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State Representative
D. Ray
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 040
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
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Capitol Office
House Democratic Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Phone: 800-423-2900
Phone 2: 207-287-1430
Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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LD109 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educational Use | This resolve directs the Maine Arts Commission, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to study federal and national efforts to protect artists from copyright infringement by artificial intelligence companies and users and federal and national efforts to monitor the educational use of copyrighted work. The commission is directed to report its findings, including any suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, which may report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Passed |
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 |
LD264 | An Act to Remove the 12-month Waiting Period for the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption | This bill removes the 12-month waiting period before an eligible applicant may receive the Maine resident homestead property tax exemption. | Passed |
LD836 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Upgrade Municipal Culverts at Stream Crossings | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used for a competitive grant program that matches local funding for the upgrade of municipal culverts at stream crossings in order to enhance and restore rivers, streams and fish and wildlife habitats and to allow communities to better prepare for extreme storms and floods. | 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 |
LD1106 | An Act to Provide Funds for the Redevelopment of the Island Nursing Home in Hancock County into Affordable Senior Housing | This bill provides one-time funds to support the conversion of the Island Nursing Home in Hancock County into 24 affordable apartments for senior citizens. It also requires the Maine State Housing Authority to submit a report regarding the use of the funds to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. | Passed |
LD1457 | Resolve, to Allow the Maine Turnpike Authority to Conduct a Pilot Program to Implement Automated Speed Control Systems in Highway Work Zones | This resolve authorizes the Maine Turnpike Authority to conduct a pilot program to implement up to 3 automated speed control systems at a time in highway work zones on limited access highways in the State for 3 years. The system produces an image of a motor vehicle exceeding the posted speed limit by 11 miles an hour or more in the highway work zone, including the motor vehicle's license plate number, and a notice of violation is sent to the owner of the motor vehicle, who is subject to a warning for a first offense and a fine for a 2nd or subsequent offense. The system is maintained by an operator who is responsible for calibrating the system and certifying that the system is in proper working order. Personally identifiable information of motor vehicle owners and motor vehicles captured by the system is confidential and not a public record under the Freedom of Access Act. | In Committee |
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 | This bill requires the Maine State Ferry Service to consult with the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on matters regarding budgets, strategic planning and major operational decisions. Recommendations made by the board regarding certain matters must be considered by the Maine State Ferry Service during its decision-making processes for the following fiscal year. The bill requires the Maine State Ferry Service to provide regular reports to the board and requires the board to review and provide feedback and recommendations. The bill also requires the board to conduct an annual review of the Maine State Ferry Service's performance and operations and provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters by January 15th of each year. | Vetoed |
LD1359 | Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Report Progress Made Toward Implementing Recommendations Based on the 2025 Public Transit Advisory Council Report | of actions taken toward implementing each recommendation to the department from the Public Transit Advisory Council report, including specific dates on which those actions were taken; a list of specific dates on which the department plans to take additional actions toward implementing each recommendation; and a list of recommendations not yet implemented. The Joint Standing Committee on Transportation may report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature based on the report. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | This bill allows a municipality to impose a local option sales tax of 2% on short-term lodging that is subject to the state sales tax if approved by referendum of the voters in that municipality. Ten percent of the revenue from the local option sales tax must be transferred to the Maine State Housing Authority to be used to provide subsidies through the rural affordable rental housing program or through another program that supports the development of affordable housing in rural communities and the balance distributed to the municipality imposing the local option sales tax. | Dead |
LD1756 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Transportation Project Selection Prioritization Process | This bill establishes the Transportation Project Selection Council to develop and manage a statewide project selection prioritization process. The council is directed to: 1. Advise the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority on the development of the prioritization process, in accordance with federal transportation requirements, and in cooperation with municipalities, counties and other planning organizations within the State; 2. Review projects and strategies to determine whether projects are consistent with assessment of capacity needs outlined in the department's or the authority's long-range transportation plans; 3. Weigh key goals for each of the State's federally designated planning organization regions; and 4. Solicit input from municipalities, counties and other planning organizations, transit operators, environmental groups, active transportation groups, economic development groups and other stakeholders in the development of the prioritization process. The council is required to report annually on the prioritization process to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters. | Dead |
