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Legislator > Karen Montell

State Representative
Karen Montell
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 054
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
contact info
Capitol Office
House Democratic Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Phone: 800-423-2900
Phone 2: 207-287-1430
Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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LD1927 | An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability | 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. | Passed |
LD1750 | An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease | An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
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 |
LD328 | An Act Requiring the State to Pay a Retired State Employee's or Retired Teacher's Premium for Medicare Part B Under Medicare Advantage | This bill requires the State to pay 100% of a retired state employee's or retired teacher's premium for Medicare Part B under the Medicare Advantage plan beginning January 1, 2026. | Passed |
LD1052 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish the State Auditor as a Constitutional Officer | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to establish the State Auditor as a constitutional officer. | Passed |
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 |
LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act to provide that a cannabis establishment licensee may voluntarily elect, but is not required, to use the tracking system for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products implemented and administered by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy. The office is directed to adopt major substantive rules regarding minimum inventory control system and other requirements that must be satisfied by a licensee that does not voluntarily elect to use that tracking system implemented and administered by the office. The bill also prohibits the office from renewing, extending, negotiating or entering into any contract or other agreement with a 3rd-party entity for the administration of, or otherwise relating to, the tracking system for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products. The office is directed to, as expeditiously as possible, take all reasonable steps to cancel or terminate any such existing contracts or agreements with 3rd-party entities, subject to the terms, conditions and other limitations of those contracts or agreements. By June 30, 2026, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services is required to transfer to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Bureau of Veterans' Services, Maine Veterans' Homes Stabilization Fund, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, section 613, all funds in its possession allocated or otherwise dedicated to the administration of, or otherwise relating to, the tracking system for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products. | Dead |
LD1756 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Transportation Project Selection Prioritization Process | This bill establishes the Transportation Project Selection Council to develop and manage a statewide project selection prioritization process. The council is directed to: 1. Advise the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority on the development of the prioritization process, in accordance with federal transportation requirements, and in cooperation with municipalities, counties and other planning organizations within the State; 2. Review projects and strategies to determine whether projects are consistent with assessment of capacity needs outlined in the department's or the authority's long-range transportation plans; 3. Weigh key goals for each of the State's federally designated planning organization regions; and 4. Solicit input from municipalities, counties and other planning organizations, transit operators, environmental groups, active transportation groups, economic development groups and other stakeholders in the development of the prioritization process. The council is required to report annually on the prioritization process to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters. | Dead |
LD1786 | An Act to Require the Department of Environmental Protection to Provide Certain Information Regarding Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to the Public and Private Drinking Water Well Owners | An Act to Require the Department of Environmental Protection to Provide Certain Information Regarding Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to the Public and Private Drinking Water Well Owners | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1407 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Report the Findings of the Indoor Air Quality Advisory Group | Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Report the Findings of the Indoor Air Quality Advisory Group | | Passed |
LD1033 | An Act to Regulate Alcoholic Beverage Competitions | An Act to Regulate Alcoholic Beverage Competitions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD863 | An Act to Allow a Person or Organization Conducting a Raffle to Use an Approved Payment Management System | This bill removes the prohibition on an agricultural society, nonprofit organization, volunteer fire department or their auxiliaries to conduct Internet raffles in which the total value of the prize offered to the holder of the winning chance does not exceed $2,500 or, if there are multiple winning chances, the total value of all prizes offered do not exceed a value of $2,500 without being required to register with the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Unit. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1620 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regulating the Testing of Adult Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Products | This bill amends the laws regulating the testing of adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products as follows. 1. It provides that testing rules adopted by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy must establish a testing limit for total yeast and mold contamination in adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products of 100,000 colony-forming units per gram and may require other microbial testing only for microbes harmful to human health, as determined by the office, including, but not limited to, Escherichia coli, salmonella and coliform bacteria. 