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State Representative
Julia McCabe
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 093
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
contact info
House Democratic Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Home Address
26 Davis St.
Lewiston, ME 04240
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone: 240-498-9332
Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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LD229 | An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates | This bill changes, beginning in 2026, the current income tax brackets by increasing the threshold amount of income subject to the current tax rates of 5.8%, 6.75% and 7.15%. The bill adds 3 new income tax brackets and imposes tax rates of 7.52%, 7.15% and 8.2% in those new brackets. As under current law, the income tax brackets are indexed to the Chained Consumer Price Index as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. | Crossed Over |
LD818 | An Act to Allow Expenditure of Maine Clean Election Act Funding for the Care of Candidates' Dependents | This bill allows a Maine Clean Election Act candidate to use Maine Clean Election Fund funds for paid caregiving services provided to the candidate or the candidate's spouse or domestic partner for the direct care of a dependent family member and for which the need for paid caregiving services is directly connected with the candidate's campaign activities during the election cycle and would not exist except for the candidate's campaign. | Passed |
LD1187 | An Act to Require Certain Mental Health Data to Be Included in Uniform Crime Reports | This bill adds to the categories of uniform crime reports that all law enforcement agencies are required to submit to the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, State Bureau of Identification to require the reporting of the number of mental health referrals made pursuant to the extreme risk protection order statutes and the number of individuals who received services pursuant to those referrals. | Crossed Over |
LD1677 | An Act to Establish the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Prevention and Support Program | This bill establishes the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Prevention and Support Program, which the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention must administer in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, office of aging and disability services. The program's objectives include public education, supporting efforts for early detection and diagnosis, reducing cognitive decline and other negative outcomes and supporting care planning and management. The bill also creates the Healthy Brain Initiative Council as an advisory board composed of various stakeholders including, but not limited to, families affected by Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, medical professionals and medical facilities that treat individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, research and advocacy organizations and employees of the office of aging and disability services. The council is responsible for studying and developing findings and recommendations on a series of topics including, but not limited to, the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias in this State, the treatment and care available and policies that address public awareness, prevention and early detection, treatment and care, safety concerns, legal concerns, research and assistance to families. By December 3, 2025, the council must submit to the Governor and the Legislature a 5-year plan outlining its recommendations to address the concerns the council is tasked with studying under the bill. A plan that is in effect on the effective date of this legislation that was developed by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with stakeholders, to address Alzheimer's disease or related dementias prevention and support, is deemed to fulfill the requirement to create a plan by December 3, 2025. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is required to issue annual updates on the progress of the plan's implementation, and the council is required to issue an updated plan every 5 years. | Passed |
LD1866 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the State-designated Agency Advocating for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness | This bill requires in statute that the Department of Health and Human Services contract with an independent agency to provide advocacy services on a statewide basis to individuals with serious mental illness who are residing in those individuals' communities or who are hospitalized. | Passed |
HP1334 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 20, 2025 AS WORLD REFUGEE DAY IN MAINE | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 20, 2025 AS WORLD REFUGEE DAY IN MAINE | Introduced |
LD1738 | An Act to Establish the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program to Support Public Health Efforts in the State | This bill establishes the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program within the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of the program is to disseminate grant funds to community organizations seeking to develop or enhance community hypodermic apparatus mitigation and disposal efforts. The center is required to establish grant guidelines and selection requirements, as well as to submit an annual report to the Legislature. | Passed |
LD1764 | An Act to Ensure Equitable Staffing Ratios Across the State for Career and Technical Education Programs in Areas with Smaller Student Populations | This bill requires a career and technical education center or region to maintain a certain staffing ratio based on the number of students enrolled at the center or region. The bill allows a center or region to adopt a staffing ratio appropriate to the industry standard applicable to the program offered by the center or region, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education. The bill also requires a center or region to submit to the Department of Education an annual calculation of the difference between the funding needed to meet the staffing ratio requirements and the funding the center or region received for the previous fiscal year. The bill requires the department to distribute additional available funds to a center or region by November 30th annually to meet the staffing requirements based on the annual calculation submitted by that center or region, giving preference for funding distribution to a center or region with fewer than 1,000 students. | Passed |
LD1078 | An Act to Support Maine's Public Health Objectives by Increasing Access to Hypodermic Apparatus Exchange Programs | This bill allows a certified hypodermic apparatus exchange program, also known as a syringe service program, to operate additional locations within the same county as the certified program. The certified program must provide monthly data to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on the locations of additional sites, the number of hypodermic apparatuses collected and disposed of and any additional data requested. This places in statute the requirements of Executive Orders 27 FY 19/20 and 33 FY 20/21. | Passed |
LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | This bill provides that pharmacies and retail establishments containing a pharmacy are ineligible for a retail tobacco license and provides that a pharmacy or retail establishment containing a pharmacy that engages in retail sales of tobacco products commits a civil violation. | Passed |
LD1428 | An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families | This bill allows child care facilities and family child care providers to operate without an outdoor recreational space if the operation is within one-quarter of a mile of an outdoor public recreational space. The bill requires municipalities to allow child care facilities and family child care providers to operate in an area that is zoned for residential purposes. The bill also requires the Maine State Housing Authority to amend its rules governing low- income housing tax credits to allow the community rooms that are required as part of the projects built using the credits to be used as child care facilities or family child care providers. | Passed |
LD1167 | Resolve, to Create a Pilot Program to Assist Nonprofit Housing Developers in Rehabilitating Existing Aging Housing Stock for First-time Home Buyers | This resolve directs the Maine State Housing Authority to create a pilot program to provide nonprofit housing developers grants of up to $80,000 per unit to rehabilitate existing aging housing stock for purchase by first-time home buyers who will occupy the unit and whose income does not exceed 120% of the area's median income and who agree to relinquish a graduated percentage of profit if they sell the unit within the first 3 years of ownership. The resolve also provides $1,200,000 to fund the pilot program. | Passed |
LD1523 | An Act to Improve Perinatal Care Through Expanded Access to Doula Services | This bill requires reimbursement under the MaineCare program for doula services. It also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an advisory committee to provide advice and make recommendations to the department regarding doula services. | Passed |
LD1087 | An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs | This bill provides that, beginning July 1, 2026, the State's share of the total cost of a school construction project is either 25% of the total cost of the school construction project or a percentage equal to the state share percentage of the school administrative unit's total cost of education as determined in the essential programs and services funding formula, whichever is greater. The bill also allows the State Board of Education to adopt or amend rules related to the State's share of the total cost of a school construction project. | Dead |
LD1259 | An Act to Enhance Public Safety in Maine by Defining the Relationship Between Local and Federal Law Enforcement | This bill prohibits state or local law enforcement agencies or officers from entering into contracts with federal immigration enforcement authorities. | In Committee |
LD1003 | An Act Establishing the Retirement Benefit Improvement Fund | This bill requires that an amount of surplus General Fund revenue be transferred annually to a nonlapsing fund to be used to pay for retirement benefit improvements for retired state employees and teachers and their beneficiaries. | Passed |
LD1611 | An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees | This bill, beginning July 1, 2026, decreases the contributions required for the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program from 7.65% of earnable compensation to 6.2% of earnable compensation. | Passed |
LD1624 | An Act to Provide Funding for Summer School Programming | This bill provides ongoing funding to school administrative units for summer school programs and related credit recovery activities that will help high school students meet the academic standards required to earn course credits and to graduate on time. It also allows funding to be used to support summer enrichment and intervention programs for elementary and middle school students to strengthen foundational skills and prevent learning loss. Priority will be given to school administrative units with student poverty rates of 25% or higher, with additional consideration for students from asset-limited and income- constrained households. | Passed |
LD561 | An Act to Ensure Subsidy Reimbursements for Certain Child Care Providers | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse child care providers for subsidies based on enrollment rather than attendance. | Passed |
LD723 | Resolve, to Direct the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Nonresidential Law Enforcement Training Program | This bill requires the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to provide a nonresidential law enforcement training program beginning July 1, 2027. | Dead |
LD721 | Resolve, to Support the Full Implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the State | This resolve provides one-time funding to support the full implementation of the 5 certified community behavioral health clinics certified by the State as part of the federal certified community behavioral health clinic Medicaid demonstration program, including hiring clinical and administrative staff critical to the success of the program. The funding must support enhancement of the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed certified community behavioral health clinic rate methodology, including increasing wages for new clinical positions that require graduate-level education from 100% to 125% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and increasing wages for new administrative positions from 75% to 100% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. | Passed |
LD800 | An Act to Fund the Provision of Advocacy Services to Persons with Intellectual Disabilities | This bill provides ongoing funding to Disability Rights Maine to provide advocacy services to persons with intellectual disabilities. | Passed |
LD1509 | Resolve, to Maintain Access to Home and Community-based Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder or Brain Injury | This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to propose and implement the rates as determined by the department's rate study begun in 2023 and carried out pursuant to the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3173-J for services provided by home and community-based services providers under rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapters II and III, Sections 18, 20, 21 and 29 to adults with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder or brain injury. | Dead |
LD724 | An Act to Recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as State Holidays | This bill establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays and requires the Governor to designate each year the specific date of each holiday. | Dead |
