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State Representative
Alicia Collins
(R) - Maine
Maine House District 061
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
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Capitol Office
House Republican Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Phone: 800-423-2900
Phone 2: 207-287-1440
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD505 | An Act to Update Processes and Fees in the Probate Court System | This bill makes the following changes to the Maine Uniform Probate Code. 1. It increases certain filing fees throughout the Code and provides that, after 2025, these fees must automatically be adjusted for inflation. 2. It requires any party that files a petition, motion or other document with a probate court that is created with the assistance of artificial intelligence technology to verify the accuracy of the petition, motion or other document by affidavit and authorizes the court to impose appropriate sanctions on parties that violate this requirement. 3. It requires a personal representative who has mailed an inventory of the property of the decedent to all interested parties who requested the inventory to also file the inventory with the court. Under current law, the personal representative has discretion to file the inventory with the court in these circumstances. 4. It provides that, like a guardian ad litem appointed by a probate court, a visitor appointed by a probate court is entitled to quasi-judicial immunity for acts performed within the scope of the visitor's duties. 5. It changes from 14 years of age or older to 12 years of age or older the age at which an adoptee must consent either to a parent's consent to have the child adopted by a specific petitioner or to a parent's surrender and release of the parent's parental rights in favor of a licensed child-placing agency or the Department of Health and Human Services. | Passed |
| LD1286 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Impact of Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency on Maine's Economy and the Risks of Fraud and Theft to Maine Consumers | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study Fostering a Positive Economic Environment for Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency. The commission is tasked with reviewing national data on the scope of the use of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, assessing the current status of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency within the State, studying nonfungible tokens, consulting industry experts and compiling legislative recommendations to position the State as a leader in the emerging fields of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The commission is directed to report on its study no later than December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services, which is authorized to report out legislation based on the report. | Passed |
| LD1588 | An Act to Ensure Transparency in Student Transfer Requests | This bill modifies the education laws governing student transfers to require greater transparency by school administrative units and the Commissioner of Education. The bill requires school administrative units to report information pertaining to requests by students to transfer either to or from that school administrative unit within the past year. The bill also requires the commissioner to make a de-identified version of that information available on the Department of Education's publicly accessible website, including information related to any transfer request reviewed by the commissioner. | Passed |
| LD1091 | An Act to Reinforce Free Speech at Town Meetings by Requiring Opportunity for Public Comment | An Act to Reinforce Free Speech at Town Meetings by Requiring Opportunity for Public Comment | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1877 | An Act to Increase Penalties for Human Trafficking Offenses | An Act to Increase Penalties for Human Trafficking Offenses | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | This bill requires that a business entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes obscene matter on a website or software application verify that an individual attempting to access the obscene matter is 18 years of age or older through reasonable age verification methods. The bill prohibits a business entity that performs an age verification of an individual from retaining any identifying information of the individual after the individual's age has been verified. The bill does not apply to a bona fide news broadcast or public interest broadcast, video, report or event. A business entity that is found to have violated the provisions of the bill is liable to an individual for damages including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, and the Attorney General may bring an action against the business entity for an unfair or deceptive act or practice. | Dead |
| LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Under current law, water, including mineral bottled and carbonated waters and ice, is excluded from the definition of "grocery staples" for the purposes of sales and use tax exemption. This bill removes that exclusion and instead provides that "grocery staples" includes drinking water that is placed in a container or package and is intended for human consumption. | Dead |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | This bill repeals the National Popular Vote for President Act and makes changes to other election statutes to reflect that repeal. | Dead |
| 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 | This bill prohibits a school administrative unit or an elementary school, secondary school or postsecondary educational institution in the State that receives any state funding from allowing a person whose biological sex assigned at birth is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for females. | Dead |
