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Legislator > Jeff Adams
State Representative
Jeff Adams
(R) - Maine
Maine House District 144
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
contact info
House GOP Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Phone: 207-287-1440
Home Address
36 Briarwood Road
Lebanon, ME 04027
Lebanon, ME 04027
Phone: 207-457-2054
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | This bill repeals the National Popular Vote for President Act and makes changes to other election statutes to reflect that repeal. | Crossed Over |
| LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | This bill establishes prohibitions concerning restricting the sharing and use of immigration and citizenship information. It prohibits restricting the enforcement of federal immigration law. It establishes a complaint process and a duty to report violations of these provisions. The bill also provides that, if the Attorney General, upon investigation, determines that a government entity is violating these prohibitions, the Attorney General must issue an opinion stating that finding. The government entity has 30 days to appeal the finding to the Superior Court. If the Superior Court agrees with the Attorney General, the court must immediately enjoin the policy or practice. The government entity that continues the policy or practice is subject to a $500 fine for each day the policy or practice remains in effect. If the Superior Court disagrees with the Attorney General, the Attorney General must immediately certify that the government entity is in compliance with the law. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| LD1622 | An Act to Exempt Certain Income from State Income Tax | This bill allows an individual to deduct from federal adjusted gross income for purposes of determining Maine income taxes all pension income, tip income and overtime income in the same manner as is currently allowed for social security benefits. | Dead |
| LD1742 | An Act to Prohibit a State Social Media Platform Account from Restricting User Comments | This bill prohibits an account holder or administrator of a social media platform account of a state, county or municipal department, agency, board or commission or a state, county or municipal official operating in that individual's official capacity from restricting a user of that social media platform from commenting on content shared by the holder or the administrator of the social media platform account. | Dead |
| LD542 | An Act Regarding Municipal Property Tax Levy Limits | This bill establishes municipal property tax levy limits and allows for those limits to be exceeded only under certain specified circumstances. The provisions in this bill are similar to provisions that were originally enacted in Public Law 2005, chapter 2, also known as L.D. 1, as subsequently amended and then repealed in Public Law 2023, chapter 603, except that this bill applies to municipal fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2026. | Dead |
| LD1608 | An Act to Counter Unlawful Cannabis Cultivation | This bill allows the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to deny a registry identification card or registration certificate to any person who would be authorized under that registration to cultivate cannabis at a geographical location that has been the site of repeated violations under the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act or the Cannabis Legalization Act. It allows the department to place a moratorium not to exceed 10 years on such geographical locations for the purpose of issuing or renewing a registration. It also allows the Office of Cannabis Policy within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to place a moratorium not to exceed 10 years on any geographical location that has been the site of repeated violations under the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act or the Cannabis Legalization Act for the purposes of issuing or renewing licenses under the Cannabis Legalization Act. | Dead |
| LD1880 | An Act to Require Photographic Identification for Voting | This bill requires the presentation of photographic identification for in-person and absentee voting. Acceptable forms of photographic identification include an unexpired Maine driver's license, nondriver identification card, interim identification form issued by the Secretary of State, United States passport or United States passport card, United States military identification card, Maine National Guard identification card and United States Department of Veterans Affairs identification card. The bill directs the Secretary of State to provide free nondriver identification cards for photographic identification. The bill allows voters without photographic identification to complete a challenged ballot and within 4 days after the date of the election appear before the registrar of voters and present photographic identification. The bill also provides an exception for voters with religious objections to being photographed. The bill removes provisions of law that allow voters to make telephone applications for absentee ballots and that allow voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for each election without submitting a separate request for each election. It also provides that a municipality may have only one secured drop box for the return of absentee ballots. It requires that a secured drop box be monitored at all times by a surveillance camera and that the video from this surveillance camera be accessible to a resident of the municipality in which the secured drop box is located. | Dead |
| LD718 | An Act to Require Municipal Clerks to Issue Absentee Ballots Only to Residents of That Municipality and to Eliminate Ongoing Absentee Voter Status | This bill requires a municipal clerk to issue an absentee ballot only to a person who is registered to vote in that municipality, including the voter and an immediate family member or a 3rd person designated by the voter to deliver the ballot on the voter's behalf. It also repeals the provisions allowing for application for ongoing absentee voter status. | 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 |
| LD177 | An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing | This bill directs that 10% of the money credited to the Adult Use Cannabis Public Health and Safety and Municipal Opt-in Fund be equally distributed to municipalities that opt to permit the operation of some or all adult use cannabis establishments. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD424 | An Act Concerning the Concealed Carrying of a Handgun by an Individual Who Is 18 Years of Age but Under 21 Years of Age | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #454 | 06/12/2025 | Nay |
