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Legislator > Joseph Martin
State Senator
Joseph Martin
(R) - Maine
Maine Senate District 19
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
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Capitol Office
3 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-287-1505
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD1575 | An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis | An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1954 | An Act to Lower Household Costs by Expanding the Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Grocery Staples Sold in Grocery Stores | This bill exempts from the sales tax, when sold in a grocery store, items for nourishment or products for internal human consumption such as prepared foods, including sandwiches and salads; supplemental meal items, such as pretzels, cheese sticks and dips; fruit bars and granola bars; nuts and seeds; and meat sticks. Liquor, water, medicine, dietary substitutes, candy, dessert and bakery items and cannabis remain subject to tax, regardless of where sold. "Grocery store" is defined to be a store primarily engaged in the retail sale of canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry and includes a convenience store, but does not include a separately owned eating establishment located within a grocery store. | In Committee |
| LD1085 | Resolve, Directing the State Court Administrator to Perform an Inspection and Study of the Rumford Courthouse Building | This resolve directs the judicial branch to perform an inspection and space study of the building that houses the Rumford Court and issue a report within 18 months of the effective date of this resolve on all the necessary updates, structural and cosmetic improvements required and an estimated timeline of completion of renovations to resume jury trials in the building. | Passed |
| LD1301 | An Act to Prohibit the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Denial of Health Insurance Claims | This bill establishes requirements, beginning January 1, 2026, for health insurance carriers that use artificial intelligence to make medical review or utilization review determinations relating to the approval, denial, delay, modification or adjustment of coverage for services under a health plan. The bill requires that any denial, delay, modification or adjustment of health care services based on medical necessity be made by a clinical peer. | In Committee |
| LD395 | An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations | This bill: 1. Establishes new findings within the Maine Implementing Act to distinguish legislative findings relevant to this bill from the findings made during the enactment of the original 1980 Implementing Act. Separate but identical findings are included for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. These findings describe the effect of Section 6(h) and Section 16(b) of the federal Settlement Act, United States Public Law 96-420, in precluding the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians from benefiting from federal laws and regulations that are generally applicable to or enacted for the benefit of Indians or relate to a special status or right of Indian nations or tribes or bands of Indians or to lands owned by or held in trust for Indians, Indian nations or tribes or bands of Indians if such law or regulation affects or preempts the civil, criminal or regulatory jurisdiction of this State, including, without limitation, laws of this State relating to land use or environmental matters. The findings describe the purposes of the amendments to the Maine Implementing Act included in this legislation regarding the application of state and federal law to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; 2. Adds separate but identical sections to the Maine Implementing Act that apply to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and that describe the application of federal and state law to each. Regarding state law, the language provides that any law of this State that would be affected or preempted by the operation, application or implementation of any statute or regulation of the United States that accords a special status or right to or relates to a special status or right of any Indian, Indian nation, tribe or band of Indians, Indian lands, Indian reservations, Indian country, Indian territory or land held in trust for Indians does not apply, except as specifically provided in the Act; 3. Regarding federal law, provides that any statute or regulation of the United States enacted before, on or after October 10, 1980 that accords a special status or right to or relates to a special status or right of any Indian, Indian nation, tribe or band of Indians, Indian lands, Indian reservations, Indian country, Indian territory or land held in trust for Indians is applicable within this State, without regard to any effect on the application of the laws of this State, except as specifically provided; 4. Provides that modification of the application of the laws of this State is limited to those particular circumstances in which the application of the laws of this State would conflict or interfere with the actual operation, application or implementation of a statute or regulation of the United States that accords a special status or right to or relates to a special status or right of any Indian, Indian nation, tribe or band of Indians, Indian lands, Indian reservations, Indian country, Indian territory or land held in trust for Indians. If the operation, application or implementation of any statute or regulation of the United States in this State would result in the absence of any law or regulation applicable to a matter of public health or safety, including without limitation laws relating to land use or environmental matters, the corresponding laws of the State with respect to that health or safety matter apply to fill any regulatory gap; 5. Describes a process by which the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians are to notify the Attorney General in the event they believe that a law of this State does not apply by virtue of the amendments proposed by this legislation; 6. Provides that the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians may conduct gaming activities only in accordance with the laws of this State and may not conduct gaming activities under the authority of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act or under any regulations promulgated under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act by the chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission or its successor organization; 7. Provides that the laws of this State applicable to the crimes and juvenile crimes described in this legislation apply to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians as provided in this legislation; the statutes and regulations of the United States that conflict with or affect or preempt the jurisdiction of this State over crimes and juvenile crimes described in this legislation do not apply in this State; and the federal laws identified in Section 6(c) of United States Public Law 96-420 do not apply in this State; 8. Provides that the federal Clean Water Act, the federal Water Quality Act of 1987, the federal Clean Air Act and the federal Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982, as well as all future amendments to those laws, do not apply to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and Mi'kmaq Nation and their Indian territory or trust land to the extent the provisions affect or preempt the application of the laws of this State and extend the jurisdiction of the tribe, nation or band beyond their Indian territory or trust land, unless such provisions are specifically made applicable within the State; 9. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians agree and intend that each tribe, nation or band has the power to enact laws and ordinances relating to the operation, application and implementation of any statute or regulation of the United States enacted before, on or after October 10, 1980 that accords a special status or right to or relates to a special status or right of any Indian, Indian nation, tribe or band of Indians, Indian lands, Indian reservations, Indian country, Indian territory or land held in trust for Indians, except as otherwise provided; 10. Creates a new chapter within the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30 pertaining to the Mi'kmaq Nation with provisions that mirror those applicable to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; 11. Adds contingent effective date language specific to each tribe, nation or band; and 12. Adds contingent repeal language. | In Committee |
