credit for an employer that pays or provides in-kind resources for child care for the children of its employees. The amount of the annual credit is 50% of the amount expended or $3,000 per child, whichever is lower. The bill also provides that the credit is subject to ongoing legislative review. | Dead |
| LD1294 | An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit | This bill expands the dependent exemption tax credit for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025 by doubling the credit to $600 for each dependent who has not attained 6 years of age before the close of the taxable year. It also amends the phase-out provisions based on the filer's status. | In Committee |
| LD1144 | An Act to Reinstate the Property Tax Stabilization Program | This bill reinstates the program that stabilizes property taxes on homesteads of permanent residents 65 years of age or older for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. It limits stabilization to $900,000 of the assessed value of an eligible homestead and provides that an eligible individual may have the property tax stabilized on only one eligible homestead in a property tax year. It provides that a municipality may recover from the State the cost to administer the program. | Dead |
| LD1313 | An Act to Promote Equity in the Forest Products Industry by Allowing Commercial Wood Haulers to Be Eligible for Certain Sales Tax Exemptions and Refunds | This bill provides that commercial wood haulers are eligible for the refund of sales tax or exemption from sales tax on the purchase or lease of depreciable machinery and equipment for use in commercial wood harvesting. | In Committee |
| LD580 | An Act to Protect Maine Consumers by Prohibiting Fees Charged for Receiving Paper Statements from Financial Institutions and Credit Card Issuers | An Act to Protect Maine Consumers by Prohibiting Fees Charged for Receiving Paper Statements from Financial Institutions and Credit Card Issuers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD363 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Create the School Capital Improvement Fund | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would authorize a General Fund bond issue in order to create the School Capital Improvement Fund. The fund would be available to any school district, subject to eligibility criteria such as the condition and age of the school facility to be renovated or replaced. Funds would be available to school districts on a one-to-one matching basis. | In Committee |
| LD1014 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Develop Maine Talent and Innovation by Improving the Infrastructure of the University of Maine System | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $100,000,000, will be used to improve infrastructure at all University of Maine System campuses to enhance education and economic development activities and meet the needs of Maine employers for more skilled workers and research-driven innovation. | In Committee |
| LD685 | Resolve, to Rename the Mill Pond Bridge the Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge | Resolve, to Rename the Mill Pond Bridge the Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD569 | Resolve, to Rename the Shapleigh Bridge the Shapleigh Veterans Memorial Bridge | Resolve, to Rename the Shapleigh Bridge the Shapleigh Veterans Memorial Bridge | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD686 | Resolve, to Rename the Kezar Falls Bridge Between Porter and Parsonsfield the Kezar Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge | Resolve, to Rename the Kezar Falls Bridge Between Porter and Parsonsfield the Kezar Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD69 | An Act to Repeal the Law Restricting the Use of Certain Plastic, Paper and Single-use Bags | This bill repeals the law restricting the use of recycled paper bags, reusable bags made of plastic and single-use carry-out bags. | Dead |
| LD7 | An Act to Increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Residents 65 Years of Age or Older | This bill increases the homestead property tax exemption for permanent residents of this State who are 65 years of age or older and have owned a homestead in the State for at least 10 years from $25,000 to $75,000 for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2025. | Dead |
| LD2 | An Act to Allow Military Vehicles Purchased for Civilian Use to Be Registered and Operated on Maine Roads | This bill allows military vehicles that are lawfully purchased for civilian use to be registered and operated on Maine roads. | Dead |
| LD200 | Resolve, to Rename the Sebago Lake Road Crossing Bridge in the Town of Standish | Resolve, to Rename the Sebago Lake Road Crossing Bridge in the Town of Standish | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD460 | Resolve, to Rename a Bridge in Newfield the Dam's Mills Veterans Memorial Bridge | Resolve, to Rename a Bridge in Newfield the Dam's Mills Veterans Memorial Bridge | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD15 | An Act to Eliminate the Excise Tax on Camper Trailers | This bill eliminates the excise tax on camper trailers. | In Committee |
| LD199 | An Act to Change the Limits on Candidates' Communications with Voters at the Polls | This bill amends the law governing prohibition of certain political activities at a voting place to allow a candidate to orally communicate with voters the name of the office that the candidate is seeking in the election that day and the candidate's party or political designation, as it is listed on the ballot for the election that day, as long as the candidate does not attempt to influence their vote. | Dead |
| LD196 | An Act Regarding Documents Obtained by Subpoena by the Government Oversight Committee | This bill provides that the Government Oversight Committee has access to papers or records received as a result of a subpoena issued by the committee and that those papers or records are confidential and exempt from public disclosure. | Dead |
| LD256 | An Act to Establish a Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Certain School Supplies for the Month of August | This bill provides an exemption from the sales tax for purchases of school supplies and one electronic device during the month of August. | Dead |
| LD668 | An Act to Abolish Ranked-choice Voting | This bill repeals the laws governing ranked-choice voting in: 1. Primary elections for the offices of President of the United States, United States Senator, United States Representative to Congress, Governor, State Senator and State Representative; 2. General and special elections for the offices of United States Senator and United States Representative to Congress; and 3. General elections for presidential electors. | Dead |
| LD198 | An Act to Prohibit the University of Maine System Campus Police from Issuing a Citation or Summons Related to a Parking Violation to a Visitor of the University of Maine System | This bill prohibits a University of Maine System police officer from issuing to a person who is not a student or an employee of the University of Maine System a citation or summons for a violation of any rules or regulations relating to the parking of a motor vehicle within the limits of the property owned by or under the control of the University of Maine System. | Dead |
