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Legislator > Tim Nangle
State Senator
Tim Nangle
(D) - Maine
Maine Senate District 26
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
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General Capitol Building Address
3 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0003
Augusta, ME 04333-0003
Phone: 207-287-1515
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD784 | An Act to Create a Rebuttable Presumption Related to Specialized Risk Screening for First Responders | For policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, this bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from denying coverage to an enrollee who is a first responder for specialized risk screening recommended by a health care provider. It limits the ability of a health insurance carrier to require prior authorization for specialized risk screening. It also prohibits a carrier from imposing any out-of-pocket costs for specialized risk screening except for high deductible health plans offered for use in connection with a health savings account to the extent required under federal regulations. | Passed |
| LD1069 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Review Personal Finance Course Offerings in Maine Schools and Convene a Working Group of Relevant Stakeholders | This bill requires high school students to complete a stand-alone course in personal finance to meet the minimum requirements for a high school diploma. | Passed |
| LD689 | An Act to Support the Northern New England Poison Center | An Act to Support the Northern New England Poison Center | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD384 | An Act to Prevent Student Homelessness | An Act to Prevent Student Homelessness | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD583 | An Act to Support Informed Community Self-determination in Emergency Medical Services Planning | An Act to Support Informed Community Self-determination in Emergency Medical Services Planning | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1768 | An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax | An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1665 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families | This bill amends the property tax fairness credit, for tax years beginning in 2025 or later by increasing the benefit base as follows: 1. For individuals filing as a head of household who have one child or dependent or for married individuals filing joint returns who have one child or dependent, the benefit base is increased to $3,250; 2. For individuals filing as a head of household who have more than one child or dependent or for married persons who have more than one child or dependent, the benefit base is increased to $4,000; and 3. For individuals 65 years of age or older, the benefit base is increased to $4,250. This bill also increases the maximum credit for an individual filing as a head of household or filing a joint return and who has a child or dependent to $2,000. This bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to convene a working group to study the property tax fairness credit and make recommendations for how to make the credit easier to understand and simplify the process for applying for the credit. The working group consists of advocates for low-income and elderly individuals and municipal governments. | Passed |
| LD1728 | An Act to Establish the Maine Child Care Affordability Program Advisory Board | The bill establishes the Maine Child Care Affordability Program Advisory Board to advise the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services on the Maine Child Care Affordability Program, including any program changes. The board consists of 5 members, with the legislative member serving a 2-year term, and the remaining 4 members serving 3-year terms. The board must meet at least quarterly and submit an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters on its activities and with its recommendations. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters is authorized to report out legislation in the year in which the report is submitted. The bill requires the Office of Child and Family Services to amend its rule Chapter 6: Child Care Affordability Program Rules, to add child care employees who qualify for the program to be included in the families who are prioritized when there is a waiting list for the program. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services together with the Maine Child Care Affordability Program Advisory Board to develop a long-term plan for financial sustainability of the Maine Child Care Affordability Program and submit the report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than January 2, 2026. The bill requires an appropriation of $3,800,000 to clear the current waiting list for the Maine Child Care Affordability Program. | In Committee |
| LD1904 | An Act to Establish the Municipal Shoreline Protection Legal Fund | This bill establishes the Municipal Shoreline Protection Legal Fund in the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to assist municipalities in paying legal costs incurred in pursuing egregious shoreland zoning violations. Municipalities are required to reimburse the fund within 6 months of the settlement or final adjudication of the legal claim for which the funding was received. | In Committee |
