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Legislator > Arthur Mingo
State Representative
Arthur Mingo
(R) - Maine
Maine House District 009
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD1498 | An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development | An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | This bill authorizes each federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or band in this State to operate Internet gaming pursuant to a license from the Gambling Control Unit within the Department of Public Safety. Only a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or band in this State is eligible to obtain a license and operate Internet gaming. The licensing structure follows the law governing sports wagering. | Passed |
| LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | This bill adds and clarifies definitions for terms contained within the automotive right to repair laws enacted by Initiated Bill 2023, chapter 3. The bill reduces the applicability of the automotive right to repair laws to a narrower class of vehicles. Under the bill, motor vehicles subject to the right to repair provisions enacted by Initiated Bill 2023, chapter 3 are self-propelled vehicles, not exclusively operated on railroad tracks, that have a seating capacity of not more than 15 persons, including the operator. The bill specifies that the following types of vehicles are not subject to the provisions enacted by Initiated Bill 2023, chapter 3: vehicles used primarily for commercial purposes; motorcycles; snowmobiles; all-terrain vehicles and motorized wheelchairs, electric personal assistive mobility devices or electric bicycles. | Passed |
| LD1184 | An Act to Require Municipal Reporting on Residential Building Permits, Dwelling Units Permitted and Demolished and Certificates of Occupancy Issued | An Act to Require Municipal Reporting on Residential Building Permits, Dwelling Units Permitted and Demolished and Certificates of Occupancy Issued | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1121 | An Act to Ensure Equitable Access for All Caregivers to Diaper Changing Stations in State Buildings Open to the Public | An Act to Ensure Equitable Access for All Caregivers to Diaper Changing Stations in State Buildings Open to the Public | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD949 | An Act to Clarify Licensing Jurisdiction for Manufactured Housing Communities | An Act to Clarify Licensing Jurisdiction for Manufactured Housing Communities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD634 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Reduction of Unfunded and Outdated Municipal and County Mandates | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study the Reduction of Unfunded and Outdated Municipal and County Mandates. The commission is required to meet at least twice a year and may meet up to 4 times a year for 2 years to review unfunded and outdated municipal and county mandates in order to provide recommendations and to report out by December 1, 2027 a list of mandates for the Legislature to consider eliminating or revising. | Passed |
| LD461 | An Act to Fund Rural Patrol Services in Washington County | This bill provides funding for 4 Maine State Trooper positions and related All Other to conduct rural patrols in Washington County. | Passed |
| LD1365 | An Act to Allow Consumption of Adult Use Cannabis in Locally Approved Hospitality Lounges | This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act to authorize a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State to adopt an ordinance providing licensing or other approval requirements applicable to cannabis hospitality lounges within the municipality or unorganized and deorganized area. The bill defines "cannabis hospitality lounge" as a location that is open to members of the public who are 21 years of age or older and is licensed or approved by a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State where persons 21 years of age or older may consume adult use cannabis, adult use cannabis products and edible products that do not contain cannabis. A cannabis hospitality lounge is not a cannabis establishment, may operate as a cannabis hospitality lounge without the need for additional state licensing or approvals and is not subject to the oversight of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy. The bill also amends the law prohibiting smoking in public places to allow the smoking of adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products at a locally licensed or approved cannabis hospitality lounge. | In Committee |
| LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | This bill amends the Act to Implement the Maine Indian Claims Settlement and the Mi'kmaq Nation Restoration Act to prevent the taking of land for public uses under the laws of this State if the land is located within Passamaquoddy Indian territory, Penobscot Indian territory, the Houlton Band Trust Land or the Mi'kmaq Nation Trust Land. | Vetoed |
| LD967 | An Act to Reinvigorate Maine's Workforce and Ensure Student Job Readiness by Providing Funds for the Career Exploration Program | This bill provides ongoing funds to continue and make permanent one Public Service Coordinator I position to support the Career Exploration Program in the Department of Economic and Community Development effective July 1, 2026. | Passed |
| LD1723 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Manufactured Housing Communities to Prevent Excessive Rent and Fees Increases | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Manufactured Housing Communities to Prevent Excessive Rent and Fees Increases | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1765 | An Act to Ensure Affordability and Stability in Residential Housing and in Manufactured Housing Communities | An Act to Ensure Affordability and Stability in Residential Housing and in Manufactured Housing Communities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1227 | An Act to Repeal the Requirement That Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Equip Vehicles with a Standardized Data Access Platform | This bill repeals the law that requires motor vehicle manufacturers to equip vehicles with a standardized data access platform. | 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 |