LD1231 | An Act to Require Legislative Approval of Proposed Permanent Changes to the Overnight Docking of State Ferries on Islands | An Act to Require Legislative Approval of Proposed Permanent Changes to the Overnight Docking of State Ferries on Islands | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1248 | An Act Regarding Physical Escort and Restraint and Seclusion of Students in Schools | An Act Regarding Physical Escort and Restraint and Seclusion of Students in Schools | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1676 | Resolve, to Study Ways to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Rural Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through Access to Health Insurance | This resolve requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to convene a commission to study ways to improve recruitment and retention of rural emergency medical services personnel through access to health insurance. By December 3, 2025, the commissioner must submit a report related to the study to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and the joint standing committee may report out a bill related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
LD863 | An Act to Allow a Person or Organization Conducting a Raffle to Use an Approved Payment Management System | This bill removes the prohibition on an agricultural society, nonprofit organization, volunteer fire department or their auxiliaries to conduct Internet raffles in which the total value of the prize offered to the holder of the winning chance does not exceed $2,500 or, if there are multiple winning chances, the total value of all prizes offered do not exceed a value of $2,500 without being required to register with the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Unit. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1268 | An Act to Address Employee Recruitment and Retention Issues Within the Maine State Ferry Service by Providing a Yearly Stipend | This bill directs the Department of Transportation, beginning January 1, 2026, to provide an annual stipend to all employees of the Maine State Ferry Service calculated in an amount equal to $5.00 per hour multiplied by the total hours worked the previous year for each employee and prohibits the department from raising ferry tolls to pay for the stipend. | Dead |
LD1525 | An Act to Promote Firewood Banks in Maine | An Act to Promote Firewood Banks in Maine | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD1292 | An Act to Codify the Maine Turnpike Authority's Contributions to the Highway Fund with Regard to the Sensible Transportation Policy Act | This bill specifies that the Maine Turnpike Authority must contribute, on a quarterly basis, to the Highway Fund any revenues and reserves exceeding the sum of the authority's legislatively approved operating budget, reserve maintenance fund, debt services fund and debt service reserve fund, the amount required to support the debt service, any additional amount required to be kept in reserve, any additional amount allocated to a planning or capital project outside the authority's general maintenance and preservation duty that has been legislatively approved and approved by the Department of Transportation and found to be a greater priority than any other department projects and to be consistent with the Sensible Transportation Policy Act. | Dead |
LD736 | An Act to Improve Ferry Service Reliability by Providing Scholarships at the Maine Maritime Academy | This bill requires the Maine Maritime Academy to create the Workforce Development Scholarship Program to assist students in earning the initial credits necessary to work at a state, municipal, private or quasi-public ferry service operator located in and serving residents of the State. The bill also requires the Maine Maritime Academy to consult with the Maine State Ferry Service or a state, municipal, private or quasi-public ferry service operator in the development and implementation of the Workforce Development Scholarship Program and jointly develop a method for processing applications. | Dead |
LD1499 | An Act to Revoke the Tax-exempt Status of an Organization That Fails to Report Sexual Assaults Committed by Employees, Board Members, Volunteers or Affiliates | This bill requires an organization that is tax exempt pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c), including a religious, charitable, educational or nonprofit entity, to report all allegations of sexual assault involving that organization's employees, board members, volunteers or affiliates to law enforcement authorities. "Sexual assault" is defined as any criminal act that constitutes a sexual offense under state or federal law. If a tax-exempt organization fails to report at least 2 separate allegations of sexual assault within a 10-year period, as determined by a court or fact finder in an administrative hearing, that must be reported to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, which is required to revoke the organization's tax-exempt status for all activities conducted within the State and provide the organization with the opportunity to appeal that revocation. An organization may apply for reinstatement of tax-exempt status after 5 years by demonstrating full compliance with reporting laws, implementation of child protection policies and training programs and cooperation with law enforcement investigations related to prior failures to report. | Dead |
LD1809 | An Act to Further Stabilize Highway Fund Revenue | This bill provides 3 additional sources of revenue for the Highway Fund: 1. A $1 surcharge imposed by the Maine Turnpike Authority on any noncommercial passenger vehicle that uses the turnpike and is not registered in this State; 2. An annual registration fee of $200 imposed on the registration of battery electric vehicles and $100 imposed on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and 3. A delivery fee of 50 cents per delivery imposed and collected at the time of a sale of at least $100 of tangible personal property tax that is subject to sales tax. All revenue from the surcharge, registration fee and delivery charge is required to be deposited in the Highway Fund. | Dead |
LD1680 | An Act to Establish a Permanent Ferry Oversight Committee to Ensure Sustainable and Equitable Ferry Operations | This bill establishes the Ferry Oversight Committee, which is an independent committee providing continuous oversight of ferry operations and serving as a legislative mechanism for ensuring accountability and transparency around key decisions that affect unbridged island communities. | Dead |
LD947 | An Act to Clarify Overnight Docking at Mainland Ports for Certain Island Ferry Vessels | This bill requires the Department of Transportation to allow a ferry operated by the Maine State Ferry Service to dock overnight at its island port or to dock at a mainland port when that docking is common practice, with the exception that the department may require a ferry vessel to dock at a mainland port or at an alternative island port for an emergency situation, including, but not limited to, an extreme weather event. | Dead |
LD928 | An Act to Maintain Public Access to Town Ways in Maine | This bill provides that if the municipal officers or county commissioners have declared a town way discontinued by abandonment and have retained a public easement in the abandoned town way under this section for at least 15 years, the municipality, county commissioners or an abutter on the way may not gate, bar or otherwise obstruct the town way. The bill also provides that if the municipal officers or county commissioners have declared a town way discontinued by abandonment and have retained a public easement in the abandoned town way under this section for less than 15 years, the municipality, county commissioners or an abutter on the way, acting with the written permission of the municipal officers or county commissioners, may remove any gates, bars or other obstructions in the town way. | Dead |