| LD382 | An Act to Establish a System of Revenue Sharing for the Use and Management of Coastal Resources | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would establish a fair and equitable system of revenue sharing for the commercial, industrial and recreational use and management of Maine's coastal resources that ensures a direct benefit to the communities most affected by the use of those resources and that promotes statewide economic growth. The bill would establish a standardized fee and royalty schedule for the use of those resources based on the type and scale of activities conducted and a formula for the distribution of the revenue generated, with a portion of the funds to be retained by the State to support the administration, enforcement and oversight of coastal resource activities and a portion of the funds to be distributed to affected communities and stakeholders. Under the bill, collection of established fees and royalties and distribution of that revenue would be administered and overseen by a statutorily established revenue sharing board consisting of representatives from state agencies, municipal governments and other stakeholders. | In Committee |
| LD474 | An Act to Improve Maine's Environment and Protect Natural Resources | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to enact measures to improve the environment and protect the natural resources of the State. | In Committee |
| LD510 | An Act to Require the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands to Maintain the Weld to Byron Road in Township 6 North of Weld | This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands to maintain the Weld to Byron Road in Township 6 North of Weld. | Passed |
| LD555 | An Act to Create a Separate Department of Child and Family Services | This bill creates a new Department of Child and Family Services and transfers the functions of the Department of Health and Human Services that relate to child and family services and child welfare to the new department. The Department of Child and Family Services will have a commissioner appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature as is the current Commissioner of Health and Human Services. The bill also establishes provisions for transferring functions to the new department. | In Committee |
| LD616 | An Act to Provide Funding to the Maine Semiquincentennial Commission to Commemorate the United States of America's 250th Birthday in 2026 | This bill provides one-time funding for the Maine Semiquincentennial Commission to pay for public programs as a state match to private funding. | Passed |
| LD358 | An Act to Increase Fees Paid to Registers of Deeds | An Act to Increase Fees Paid to Registers of Deeds | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | This bill repeals the provisions of law enacted by Public Law 2019, chapter 478 related to net energy billing and distributed generation. It directs the Public Utilities Commission to initiate rulemaking to amend its rule regarding net energy billing to be substantially similar to that in effect on March 29, 2017. The bill also repeals or amends provisions of law in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A that rely on provisions that were enacted by Public Law 2019, chapter 478 and are repealed by this bill. | Dead |
| LD649 | An Act to Certify Chiropractic Assistants Who Perform X-rays as Chiropractic Radiographers | This bill requires the certification of radiologic technologists who produce x-rays while employed as licensed chiropractic assistants. Certification requirements include satisfactory completion of a radiologic technology course of instruction of at least 50 hours and passing an examination approved by the Board of Chiropractic Licensure. The bill also contains provisions for certificate renewal, continuing radiologic technology education and violations for radiologic technologists. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD631 | An Act to Allow a Home Distiller to Distill and Share Homemade Spirituous Liquor | An Act to Allow a Home Distiller to Distill and Share Homemade Spirituous Liquor | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1432 | An Act to Remove Consideration of Gender Identity from the Maine Human Rights Act | This bill removes consideration of gender identity from the Maine Human Rights Act. The bill also makes a technical change by repealing a definition of a term to correct a cross-reference. | Dead |
| LD1582 | An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on the Sale of Beverages in Plastic Containers | Current law prohibits the sale of a beverage to a consumer in a container composed of one or more plastics if the basic structure of the container, exclusive of the closure device, also includes aluminum or steel. This bill enacts a definition of "closure device." | Dead |
| LD1104 | An Act to Limit the Liability of Persons Who Provide Firearm Hold Agreements | This bill provides immunity to the holder of a firearm pursuant to a firearm hold agreement who returns the firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of the agreement unless the conduct of the holder is otherwise unlawful. | Dead |
| 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 | This bill changes the number of voter signatures required on a petition to require an agency to adopt or modify an agency rule from 150 to 1% of the total number of votes cast for Governor at the last gubernatorial election preceding the filing of the petition. The bill also specifies that the rules are major substantive rules. | Dead |
| LD1007 | An Act to Update the State's Informed Consent Laws Regarding Drug-induced Abortion | This bill requires a health care professional who is obtaining a woman's informed consent to a drug-induced abortion to provide the woman with specific information about the potential ability of qualified health care professionals to reverse the effects of the abortion. | Dead |
| LD526 | An Act to Reduce the Time Period for Challenging the Validity of a Property Tax Lien on Commercial Real Estate | An Act to Reduce the Time Period for Challenging the Validity of a Property Tax Lien on Commercial Real Estate | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD371 | An Act to Expand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-megawatt Cap | This bill provides that sources of electrical generation relying on hydroelectric generators are not subject to a limit of 100 megawatts of power production capacity. The bill also amends the law governing the criteria that must be met for the Department of Environmental Protection to approve a hydropower project. The bill requires the department to make a decision on a complete application for a project within 6 months of the date the complete application is received. It also clarifies that an approved hydropower project may operate at its full nameplate capacity subject to the requirements of applicable laws and rules. | Dead |