| 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 | Current law imposes a tax at the rate of 1 1/2 cents per pound on wild blueberries shipped or processed in the State; 1/2 of the tax is paid by the seller and 1/2 of the tax is paid by the processor or the shipper. This bill exempts sellers of blueberries harvested in the State from the imposition of the blueberry tax for the 2025 calendar year, which will result in a tax of 0.75 cents per pound on processors and shippers for blueberries harvested in the State. Processors and shippers continue to be responsible for collecting and paying the tax on blueberries harvested outside the State. | Dead |
| LD372 | An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax | This bill provides a sales and use tax exemption for sales of gold and silver coins and bullion. | Dead |
| LD165 | An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level | This bill allows a school board to expel or authorize the suspension of a student of any grade level. | Dead |
| LD1542 | An Act to Amend the Membership of the Washington County Budget Advisory Committee | An Act to Amend the Membership of the Washington County Budget Advisory Committee | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD970 | An Act to Support Affordable Housing Development | An Act to Support Affordable Housing Development | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1708 | An Act to Create the Commercial Fishing Safety Fund to Further Develop Training and Provide Equipment to Recover Ships and Other Watercraft and Persons in Distress or Lost at Sea | An Act to Create the Commercial Fishing Safety Fund to Further Develop Training and Provide Equipment to Recover Ships and Other Watercraft and Persons in Distress or Lost at Sea | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1760 | An Act to Promote Public Education in Maine by Amending the Laws Governing Student Transfers | This bill amends the laws governing student school transfers by: 1. Consolidating the provisions regarding elementary school transfers and secondary school transfers into one section of law; 2. Requiring notification of accepted transfers to parents and guardians and the sending school administrative unit and amending decision review procedures; 3. Establishing requirements regarding school capacity for transfer students and requiring school administrative units to report to the Commissioner of Education annually the number of transfer applications, acceptances and denials and the reason for each denial; 4. Requiring that a school administrative unit's transfer policy not discriminate against any student on the basis of that student's residential address, ability, disability, race, ethnicity, sex or socioeconomic status; 5. Requiring school boards of 2 or more school administrative units that wish to allow the transfer of students among the participating units to adopt mutual policies that set forth procedures and standards governing the transfers and requiring members of an education service center to adopt a mutual policy allowing the transfer of students among the member school administrative units; and 6. Requiring the commissioner to adopt rules to ensure that homeless students have unrestricted access to free public education. | Dead |
| LD1593 | An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" | This bill requires the State or a local government or other political subdivision or educational institution when making a decision based on advancing equity, the entity making that decision must provide on a publicly accessible website the definition of "equity" used to make the decision and the metrics used by that entity to measure equity. | Dead |
| LD546 | Resolve, to Require the Preparation of Preapproved Building Types | Resolve, to Require the Preparation of Preapproved Building Types | | Passed |
| LD1553 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require a Supermajority of the Legislature to Approve Raising Taxes | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to require that the rate of taxation imposed by the State with regard to any tax may not be increased and a new tax may not be imposed by the State unless by consent of the people by exercise of their right of direct initiative or by a 2/3 vote of the members of each House. | 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 |
| LD1391 | An Act to Update the Maine Self-service Storage Act | An Act to Update the Maine Self-service Storage Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1841 | An Act to Modify the Process of Selling Tax-acquired Properties | This bill amends the municipal sale of foreclosed property process to allow for a deed in lieu of foreclosure from the delinquent property owner. The bill amends the sale process to require mandatory notices to the delinquent owner and sets forth a series of actions required before a municipality can complete its sale of the property. Deductions for the expenses of the municipality are allowed to be deducted from the funds received from the sale of foreclosed, tax-acquired property above what the former owner owed the municipality. | Dead |