LD1929 | An Act to Improve Public Utility Service by Addressing Seasonal Property Hazards | This bill requires the owner of a seasonal residential dwelling to conduct inspections at least annually to identify and address potential hazards such as overgrown trees or damaged utility lines; arrange for services of a caretaker or responsible person during a period when the seasonal residential dwelling is unoccupied to ensure the timely resolution of public utility-related issues; and provide contact information for the caretaker or responsible person to each public utility to which the seasonal residential dwelling is connected and to the municipality in which the seasonal residential dwelling is located. It requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a statewide system to allow persons and public utilities to report hazards related to seasonal residential dwellings; conduct a public education campaign to raise awareness among owners of seasonal residential dwellings regarding the impact of seasonal residential dwellings on public utilities and the importance of regular maintenance; and provide financial assistance to low-income owners of seasonal residential dwellings to help them comply with the requirements of the bill. It requires a public utility to maintain a list containing contact information for caretakers and responsible persons for seasonal residential dwellings; develop protocols regarding repairs on portions of a utility line affected by hazards related to seasonal residential dwellings with a focus on minimizing disruptions to residential dwellings that are occupied at the time of the repairs and prioritizing residential dwellings that are occupied at the time of the repairs in storm restoration efforts; and conduct inspections at least annually of portions of a utility line with a history of outages, particularly those with a history of issues related to seasonal residential dwellings. | Dead |
LD1679 | An Act to Allocate Scallop Dragging Licenses for Island Communities | This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to allocate one scallop dragging license each for certain island communities to be issued to an applicant who is a resident of each community. The bill prohibits a license issued to a resident of an island community from being transferred to a resident of a community other than the community to which the commissioner allocated the license. The bill also allows the commissioner to reallocate a license that goes unissued for 3 consecutive years to another island community and directs the commissioner to work with the municipal officers of the island communities and relevant organizations within the communities to implement and administer the provisions of the bill. | Dead |
LD1693 | An Act to Establish a Sustainable Housing Development Prison Work Program | This bill requires the Department of Corrections to establish and administer a sustainable housing development work program in consultation with the Department of Labor and the Maine State Housing Authority. The program must be designed to train residents of the Department of Corrections in home construction techniques with an emphasis on green and renewable construction methods. It must also establish partnerships with community colleges and trade organizations to offer home construction-related certification programs to participating residents. Lastly, it must facilitate the construction of homes by the residents and other individuals participating in the program. The homes must be constructed to meet or exceed applicable energy efficiency standards under the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code and have at least 50% of their energy consumption provided by renewable energy sources. The program must give priority to construction materials sourced from within the State, and construction waste must be minimized by using recycling programs. Constructed homes must be owned by the Maine State Housing Authority or other state agency determined appropriate by the Commissioner of Corrections. Participating residents are eligible for a sentence reduction of one day for every 40 hours of work completed under the program. Residents must also maintain a custody classification of minimum or lower during their participation in the program, and all work completed through the program must meet safety and quality standards as determined by the commissioner. Sentence reductions may not exceed 25% of a resident’s total term of imprisonment. The bill establishes a nonlapsing fund within the Department of Corrections for the purposes of supporting the program. The bill also requires the commissioner to establish an oversight committee, which must monitor the implementation of the program and the program’s adherence to the provisions of the bill and any rules the commissioner establishes related to the program. The department is required to submit an annual report regarding the program starting January 1, 2026 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters. The report must include how many homes have been built under the program, the adherence to renewable standards as required by the program, recidivism rates of residents participating in the program, the amount of sentence reductions applied and the cost of the program. The bill also directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to develop a proposal for implementation of a refundable tax credit for persons donating materials or services to the program. By December 3, 2025, the bureau must submit a report setting forth the tax credit proposal, including necessary implementing legislation, along with any recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation. | Dead |
LD1678 | An Act to Allocate Commercial Menhaden Fishing Licenses for Island Communities | This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to allocate one commercial menhaden fishing license each for certain island communities to be issued to an applicant who is a resident of each community. The bill prohibits a license issued to a resident of an island community from being transferred to a resident of a community other than the community to which the commissioner allocated the license. The bill also allows the commissioner to reallocate a license that goes unissued for 3 consecutive years to another island community and directs the commissioner to work with the municipal officers of the island communities and relevant organizations within the communities to implement and administer the provisions of the bill. | Dead |
LD1613 | An Act to Establish Maine's Care Force to Address the State's Health Care Crisis | This bill establishes Maine's Care Force, a program within the Department of Health and Human Services to place individuals trained as essential support workers by the department in private homes, facilities and community-based settings. It provides for ongoing annual appropriations of $32,000,000 to support the program. | Dead |