| LD1154 | An Act to Require That Informed Consent for Abortion Include Information on Perinatal Hospice | This bill requires a health care professional, as part of ensuring informed consent for an abortion of a pregnant woman whose fetus has received a diagnosis of a lethal fetal anomaly, to inform the woman of perinatal hospice services and provide the woman with a list of available perinatal hospice services providers. If the woman declines receiving perinatal hospice services and elects to proceed with the abortion, the woman must certify that decision in writing and that the woman received the list of perinatal hospice services providers. | Dead |
| LD1479 | An Act to Protect Senior Homeowners in Home-sharing Agreements by Providing for an Expedited Eviction Process | This bill establishes an expedited eviction process for a landlord participating in a home-sharing agreement. "Home-sharing agreement" is defined as an agreement made between a landlord who is an individual 65 years of age or older who owns and occupies a residence and a tenant who leases a room in that residence. A home-sharing agreement is deemed a tenancy at will. The bill provides for the landlord to require eviction within 7 days of written notice. Failure of the tenant to comply within 7 days results in the tenant being declared a trespasser without right and allows the landlord to seek assistance from a sheriff or law enforcement officer to evict the tenant. | Dead |
| LD1662 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Zoning and Land Use Restrictions to Limit Certain Requirements to Municipalities with Populations of More than 10,000 | This bill modifies provisions of law governing zoning ordinances and placement of dwelling units and accessory dwelling units in residential areas by limiting certain provisions to apply only to a municipality with a population of more than 10,000. | Dead |
| LD1169 | An Act Regarding Employer Payments for the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program | Current law allows an employer that has a private plan substantially equivalent to the paid family and medical leave plan established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 6-C and administered by the Department of Labor to apply for and receive approval to not participate in the department's plan. Until approval is given, the employer is responsible for the premiums of 1% of each employee's wages, 50% of which may be paid by the employee. This bill allows an employer whose private plan is approved by the department to request a refund of the premiums paid if that employer had a substantially equivalent private plan in place on or before January 1, 2025, the date that premiums started to be due. The department or administrator, after verifying the amount paid by the employer, is required, within 90 days of receipt of the refund request, to refund the employer the premiums paid, plus interest that accrues to the date the refund payment is issued. The bill also requires the department to make available information regarding the availability of a refund. | Dead |
| LD924 | Resolve, Directing the Judicial Branch to Authorize the Lease of a Courthouse That Meets Accessibility and Functional Needs in the Town of Newport | This resolve directs the judicial branch to enter into a long-term lease agreement for a new courthouse facility in Newport. The leased facility must comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the public accommodations provisions of the Maine Human Rights Act and include adequate space for courtroom operations. The resolve requires the judicial branch to dedicate up to $200,000 from the judicial branch's existing resources for maintenance and repair. Finally, the resolve directs the judicial branch to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary no later than December 31, 2025 with information on the judicial branch's progress in securing the lease agreement. | Dead |
| LD921 | An Act to Expand Use of Electronic Proceedings in the Judicial Branch | This bill requires that certain categories of hearings and other judicial proceedings in the District Court, Superior Court and Supreme Judicial Court be conducted by electronic means absent a finding that conducting the proceeding by electronic means is inappropriate because it would result in a deprivation of due process, fairness or justice. This requirement does not apply to criminal trials or to civil jury trials requiring the presentation of evidence absent the approval of the court and consent of each party to the proceeding. The bill also requires the court to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with limited access to the technology required to participate by electronic means as well as individuals with disabilities that limit the individuals' ability to fully participate by electronic means. The bill recognizes the authority of the Supreme Judicial Court to adopt rules and issue orders to implement the provisions of this legislation. It further directs the Supreme Judicial Court to submit an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters regarding the conduct of hearings and other judicial proceedings by electronic means in state courts. The bill also requires the Supreme Judicial Court to submit a report by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary detailing the provisions rendered of no effect due to the bill's provisions. | Dead |
| LD1067 | An Act to Improve the Process for Mobile Home Owners to Purchase Their Mobile Home Park | This bill increases from 51% to 60% the percentage of mobile home owners needed to indicate in writing that they support a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association making an offer to purchase the mobile home park where their mobile homes are located. The bill also prohibits a mobile home owners' association from contacting mobile home owners more than 3 times about the purchase of the mobile home park. | Dead |
| LD1431 | An Act to Implement an Interstate Voter Registration Cross-check Program | This bill authorizes the Secretary of State to collaborate and cross-check voter registration data with other states to identify voters who may have moved out of the State and registered in another state. The bill also authorizes the Secretary of State to contract with a private sector data system provider to support a program for maintenance of voter registration. The bill also ensures that the personally identifying data and other information of the voters of the State are protected when exchanging data with other states and with a private sector data provider. | Dead |
| LD1307 | An Act to Suspend the Remittance Obligation for Paid Family and Medical Leave Private Plan Users | This bill immediately suspends the payroll premiums imposed on employers under the paid family and medical leave benefits program until January 1, 2026, but allows an employer that wants to participate in the program to continue to pay the premiums. The bill also requires the Department of Labor to amend its rules adopted for the program to establish an expedited process for approval of an employer's substitute private plan that is substantially equivalent to the program and to waive the payroll premiums during consideration of an employer's application for exemption. The rules must be in effect no later than November 1, 2025. | Dead |