| LD380 | An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Gender-affirming Health Care Services | This bill repeals provisions enacted by Public Law 2023, chapter 648 protecting persons who seek, health care practitioners who provide and those who assist health care practitioners in providing gender-affirming health care services and reproductive health care services in accordance with the applicable standard of care. The bill replaces the provisions addressed in chapter 648 with the law that was in effect prior to enactment of chapter 648. | Dead |
| LD1704 | An Act to Prohibit a School Administrative Unit from Adopting a Policy That Allows a Student to Use a Restroom Designated for Use by the Opposite Sex | This bill prohibits a school administrative unit from adopting a policy that permits a student to use a school restroom according to the student's gender identity if that restroom is designated for use by a sex that does not correspond to the student's sex assigned at birth. The bill also directs the Department of Education to update its rules consistent with this legislation. | Dead |
| LD424 | An Act Concerning the Concealed Carrying of a Handgun by an Individual Who Is 18 Years of Age but Under 21 Years of Age | This bill removes the exception from the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 2001-A concerning the carrying of concealed weapons for handguns carried by persons 18 years of age or older and under 21 years of age who are on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard or who are honorably discharged veterans and allows a person who is 18 years of age or older who is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm to carry a concealed handgun. | Dead |
| LD998 | An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle | This bill modifies the provision of law governing an employer's authority to prohibit an employee from storing a firearm in the employee's vehicle. The current law states that an employer is not permitted to prohibit an employee from storing a firearm in the employee's vehicle if the employee has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, chapter 252, as long as the vehicle is locked and the firearm is stored out of sight. The bill removes the specification that the employee must have a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm. | Dead |
| LD1032 | An Act Regarding Court Security | This bill requires the State Court Administrator to contract for the services of qualified individuals to perform court security-related functions and services at a court if court operations at that court have been adversely affected by a lack of available court security for more than 2% of scheduled court time in a month at that court. It provides that, when the State Court Administrator contracts for the services of qualified individuals to perform court security-related functions and services, the State Court Administrator must first offer the contract to the appropriate sheriff's office before the contract is offered to another party. | Dead |
| LD1638 | An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1254 | An Act to Expand the Licensing of Outpatient Surgical Facilities | This bill modifies the definition of "ambulatory surgical facility" by removing language that excludes the private office of a physician or dentist and a facility existing for the primary purpose of performing terminations of pregnancies. Under the bill, such a facility is considered an ambulatory surgical facility and would be required to be licensed as such if that facility's primary purpose is providing outpatient elective surgical care. | Dead |
| LD1930 | An Act Regarding Acts of Violence Committed Against a Pregnant Woman | This bill provides that for certain provisions of the Maine Criminal Code, including those governing murder, manslaughter and assault, the term "person" or "human being" includes an unborn child. Exceptions are included for an act committed by the mother of an unborn child, a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed medical professional at the request of a mother of an unborn child or the mother's legal guardian or the lawful dispensation or administration of lawfully prescribed medication. | Dead |
| LD1154 | An Act to Require That Informed Consent for Abortion Include Information on Perinatal Hospice | This bill requires a health care professional, as part of ensuring informed consent for an abortion of a pregnant woman whose fetus has received a diagnosis of a lethal fetal anomaly, to inform the woman of perinatal hospice services and provide the woman with a list of available perinatal hospice services providers. If the woman declines receiving perinatal hospice services and elects to proceed with the abortion, the woman must certify that decision in writing and that the woman received the list of perinatal hospice services providers. | Dead |
| LD886 | An Act to Regulate Medication Abortions | This bill regulates medication abortions, which are abortions resulting from the ingestion of a chemical agent or drug. The bill: 1. Prohibits purchasing or obtaining through online sources a chemical agent or drug used for medication abortions; 2. Requires a person opting to undergo a medication abortion to obtain a chemical agent or drug through a prescription from a licensed health care professional and requires that licensed health care professional to oversee the abortion in person; and 3. Requires the licensed health care professional to inform the patient: A. Of the physical steps involved in the medication abortion; B. What the patient will experience as a result of ingesting the chemical agent or drug; C. Of any physical, emotional or spiritual risks of undergoing the medication abortion; and D. Of any chemical agent, drug or other means by which the medication abortion may be reversed. | Dead |