| LD671 | An Act to Abolish the Maine Income Tax and Establish a Zero-based Budget | This bill eliminates the Maine income tax beginning January 1, 2026. It requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to review provisions of law that refer to income tax and submit a report, including suggested legislation, to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature identifying necessary changes to implement the elimination. The bill also requires the development of a new budgeting system in which agencies would be subject to zero-based budgeting every 8 years and in the interim years be subject to review and alternative budget requirements. | Dead |
| LD16 | An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | This bill reduces Prosecutorial District Number 7 to Hancock County and creates Prosecutorial District Number 9 for Washington County. | Dead |
| LD159 | An Act to Require Motor Vehicle Certificates of Registration to Include a Space to List an Emergency Contact | An Act to Require Motor Vehicle Certificates of Registration to Include a Space to List an Emergency Contact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1795 | An Act to Change the Calculation for Municipal Service Charges for Tax-exempt Organizations | This bill expands the liability of certain tax-exempt institution and organization property owners to municipalities for service charges on that property. The limitation of the municipality's service charge authority is changed from 2% of the institution's or organization's gross revenue to 20% of the property's assessed value. These provisions take effect January 1, 2027. | Dead |
| LD1385 | An Act to Consider Municipalities Meeting Regional Housing Goals in Awarding Transportation Grants | This bill requires the Department of Transportation to consider a municipality's past actions and future plans toward meeting regional housing production goals when considering the award of discretionary grants. | Dead |
| LD151 | An Act to Allow Businesses to Impose a Surcharge on Credit Card and Debit Card Transactions | Current law permits a governmental entity to impose and prohibits a seller in a sales transaction from imposing a surcharge on a credit card or debit card transaction. This bill permits a seller in a sales transaction to impose a surcharge on a credit card or debit card transaction. It also repeals a chapter of law governing credit card practices involving providers of travel services, as the law prohibits providers of travel services from imposing a surcharge on credit card transactions. | Dead |
| LD1204 | An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications | This bill removes aggravated cultivating of marijuana as a disqualifying offense that prohibits an individual's employment as a direct access worker for a personal care agency. | Dead |
| LD1096 | An Act to Allow Municipalities That Have Financed Fiber-optic Broadband Infrastructure to Use Loans or Grants to Repay Associated Debt | This bill authorizes the Municipal Gigabit Broadband Network Access Fund to provide funding to municipal entities applying for project grants to repay debt that was incurred by a municipal entity for the construction of a municipally owned gigabit fiber-optic broadband network project. It specifies that the Maine Connectivity Authority may make direct loans or grants to municipal entities for the repayment of debt incurred by a municipal entity for the construction of municipally owned broadband infrastructure. The bill also requires the authority, in administering a grant or award for the development or construction of municipally owned broadband infrastructure, to permit the use of grant or award funds for the repayment of debt incurred by a municipal entity related to the development or construction of the broadband infrastructure unless such use is prohibited by the source of the grant or award. | Dead |
| LD635 | Resolve, to Direct the Attorney General to Drop the Lawsuit Filed Against Big Oil Companies Concerning Climate Change | This resolve directs the Department of the Attorney General to dismiss and withdraw from the case State of Maine v. BP, PLC et al, currently pending in the United States District Court, District of Maine. | Dead |
| LD1845 | An Act to Establish the Working Waterfront Advisory Council | This bill creates the Working Waterfront Advisory Council to address issues affecting the State's working waterfronts and requires the council to submit a report by February 1, 2026 and annually thereafter to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic and community development matters and marine resources matters on the status of the condition of, the current and future challenges concerning and recommendations related to working waterfronts in the State. The bill also requires the Director of the Maine Office of Community Affairs to submit a report by February 1, 2026 and annually thereafter to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over initiatives proposed by the Maine Office of Community Affairs regarding working waterfronts, including information from coalitions, task forces and engagements with municipal and tribal governments. | Dead |
| LD1627 | An Act Regarding Workforce Development, Education Reform and Talent Retention | This bill requires that students complete an internship prior to graduating from high school beginning January 1, 2027. The bill also requires the Department of Education to: 1. Develop and implement a career exploration module for middle school and high school students; 2. Require school administrative units to track and report post-graduation outcomes and examine metrics that incentivize school administrative units to guide students toward 4-year degree programs; 3. Provide training on career counseling standards, including professional development for school counselors regarding career pathways in high-demand fields; 4. Mandate that all high school students receive information on a variety of post-graduation options, including apprenticeships, certification programs and local employment opportunities in high demand; 5. Redirect infrastructure funds to upgrade career and technical education