| LD1372 | An Act to Establish a Special Committee to Review Routine Technical Rules | This bill establishes the Special Committee on Regulatory Review to review routine technical rules. The committee consists of 6 members of the Senate and 6 members of the House of Representatives, evenly divided between each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in each chamber. The appointment of members and the selection of chairs are established by joint rule of the Legislature. The committee is directed to establish a process for reviewing routine technical rules for necessity, efficiency and the benefit of the rule to the public. The process must allow the committee to approve the rule with or without changes or reject adoption of the rule. The committee is required to submit legislation proposing to amend the statutory authority for the adoption of routine technical rules to conform to the review process established by the committee. | Dead |
| LD553 | An Act to Assert State Sovereignty over Ocean Waters and Marine Resources up to 12 Nautical Miles off the State's Coast | This bill provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State owns and may exercise jurisdiction over and control all waters within the rise and fall of the tide seaward 12 nautical miles and makes other changes to the law governing the State's sovereignty over and ownership of offshore waters, submerged lands and the harvesting of marine resources. It also requires the Office of the Attorney General to take all actions necessary to assert the State's sovereignty over and ownership of offshore waters and the harvesting of the living resources of the seas from those waters and, by May 1, 2025, to submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources a report outlining the progress of those actions. | Dead |
| LD1573 | An Act to Require Legislative Approval for Certain Emergency Powers of the Governor | This bill provides that the Governor may not reissue or renew an emergency proclamation, issue another emergency proclamation that is substantially similar to one that expired or reissue an emergency proclamation terminated by the Legislature without approval of the Legislature. | Dead |
| LD758 | Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed | Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1306 | An Act to Continue the Exemption for Polystyrene Foam Disposable Food Service Containers Prepackaged at Wholesale | An Act to Continue the Exemption for Polystyrene Foam Disposable Food Service Containers Prepackaged at Wholesale Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, this legislation amends the provisions of law regarding disposable food service containers. Pursuant to Public Law 2021, chapter 208, those provisions of law are effective July 1, 2025; and Whereas, this legislation needs to be enacted prior to July 1, 2025; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD914 | An Act Regarding Employees in the Office of the State Auditor | This bill provides that the auditors, assistants and employees in the Office of the State Auditor are classified, titled and compensated as the State Auditor considers appropriate. | Dead |
| LD383 | An Act to Facilitate the Consolidation of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Land Use Planning Commission into a Single Combined Entity | This bill implements statutory changes and other provisions necessary to transition the Maine Land Use Planning Commission from the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill also requires the Department of Environmental Protection, on or before January 1, 2026, to submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources a report outlining recommendations, including necessary draft legislation, for the consolidation, by July 1, 2028, of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Land Use Planning Commission into a single combined entity, to be known as the Maine Environmental and Land Use Commission. The new Maine Environmental and Land Use Commission must be designed to prioritize landowner rights, ensuring that private landowners are empowered to make use of their property subject to reasonable, well-established rules for the protection of the environment, and its activities and adopted rules must ensure sustainable land use development practices and not unduly or arbitrarily restrict landowner property use except as necessary to protect public health, safety and the environment. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out a bill relating to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD278 | An Act to Eliminate the Tobacco Products Tax on Certain Products That Contain Nicotine | This bill modifies the tobacco products tax by eliminating the tax imposed on certain products that contain nicotine but not tobacco. Current law provides a general definition for "tobacco products" as well as a list of specific types of products that are included in that definition. This bill modifies the general definition to remove language that would allow products that contain either natural or artificial nicotine, but not tobacco, to be taxable. The bill does not alter the list of specific products that are taxable, including electronic smoking devices, whether or not they contain nicotine. | Dead |
| LD228 | An Act to Allow Coastal Seawalls to Be Raised by up to 2 Feet in Order to Accommodate Predicted Sea Level Rise | An Act to Allow Coastal Seawalls to Be Raised by up to 2 Feet in Order to Accommodate Predicted Sea Level Rise Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the State in 2023 and 2024 experienced multiple significant storm events causing widespread and devastating floods and damaging public and private infrastructure across the State with particular impact along the coast, which experienced historically high and dangerous tides; and Whereas, with an ever-increasing frequency of such storm events and a projected rise in sea levels and the associated risks to persons, property and resources, the citizens of the State must be able to enhance the resilience of public and private infrastructure to the effects of these storms; and Whereas, the changes to the Natural Resources Protection Act proposed in this legislation must take effect immediately to facilitate the timely development of certain coastal resiliency projects; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1214 | An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia" | This bill designates the State's Second Congressional District "Acadia." | Dead |
| LD795 | An Act to Establish a Waiver Process from the Permit Requirements for the Use of Explosives in Recreational or Hobby Mining Activities | An Act to Establish a Waiver Process from the Permit Requirements for the Use of Explosives in Recreational or Hobby Mining Activities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD907 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing Zoning Ordinance Variances for Persons with Permanent Disabilities | An Act to Amend the Law Governing Zoning Ordinance Variances for Persons with Permanent Disabilities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD789 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Legislative Approval of Any State of Emergency Lasting Longer than 60 Days | This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that provides that a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor may not continue for longer than 60 days and that each subsequent state of emergency must be approved by the Legislature. | Dead |
| LD1454 | An Act to Redefine "Term" in the Law Governing Term Limits for Constitutional Offices | This bill changes the earliest starting point of a partial term that the Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General or State Auditor may serve without it being considered a term for purposes of term limits from the 3rd Wednesday in June in an odd-numbered year to the first Wednesday in December in an odd-numbered year. | Dead |