| LD1007 | An Act to Update the State's Informed Consent Laws Regarding Drug-induced Abortion | This bill requires a health care professional who is obtaining a woman's informed consent to a drug-induced abortion to provide the woman with specific information about the potential ability of qualified health care professionals to reverse the effects of the abortion. | Dead |
| LD1222 | An Act to Limit Sovereign Immunity for Schools and School Superintendents | This bill removes immunity under the Maine Tort Claims Act for school superintendents, school administrative units or schools within the school administrative unit's jurisdiction for certain conduct, including negligence, violations of state or federal education law, failure to ensure student safety, failure to report abuse of, neglect of or threats to a student, willful misconduct or criminal activity. The bill also requires school administrative units to indemnify their staff and employees, establish mandatory reporting policies regarding student safety and carry liability insurance. The bill directs the Department of Education to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the impact and effectiveness of these provisions and establishes an effective date of October 1, 2026. | Dead |
| LD612 | An Act to Require the Department of Health and Human Services to Review Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Transactions and Lottery Operations | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to cross-check data of lottery winners with recipients of Medicaid benefits or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and to deduct from the winnings the past 5 years of benefits received by the prize winner and administrative costs. The bill also requires the department to monitor out-of-state electronic benefits transfer, or EBT, system transactions and terminate the benefits of any recipient who makes solely out-of-state EBT card transactions over a 90-day period and is determined to no longer reside in the State or does not respond to department contact. | Dead |
| LD1662 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Zoning and Land Use Restrictions to Limit Certain Requirements to Municipalities with Populations of More than 10,000 | This bill modifies provisions of law governing zoning ordinances and placement of dwelling units and accessory dwelling units in residential areas by limiting certain provisions to apply only to a municipality with a population of more than 10,000. | Dead |
| LD1852 | An Act to Promote Equitable Property Taxation by Reducing Valuation Based on Nearby Clean Energy Projects | This bill requires a tax assessor, when establishing the valuation of improved real property that abuts a solar energy development or grid-scale wind energy development, to reduce the value of the property due to its proximity to the solar energy development or grid-scale wind energy development. | Dead |
| LD1466 | An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency | This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to exempt a school from making up missed instructional days in cases when the school is located in a section of the State for which a state of emergency has been declared by the Governor and the school was in fact unable to operate due to circumstances or conditions related to the reason for the emergency proclamation. The bill requires the Department of Education to update its rules and requires that the rules clarify that a school requesting the exemption may not be required to submit a waiver application. | Dead |
| LD1067 | An Act to Improve the Process for Mobile Home Owners to Purchase Their Mobile Home Park | This bill increases from 51% to 60% the percentage of mobile home owners needed to indicate in writing that they support a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association making an offer to purchase the mobile home park where their mobile homes are located. The bill also prohibits a mobile home owners' association from contacting mobile home owners more than 3 times about the purchase of the mobile home park. | Dead |
| LD660 | An Act to Provide Transparency and Public Access to Public School Curricula | This bill requires school administrative units to adopt policies and procedures to ensure that the approved curriculum presented is implemented in the classroom without change, to post at least 3 years of data regarding certain student enrollment and performance, to maintain lists regarding participation in and development of professional development programs and to create an online portal that will act as the single source for all student information and data that can be accessed by 3rd-party contractors, including curriculum materials and information regarding speakers and guests. The bill requires the Department of Education to list and make available to the public all administrator, teacher and staff professional development and instructional programs offered to schools that are paid for with state funds and maintain a list of school boards that have approved a statewide program. The bill places restrictions on the choice of academic class offerings and curriculum materials and on-site professional development programs. Certain provisions of this bill are designed to satisfy federal law related to parental access to information and protection of pupil's rights. | Dead |