LD1842 | An Act to Establish Stepparent Visitation Rights | This bill allows a stepparent to petition a court for visitation and access rights to a stepchild of the stepparent if the visitation and access is in the best interest of the child and would not significantly interfere with the parent's or legal guardian's rightful authority over the child. | Dead |
LD1433 | Resolve, to Establish a Working Waterfront Infrastructure Engineer Corps Pilot Program and to Conduct a Feasibility Study of a Higher Education Service Corps Program | This bill establishes the Working Waterfront Infrastructure Engineer Corps Pilot Program. The Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine is directed to oversee the program and consult with Volunteer Maine and the Maine College of Engineering and Computing at the University of Maine. Program participants may be graduate or undergraduate students. Program participants are required to conduct vulnerability assessments and other analyses of the State's working waterfronts. Program participants are required to engage with municipalities and be exposed to careers in municipal government. The bill requires the Maine Sea Grant to report on the program's status to the Legislature. The bill also directs the Maine Commission for Community Service to study the feasibility of developing a higher education service corps program. The feasibility study is due to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government by December 3, 2025. Each joint standing committee may report out legislation related to the contents of the report. | Passed |
LD1583 | An Act Regarding Home Health Care and Hospice Services Ordered by a Health Care Provider Outside of Maine | This bill allows a home health care or hospice provider to deliver home health care or hospice services to a patient who resides in this State based upon an order from a health care provider from another state or jurisdiction in the United States who is licensed and prescribes services pursuant to an in-person physical examination in the jurisdiction of licensure. | In Committee |
LD1799 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Review the Progressive Treatment Program and Processes by Which a Person May Be Involuntarily Admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital or Receive Court-ordered Community Treatment | This resolve directs the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to convene a stakeholder group of interested parties to review the entire process related to a progressive treatment program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 3873-A and to review for efficiency and effectiveness the processes by which a person may be involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital or receive court-ordered community treatment pursuant to Title 34-B, chapter 3, subchapter 4, article 3. The commissioner is required to submit a report with recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. The committee is authorized to report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature related to the recommendations in the report. | Dead |
LD831 | An Act Regarding Abandoned Vehicles Due to Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization | This bill allows a period of 120 days before the Secretary of State determines that a vehicle is abandoned if the vehicle owner is involuntarily hospitalized. The notification of involuntary hospitalization, which must be provided to the Secretary to State, may come from the owner of the vehicle, the hospital or another person authorized by the owner of the vehicle. The bill prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing a letter of ownership or certificate of title until at least 120 days after the date on which the owner of the premises where a vehicle has been abandoned, or the owner's agent, has been notified that the vehicle owner is involuntarily hospitalized. The bill also reduces the total storage charges to $600 for the first 30 days of storage and specifies the total storage charges may not exceed $1,500 for each subsequent 30-day period. | Dead |
LD1040 | An Act to Raise the Cap on Retirement Benefits for Certain State Employees and Teachers to Which a Cost-of-living Adjustment Is Made | This bill provides that, effective July 1, 2026, the cost-of-living adjustment applies to $40,000 of the retirement benefit being paid to retired state employees and retired teachers who retired on or before June 30, 2011 or their beneficiaries. | Passed |
LD1703 | Resolve, to Establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening and Resiliency Assessment Pilot Project | This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening and Resiliency Assessment Pilot Project to administer to public school students screenings for adverse childhood experiences and resiliency assessments in school-based health centers located in Cumberland, Androscoggin and Washington counties. It requires the pilot project to be designed to reach all students within Cumberland, Androscoggin and Washington counties who seek health services at participating school- based health centers. It requires the pilot project to identify at-risk youth, provide early intervention services and offer resources to promote emotional and psychological well-being. It requires the licensed clinical social workers and licensed master social workers participating in the pilot project to obtain training regarding adverse childhood experiences screenings and resiliency assessments and related subjects. The department is directed to report on the pilot project no later than October 1, 2027 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, which is authorized to report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 133rd Legislature. | Dead |
LD740 | An Act to Establish a Comprehensive Program to Divert Youth from the Criminal Justice System and Address Their Needs | This bill establishes a process allowing a law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a juvenile has committed a juvenile crime, or a juvenile community corrections officer to whom a juvenile has been referred, to refer the juvenile to the Department of Health and Human Services for a juvenile needs assessment designed to identify the supports and services needed to promote child and family well-being and actions to be taken to address the medical, educational, social therapeutic or other services needed by the juvenile and the juvenile's family. The assessment must be conducted by persons with comprehensive training and must be completed within 60 days following referral of the juvenile to the department. If a juvenile needs assessment was completed for the juvenile within the 6 months prior to referral, the department must provide that report to the law enforcement officer or juvenile community corrections officer. The bill also requires that if the assessment reveals that the juvenile has complex behavioral health needs and is at risk or is already involved in multiple service systems, the department must refer the juvenile and the juvenile's family to high-fidelity wraparound care coordination services. The bill also establishes requirements for issuing petitions regarding a juvenile when that petition is being issued prior to or in conjunction with a referral for a juvenile needs assessment and following a juvenile needs assessment. The bill also establishes criteria for the use of the report and recommendations based on the juvenile needs assessment in adjudicatory hearings and stipulates that statements made by the juvenile or the juvenile's parents, guardian or legal custodian related to the juvenile needs assessment are not admissible as evidence in adjudicatory hearings. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an implementation stakeholder group to assist in the implementation of the juvenile needs assessment and train relevant persons and entities on all matters related to the juvenile needs assessment. The portion of the bill establishing the implementation stakeholder group takes effect upon enactment of this legislation, and the portions of the bill establishing the juvenile needs assessment become effective January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
LD374 | An Act to Provide Comparable Compensation and Benefits for Deputy and Assistant District Attorneys, Assistant Attorneys General and Public Defenders | This bill requires that, for purposes of compensation and benefits, deputy and assistant district attorneys must be treated comparably to assistant attorneys general and public defenders. | In Committee |
LD386 | An Act Regarding Information That May Be Shared by Law Enforcement Entities with a School Superintendent or a Principal | An Act Regarding Information That May Be Shared by Law Enforcement Entities with a School Superintendent or a Principal | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1566 | An Act to Provide Compensation to Individuals with Lived Experience Serving on Advisory Boards, Commissions, Councils and Similar Groups | This bill amends the law governing compensation and reimbursement for expenses for board members serving on advisory boards and boards with minimal authority established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-I. The bill provides an exception for boards that are not currently authorized to receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses to allow board members who have lived experience regarding the subject matter of the board to receive lived experience compensation if they are not otherwise compensated for their time serving on the board by their employer or the entity they represent. The bill allows board members to be compensated in an amount not to exceed the legislative per diem for their time and be reimbursed for expenses, including but not limited to meals and refreshments provided during the meeting of the board, child care and travel, to the extent that the department or agency of State Government with which the board is associated has sufficient money in the budget of the department or agency to provide the compensation and reimburse the expenses. The associated department or agency must determine the amount and manner of compensation provided to members of the board. | In Committee |
LD1579 | An Act to Abolish School Budget Referenda | This bill eliminates the requirement for the voters to validate a regional school unit budget at a referendum. | Dead |
LD1239 | An Act to Require Data Collection on and Reporting of Psychiatric Hospital Resources and Transparency in Denials of Emergency Involuntary Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals | This bill requires: 1. Psychiatric hospitals to provide detailed written explanations to referring hospitals for emergency admission denials that include specific reasons for the denial, circumstances under which the admission referral would be reconsidered and justification for prioritizing other admissions; 2. Psychiatric hospitals on a daily basis to report inpatient bed capacity, occupancy and locations to the Department of Health and Human Services, which is required to make the information available in real time on a publicly accessible website; 3. Psychiatric hospitals on a biennial basis to report information on inpatient bed capacity and occupancy, with the Department of Health and Human Services issuing a publicly accessible report on this information identifying statewide trends and utilization patterns regarding the use of inpatient beds; and 4. The Department of Health and Human Services to include in its biennial report identification of deficiencies contributing to denials of referrals for admission and recommendations for necessary resources to improve access to psychiatric hospitals. | Dead |
LD1634 | An Act Regarding MaineCare Waiting Lists | This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to require that for any service covered under the MaineCare program, an individual enrolled in the MaineCare program may not be required to wait for services longer than 6 months from the time the services are requested. If at any time a provider's waiting list exceeds the 6-month waiting limit for those individuals, the department must submit to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters a corrective action plan to reduce waiting times within 3 months from the time the department becomes aware of this occurrence. | Dead |
LD1912 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Address Maine's Housing Shortage | The funds provided by the bond issue in Part A of this bill, in the amount of $60,000,000, will be used to provide funds for the Innovative Housing Incentive Program to support manufacturers of manufactured and other innovative housing in the State by providing grants for operating expenses, manufacture of affordable and energy-efficient housing and low-interest loans to develop new factories or expand existing factories by capitalizing the Home Accessibility and Repair Program Fund, provide funds to support the Maine State Housing Authority's home accessibility and repair program by capitalizing the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund, provide funds for the Weatherization Plus Program to provide grants to eligible low-income households for weatherization readiness and weatherization projects and provide funds to support a pilot program to issue grants to nonprofit housing developers to rehabilitate existing aging housing stock in the State for purchase by qualified first-time home buyers. | In Committee |
HP1242 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD217 | An Act to Require Schools to Provide Access to Free Condoms for Students in Grades 9 to 12 in the School Nurse's Office | This bill requires that schools provide access to condoms free of charge to all students enrolled in grades 9 to 12. A school is subject to this provision if the school serves students in grades 9 to 12 and is a public school or a private school approved for receipt of public funds for tuition purposes and at least 60% of the students it serves are publicly funded students. Condoms may be administered only in the nurse's office by the school nurse. Before administering condoms to students, a school is required to plan for the contingency of a student with an allergy to latex. | Dead |