| LD1541 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief for Senior Residents | This bill amends the property tax stabilization for senior citizens program, which was limited to one property tax year, by: 1. Changing the benefit under the program to a complete exemption from property taxes, for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2027; 2. Specifying that an eligible individual is someone who is at least 65 years of age, or who will attain 65 years of age during the property tax year for which the exemption is requested, and has maintained a permanent residence in this State for at least 10 consecutive years prior to applying for the exemption; 3. Removing the requirement that an applicant apply every year for the exemption, instead requiring that the eligible individual file an affidavit declaring that the individual is still eligible for the exemption; 4. Allowing the transfer of the exemption only if the transferee jointly owns the homestead and is eligible under the program; and 5. Requiring the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, in 2030, to conduct a review of the program, considering: A. Whether the exemption fulfills its goal of decreasing the tax burden on senior residents of this State and allowing them to continue to reside in their homes; and B. Performance measures such as whether the program is fiscally sustainable and may be expanded or modified. The office is required to submit, by January 15, 2031, a report with its findings to the Government Oversight Committee and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters, which may report out a bill related to the report to the 135th Legislature in 2031. | Dead |
| LD1603 | An Act to Eliminate the Property Tax on Business Equipment With a Value of No More Than $50,000 | This bill exempts all business equipment with a value of no more than $50,000 from the personal property tax and prohibits a political subdivision of the State from imposing a tax on such business equipment. The bill applies to property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. The bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to develop and provide guidance to municipalities and businesses regarding compliance with the elimination of the property tax on business equipment with a value of no more than $50,000. | Dead |
| SP0778 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1459 | An Act to Make General Assistance Officers Mandated Reporters | This bill makes municipal general assistance officers mandated reporters of the suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of incapacitated or dependent adults and of the suspected abuse or neglect of children or a suspicious child death. | Dead |
| LD1346 | An Act Regarding the Supply of Water to the Town of New Sharon | This bill repeals the charter of the New Sharon Water District and directs the Town of New Sharon to take up the district's assets, liabilities and responsibilities. | Dead |
| LD955 | An Act to Ensure Human Oversight in Medical Insurance Payment Decisions | This bill prohibits, beginning January 1, 2026, health insurance carriers from denying coverage or claims for services under a health plan solely based on the use of artificial intelligence. The bill requires that, before a carrier denies benefits or reduces payment for services using artificial intelligence, a carrier must conduct a utilization review done by a physician who is licensed in this State that includes a review of the medical necessity of the services, the professional judgment of the enrollee's provider and the impact of any denial of benefits or reduction in payment on the enrollee's health outcomes. The bill requires carriers and the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to report on a quarterly and annual basis, respectively, on the use of artificial intelligence. The bill also requires the bureau to adopt rules related to the use of artificial intelligence by carriers no later than November 1, 2025. | Dead |
| LD988 | An Act to Allow Hunting on University of Maine System Property | This bill allows hunting on University of Maine System property except for residential areas or campuses. | Dead |
| LD987 | An Act Clarifying Exemptions from the Law Regulating Products Containing PFAS | An Act Clarifying Exemptions from the Law Regulating Products Containing PFAS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP1242 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF POPE FRANCIS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1185 | An Act to Prohibit Persons Under 18 Years of Age from Marrying | An Act to Prohibit Persons Under 18 Years of Age from Marrying | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1218 | An Act to Allow Certain County Commissioners Who Are Maine Public Employees Retirement System Members to Switch to the Legislative Retirement Program | This bill provides that a county commissioner who is a member of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System and is contributing to a defined benefit plan, has previously served in the Legislature and is eligible to participate in the Legislative Retirement Program may become a member of the Legislative Retirement Program by submitting a written election to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Upon making the election, the past contributions of the county commissioner are transferred to the Legislative Retirement Program and service as a county commissioner is counted by the program as creditable service. | Dead |
| LD1194 | An Act to Phase Out Vehicle Excise Taxes and Implement a Fee for Infrastructure Funding Based on a Vehicle's Annual Mileage | This bill does the following. 1. It eliminates the excise tax for new vehicles beginning on July 1, 2025. 2. It phases out excise taxes for motor vehicles, beginning on July 1, 2025, by reducing the excise tax by 20% for each fiscal year over 5 years. 3. It establishes, beginning July 1, 2027, a usage-based infrastructure fee. The usage- based infrastructure fee imposes a fee on a person who owns a motor vehicle for using public ways based on the type of motor vehicle and the annual mileage of the vehicle, maintained by the Department of Transportation. 4. It specifies that a person or a certified inspection mechanic during an annual motor vehicle inspection must report the annual mileage for the purposes of calculating the usage- based infrastructure fee. The department is responsible for establishing a digital reporting system for an owner of a motor vehicle to report the annual mileage on the motor vehicle and ensuring accurate vehicle mileage reporting. 5. It establishes the Maine Transportation Fund within the department for the purposes of maintaining and repairing roads, maintaining and repairing bridges and funding transportation infrastructure projects. The funds allocated to the fund may be transferred to municipalities and to the Highway Fund. 6. It requires the State Auditor to submit a biennial audit report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters on the financial and operational impact of the usage-based infrastructure fee, including a comparison of municipal funding generated by the fees rather than excise taxes. 7. It requires the department to submit an annual report on the findings and recommendations regarding the compliance of the usage-based infrastructure fee, findings and recommendations regarding the effectiveness and equity of the usage-based infrastructure fee and the costs associated with the transition to and the administration of the usage-based infrastructure fee. 8. It requires, by January 1, 2026, the department to submit a plan to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters on the implementation of the usage-based infrastructure fee. 9. It requires, by January 1, 2035, the department to submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters on the findings and recommendations regarding the compliance, effectiveness and equity of the usage- based infrastructure fees. | Dead |