| LD201 | An Act to Establish a Limit on the Interest Rate Charged for Revolving Loans | This bill limits the maximum interest rate that may be charged on consumer revolving loans, including credit cards, to 24.9% per year. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD96 | An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Law Governing Mandatory Driver's License Suspension for Refusing Testing for Drugs or a Combination of Drugs and Alcohol | Accept Report 'a' Ought Not To Pass RC #452 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD150 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Treasurer of State | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #455 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #447 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Indefinitely Postpone RC #446 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-324) To Committee Amendment RC #445 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #444 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD419 | An Act to Increase the Transparency and Accountability of the Maine Information and Analysis Center | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #460 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD598 | An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work | Enactment RC #453 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD856 | An Act to Phase Out the Income Tax | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #458 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD913 | An Act to Prohibit Ticket Sellers from Prohibiting the Transfer of Tickets to Third Parties | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-351) To Committee Amendment RC #465 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD913 | An Act to Prohibit Ticket Sellers from Prohibiting the Transfer of Tickets to Third Parties | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #464 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1016 | An Act to Establish the Manufactured Housing Community and Mobile Home Park Preservation and Assistance Fund | Recede And Concur RC #461 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1032 | An Act Regarding Court Security | Insist/ask For Committee Of Conference RC #456 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #454 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #457 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1657 | An Act to Expand the Use of Tax Increment Revenue for Affordable Housing by Adding Authorized Project Costs | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #459 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1719 | An Act Regarding Superintendent Agreements for Transfer Students | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #466 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #463 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #462 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD253 | An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #426 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD497 | An Act Regarding the Regulation of Significant Vernal Pools Under the Natural Resources Protection Act | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #440 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD537 | An Act to Prohibit the Doxing of a Minor and to Authorize a Related Civil Action | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #441 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD682 | An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #425 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD886 | An Act to Regulate Medication Abortions | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #427 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD887 | An Act to Make Manufacturers Responsible for Proper Disposal of Abortion Drugs and Require a Health Care Provider to Be Physically Present During a Chemical Abortion | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #428 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1007 | An Act to Update the State's Informed Consent Laws Regarding Drug-induced Abortion | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #429 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1034 | An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults | Enactment RC #433 | 06/10/2025 | Absent |
| LD1032 | An Act Regarding Court Security | Recede And Concur RC #439 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #436 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1154 | An Act to Require That Informed Consent for Abortion Include Information on Perinatal Hospice | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #430 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #435 | 06/10/2025 | Absent |
| LD1467 | An Act to Ensure Accountability for Repairs Conducted by Independent Repair Facilities on Motor Vehicles Under Warranty | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #438 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1571 | An Act to Modify Certification Standards for Full-time Teachers in Public Charter Schools and Standards for Reissuance of Educational Technician Certificates | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #432 | 06/10/2025 | Absent |
| LD1620 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regulating the Testing of Adult Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Products | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #443 | 06/10/2025 | 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 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #437 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Enactment RC #434 | 06/10/2025 | Absent |
| LD1879 | An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax and Providing Property Tax Exemptions | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #442 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1930 | An Act Regarding Acts of Violence Committed Against a Pregnant Woman | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #431 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD147 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #423 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #392 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD149 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Attorney General | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #424 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD259 | An Act to Establish the Criminal Records Review Commission in Statute | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #420 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD343 | An Act to Direct the Public Utilities Commission to Seek Informational Bids Regarding Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in the State | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #401 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD455 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require a Statewide Popular Election of the Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State and the Attorney General for 4-year Terms | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #411 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #412 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD612 | An Act to Require the Department of Health and Human Services to Review Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Transactions and Lottery Operations | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #393 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #399 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD818 | An Act to Allow Expenditure of Maine Clean Election Act Funding for the Care of Candidates' Dependents | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #396 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1032 | An Act Regarding Court Security | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #395 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1078 | An Act to Support Maine's Public Health Objectives by Increasing Access to Hypodermic Apparatus Exchange Programs | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #394 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1147 | An Act Regarding the Required State of Mind Relating to the Threatening Display or Carrying of a Concealed Weapon | Recede And Concur RC #405 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1113 | An Act Regarding Fairness in Sentencing for Persons Based on Age | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #413 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Recede And Concur RC #416 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1283 | An Act to Allow Employees Covered Under the Maine Retirement Savings Program to Elect to Enroll and Unenroll in a Payroll Deduction for an Individual Retirement Account | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #391 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1277 | An Act Regarding Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Activities | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #407 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1257 | An Act to Ban the Sale of Cell-cultured Meat | Recede And Concur RC #406 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #408 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1471 | An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain Rental Housing in the State | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #409 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1505 | An Act to Phase out the Sales and Use Tax | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #418 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1494 | Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #402 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1519 | An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #398 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1519 | An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-292) To Ld 1519 RC #397 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1543 | An Act to Establish the Maine Green Schools Network | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #404 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1563 | An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #414 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1593 | An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #415 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1673 | Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Project to Facilitate the Inclusion of Economic Impact Statements in the Legislative Process | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #410 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1707 | An Act to Require a Person to Be a United States Citizen to Receive State or Local Financial Assistance and to Ensure Municipal Compliance with Federal Immigration Laws | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #400 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1776 | An Act to Establish the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex | Recede And Concur RC #417 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD1823 | An Act to Promote Transparency in the Criminal Justice System by Requiring the Posting of Criminal Case Decisions | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #421 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1899 | An Act to Eliminate Taxation on Health Care Spending | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #419 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1928 | An Act to Prohibit Lodging Establishments from Providing Single-use Plastic Containers | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #403 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1974 | An Act to Affirm Parental Rights | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #422 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD68 | An Act to Amend the State Tax Laws | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass RC #375 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD59 | An Act to Ban the Drug Tianeptine | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #386 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD332 | An Act to Establish Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Gross Sexual Assaults Against Children and Aggravated Sex Trafficking of Children | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #366 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD418 | An Act to Remand Individuals with Pending State Probation Violations to the Department of Corrections Following Initial Proceedings | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #367 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD470 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Review Teacher Mentoring Programs in Maine Public Schools | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #378 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD587 | An Act to Require School Boards to Adopt a Policy on Automated External Defibrillator Access at School-sponsored Athletic Events | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #370 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD662 | An Act to Support Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma and Active Duty Military Members Transitioning to Civilian Life | Enact-emer 2/3 Elect RC #377 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD957 | An Act to Integrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History into the Statewide System of Learning Results | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #363 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1016 | An Act to Establish the Manufactured Housing Community and Mobile Home Park Preservation and Assistance Fund | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #362 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1147 | An Act Regarding the Required State of Mind Relating to the Threatening Display or Carrying of a Concealed Weapon | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #371 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #361 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Table Until Later RC #360 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD1169 | An Act Regarding Employer Payments for the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #384 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1181 | An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as Commercial or Residential in Use | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #372 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1263 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking When That Trafficking Results in an Overdose Causing Serious Bodily Injury of a Person | Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #383 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD1263 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking When That Trafficking Results in an Overdose Causing Serious Bodily Injury of a Person | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #382 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1265 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Public Employee Market Pay Studies and Comprehensive Reviews of the Classification Plan for State Service Positions | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #368 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1461 | An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates | Accept Report 'a' Ought Not To Pass RC #376 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1535 | An Act to Reduce Illegal Cannabis Operations by Requiring Permits for High Electrical Usage | Recede And Concur RC #379 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD1539 | An Act to Create a State Employee Compensation Stabilization Fund | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #380 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1726 | An Act to Enhance the Coordination and Effectiveness of Integrated Distribution Grid Planning | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #364 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1734 | An Act to Exempt Over-the-counter Medicines from the Sales and Use Tax | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #381 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| LD1776 | An Act to Establish the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex | Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #385 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1787 | An Act to Increase Seed Money Contribution Limits for Gubernatorial Candidates Under the Maine Clean Election Act | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #369 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1894 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #373 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1900 | An Act to Bring Parity to the State's Recognition of the Wabanaki Nations' Authority to Provide Electric Power Districts and Child Support Enforcement | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #374 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD1928 | An Act to Prohibit Lodging Establishments from Providing Single-use Plastic Containers | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #365 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| SP0791 | Joint Order, to Require the Adjournment Sine Die of the First Special Session of the 132nd Legislature | Passage RC #390 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine Senate District 22 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 12/07/2022 |