facilities and equipment to meet industry standards; 6. Expand access to extended learning opportunity program coordinators, prioritizing underserved and rural areas; 7. Establish a competitive grant program for employers to partner with schools, career and technical education centers and the Maine Community College System to create new training opportunities to address workforce gaps; 8. Fund innovative pilot programs, such as mobile training units; 9. Develop, in consultation with the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, employer tax incentives for workforce investments; 10. Coordinate with the Department of Labor to address labor shortages in underserved regions by offering temporary housing and commuting or relocation stipends; 11. Conduct audits of workforce education to identify inefficient programs and, upon discovery, reallocate the funds to initiatives with measurable outcomes; and 12. Submit a report no later than December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs with suggested legislation. | Dead |
| LD878 | Resolve, to Study the Effects of 5G and Other Non-ionizing Radio Frequency Radiation-emitting Technology on Bird, Bee, Insect and Other Wildlife Populations and the Effects of Long-term Exposure on Children | of its activities and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology and the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. SUMMARY This resolve creates the Independent Commission to Study the Effects of 5G and Other Non-ionizing Radio Frequency Radiation-emitting Technology. The independent commission is directed to review scientific literature related to the effects of so-called 5G wireless technology and other non-ionizing radio frequency radiation-emitting wireless technology on bird, bee, insect and other wildlife populations and to study the effects of long-term and acute exposure to 5G and other non-ionizing radio frequency radiation- emitting wireless technology and radio frequency radiation on children. The independent commission is required to report findings to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology and the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later than December 3, 2025. | Dead |
| LD486 | An Act to Remove the Duty of an Individual Exercising Self-defense to Safely Retreat or Abstain from Performing Certain Acts upon Demand | This bill removes the duty of a person exercising self-defense in an encounter to, if the person can do so safely, retreat from the encounter or comply with a demand to abstain from performing an act that the person is not obliged to perform before using deadly force. | Dead |
| LD397 | An Act to Require a Voter to Show Photographic Identification | This bill requires the presentation of proof of identity in the form of a photograph identification document when voting in person or by absentee ballot and removes certain official documents from the list of forms of documentation accepted to verify the identity of an applicant who is registering to vote. Under the bill, acceptable photograph identification is a current and valid driver's license or nondriver identification card issued in this State, a United States passport, a military identification or a permit to carry a concealed handgun issued in this State if that permit includes a photograph. The bill provides that a student photograph identification document issued by a college or university in this State may not be accepted for voter identification when voting or when registering to vote. The bill also allows a person who does not possess a photograph identification document to request a free special voter photograph identification card from the Secretary of State. | Dead |
| LD1633 | An Act to Promote the Recycling and Reuse of Construction Materials | This bill directs the Department of Environmental Protection to establish by rule a streamlined process for the certification of construction materials reclamation facilities. Under the bill, a construction materials reclamation facility is defined as a facility that exclusively accepts construction and demolition debris and sorts, refurbishes and sells construction materials reclaimed from the debris for reuse in construction. A construction materials reclamation facility that receives a certification from the department is not required to obtain a solid waste facility license. The bill also establishes the nonlapsing Construction Materials Reclamation Fund within the department to provide grants, loans or other funding to any public or private entity to support the development and certification of construction materials reclamation facilities, training programs for individuals operating and employed at those facilities and public outreach and education initiatives regarding those facilities. Beginning January 1, 2026, this fund will receive a new $10 per ton fee imposed on the landfill disposal of construction and demolition debris and residue from the processing of the debris. The bill also capitalizes this fund with General Fund appropriations of $1 million in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27. The bill establishes a new state goal that, by January 1, 2036, the total tonnage of construction and demolition debris annually disposed of at solid waste landfills in the State will be reduced by 25%. The baseline for calculating this reduction is the 2024 solid waste generation and disposal capacity data gathered by the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill also directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to develop a proposal for implementation of a refundable tax credit for housing developers that purchase for use in the construction of affordable housing in the State reclaimed construction materials from a certified construction materials reclamation facility. The credit must be equal to 100% of the documented cost of the reclaimed construction materials purchased by the developer from a construction materials reclamation facility. The bureau is also required to develop a proposal for implementation of a charitable deduction from individual income tax for individuals or businesses who donate construction materials to a certified construction materials reclamation facility. The bureau must submit by January 1, 2026 a report setting forth the tax credit and deduction proposals, including necessary implementing legislation along with any related recommendations, to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out related legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD1373 | An Act to Repeal 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 |