| LD1949 | An Act Regarding Energy Fairness | Part A of the bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules prohibiting the disconnection of utility services of a residential customer for nonpayment if the residential customer is enrolled in, has begun the process to enroll in or has been denied enrollment in an assistance program administered by the Public Utilities Commission or another state agency and the customer attests to the utility that the customer or a member of the customer's household is 65 years of age or older, is incapacitated or dependent or has been certified within the last 12 months as having a medical condition or disability by a medical professional or government authority. It also prohibits disconnections if a member of the customer's household has not attained 12 months of age. The commission is required to adopt a process by which a public utility may petition the commission to proceed with a disconnection of a residential customer's service that would otherwise be prohibited. Part A also prohibits a competitive electricity provider from entering into an agreement to provide service to or renew a contract for generation service for a residential consumer that, in the 12-month period prior to entering into the agreement or renewing a contract, has received low-income assistance unless the commission finds that the consumer would receive a lower rate by enrolling in or renewing the contract when compared to the standard-offer service available to that consumer. Part B prohibits certain expenses from being included in a public utility's rates, including fines and penalties, costs associated with travel, lodging and food for officers and members of a public utility's or affiliated interest's board of directors, expenditures for investor relations and certain costs associated with the attendance at, participation in, preparation for or appeal of any contested rate case proceeding conducted before the commission. If a public utility includes any prohibited expenses in rates, it is subject to administrative penalties and the commission may direct the utility to use a portion of the administrative penalties owed for the payment of a rebate to the public utility's customers. In addition to an administrative penalty, the commission is required to order the public utility to issue a refund to the public utility's customers, including interest. Part C requires the commission to adopt rules to require public utilities with over 50,000 customers to file a quarterly docket with the commission containing data from the previous quarter applicable to residential and nonresidential customers. The rules must require that the filing data include information regarding customer overdue accounts, disconnections, reconnections, deposits and payment plans. Part C also requires the commission, within existing resources, to conduct a proceeding at least once every 5 years to review administrative charges collected by a public utility with over 50,000 customers during the preceding 5-year period to ensure that such administrative charges are in compliance with applicable law. Part C also requires that if an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility includes on a customer's bill a public policy charge, the utility must include an accurate and comprehensive description of the costs and benefits of the components of public policy charges, including, but not limited to, energy efficiency programs, renewable energy programs and low-income energy assistance programs. Part D amends the definition of "assisted project" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1304, subsection 1-A to lower the size threshold of a project to which the definition applies. It requires that certain percentages of total labor hours of the construction, alteration or repair of a generation facility are performed by qualified apprentices. Part D also requires the Public Utilities Commission, in executing its duties, powers and regulatory functions under Title 35-A, while ensuring system reliability and resource adequacy, to consider and incorporate environmental justice principles. It requires the commission, on or before April 1, 2026 and within existing resources, to establish a community engagement plan. | Crossed Over |
| LD1954 | An Act to Lower Household Costs by Expanding the Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Grocery Staples Sold in Grocery Stores | This bill exempts from the sales tax, when sold in a grocery store, items for nourishment or products for internal human consumption such as prepared foods, including sandwiches and salads; supplemental meal items, such as pretzels, cheese sticks and dips; fruit bars and granola bars; nuts and seeds; and meat sticks. Liquor, water, medicine, dietary substitutes, candy, dessert and bakery items and cannabis remain subject to tax, regardless of where sold. "Grocery store" is defined to be a store primarily engaged in the retail sale of canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry and includes a convenience store, but does not include a separately owned eating establishment located within a grocery store. | In Committee |
| LD1959 | An Act to Prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from Reducing General Assistance Reimbursement Maximums for Payment of Costs of Providing Emergency Shelter | This bill provides that, retroactive to July 1, 2023, the maximum level of municipal general assistance for emergency shelter is the actual cost of providing emergency shelter services. It prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from adopting any rule reducing or otherwise restricting maximum levels of municipal general assistance for providing emergency shelter or any rule establishing maximum time periods for eligibility for emergency housing assistance that are more restrictive than limits established in the laws governing municipal general assistance. | In Committee |
| LD1418 | An Act to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care, Including Fertility Treatments and Contraceptives | This bill prohibits the Commissioner of Health and Human Services from adopting rules that place a ban or restriction on access to reproductive health care. | In Committee |
| LD1572 | An Act Regarding Prosecution Standards for Nonfatal Strangulation or Suffocation in Domestic Violence Cases | This bill establishes prosecution standards for nonfatal strangulation or suffocation in domestic assault criminal matters. It: 1. Prohibits the victim, victim's family or victim's dating partner from being able to post bail for the defendant; 2. Allows statements made by the victim during the investigation or preparation for prosecution to be admitted in court without the presence of the victim being required; 3. Prohibits the court from dismissing or allowing unnecessary delay of the disposition of the matter; 4. Prohibits the prosecutor from dismissing, allowing unnecessary delay, deferring or agreeing to a plea of a lesser assault charge; 5. Prohibits a defendant previously convicted of a domestic violence assault charge from entering into a plea agreement; 6. Requires prosecutors, judges, justices, law enforcement officers, defense attorneys and dispatchers to receive training on nonfatal strangulation or suffocation prevention; and 7. Makes domestic violence aggravated assault by means of nonfatal strangulation or suffocation a Class A crime. | In Committee |