| LD1484 | An Act Related to Public Access of Records of Certain Disciplinary Actions of Public Employees | This bill modifies provisions of law related to the confidentiality of certain employee records. Under current law, if disciplinary action is taken against a state, county or municipal employee, the final written decision associated with the disciplinary action is not confidential. Under the bill, only disciplinary actions that are of a nature that impose or result in a financial disadvantage, including, but not limited to, termination, demotion or suspension without pay, may become public. | Dead |
| LD920 | Resolve, to Review Efficiencies in the Licensing of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities by the Department of Environmental Protection | This resolve directs the Department of Environmental Protection to review the requirements in statute, department rules and department policies that apply to the licensing of solid waste disposal facilities. The purpose of the review is to identify efficiencies and inefficiencies in the license review process. The review must include a general review of the license review process and a targeted review of the license review process related to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company's waste-to-energy facility in the Town of Orrington. | Dead |
| LD1168 | An Act to Amend the Law Regarding the Current Use Valuation of Certain Working Waterfront Land with Respect to Commercial Boat Yards | This bill amends the tax laws relating to the current use valuation of certain working waterfront land to clarify that working waterfront land includes commercial boat yards. The bill also includes a new definition for "commercial boat yard." | 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 |
| LD367 | An Act to Authorize General Fund Bond Issues to Improve Highways, Bridges and Nonhighway Modes of Transportation | The funds provided in Part A by this bond issue, put out to referendum in November 2025, in the amount of $100,000,000, will be used to provide funding for improvements to roads and bridges and nonhighway modes of transportation. The funds provided in Part B by this bond issue, put out to referendum in November 2026, in the amount of $100,000,000, will be used to provide funding for improvements to roads and bridges and nonhighway modes of transportation. | Dead |
| LD908 | An Act to Eliminate the Sales Tax on Prepared Foods and Support the State's Hospitality Industry | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to eliminate the 8% sales tax on all prepared foods, including meals served in restaurants, for the purpose of boosting economic activity by making dining out more affordable. The Department of Economic and Community Development would be required to initiate an advertising campaign to encourage tourism in Maine and promote dining establishments as tax-free, with the exception of alcoholic beverages. The loss of revenue from the repeal of the sales tax on prepared foods would be offset in a number of ways, including: 1. Broadening the items subject to sales tax and increasing the rate of the sales tax on certain high-end luxury items, such as bicycles, boating gear and other recreational equipment; high-end electronics, such as smartphones and laptops; and elective medical procedures that are not medically necessary; 2. Performing an assessment of sales tax exemptions on nonessential goods and services to ensure that only those exemptions that are intended to provide a fair system of taxation are retained; and 3. Conducting a comprehensive audit of state government programs and expenditures to eliminate inefficiencies and waste. | Dead |
| LD652 | An Act to Provide Qualifying Downtown Businesses and Developments with Assistance Paying Flood Insurance Premiums | This bill authorizes municipalities or plantations with established downtown tax increment financing districts to use funds related to tax increment financing for flood insurance assistance. | Dead |
| LD778 | An Act to Establish a State Tax Amnesty Program to Increase Revenue Collections | This bill enacts the 2025 Maine Tax Amnesty Program for the purposes of encouraging delinquent taxpayers to comply with the law, collecting unreported taxes and accelerating the collection of certain delinquent state tax liabilities. Under the program, a person with a tax delinquency as of September 30, 2025 who is approved for participation in the program by the State Tax Assessor after filing a 2025 amnesty tax return may pay the taxes owed plus 1/2 the accrued interest and is immune from criminal or civil prosecution or civil penalties associated with the delinquency. The period during which a delinquency may be paid under the program is from October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. A taxpayer is not eligible for the program if the taxpayer is currently being prosecuted for violation of state tax laws or the debt for which the taxpayer is seeking relief is the result of a criminal conviction or the State has secured a warrant or civil judgment in its favor with respect to that debt. In order to discourage taxpayers from delaying until the start of the amnesty period to pay their delinquent taxes, beginning on the effective date of this legislation until September 30, 2025, the State Tax Assessor is required to offer a delinquent taxpayer a preamnesty settlement that requires the taxpayer to make the full payment of the outstanding tax and 1/2 of the interest accrued. The State Tax Assessor is authorized to abate the amount of any penalties owed by the taxpayer associated with the tax liability through a preamnesty settlement. A taxpayer is not eligible for a settlement offer if the taxpayer's liability is the result of a criminal conviction or the taxpayer is currently charged with a criminal offense arising from a violation of the state tax laws as provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A or Title 36 or has been referred to the Attorney General for criminal prosecution. | Dead |
| LD927 | An Act to Require Chaplains in School Administrative Units | This bill requires school administrative units to employ or accept as volunteers at least one chaplain to provide support, services or programs to students, staff or parents of students of the school administrative unit. A school chaplain must be certified, licensed or ordained by a faith organization recognized by the United States Department of Defense but is not required to be certified by the Department of Education. A school chaplain must undergo fingerprinting and a criminal background check and may not be listed on a sex offender registry in this State or another jurisdiction. A school chaplain is immune from civil liability for acts and statements made as a school chaplain except for malicious, willful and deliberate acts or statements intended to cause harm or intimidate. | Dead |
| LD991 | An Act to Prevent Conflicts of Interest When Voting on Municipal Employee Compensation | This bill prohibits a municipal voter, including a voter in a city, town or plantation, from voting on an article or referendum question if the voter has a direct pecuniary interest in the outcome of the article or referendum question. It also directs the Secretary of State to produce and publicly disseminate guidance for municipal clerks on how to implement this prohibition. | Dead |