LD1237 | An Act to Support Adult Family Care Homes and Residential Care Facilities That Are Small or Located in Rural and Isolated Areas of the State | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapters II and III, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services, and Chapter III, Section 97, Private Non-Medical Institution Services, Appendix C, to provide a supplemental payment of 10% to the MaineCare rates for facilities that have fewer than 10 beds or are at least 35 miles away from the nearest similar facility. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to determine the likely impact of proposed rule changes to reimbursement and staffing requirements to long-term care facilities on small, rural, isolated and island facilities to reduce impacts on the communities where those facilities are located as well as the impact on safety and quality of services. | Dead |
LD1380 | Resolve, Establishing the Study Group on Solutions to Address Maine's Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage | This resolve establishes the Study Group on Solutions to Address Maine's Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage, which is directed to review the State's behavioral health workforce needs and assess the feasibility of strategies and initiatives for recommended changes. The study group is required to submit a report and suggested legislation by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, which is authorized to report out legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
LD263 | Resolve, to Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits Under MaineCare | This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a pilot project lasting 18 months that provides nonmedical transportation services to individuals receiving services pursuant to rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 19, Home and Community Benefits for the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities, in an amount up to $2,000, in addition to currently permissible medical transportation services. The department is required to submit a report regarding the costs, effectiveness and future viability of the pilot project to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 3, 2025. | Dead |
LD260 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish That All Maine Residents Have Equal Rights Under the Law | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial or abridgment by the State or any political subdivision of the State of equal rights based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry or national origin of an individual. | Passed |
LD873 | An Act to Expand Municipal Authority over Utility Pole Permits | An Act to Expand Municipal Authority over Utility Pole Permits | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD114 | An Act to Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority | An Act to Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD155 | An Act to Make Menstrual Products Available in Certain Schools | This bill requires school administrative units to require their schools that serve students in any of grades 6 to 12 to make available menstrual products to students at no cost in all school bathrooms. | Dead |
LD734 | An Act to Promote Voter Registration for Students in Maine's High Schools | This bill requires secondary schools to annually organize and facilitate voter education and registration activities beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. A secondary school must designate a school employee or a 3rd party as a voter registration drive coordinator who will be responsible for organizing the activities. The voter registration drive coordinator must coordinate the distribution and collection of voter registration applications from the Secretary of State and deliver or mail completed voter registration applications to the appropriate town clerk or to the Secretary of State within 5 days of the conclusion of the drive and no later than the close of business on the 21st day before election day. The secondary school must notify the Secretary of State of the name and title of the voter registration drive coordinator. The bill also requires that voter education and registration activities be offered during social studies classes, homerooms or assemblies and that a student must be at least 16 years of age to participate in a voter registration drive. Voter registration applications must be offered in both online and paper registration formats, and a voter registration drive must have information about voter eligibility available to students at the time of the drive. Prior to and following a voter registration drive, a secondary school must keep voter registration applications and information about voter eligibility in a location easily accessible to students. | Dead |
HP0900 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 6, 2025 TO APRIL 12, 2025 AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 6, 2025 TO APRIL 12, 2025 AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HP0499 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MUSLIM CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MUSLIM CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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LD424 | An Act Concerning the Concealed Carrying of a Handgun by an Individual Who Is 18 Years of Age but Under 21 Years of Age | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #454 | 06/12/2025 | Yea |
LD215 | An Act Regarding Large Recovery Residences | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #447 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD229 | An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #441 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Enactment - Emer RC #440 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Adopt Hah-640 RC #433 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Ipp Hah-640 RC #432 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #431 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD648 | An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #446 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1044 | An Act to Clarify the Qualifying Use of Tax Increment Financing for Extension of a Development District | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #442 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #443 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #449 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1131 | An Act to Reform the Process by Which a Person May Petition an Agency to Adopt or Modify Rules Under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act | Report "b" Ontp RC #448 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1200 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Items Intended to Be Used to Inhale Nitrous Oxide for Recreational Purposes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #437 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1187 | An Act to Require Certain Mental Health Data to Be Included in Uniform Crime Reports | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #435 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1330 | An Act to Clarify That a Business's License or Subscription to Use Software Is Not Considered a Lease for the Purposes of Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #436 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Recede And Concur RC #426 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD1657 | An Act to Expand the Use of Tax Increment Revenue for Affordable Housing by Adding Authorized Project Costs | Recede And Concur RC #445 | 06/11/2025 | 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 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #434 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1705 | An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding and Oversight | Final Enactment RC #439 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Reconsider RC #429 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Reconsider RC #428 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Recede And Concur RC #427 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD1731 | An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #438 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD1879 | An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax and Providing Property Tax Exemptions | Recede And Concur RC #430 | 06/11/2025 | Nay |
LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Recede And Concur RC #444 | 06/11/2025 | Yea |
LD96 | An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Law Governing Mandatory Driver's License Suspension for Refusing Testing for Drugs or a Combination of Drugs and Alcohol | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #410 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD259 | An Act to Establish the Criminal Records Review Commission in Statute | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #402 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD371 | An Act to Expand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-megawatt Cap | Recede And Concur RC #398 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD419 | An Act to Increase the Transparency and Accountability of the Maine Information and Analysis Center | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #416 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD427 | An Act to Prohibit Mandatory Parking Space Minimums in State and Municipal Building Codes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #414 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD455 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require a Statewide Popular Election of the Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State and the Attorney General for 4-year Terms | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #403 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD497 | An Act Regarding the Regulation of Significant Vernal Pools Under the Natural Resources Protection Act | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #405 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD537 | An Act to Prohibit the Doxing of a Minor and to Authorize a Related Civil Action | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #406 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD598 | An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work | Recede And Concur RC #395 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD682 | An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #422 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Recede And Concur RC #396 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD810 | An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines | Enactment RC #419 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD787 | An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for and Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics | Adopt Sas-226 RC #413 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD856 | An Act to Phase Out the Income Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #417 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1016 | An Act to Establish the Manufactured Housing Community and Mobile Home Park Preservation and Assistance Fund | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #425 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1202 | An Act to Establish the African American Studies Advisory Council and Provide Funding to Support African American Studies | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #399 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1283 | An Act to Allow Employees Covered Under the Maine Retirement Savings Program to Elect to Enroll and Unenroll in a Payroll Deduction for an Individual Retirement Account | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #401 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #424 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1474 | An Act to Strengthen the Teaching of Wabanaki Studies in Maine Schools | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #404 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #411 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1519 | An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products | Recede And Concur RC #393 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1543 | An Act to Establish the Maine Green Schools Network | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #400 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1620 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regulating the Testing of Adult Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Products | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #409 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1657 | An Act to Expand the Use of Tax Increment Revenue for Affordable Housing by Adding Authorized Project Costs | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #418 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD1668 | An Act Regarding the Voting Requirement to Extend the Date for Adjournment of the Legislature | Enactment RC #420 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #412 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD1750 | An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #407 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD1879 | An Act to Support Maine's Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax and Providing Property Tax Exemptions | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #408 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1928 | An Act to Prohibit Lodging Establishments from Providing Single-use Plastic Containers | Recede And Concur RC #397 | 06/10/2025 | Nay |
LD1920 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Potentially Intoxicating Hemp Products to a Person Under 21 Years of Age | Enactment - Emer RC #423 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1934 | An Act to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #394 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1956 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program and Establish the Community Workforce Connections Program | Enactment RC #415 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD1967 | Resolve, to Design a Maine Home Energy Navigator and Coaching Pilot Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #421 | 06/10/2025 | Yea |