| LD1273 | An Act to Make Paid Family and Medical Leave Voluntary | Part A of this bill repeals the provisions in law that established the paid family and medical leave benefits program. Part A requires the Department of Labor to refund contributions made by employers and self-employed individuals to the Department of Labor under the paid family and medical leave benefits program and requires an employer that deducted a portion of the premium required for an employee from that employee's wages to remit that portion of the premium to the employee as part of the employee's wages. Part A also requires the State Controller to transfer unappropriated funds from the Department of Labor, Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. Part B of the bill establishes a voluntary paid family and medical leave program for employers of 50 or more employees and also allows individual employees whose employers do not participate in the program to voluntarily participate. Part B requires the Commissioner of Labor to contract with an insurance company authorized to do business in this State to provide this coverage after a competitive bidding process. The commissioner is required to issue the request for proposals no later than January 1, 2026, and voluntary paid family and medical leave coverage must be available for purchase no later than January 1, 2027. The program provides employees who are eligible for paid family and medical leave with 60% of their average weekly wage, up to a maximum amount based on the cap on wages eligible for social security benefits, for up to 6 weeks per year. | Dead |
| HP1331 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SAMANTHA SMITH | JOINT RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SAMANTHA SMITH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1884 | Resolve, to Increase the Number of Kennebec County Commissioners | This resolve proposes a referendum to increase the number of commissioners for Kennebec County from 3 to 5. The resolve will put the question out to the voters of Kennebec County in November 2026. | Dead |
| LD490 | An Act to Provide for a 5-year Automatic Repeal of Agency Rules | This bill amends the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to provide that any agency rule that is finally adopted or an amendment to which is finally adopted in accordance with the requirements of that Act after January 1, 2026 is automatically repealed 5 years from the date of final adoption. An agency that has adopted or has jurisdiction over a rule subject to automatic repeal may submit to the Legislature a request that the rule be renewed and not be subject to repeal for an additional period of up to 5 years. For any rule subject to automatic repeal, the bill requires the Secretary of State to provide to the agency that adopted or has jurisdiction over the rule a notice regarding the date of the automatic repeal no later than 18 months prior to the date on which the rule will be repealed. | Dead |
| LD1581 | An Act Regarding the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax and Registration Fees Exemption for Certain Veterans | An Act Regarding the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax and Registration Fees Exemption for Certain Veterans Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, certain veterans are exempt from motor vehicle registration fees and excise tax, and 100% disabled veterans may be issued, at no cost, a motor vehicle registration certificate and special designating license plate and to ensure certain veterans benefit from the excise tax exemption and free motor vehicle registration; 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 |
| LD1556 | Resolve, Regarding Increasing the Number of Kennebec County Commissioners | This resolve proposes to increase the number of commissioners for Kennebec County from 3 to 5. The resolve will put the question out to the voters of Kennebec County in November 2026. | Dead |
| LD1329 | An Act to Identify United States Citizenship Status on Driver's Licenses and Nondriver Identification Cards | This bill requires a driver's license and a nondriver identification card to state whether the licensee or card holder is a citizen of the United States, a noncitizen of the United States or an asylum seeker. | Dead |
| LD832 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce the Debt of the Vassalboro Sanitary District | This bill provides one-time funding to the Vassalboro Sanitary District for debt reduction. | Dead |
| LD300 | Resolve, to Direct the Governor's Energy Office to Study Expanding the Use of Hydroelectric Power and the Development of a Geothermal Power Plant in the State | Resolve, to Direct the Governor's Energy Office to Study Expanding the Use of Hydroelectric Power and the Development of a Geothermal Power Plant in the State | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1586 | An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law | This bill requires the question for a budget validation referendum for a regional school unit budget to include the dollar amount of the budget. | Dead |
| LD1650 | An Act to Allow Paralegals to Be Paid by the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services | This bill requires the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to implement a system to compensate paralegals employed to help provide indigent legal services at the average labor market rate for paralegal services. | Dead |
| LD1973 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Oversight and Funding Structures for Recovery Residences and Resident Protections | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study Oversight and Funding Structures for Recovery Residences and Resident Protections. The commission is required to evaluate various policies and industry standards and make policy recommendations with respect to the following: the use of general assistance and the possible expansion or development of new state-funded subsidy programs for use at a recovery residence; alternative models of oversight structure for recovery residences, including voluntary certification, mandatory certification or licensure; and policies related to the use of prescribed medications in recovery residences. The commission is composed of 15 members, including Legislators, the Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee, the Director of