| LD1894 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness | This bill establishes laws prohibiting large grocery suppliers and retailers from engaging in price discrimination or imposing discriminatory terms of sale and extracting unfair and anticompetitive concessions from wholesalers and suppliers. The bill provides the Attorney General authority to enforce those provisions. | Passed |
| LD1908 | An Act to Require the Cooperation of Original Manufacturers of Electronic Devices to Facilitate the Repair of Those Devices by Device Owners and Independent Repair Providers | This bill requires that, beginning January 1, 2026, an original equipment manufacturer of digital electronic equipment sold or in use in the State on or after July 1, 2021 is required to make available on fair and reasonable terms to any independent repair provider or owner of the digital electronic equipment any documentation, parts or tools required for the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of the equipment. Under the bill, an independent repair provider is a business engaged in diagnosing, maintaining and repairing digital electronic equipment but is not the original equipment manufacturer or a business licensed by the original equipment manufacturer. The bill also prohibits original equipment manufacturers, beginning January 1, 2026, from using software to identify component parts through a unique identifier, also called "parts pairing," to prevent or inhibit an owner or independent repair facility from installing or enabling functional replacement parts or components; intentionally reduce the functionality of the electronic equipment; or cause the electronic equipment to display misleading alerts about unidentified parts that the user cannot immediately dismiss. This provision applies to consumer electronic equipment that is manufactured for the first time, and first sold or used in this State, after January 1, 2026. The bill includes several exceptions that limit an original equipment manufacturer's obligations under the bill. The bill provides that an original equipment manufacturer is not liable for damages resulting from improper use of personal data or a data security breach in connection with repair, diagnosis, maintenance or modification of digital electronic equipment by an independent repair provider or owner. The bill requires that independent repair providers must provide a customer with a written notice explaining that the independent repair provider is not an authorized repair provider for the digital electronic equipment and disclose whether the independent repair provider uses any used parts in performing repair work. | In Committee |
| LD394 | An Act to Improve Transportation Infrastructure in Maine | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the law to improve the State's transportation infrastructure. | In Committee |
| LD260 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish That All Maine Residents Have Equal Rights Under the Law | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial or abridgment by the State or any political subdivision of the State of equal rights based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry or national origin of an individual. | Passed |
| LD255 | An Act to Support Mobile Home Residents in Purchasing Their Mobile Home Parks | This bill provides one-time funding for the manufactured and mobile home park preservation and assistance program. | Passed |
| LD393 | An Act to Designate Certain Bridges as Veterans Memorial Bridges | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to designate certain bridges as veterans memorial bridges. | In Committee |
| LD679 | An Act to Increase the Funding to the Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund | This bill provides one-time funds for the Maine Fire Service Institute to provide funds for the construction and repair or replacement of regional live fire service training facilities in the State awarded by the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission. | Passed |
| LD836 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Upgrade Municipal Culverts at Stream Crossings | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used for a competitive grant program that matches local funding for the upgrade of municipal culverts at stream crossings in order to enhance and restore rivers, streams and fish and wildlife habitats and to allow communities to better prepare for extreme storms and floods. | In Committee |
| LD1216 | An Act to Improve Behavioral Health Crisis Services and Suicide Prevention Services | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would improve the quality of and access to behavioral health crisis services; reduce the stigma surrounding suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorder; provide a behavioral health crisis response that is substantially equivalent to the response already provided to individuals who require emergency physical health care in the State; strengthen the crisis response for children, youth, young persons and families; and codify the name of the 988 telephone number for the national suicide and crisis hotline. | In Committee |
| LD1311 | An Act to Expand Maine's Health Care Workforce by Improving Educational Opportunities | This bill establishes the Maine Health Care Education Training and Medical Residency Fund and appropriates $5,000,000 annually to support health care in rural and underserved communities and physician workforce development. | Passed |