LD125 | An Act to Increase the Total Amount of Credits Authorized Under the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #383 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
LD147 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #374 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
LD152 | An Act to Amend the Freedom of Access Act to Require a Specific Time Frame for Agencies to Comply with Requests for Public Records | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #360 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD150 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Treasurer of State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #377 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
LD149 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Attorney General | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #375 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
LD253 | An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #384 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #356 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
LD371 | An Act to Expand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-megawatt Cap | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #369 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD810 | An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines | Recede And Concur RC #363 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD886 | An Act to Regulate Medication Abortions | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #385 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD887 | An Act to Make Manufacturers Responsible for Proper Disposal of Abortion Drugs and Require a Health Care Provider to Be Physically Present During a Chemical Abortion | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #386 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD894 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave | Enactment RC #362 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1007 | An Act to Update the State's Informed Consent Laws Regarding Drug-induced Abortion | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #387 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1034 | An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults | Enactment RC #381 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1048 | An Act to Require Certain Notice Requirements for Whistleblower Protections | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #355 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1113 | An Act Regarding Fairness in Sentencing for Persons Based on Age | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #372 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #366 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1154 | An Act to Require That Informed Consent for Abortion Include Information on Perinatal Hospice | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #388 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1277 | An Act Regarding Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Activities | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #357 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1263 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking When That Trafficking Results in an Overdose Causing Serious Bodily Injury of a Person | Recede And Concur RC #354 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
LD1376 | An Act to Increase the Acceptable Level of Alcohol in a Low-alcohol Spirits Product and to Increase Availability of Those Products | Insist RC #353 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1364 | Resolve, Authorizing a Study on the Impacts and Risks of Lead-based Ammunition | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #359 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1505 | An Act to Phase out the Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #378 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1539 | An Act to Create a State Employee Compensation Stabilization Fund | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #367 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1522 | An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #358 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1563 | An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #370 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1593 | An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #371 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1668 | An Act Regarding the Voting Requirement to Extend the Date for Adjournment of the Legislature | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #380 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1754 | An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers | Enactment RC #382 | 06/09/2025 | Nay |
LD1734 | An Act to Exempt Over-the-counter Medicines from the Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #368 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1776 | An Act to Establish the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex | Recede RC #364 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1858 | An Act to Promote Local Seafood in Schools | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #365 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1899 | An Act to Eliminate Taxation on Health Care Spending | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #379 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1894 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness | Final Passage - Emer RC #361 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1930 | An Act Regarding Acts of Violence Committed Against a Pregnant Woman | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #389 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1974 | An Act to Affirm Parental Rights | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #373 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #376 | 06/09/2025 | Yea |
LD59 | An Act to Ban the Drug Tianeptine | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #351 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
LD38 | An Act Requiring Photographic Identification for Voting | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #337 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
LD195 | An Act to Create the Small Business Capital Savings Account Program | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #339 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #343 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
LD246 | An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #338 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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ME | Maine House District 093 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/03/2024 |