2. It establishes a process by which an adult use cannabis licensee may become eligible for audit testing of the licensee's adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products by conducting 10 consecutive and separate mandatory tests of different batches of the cannabis or cannabis products, if the results of each of those tests demonstrate that the batch of cannabis or cannabis products do not exceed the maximum level of allowable contamination for any contaminant that is injurious to health and for which testing is required. If determined eligible for audit testing by the office, the licensee is not required to test the licensee's adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products prior to sale or distribution to a consumer unless the licensee fails an audit test. 3. It requires testing facilities to submit to the office the results of all testing conducted for adult use cannabis licensees, regardless of whether a licensee's adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis product tested exceeds the maximum level of allowable contamination for any contaminant that is injurious to health and for which testing is required. It also requires the office to make available on its publicly accessible website all mandatory testing results submitted by testing facilities, regardless of whether the cannabis or cannabis product passed or failed the test. The office must anonymize the testing results so that the licensee for which the test was conducted is indicated only through a unique identifying number or other anonymous indicator assigned by the office. Testing results must be made available on its publicly accessible website on a quarterly basis, no earlier than 3 months after the date on which the testing was conducted. | Dead |
LD1874 | An Act to Enable the Maine Pilotage Commission to Oversee Pilots Operating in Portland Harbor | An Act to Enable the Maine Pilotage Commission to Oversee Pilots Operating in Portland Harbor | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1776 | An Act to Establish the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex | This bill establishes the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex, which must work to ensure the occupational health and safety of Legislators, legislative and executive branch staffs and the public within the State House complex and to streamline communications regarding the State House complex among the Legislative Council, the Legislative Council's State House facilities committee and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services. | Dead |
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 |
LD1128 | An Act to Modernize the Formulary for Naturopathic Doctors | An Act to Modernize the Formulary for Naturopathic Doctors Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the rule designating the formulary for naturopathic doctors has not been updated since 1996; and Whereas, there is a statutory inconsistency that restricts the authority of the Board of Complementary Health Care Providers to amend the formulary by rule; and Whereas, this legislation corrects that inconsistency and must take effect immediately so that the process to update the formulary can begin; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD487 | Resolve, Directing the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to Apply for Federal Funding for the Purpose of Identifying the Rail Corridor Connecting Portland to Orono as an Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor | This resolve directs the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to apply for funding through the federal corridor identification and development program for the purpose of identifying the rail corridor that extends from Portland through Auburn, Lewiston, Waterville and Bangor to Orono, with other station locations determined to be appropriate, as an intercity passenger rail corridor. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is directed to apply for this funding during the 2025 application period. | Dead |
LD1292 | An Act to Codify the Maine Turnpike Authority's Contributions to the Highway Fund with Regard to the Sensible Transportation Policy Act | This bill specifies that the Maine Turnpike Authority must contribute, on a quarterly basis, to the Highway Fund any revenues and reserves exceeding the sum of the authority's legislatively approved operating budget, reserve maintenance fund, debt services fund and debt service reserve fund, the amount required to support the debt service, any additional amount required to be kept in reserve, any additional amount allocated to a planning or capital project outside the authority's general maintenance and preservation duty that has been legislatively approved and approved by the Department of Transportation and found to be a greater priority than any other department projects and to be consistent with the Sensible Transportation Policy Act. | Dead |
LD724 | An Act to Recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as State Holidays | This bill establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays and requires the Governor to designate each year the specific date of each holiday. | Dead |
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. | Dead |
LD1632 | An Act to Provide Incentives and Amend Laws Regarding Access to Protect Rural Highway Capacity and Promote Long-term Economic Development | This bill reinstates that all state highways, rather than only controlled access highways, are subject to Department of Transportation access management rules. The bill stipulates that the department may waive access management rules and issue a permit for a driveway only if the property is located within a locally designated growth area identified in a state- approved comprehensive plan. The bill also reestablishes the program within the Department of Transportation, which is to be funded on a pilot project basis, to provide technical assistance and incentive grants to municipalities to prevent new development along state highways and reduce the cost of future highway improvement projects. The bill specifies an incentive funding grant may be used to purchase rural lands adjacent to the highways to secure access rights and to plan the development of a public way or a town way within a municipality. | Dead |
LD1809 | An Act to Further Stabilize Highway Fund Revenue | This bill provides 3 additional sources of revenue for the Highway Fund: 1. A $1 surcharge imposed by the Maine Turnpike Authority on any noncommercial passenger vehicle that uses the turnpike and is not registered in this State; 2. An annual registration fee of $200 imposed on the registration of battery electric vehicles and $100 imposed on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and 3. A delivery fee of 50 cents per delivery imposed and collected at the time of a sale of at least $100 of tangible personal property tax that is subject to sales tax. All revenue from the surcharge, registration fee and delivery charge is required to be deposited in the Highway Fund. | Dead |
LD1567 | An Act to Require Labeling of Radiation Treatment and Ozonation of Adult Use Cannabis and Inspection and Registration of Associated Equipment | This bill requires that adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products be labeled with information on any radiation treatment or ozonation applied to the cannabis or cannabis product. The bill also requires equipment used for radiation treatment or ozonation of adult use cannabis or an adult use cannabis product to be inspected and registered by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy. | 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 |