| LD1076 | An Act to Hire School Security Officers to Protect Students and Make Schools Safer | This bill creates a program, similar to the judicial marshal program, that allows municipal police departments and county sheriff's offices to hire personnel specifically as school security officers. These officers must be trained by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and must be certified as part-time law enforcement officers under the preservice training program. | Dead |
| LD1295 | An Act to Waive Basic Law Enforcement Training Requirements for Full-time Law Enforcement Officers Who Have Successfully Completed Equivalent Courses in Other Jurisdictions | Current law permits, but does not require, the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to waive basic training requirements for newly employed law enforcement officers that have completed an equivalent basic law enforcement training course. This bill changes the waiver from permissive to mandatory if an officer has completed an equivalent training course. Additionally, the bill directs the board to conduct a study to review the current waiver requirements and suggest legislation to reduce any unnecessary or burdensome requirements that would prevent a law enforcement officer from qualifying for a law enforcement basic training waiver. | Dead |
| LD956 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendation of the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council to Create a Multi-use Trail | This resolve requires, consistent with the majority recommendation of the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council, that 12.26 miles of inactive existing railroad track material from the Route 214 intersection in Ayers Junction in Pembroke to Route 1 in Calais must be removed and replaced with a multi-use trail on the existing railbed. | 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 |
| LD1075 | An Act to Require Annual Reporting Regarding the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program | This bill requires the Maine State Housing Authority to report annually to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over housing and economic development matters on the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program administered through the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The report must be for the fiscal year that corresponds to the year funds were allocated and must include total funds disbursed, amount of funds disbursed by fuel type, administrative costs to manage the program, a detailed list of all funding sources and the total number of recipients of assistance by county. | Dead |
| LD942 | An Act to Safeguard Sustainable Food Sources Provided by Certain Maine Farmers | This bill adds the following to the duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry: 1. Ensure that federal grants designated for livestock farmers give priority to small and midsize farms; 2. Issue clear state grant application requirements and, in collaboration with stakeholders, create a process for evaluating state grants; and 3. Develop, establish and prioritize shared-use kitchen programming to enable midsize farms to build shared-use kitchen infrastructure and increase processing capability for agricultural products for personal use and local community demand. | Dead |
| LD183 | An Act to Cap Publicly Owned Land Area at No More than 50 Percent of Any County | This bill limits publicly owned land in the State to no more than 50% of the land area in any county. The bill also allows the State, a county or a municipality to exceed the limits with the approval of 2/3 of each House of the Legislature. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is required to report biannually beginning April 15, 2026 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over public lands matters on the percentage of federal, state, county and municipal property ownership statewide and by county. | Dead |
| LD327 | An Act to Provide Additional Funding to Support In-home Personal Support Services for Qualified Senior Citizens | This bill provides ongoing funding for in-home personal support services provided to senior citizens under Department of Health and Human Services rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 19, Home and Community Benefits for the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities. | Dead |
| LD498 | Resolve, to Improve Standards for Animal Rescue Entities | This resolve requires the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to adopt rules that set standards for animal rescue entities, including but not limited to dog rescue operations, that specify staff-to-animal ratios and that govern animals that are returned multiple times and resold or placed in multiple homes. | 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Yea |
| 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 |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Maine Joint Housing and Economic Development Committee | 7 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine House District 009 | House | Republican | In Office | 12/03/2024 |