LD1280 | Resolve, to Create Pilot Programs to Provide Tuition Assistance and Grants for Rural Child Care Providers | This bill directs the Department of Education to develop, by July 1, 2026, a pilot program to provide tuition assistance to students pursuing a degree in early childhood education or a related field. In developing the program, the department must provide that students awarded assistance must be ineligible for free community college enrollment, must reside in a county with a population under 100,000 and must also apply for federal financial aid. This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to develop, by July 1, 2026, a pilot program to provide grants to child care providers licensed under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 8301-A, subsection 2 and family child care providers licensed under Title 22, section 8301-A, subsection 3 and located in counties with populations under 100,000 to open or expand child care programs. This bill also includes a one-time appropriation of $600,000 to implement these pilot programs. | Dead |
LD1262 | An Act to Improve Government Transparency and Accountability by Establishing a Process to Allow a Person to Require the State to Enforce Certain Laws and Rules | This bill amends the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to authorize a person to petition an agency or the Attorney General, as applicable, to enforce an existing law or rule. It also establishes the Fund for Administrative Oversight within the Office of the Attorney General, to be overseen and administered by a fund administrator, appointed by the Governor. Revenue credited to that fund must be distributed to support: 1. Actions by persons seeking to petition or that have petitioned an agency for adoption or modification of rules; 2. Actions by persons seeking to petition or that have petitioned an agency or the Attorney General to initiate a proceeding to enforce an existing law or rule; and 3. Actions by persons seeking to intervene or otherwise participate in an agency rulemaking conducted, in an adjudicatory proceeding or in a licensing action. In distributing funds to such persons, the fund administrator must give priority to persons that are not commercial entities or entities that are otherwise subject to regulation under law or rule; whose interest or position, as determined by the fund administrator, is not otherwise adequately represented in the rulemaking, proceeding or licensing action; and whose interest or position, as determined by the fund administrator, is primarily focused on protecting or conserving the State's natural resources or environment, protecting the public health or safety or ensuring freedom of access to public information and government transparency. The bill also directs the Office of the Attorney General to consult with each state agency that issues licenses, permits or other approvals to persons to engage in regulated activities relating to the environment, natural resources, public health and safety and freedom of information and government transparency to identify a mechanism for imposing an additional fee amount for the issuance of those licenses, permits or approvals to support activities under the Fund for Administrative Oversight, in a manner designed to satisfy the anticipated annual demand for distributions from that fund for the agency. The fee amounts identified must be reasonable, must not unreasonably impede the activities of the regulated entity and must be designed to reflect the anticipated cost to the agency of oversight of the regulated entity and addressing any potential violations by the regulated entity, including any costs of corrective action or remediation undertaken by the agency. By January 1, 2026, the office must submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government outlining its recommendations for imposing such additional fee amounts, including necessary proposed legislation, and the committee may report out related legislation. The recommendations and proposed legislation must be designed to provide for assessment and collection of the additional fee amounts beginning July 1, 2026 and must provide that of those fee amounts collected, 1/2 must be retained by the state agency assessing the fee to support its oversight and enforcement activities and 1/2 must be transferred to the Fund for Administrative Oversight to support activities under that fund. | Dead |
Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Enactment RC #601 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Recede And Concur RC #588 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD109 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educational Use | Recede And Concur RC #589 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #602 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede RC #599 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Recede And Concur RC #590 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Recede And Concur RC #591 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD747 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness | Recede And Concur RC #592 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD874 | An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown | Recede And Concur RC #593 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Reconsideration - Veto RC #586 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD1023 | Resolve, to Reestablish the Blue Economy Task Force to Support Maine's Emergence as a Center for Blue Economy Innovation and Opportunity in the 21st Century | Recede And Concur RC #594 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Recede And Concur RC #595 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD1184 | An Act to Require Municipal Reporting on Residential Building Permits, Dwelling Units Permitted and Demolished and Certificates of Occupancy Issued | Recede And Concur RC #596 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Reconsideration - Veto RC #587 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD1738 | An Act to Establish the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program to Support Public Health Efforts in the State | Recede And Concur RC #597 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
LD1951 | An Act to Promote Food Processing and Manufacturing Facility Expansion and Create Jobs | Recede And Concur RC #598 | 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 #583 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Recede And Concur RC #579 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #571 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Enactment RC #582 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #578 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #584 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #575 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Recede And Concur RC #580 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