the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future or the director's designee and various other members who have experience with recovery residences, advocating for individuals with substance use disorder or expertise in tenant rights or housing protections for persons with disabilities or substance use disorder. No later than December 3, 2025, the commission is required to submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services a report that includes the commission's findings and recommendations, including any suggested legislation. The committee may report out a bill related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD482 | An Act to Expand Educational Opportunities and Broaden Educational Services for Students Enrolled in Equivalent Instruction Programs | This bill modifies the provisions of law governing standards for participation in public school by students who are enrolled in equivalent instruction programs. Equivalent instruction programs include home instruction programs, private schools or other alternative arrangements approved by the Commissioner of Education. Current law provides different standards for participation in public school for students enrolled in home instruction programs as opposed to students enrolled in certain recognized private schools. The bill amends the law to provide one set of standards to apply to all types of equivalent instruction programs. The bill makes changes related to the approval process that a student enrolled in an equivalent instruction program must follow to participate in regular classes in a public school. These changes include eliminating the requirement that a student receive written approval from the superintendent or the superintendent's designee to enroll in or audit a course and modifying the terms used to describe the academic achievement a student must demonstrate in order to participate. The bill allows an equivalent instruction program to use facilities on property owned or leased by a library, community service organization, museum, performing arts venue, theater, cinema or church facility if the property is being used solely for the purpose of operating a type of facility described in the bill, the facility is or was actively used for one of those purposes within 5 years of any executed agreement for the equivalent instruction program to use that facility and the facility follows the state and local health, safety and welfare laws, codes and rules applicable to that facility, including fire safety and building safety. | Dead |
| LD637 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Evaluate the Municipal General Assistance Program Database | This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services on an evaluation of the feasibility of upgrading the database for the municipal general assistance program to allow the determination of whether a disqualified applicant is seeking assistance in another municipality. If the department determines that the current database cannot be upgraded, the department is to research a suitable replacement database that fulfills the criterion. The department is directed to provide the committee a timeline for implementation of the upgrade or new database. | Dead |
| LD220 | An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program in Order to Provide Funding for Students Attending Certain Private Schools and Students Receiving Home Instruction | This bill establishes the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program administered by the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Board. The board is directed to establish hope accounts that may be used by the parents or legal guardians of qualified students to pay for the education of those students enrolled in certain private schools and students receiving home instruction. The funding for these hope accounts comes from shifting 90% of the essential programs and services funding that would otherwise be provided by the State and by the school administrative unit for each qualified student into a hope account. The bill specifies which educational expenditures are permitted and provides for review of spending from the accounts. | Dead |
| LD266 | An Act to Require the Updating of Voter Registration Signatures | This bill stipulates that, beginning January 1, 2026, a voter signature is valid for 5 years from the time it was last updated. It also requires the registrar from each municipality to review the central voter registration system annually and notify those voters whose signatures expire in that calendar year and provide those voters with a voter signature registration update form. The bill also requires the registrar to update the central voter registration system with the updated signatures. | Dead |
| LD282 | An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools | This bill requires that when the cap on the number of public charter schools allowed is reached, the cap increases by one. | Dead |
| LD1454 | An Act to Redefine "Term" in the Law Governing Term Limits for Constitutional Offices | This bill changes the earliest starting point of a partial term that the Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General or State Auditor may serve without it being considered a term for purposes of term limits from the 3rd Wednesday in June in an odd-numbered year to the first Wednesday in December in an odd-numbered year. | Dead |