| LD1648 | Resolve, to Honor Margaret Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain in the National Statuary Hall Collection | Resolve, to Honor Margaret Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain in the National Statuary Hall Collection | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1642 | An Act to Protect Maine Consumers by Simplifying Subscription and Health Club Membership Cancellations | An Act to Protect Maine Consumers by Simplifying Subscription and Health Club Membership Cancellations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1359 | Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Report Progress Made Toward Implementing Recommendations Based on the 2025 Public Transit Advisory Council Report | of actions taken toward implementing each recommendation to the department from the Public Transit Advisory Council report, including specific dates on which those actions were taken; a list of specific dates on which the department plans to take additional actions toward implementing each recommendation; and a list of recommendations not yet implemented. The Joint Standing Committee on Transportation may report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature based on the report. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD913 | An Act to Amend the Law Regulating the Resale of Tickets | An Act to Amend the Law Regulating the Resale of Tickets | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1794 | An Act to Provide Protection from Unfair Parking Tickets on Lots Accessible to the Public | An Act to Provide Protection from Unfair Parking Tickets on Lots Accessible to the Public | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1377 | Resolve, to Convene a Working Group to Evaluate Potential Regulation of the Vehicle Towing Industry and the Impact on State Agencies and Industries | Resolve, to Convene a Working Group to Evaluate Potential Regulation of the Vehicle Towing Industry and the Impact on State Agencies and Industries Preamble. Whereas, motor vehicles are an essential part of everyday life for many people residing in Maine; and Whereas, deceptive, irresponsible and predatory towing practices impose financial burdens and logistical hardships on those who rely on their vehicles for everyday use; and Whereas, the towing industry affects many different industries and state agencies because of the differing ways the industry conducts its business; now, therefore, be it | | Passed |
| LD185 | An Act to Expand Opportunities to Invest Municipal Tax Increment Financing Revenues | An Act to Expand Opportunities to Invest Municipal Tax Increment Financing Revenues | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1390 | Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Develop Recommendations for a Multiyear Registration System for National Car Rental Companies | Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Develop Recommendations for a Multiyear Registration System for National Car Rental Companies Preamble. Whereas, a multiyear registration system simplifies the registration, renewal and management process for entities that own and rent large numbers of motor vehicles; and Whereas, the Secretary of State previously developed and implemented a successful long-term registration program for trailers and semitrailers nationwide pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 512 that has generated significant income for the State; and Whereas, other states have implemented a multiyear registration system for motor vehicles that has simplified the registration and management of motor vehicle rentals for national car rental companies in those states and in turn has generated funds in registration fees and excise taxes; now, therefore, be it | | Passed |
| LD1133 | An Act to Allow Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by Condominium and Residential Associations | An Act to Allow Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by Condominium and Residential Associations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1248 | An Act Regarding Physical Escort and Restraint and Seclusion of Students in Schools | An Act Regarding Physical Escort and Restraint and Seclusion of Students in Schools | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1450 | An Act Regarding the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program | An Act Regarding the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1349 | An Act to Require Legislative Approval for a Contract to Operate the Juniper Ridge Landfill | This bill requires the approval of the Legislature for a contract or a contract renewal for the operation of the state-owned Juniper Ridge Landfill, located in the City of Old Town. | Dead |
| LD1340 | An Act to Establish the Municipal Stream Crossing Fund | An Act to Establish the Municipal Stream Crossing Fund | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1550 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Amend Its Rules to Protect Water Quality by Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Septic Systems | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Amend Its Rules to Protect Water Quality by Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Septic Systems | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1869 | An Act to Lower Property Taxes by Allowing a Local Option Sales Tax on Recreational Cannabis Sales | This bill allows a municipality to approve by referendum a local option sales tax of up to 1% on sales of adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products. The uses of the revenue from that sales tax is limited to funding public safety and education initiatives. | Dead |
| LD1907 | An Act to Protect Consumers from Unfair Dynamic Pricing in Grocery Stores | This bill amends the Unfair Sales Act to prohibit the use of dynamic pricing by grocery stores to electronically change the price of a good or service offered by that grocery store more than once in a 48-hour period during a severe weather event, a natural disaster, a supply chain disruption or another event that can cause a sudden increased demand for goods or services. Dynamic pricing may be used at other times as long as notice of its use is provided to the customers of the grocery store using conspicuous signage describing how and when the grocery store uses dynamic pricing. A violation of the bill's provisions is considered an unfair trade practice, subject to the penalties imposed for a violation of the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act. | Dead |