LD1666 | An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes | Enactment RC #576 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Recede And Concur RC #581 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1960 | An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products | Recede And Concur RC #572 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Recede And Concur RC #573 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Enactment RC #574 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #577 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Enactment RC #556 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Recede And Concur RC #548 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #546 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #553 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #567 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #566 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #568 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #547 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD978 | An Act to Increase General Assistance Reimbursement for Municipalities and Indian Tribes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #545 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #537 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #557 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #558 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1189 | An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #539 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Enactment RC #550 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Adopt Hah-771 To Cah-746 RC #561 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #536 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #565 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1386 | An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #538 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1423 | An Act to Improve Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #554 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #540 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1667 | Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #563 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1715 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers | Recede And Concur RC #549 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Enactment RC #552 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Table Until Later RC #551 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #564 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1751 | An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #570 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1849 | An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #562 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1867 | An Act to Prohibit Financial Institutions from Using Merchant Category Codes to Identify or Track Firearm Purchases or Disclose Firearm Purchase Records | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #560 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1871 | An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation | Enactment RC #542 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Adopt Hah-707 To Cas-346 RC #544 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #543 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #569 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #559 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #541 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD1987 | An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program | Recede And Concur RC #555 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #526 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #517 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD264 | An Act to Remove the 12-month Waiting Period for the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #527 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Recede RC #511 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #528 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD372 | An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax | Recede And Concur RC #507 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Recede And Concur RC #534 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Enactment RC #514 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #531 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD525 | An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances | Recede And Concur RC #505 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #518 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Recede And Concur RC #508 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Insist RC #523 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD879 | An Act to Increase Maximum Small Claim Limits for Home Construction Contracts | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #512 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Enactment RC #513 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Recede And Concur RC #510 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1299 | An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1266 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health to Convene a Working Group to Propose a Plan for Expanding the Reach of Treatment Courts | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #519 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1318 | An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #532 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Recede And Concur RC #506 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Insist RC #524 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1715 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #533 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #530 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | Recede And Concur RC #509 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1815 | An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident That Results in Serious Bodily Injury or Death | Recede And Concur RC #535 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1853 | An Act to Establish an Educational Tax Credit Program to Help Parents Pay for Nonpublic School Tuition and Fees | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #529 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #515 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #522 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #521 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #520 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Recede RC #525 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
LD179 | An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code to Eliminate the Class E Crime of Violation of Condition of Release | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #484 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
LD165 | An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #473 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
LD182 | An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #487 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #492 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
Committee | Position | Rank | |
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Detail | Maine Joint Transportation Committee | 9 |
State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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ME | Maine House District 040 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/03/2024 |