LD91 | An Act to Authorize Employees of the Maine Association of Retirees to Be Eligible for Participation in the State Employee Health Insurance Program | This bill makes employees of the Maine Association of Retirees eligible to participate in the state employee health insurance program. | Dead |
LD1242 | An Act to Incentivize the Construction of Solar Carport Canopies and Solar Chargers at Highway Picnic Areas | This bill directs the Department of Transportation to enter into leases at no cost at all highway picnic areas for the installation of solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations. The bill also allows a person that builds or has built a solar carport canopy that houses at least 2 electric vehicle charging stations to amortize the sales and use tax assessed on materials and equipment spent to construct the solar carport canopy and any electric vehicle charging stations under the solar carport canopy. | Dead |
LD776 | An Act to Provide Free School Lunches to Special Purpose Private Schools That Receive Students from the Public School System | This bill amends the laws governing school food service programs to provide free school lunches to special purpose private schools that receive publicly funded students and participate in the National School Lunch Program in accordance with 7 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 210 (2007). | Dead |
LD1508 | An Act to Clarify the Law Regarding Tinted Windows in Motor Vehicles | This bill requires the Chief of the State Police to provide the owner of a motor vehicle with a certificate of exemption from the laws prohibiting reflective or tinted windows upon written request signed by a medical provider. | Dead |
LD263 | Resolve, to Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits Under MaineCare | This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a pilot project lasting 18 months that provides nonmedical transportation services to individuals receiving services pursuant to rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 19, Home and Community Benefits for the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities, in an amount up to $2,000, in addition to currently permissible medical transportation services. The department is required to submit a report regarding the costs, effectiveness and future viability of the pilot project to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. | Dead |
LD315 | An Act to Add a Personal Finance Course to the State Graduation Requirements in High Schools | This bill requires that all secondary schools include one year of personal finance as part of the mathematics instruction required to obtain a high school diploma. It changes the minimum requirement for a high school diploma from 2 years of mathematics or the equivalent in standards achievement to 3 years of mathematics or the equivalent in standards achievement. | Dead |
LD652 | An Act to Provide Qualifying Downtown Businesses and Developments with Assistance Paying Flood Insurance Premiums | This bill authorizes municipalities or plantations with established downtown tax increment financing districts to use funds related to tax increment financing for flood insurance assistance. | 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 |
LD118 | An Act to Allow Candidates for Sheriff and District Attorney to Participate in the Maine Clean Election Act | This bill allows candidates for the office of sheriff and for the office of district attorney to participate in the Maine Clean Election Act beginning with the 2028 election cycle. | Dead |
Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Enactment RC #601 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Recede And Concur RC #588 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD109 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educational Use | Recede And Concur RC #589 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #602 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede RC #599 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Recede And Concur RC #590 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Recede And Concur RC #591 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD747 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness | Recede And Concur RC #592 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD874 | An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown | Recede And Concur RC #593 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Reconsideration - Veto RC #586 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD1023 | Resolve, to Reestablish the Blue Economy Task Force to Support Maine's Emergence as a Center for Blue Economy Innovation and Opportunity in the 21st Century | Recede And Concur RC #594 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Recede And Concur RC #595 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD1184 | An Act to Require Municipal Reporting on Residential Building Permits, Dwelling Units Permitted and Demolished and Certificates of Occupancy Issued | Recede And Concur RC #596 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Reconsideration - Veto RC #587 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD1738 | An Act to Establish the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program to Support Public Health Efforts in the State | Recede And Concur RC #597 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
LD1951 | An Act to Promote Food Processing and Manufacturing Facility Expansion and Create Jobs | Recede And Concur RC #598 | 06/25/2025 | Absent |
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 #583 | 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 | Recede And Concur RC #579 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #571 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Enactment RC #582 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #578 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #584 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #575 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Recede And Concur RC #580 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1666 | An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes | Enactment RC #576 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Recede And Concur RC #581 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1960 | An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products | Recede And Concur RC #572 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Recede And Concur RC #573 | 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 #574 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #577 | 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 | Enactment RC #556 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Recede And Concur RC #548 