| LD1675 | An Act to Provide Just Compensation in Cases of Taking by Eminent Domain by Transmission and Distribution Utilities | This bill updates the laws regarding damages paid to owners of property taken by eminent domain by a transmission and distribution utility for the construction, rebuilding or relocation of a transmission line. The bill requires a transmission and distribution utility to set aside 1% of the total revenue generated from the construction, rebuilding or relocation of a transmission line annually to be paid as damages to the owner of a property taken by eminent domain for the construction, rebuilding or relocation of that transmission line. The 1% of the revenue set aside for damages must be distributed to property owners based on the acres of property taken from that owner for the construction, rebuilding or relocation of the transmission line in the form of an annual installment over the course of 20 years from the operation date of the transmission line. | 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 |
| LD644 | An Act to Expand Employment Opportunities for Minor Students by Eliminating Certain Work Limitations | This bill repeals the provisions of law specifying that a minor 16 or 17 years of age may not work: 1. More than 50 hours in any week when the minor's school is not in session; 2. More than 24 hours in any week when the minor's school is in session; 3. More than 6 hours in any day when the minor's school is in session; 4. More than 10 hours in any day when the minor's school is not in session; 5. More than 6 consecutive days; 6. After 10:15 p.m. on a day preceding a day on which the minor's school is in session or after 12 midnight on a day that does not precede such a school day; or 7. Before 7 a.m. on a day on which the minor's school is in session or before 5 a.m. on any other day. The bill also repeals the provision of law specifying that a minor under 17 years of age may not be employed during the hours that the public schools of the town or city in which the minor resides are in session. The bill also repeals record-keeping requirements regarding work hours for minors. | Dead |
| LD187 | An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers | Current law authorizes an organization that serves as a bargaining agent to charge employees who are represented by but are not members of the organization a service fee for expenditures related to representation. This bill removes that authorization. | Dead |
| LD833 | An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception | This bill exempts employers that provide employees with 80 or more hours of paid leave during the calendar year from the laws governing earned paid leave. | Dead |
| LD1409 | An Act Regarding the Rights of Foster Parents | This bill establishes that a foster parent who has had a child in that foster parent's home for a continuous period of one year or more has the same rights as an adult relative of the child. | Dead |
| LD938 | An Act to Implement Certain Local Spending and Sourcing Requirements Regarding the Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | This bill requires a household receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to spend at least 10% of each monthly benefit within a 50-mile radius of the household's declared residence. It also provides that, in addition to the requirements established by the United States Department of Agriculture, a retailer participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program must ensure that at least 10% of all perishable foods in the retailer's inventory are sourced from within the State. | Dead |
| LD603 | An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple Sugarhouses | An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple Sugarhouses | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1155 | An Act to Ensure Appropriate County Government Operations Relating to the Position of Dedimus Justice | This bill amends the law governing dedimus justices by requiring the appointment of 2 county employees and one sheriff's department employee in each county to perform the duties of dedimus justice on behalf of county government and the county sheriff, respectively. The bill also requires the Secretary of State to maintain a roster of persons designated as dedimus justices and make the roster available on the Secretary of State's publicly accessible website. | Dead |
| LD1110 | An Act to Require Remittance Fees for Money Transmissions | This bill requires a sender of a money transmission to pay a remittance fee to be deposited into the General Fund. The sender is entitled to a state income tax credit in the amount of the fee if the sender files a state individual income tax return with either a valid social security number or a valid tax identification number. | Dead |
| LD735 | An Act to Protect Sand Dunes on Sears Island and to Establish Criteria for Legislation Regarding Land Development | This bill repeals the provisions in law that authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and potentially grant a permit under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 480-D for construction of an offshore wind terminal on Sears Island in the Town of Searsport to be located on or that will otherwise impact a coastal sand dune system on the island. The bill also repeals the provisions in law that direct the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, to take all reasonable steps to ensure the conservation and protection of a parcel of land in the northwest portion of Sears Island that is approximately 10 acres in size and that includes a coastal sand dune system that is approximately 1 1/2 acres in size. The bill also requires that any legislation proposing to enact a measure regarding the development of land that is in conflict with United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations may be sponsored only by a member of the House of Representatives or Senate who represents the affected district and may be enacted only with a 2/3 vote of the Legislature. The bill also prohibits the State from authorizing any land development on Sears Island without first establishing an indigenous lands protection committee and obtaining from that committee a certification that any area to be developed does not contain a site sacred to indigenous people in Maine. | Dead |