| LD688 | An Act to Authorize Department of the Secretary of State Law Enforcement Officers to Initiate a Libel Proceeding Regarding Catalytic Converters | This bill exempts a sworn law enforcement officer employed by the Department of the Secretary of State who is not an attorney but is representing the State in a libel action related to seized catalytic converters brought pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1113, subsection 15 from the prohibition on the unauthorized practice of law. | Dead |
| LD139 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer | Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Study Establishing a Program for the Electronic Tagging of Deer | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| LD992 | An Act to Protect Consumers from Hidden Fees and Ensure Transparent Pricing for Live Event Tickets and Short-term Lodging | This bill requires persons selling tickets to entertainment events and renting short-term lodging to fully disclose all mandatory fees and display the total price of the ticket or lodging more prominently than other pricing information. The bill requires enforcement by the Attorney General, allows for a private cause of action by a consumer harmed by a violation of the prize disclosure requirements and provides that a person who violates the price disclosure requirements is subject to treble damages and a penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation. | Dead |
| LD1013 | An Act to Protect Taxpayers by Requiring Referenda on Significant Municipal Debt | This bill requires that a municipality seeking to issue a bond in the amount of $10,000,000 or more must call a referendum for the voters of the municipality to approve the bond. The referendum must be held on the first Tuesday in November. The procedure for the referendum must follow the procedures established in the relevant current law. | Dead |
| LD1304 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Limit Property Tax Increases for Individuals 65 Years of Age or Older and Shift the Tax Burden to State Gaming Revenues | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to authorize the Legislature to require taxes on property owned and occupied by a permanent resident of this State for at least 12 months as that person's primary residence to be capped at 2% each year if that person is at least 65 years of age. Upon transfer of the property to someone other than a family member of the owner, the property would assume the just value at the time of transfer. The State is required to reimburse municipalities for revenue lost due to the 2% cap on taxes using revenue from a 2% tax imposed on the sale of lottery tickets and sports betting. | Dead |
| LD1537 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Lowering Property Taxes by Revising the State-Municipal Revenue Sharing Program | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study Lowering Property Taxes by Revising the State-Municipal Revenue Sharing Program, which is directed to perform a holistic review of the state-municipal revenue sharing system with a focus on equitable distribution and the diverse needs of municipalities. The commission is required to submit a report and suggested legislation by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation, which is authorized to report out legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| SP0778 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1209 | Resolve, to Create a Working Group to Study the Safety and Use of Nonconforming Vehicles on Maine's Roads and Highways | Resolve, to Create a Working Group to Study the Safety and Use of Nonconforming Vehicles on Maine's Roads and Highways | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1641 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Implement a Local Option Sales Tax | This bill allows a municipality to impose a year-round local option sales tax on the sale of any goods or services allowed to be taxed at the statewide level by municipal referendum. | Dead |
| LD676 | An Act to Fund the Recommendations of the Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council | This bill provides a one-time allocation to go toward the replacement of the tracks on the 31 miles of the rail corridor between the towns of Fryeburg and Standish per the recommendations of the Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council. | Dead |
| LD796 | Resolve, to Rename a Bridge in Windham and Gorham the Little Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge | Resolve, to Rename a Bridge in Windham and Gorham the Little Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1350 | An Act to Ban Corporate Contributions to Candidates | This bill amends the campaign finance laws to prohibit a business entity from making contributions to candidates and defines "business entity." | Dead |
| LD989 | An Act to Recognize Amateur Radio License Holders by Waiving Fees for License Plates Displaying Call Signs | This bill exempts amateur radio license holders from the annual administrative fee for a vanity registration plate if the vanity registration plate displays the call sign of the amateur radio station and the registrant complies with other motor vehicle registration laws. The registrant may be required to provide proof of a valid amateur radio license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. The bill specifies that the exemption will not be in effect until the Secretary of State does its regular update of the software used by the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles. | Dead |
| LD559 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Stabilization for Older Maine Residents | This bill allows a municipality to adopt by ordinance a property tax stabilization program for senior residents of that municipality. A municipality adopting such an ordinance sets a minimum age for participation by residents of the municipality of not less than 62 years of age. The person must also be a permanent resident of the State and have owned a homestead in the State for at least 10 years. A municipality may adopt stricter eligibility requirements. The bill also allows a municipality, by referendum, to adopt a local option sales tax of 1% on the value of prepared food and rental of living quarters in any hotel, rooming house or tourist or trailer camp. The revenue generated by the local option sales tax may only be used to offset the loss of revenue from the property tax stabilization program for senior residents of that municipality. | Dead |