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #546 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #553 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #567 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #566 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #568 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #547 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD978 | An Act to Increase General Assistance Reimbursement for Municipalities and Indian Tribes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #545 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #537 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #557 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #558 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #539 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Enactment RC #550 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Adopt Hah-771 To Cah-746 RC #561 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #536 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #565 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
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 | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #538 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1423 | An Act to Improve Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #554 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #540 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1667 | Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #563 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1715 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers | Recede And Concur RC #549 | 06/17/2025 | 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 | Enactment RC #552 | 06/17/2025 | 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 | Table Until Later RC #551 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #564 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1751 | An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #570 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #562 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1867 | An Act to Prohibit Financial Institutions from Using Merchant Category Codes to Identify or Track Firearm Purchases or Disclose Firearm Purchase Records | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #560 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1871 | An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation | Enactment RC #542 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Adopt Hah-707 To Cas-346 RC #544 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #543 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #569 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #559 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #541 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1987 | An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program | Recede And Concur RC #555 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #526 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #517 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD264 | An Act to Remove the 12-month Waiting Period for the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #527 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Recede RC #511 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #528 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD372 | An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax | Recede And Concur RC #507 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Recede And Concur RC #534 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Enactment RC #514 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #531 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD525 | An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances | Recede And Concur RC #505 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #518 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Recede And Concur RC #508 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Insist RC #523 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD879 | An Act to Increase Maximum Small Claim Limits for Home Construction Contracts | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #512 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Enactment RC #513 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Recede And Concur RC #510 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1299 | An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1266 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health to Convene a Working Group to Propose a Plan for Expanding the Reach of Treatment Courts | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #519 | 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 | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #532 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Recede And Concur RC #506 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Insist RC #524 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1715 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #533 | 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 | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #530 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | Recede And Concur RC #509 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1815 | An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident That Results in Serious Bodily Injury or Death | Recede And Concur RC #535 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1853 | An Act to Establish an Educational Tax Credit Program to Help Parents Pay for Nonpublic School Tuition and Fees | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #529 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #515 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #522 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #521 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #520 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Recede RC #525 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD179 | An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code to Eliminate the Class E Crime of Violation of Condition of Release | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #484 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
LD165 | An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #473 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
LD182 | An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #487 | 06/13/2025 | 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 | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #492 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
Committee | Position | Rank | |
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Detail | Maine Joint Transportation Committee | 7 |
State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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ME | Maine House District 054 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/07/2022 |