| LD258 | Resolve, to Establish a Program to Recruit and Retain Behavioral Health Clinicians | This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a program to provide a $25,000 recruitment and retention incentive to behavioral health clinicians in the State during fiscal year 2025-26. It directs the department to establish criteria regarding participation in the program and to submit a report regarding the program to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services in 2025. | Dead |
| LD469 | An Act to Prioritize State Access to Electricity Generated in Canada via High-impact Electric Transmission Lines | This bill prohibits, beginning December 31, 2026, the Public Utilities Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a high- impact electric transmission line to deliver electricity generated in Canada to other states within the electric grid operated by the New England independent system operator unless at least 50% of the electricity delivered to the State will be allocated to and consumed within the State. It requires the person operating a high-impact electric transmission line to file quarterly reports with the commission and provides that any penalties for noncompliance with the requirements of the law are paid into the Public Utilities Commission Energy Affordability Fund. The bill requires the commission to review the requirement established by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3132-E, subsection 1 and develop recommendations for how the cost of electricity may be reduced to increase consumption and ensure that the 50% threshold required by the bill is met. By December 31, 2025, the commission must provide a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology regarding its findings, including any recommendations for legislation. No later than December 31, 2030, the commission is required to provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over electricity matters assessing the local consumption standard requirement, including an evaluation of the laws' effect on the benefits and costs to electricity customers in the State and on regional energy markets. The commission's report must include recommendations regarding the continuation of the local consumption standard requirement. The bill includes a provision that repeals the laws on December 31, 2031. The bill also requires that, beginning December 31, 2027, each transmission and distribution utility and competitive electricity provider to submit to the commission an annual report describing the transmission and distribution utility's or competitive electricity provider's efforts to collaborate with state and local economic development agencies to encourage the expansion of businesses in the State or the relocation of businesses to the State, including specific actions taken or considered by the transmission and distribution utility or competitive electricity provider. | Dead |
| LD381 | An Act to Enable Mortgage Portability and Promote Housing Affordability in the State | This bill authorizes mortgage porting, which is the process by which a mortgagor transfers the terms, outstanding balance and interest rate of an existing mortgage loan secured against a single-family dwelling or a dwelling that consists of no more than 4 units that is the principal residence of the mortgagor to another principal residence. The bill provides that a mortgagor is eligible for mortgage porting from a lender if the mortgagor has maintained the mortgagor's existing mortgage loan in good standing; the mortgagor meets the lender's appraisal and underwriting criteria; and the transfer is executed within 6 months from the sale of the previous principal residence of the mortgagor. The bill requires that, upon approval of mortgage porting, a lender must transfer the outstanding balance, interest rate and terms of the existing mortgage loan to the new mortgage loan and also requires that any additional funds needed to purchase the new principal residence must be financed at current market rates, although a lender must provide the option for a blended interest rate for the new mortgage loan. | Dead |
| LD256 | An Act to Establish a Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Certain School Supplies for the Month of August | This bill provides an exemption from the sales tax for purchases of school supplies and one electronic device during the month of August. | Dead |
| LD687 | An Act to Assert State Ownership over Ocean Waters up to 12 Nautical Miles and Submerged Lands and Marine Resources up to 24 Nautical Miles off the State's Coast and to Direct the Attorney General to Study That Ownership | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would exert the State's ownership and jurisdiction over all waters within the rise and fall of the tide seaward 12 nautical miles and all submerged lands and the harvesting of marine resources from the coastline for a distance of 24 nautical miles. The bill would also require the Office of the Attorney General to study the legal issues regarding state ownership and sovereignty over marine resources beyond the 12-nautical-mile territorial sea limit. | Dead |
| LD113 | An Act to Require Food Labels to Disclose Use of Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Vaccine Material in Food Production | This bill requires that a label be placed on a food or food product offered for sale in the State derived from aquaculture, livestock or poultry that received messenger ribonucleic acid, also known as mRNA, vaccine material. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #651 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede And Concur RC #649 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #640 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Enactment RC #650 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD182 | An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #656 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Reconsider RC #647 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Enactment RC #646 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD549 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #653 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD588 | An Act to Enact the Agricultural Employees Concerted Activity Protection Act | Veto Override (2/3) RC #642 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Enactment RC #652 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Enactment RC #648 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Accept Report 'a' Ought Not To Pass RC #645 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #654 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Senate Amendment (sbs-468) To Committee Amendment RC #638 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Reconsider RC #659 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Commit RC #657 | 06/25/2025 | 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 | Veto Override (2/3) RC #643 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1802 | An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to Clarify When an Indigent Criminal Defendant Is Entitled to Counsel at State Expense | Veto Override (2/3) RC #641 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1816 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Conduct an Inventory of Existing Forensic Examination Kits in the Possession of Law Enforcement | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #655 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Enactment RC #658 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| SP0799 | Joint Order, to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs to Report Out 2 Bills to the Senate | Passage RC #644 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Enactment RC #635 | 06/18/2025 | 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 