| LD69 | An Act to Repeal the Law Restricting the Use of Certain Plastic, Paper and Single-use Bags | This bill repeals the law restricting the use of recycled paper bags, reusable bags made of plastic and single-use carry-out bags. | Dead |
| LD642 | An Act to Provide Students in the University of Maine System Who Are Parents or Pregnant Individuals Priority Registration for Courses | This bill requires the Trustees of the University of Maine System to ensure that a parent or pregnant individual who is enrolled in the University of Maine System receives priority in registering for courses for the purpose of scheduling the courses around the parent's child care. This bill requires the trustees to distribute flyers and posters informing students of the right of parents and pregnant individuals to priority registration for courses. It also requires that the posters be displayed in appropriate places at each campus of the University of Maine System and on the publicly accessible website of each campus of the University of Maine System. | Dead |
| LD963 | An Act to Standardize Subsidized Housing Application Forms | This bill requires the Maine State Housing Authority to develop a standard application form for subsidized housing applications. It requires municipal housing authorities and their contractors that administer subsidized housing programs to use the standard form to the extent practicable. | Dead |
| LD668 | An Act to Abolish Ranked-choice Voting | This bill repeals the laws governing ranked-choice voting in: 1. Primary elections for the offices of President of the United States, United States Senator, United States Representative to Congress, Governor, State Senator and State Representative; 2. General and special elections for the offices of United States Senator and United States Representative to Congress; and 3. General elections for presidential electors. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Enactment RC #601 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Recede And Concur RC #588 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #602 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede RC #599 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Recede And Concur RC #591 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD747 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness | Recede And Concur RC #592 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Reconsideration - Veto RC #586 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Recede And Concur RC #595 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Reconsideration - Veto RC #587 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1951 | An Act to Promote Food Processing and Manufacturing Facility Expansion and Create Jobs | Recede And Concur RC #598 | 06/25/2025 | 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 | Enactment RC #583 | 06/18/2025 | 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 | Recede And Concur RC #579 | 06/18/2025 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #571 | 06/18/2025 | 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 #582 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #578 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #584 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Recede And Concur RC #580 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Recede And Concur RC #581 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Enactment RC #574 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #577 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Recede And Concur RC #548 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #547 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD978 | An Act to Increase General Assistance Reimbursement for Municipalities and Indian Tribes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #545 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #537 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #557 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Enactment RC #550 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Adopt Hah-771 To Cah-746 RC #561 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #536 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1423 | An Act to Improve Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #554 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Enactment RC #552 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Table Until Later RC #551 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #564 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1751 | An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #570 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| LD1871 | An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation | Enactment RC #542 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #569 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #559 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #541 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #517 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Recede RC #511 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Recede And Concur RC #534 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Enactment RC #514 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #518 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Insist RC #523 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Enactment RC #513 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1299 | An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #530 | 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 #509 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #515 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #522 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Recede RC #525 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine House District 061 | House | Republican | In Office | 12/03/2024 |