| LD993 | An Act to Require First Responder Training for Mental Health Crisis and Critical Incident Stress Recognition | This bill directs the Department of Public Safety, in collaboration with others, to develop and implement training to be presented every 3 years to first responders and other similar professions that teaches self-recognition and management of mental health crises and critical incident stress for the participants of the training and for the participants to recognize and manage mental health crises and critical incident stress in others. | Dead |
| HP0950 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE HONORABLE LOIS GALGAY RECKITT ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOSTON RED SOX OPENING HOME GAME ON APRIL 4, 2025 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE HONORABLE LOIS GALGAY RECKITT ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOSTON RED SOX OPENING HOME GAME ON APRIL 4, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD909 | An Act to Expand Property Tax Relief for Veterans and Their Survivors | This bill changes the property tax benefits for veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. The bill provides that veterans are no longer required to have served during a federally recognized war period and receive an exemption of up to $5,000 of the just value of the property. It provides that veterans who are 62 years of age or older receive an exemption of up to $6,000 of the just value of the property. It also provides that veterans receive an exemption of between $10,000 and $50,000 based on their United States Department of Veterans Affairs service- connected disability rating. The bill provides that a veteran's unremarried surviving spouse, minor child or parent remains eligible for the benefit that the veteran would be eligible for if the veteran was living. | Dead |
| SP0476 | JOINT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MAY 4, 2025 TO MAY 10, 2025 AS TARDIVE DYSKINESIA AWARENESS WEEK | JOINT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MAY 4, 2025 TO MAY 10, 2025 AS TARDIVE DYSKINESIA AWARENESS WEEK | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #651 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede And Concur RC #649 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #640 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Enactment RC #650 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD182 | An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #656 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Reconsider RC #647 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Enactment RC #646 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD549 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #653 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD588 | An Act to Enact the Agricultural Employees Concerted Activity Protection Act | Veto Override (2/3) RC #642 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Enactment RC #652 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Enactment RC #648 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Accept Report 'a' Ought Not To Pass RC #645 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #654 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Senate Amendment (sbs-468) To Committee Amendment RC #638 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Reconsider RC #659 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Commit RC #657 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1731 | An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service | Veto Override (2/3) RC #643 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1802 | An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to Clarify When an Indigent Criminal Defendant Is Entitled to Counsel at State Expense | Veto Override (2/3) RC #641 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1816 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Conduct an Inventory of Existing Forensic Examination Kits in the Possession of Law Enforcement | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #655 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Enactment RC #658 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| SP0799 | Joint Order, to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs to Report Out 2 Bills to the Senate | Passage RC #644 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Enactment RC #635 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (scs-436) RC #631 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sbs-434) RC #630 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sas-433) RC #629 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone RC #628 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #627 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD442 | An Act to Amend the Automotive Repair Statute | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #621 | 06/18/2025 | Absent |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Recede And Concur RC #620 | 06/18/2025 | Absent |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Recede And Concur RC #632 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #624 | 06/18/2025 | Absent |
| LD1227 | An Act to Repeal the Requirement That Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Equip Vehicles with a Standardized Data Access Platform | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #622 | 06/18/2025 | Absent |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #626 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1394 | An Act to Support Maine's Electric Vehicle Adoption Goals by Providing an Exclusion for Electric Vehicles from Certain Requirements of the Right to Repair Law | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #623 | 06/18/2025 | Absent |