| LD215 | An Act Regarding Large Recovery Residences | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #447 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD229 | An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #441 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Enactment - Emer RC #440 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Adopt Hah-640 RC #433 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Ipp Hah-640 RC #432 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #431 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD648 | An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #446 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1044 | An Act to Clarify the Qualifying Use of Tax Increment Financing for Extension of a Development District | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #442 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #443 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #449 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1131 | An Act to Reform the Process by Which a Person May Petition an Agency to Adopt or Modify Rules Under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act | Report "b" Ontp RC #448 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1200 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Items Intended to Be Used to Inhale Nitrous Oxide for Recreational Purposes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #437 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1187 | An Act to Require Certain Mental Health Data to Be Included in Uniform Crime Reports | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #435 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1330 | An Act to Clarify That a Business's License or Subscription to Use Software Is Not Considered a Lease for the Purposes of Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #436 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Recede And Concur RC #426 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1657 | An Act to Expand the Use of Tax Increment Revenue for Affordable Housing by Adding Authorized Project Costs | Recede And Concur RC #445 | 06/11/2025 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #434 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1705 | An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding and Oversight | Final Enactment RC #439 | 06/11/2025 | Absent |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Reconsider RC #429 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Reconsider RC #428 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Recede And Concur RC #427 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD1731 | An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #438 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1879 | An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax and Providing Property Tax Exemptions | Recede And Concur RC #430 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
| LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Recede And Concur RC #444 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
| LD96 | An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Law Governing Mandatory Driver's License Suspension for Refusing Testing for Drugs or a Combination of Drugs and Alcohol | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #410 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD259 | An Act to Establish the Criminal Records Review Commission in Statute | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #402 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD371 | An Act to Expand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-megawatt Cap | Recede And Concur RC #398 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD419 | An Act to Increase the Transparency and Accountability of the Maine Information and Analysis Center | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #416 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD427 | An Act to Prohibit Mandatory Parking Space Minimums in State and Municipal Building Codes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #414 | 06/10/2025 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #403 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD497 | An Act Regarding the Regulation of Significant Vernal Pools Under the Natural Resources Protection Act | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #405 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD537 | An Act to Prohibit the Doxing of a Minor and to Authorize a Related Civil Action | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #406 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD598 | An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work | Recede And Concur RC #395 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD682 | An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #422 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Recede And Concur RC #396 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD810 | An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines | Enactment RC #419 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD787 | An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for and Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics | Adopt Sas-226 RC #413 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD856 | An Act to Phase Out the Income Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #417 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1016 | An Act to Establish the Manufactured Housing Community and Mobile Home Park Preservation and Assistance Fund | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #425 | 06/10/2025 | Absent |
| LD1202 | An Act to Establish the African American Studies Advisory Council and Provide Funding to Support African American Studies | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #399 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1283 | An Act to Allow Employees Covered Under the Maine Retirement Savings Program to Elect to Enroll and Unenroll in a Payroll Deduction for an Individual Retirement Account | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #401 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #424 | 06/10/2025 | Absent |
| LD1474 | An Act to Strengthen the Teaching of Wabanaki Studies in Maine Schools | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #404 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #411 | 06/10/2025 | Absent |
| LD1519 | An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products | Recede And Concur RC #393 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1543 | An Act to Establish the Maine Green Schools Network | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #400 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1620 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regulating the Testing of Adult Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Products | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #409 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1657 | An Act to Expand the Use of Tax Increment Revenue for Affordable Housing by Adding Authorized Project Costs | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #418 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1668 | An Act Regarding the Voting Requirement to Extend the Date for Adjournment of the Legislature | Enactment RC #420 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #412 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1750 | An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #407 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1879 | An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax and Providing Property Tax Exemptions | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #408 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1928 | An Act to Prohibit Lodging Establishments from Providing Single-use Plastic Containers | Recede And Concur RC #397 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1920 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Potentially Intoxicating Hemp Products to a Person Under 21 Years of Age | Enactment - Emer RC #423 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
| LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #394 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1956 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program and Establish the Community Workforce Connections Program | Enactment RC #415 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD1967 | Resolve, to Design a Maine Home Energy Navigator and Coaching Pilot Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #421 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
| LD125 | An Act to Increase the Total Amount of Credits Authorized Under the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #383 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD147 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #374 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD152 | An Act to Amend the Freedom of Access Act to Require a Specific Time Frame for Agencies to Comply with Requests for Public Records | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #360 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD150 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Treasurer of State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #377 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD149 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Attorney General | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #375 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
| LD253 | An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #384 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #356 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD371 | An Act to Expand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-megawatt Cap | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #369 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD810 | An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines | Recede And Concur RC #363 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD886 | An Act to Regulate Medication Abortions | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #385 | 06/09/2025 | 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 | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #386 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD894 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave | Enactment RC #362 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1007 | An Act to Update the State's Informed Consent Laws Regarding Drug-induced Abortion | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #387 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1034 | An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults | Enactment RC #381 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1048 | An Act to Require Certain Notice Requirements for Whistleblower Protections | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #355 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1113 | An Act Regarding Fairness in Sentencing for Persons Based on Age | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #372 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #366 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1154 | An Act to Require That Informed Consent for Abortion Include Information on Perinatal Hospice | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #388 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1277 | An Act Regarding Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Activities | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #357 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1263 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking When That Trafficking Results in an Overdose Causing Serious Bodily Injury of a Person | Recede And Concur RC #354 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1376 | An Act to Increase the Acceptable Level of Alcohol in a Low-alcohol Spirits Product and to Increase Availability of Those Products | Insist RC #353 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #359 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1505 | An Act to Phase out the Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #378 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1539 | An Act to Create a State Employee Compensation Stabilization Fund | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #367 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1522 | An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #358 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1563 | An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #370 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1593 | An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #371 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1668 | An Act Regarding the Voting Requirement to Extend the Date for Adjournment of the Legislature | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #380 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Enactment RC #382 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1734 | An Act to Exempt Over-the-counter Medicines from the Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #368 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1776 | An Act to Establish the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex | Recede RC #364 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1858 | An Act to Promote Local Seafood in Schools | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #365 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1899 | An Act to Eliminate Taxation on Health Care Spending | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #379 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1894 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness | Final Passage - Emer RC #361 | 06/09/2025 | Absent |
| LD1930 | An Act Regarding Acts of Violence Committed Against a Pregnant Woman | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #389 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1974 | An Act to Affirm Parental Rights | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #373 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #376 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
| LD59 | An Act to Ban the Drug Tianeptine | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #351 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD38 | An Act Requiring Photographic Identification for Voting | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #337 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD195 | An Act to Create the Small Business Capital Savings Account Program | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #339 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #343 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| LD246 | An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #338 | 06/05/2025 | Nay |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Maine Joint State and Local Government Committee | 2 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine House District 144 | House | Republican | In Office | 12/07/2022 |