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (scs-436) RC #631 | 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 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sbs-434) RC #630 | 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 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sas-433) RC #629 | 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 | Indefinitely Postpone RC #628 | 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 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #627 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD442 | An Act to Amend the Automotive Repair Statute | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #621 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Recede And Concur RC #620 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Recede And Concur RC #632 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #624 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1227 | An Act to Repeal the Requirement That Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Equip Vehicles with a Standardized Data Access Platform | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #622 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #626 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1394 | An Act to Support Maine's Electric Vehicle Adoption Goals by Providing an Exclusion for Electric Vehicles from Certain Requirements of the Right to Repair Law | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #623 | 06/18/2025 | 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 #637 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1777 | An Act to Reduce Costs and Increase Customer Protections for the State's Net Energy Billing Programs | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-439) To Committee Amendment RC #633 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Accept Report 'c' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #625 | 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 #634 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #636 | 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 | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-426) To Committee Amendment RC #600 | 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 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #599 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Commit RC #608 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #607 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Indefinitely Postpone RC #619 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #601 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Cah-660 RC #596 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-403) To Committee Amendment RC #595 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #613 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1189 | An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #603 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #616 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #618 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1386 | An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers | Recede And Concur RC #609 | 06/17/2025 | 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 | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #602 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #604 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1667 | Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #597 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #617 | 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 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #615 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #612 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #610 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Commit RC #598 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Recede RC #611 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Recede And Concur RC #614 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #606 | 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 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #605 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Table Until Later RC #587 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #578 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Recede And Concur RC #586 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #556 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD244 | Resolve, to Provide Safe, Short-term Housing to Individuals Recently Released from Correctional Facilities | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #564 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Reconsider RC #577 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #567 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Enactment RC #571 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #588 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #590 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Reconsider RC #576 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Table Until Later RC #566 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #565 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #563 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #550 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD868 | An Act to Ensure Equity and Safety in Athletics, Restrooms, Changing Rooms and Housing at Elementary, Secondary and Postsecondary Schools | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #557 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Indefinitely Postpone RC #569 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #593 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #592 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1107 | An Act to Amend the Tax Expenditure Review Process and Centralize Incentive Data Collection | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #555 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #583 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Reconsider RC #575 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Indefinitely Postpone RC #574 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #573 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Reconsider RC #570 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #572 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1337 | An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act Regarding Female Athletes and Safety in Women's Single-sex Shelters | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #558 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1318 | An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #559 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1488 | An Act Regarding Cannabis Testing | Adopt Cas-320 RC #568 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1498 | An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development | Accept Report RC #579 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1665 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #584 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #552 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #589 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1748 | An Act to Enhance Businesses' Understanding of Labor Standards and Grow Maine's Energy Economy Through Project Development Information Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #549 | 06/16/2025 | 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 | Enactment RC #553 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | Recede And Concur RC #562 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine Senate District 19 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 12/03/2024 |