| LD1666 | An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes | Enactment RC #637 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1777 | An Act to Reduce Costs and Increase Customer Protections for the State's Net Energy Billing Programs | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-439) To Committee Amendment RC #633 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Accept Report 'c' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #625 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Enactment RC #634 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #636 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-426) To Committee Amendment RC #600 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #599 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Commit RC #608 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #607 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Indefinitely Postpone RC #619 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #601 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Cah-660 RC #596 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-403) To Committee Amendment RC #595 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #613 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1189 | An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #603 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #616 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #618 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1386 | An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers | Recede And Concur RC #609 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1386 | An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #602 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #604 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1667 | Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #597 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #617 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1849 | An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #615 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #612 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #610 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Commit RC #598 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Recede RC #611 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Recede And Concur RC #614 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #606 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #605 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Table Until Later RC #587 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #578 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Recede And Concur RC #586 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #556 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD244 | Resolve, to Provide Safe, Short-term Housing to Individuals Recently Released from Correctional Facilities | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #564 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Reconsider RC #577 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #567 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Enactment RC #571 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #588 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #590 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Reconsider RC #576 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Table Until Later RC #566 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #565 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #563 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #550 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD868 | An Act to Ensure Equity and Safety in Athletics, Restrooms, Changing Rooms and Housing at Elementary, Secondary and Postsecondary Schools | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #557 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Indefinitely Postpone RC #569 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #593 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #592 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1107 | An Act to Amend the Tax Expenditure Review Process and Centralize Incentive Data Collection | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #555 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #583 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Reconsider RC #575 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Indefinitely Postpone RC #574 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #573 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Reconsider RC #570 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #572 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1337 | An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act Regarding Female Athletes and Safety in Women's Single-sex Shelters | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #558 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1318 | An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #559 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1488 | An Act Regarding Cannabis Testing | Adopt Cas-320 RC #568 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1498 | An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development | Accept Report RC #579 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1665 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #584 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #552 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #589 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1748 | An Act to Enhance Businesses' Understanding of Labor Standards and Grow Maine's Energy Economy Through Project Development Information Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #549 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1731 | An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service | Enactment RC #553 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | Recede And Concur RC #562 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine Senate District 26 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 12/07/2022 |