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Legislator > Michelle Boyer

State Representative
Michelle Boyer
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 123
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
contact info
House Democratic Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Home Address
333 Fowler Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
Phone: 207-239-6318
Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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LD1445 | An Act to Prevent Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults | This bill authorizes a financial institution or credit union authorized to do business in this State to report suspected financial exploitation of an adult 62 years of age or older to the Office of the Attorney General. The bill also authorizes a financial institution or credit union to delay, for a certain period of time and under certain conditions, a disbursement from an account if financial exploitation is suspected. A financial institution or credit union that takes action in good faith in response to suspected financial exploitation is immune from administrative or civil liability. The bill allows a financial institution or credit union to provide access to or copies of records related to suspected financial exploitation to a law enforcement agency and designates records provided to a law enforcement agency as confidential. | Passed |
LD1972 | An Act to Enhance Transparency and Value in Substantial Health Care Transactions by Changing the Review and Approval Process for Those Transactions | This bill enacts law governing consequential transactions, such as transfers of ownership or control, among health care entities, including health care providers, health care facilities, provider organizations, pharmacy benefits managers and carriers. It establishes a preliminary and comprehensive review process carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Office of Affordable Health Care and provides for post-transaction oversight. It creates provisions governing reporting on the ownership and control of health care entities upon the completion of a transaction. It also makes the provisions take effect January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
LD818 | An Act to Allow Expenditure of Maine Clean Election Act Funding for the Care of Candidates' Dependents | This bill allows a Maine Clean Election Act candidate to use Maine Clean Election Fund funds for paid caregiving services provided to the candidate or the candidate's spouse or domestic partner for the direct care of a dependent family member and for which the need for paid caregiving services is directly connected with the candidate's campaign activities during the election cycle and would not exist except for the candidate's campaign. | In Committee |
LD1079 | An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education | This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into partnerships with health care providers, including obstetricians and gynecologists, and community-based health care programs and hospitals to create informational materials to educate menstruating persons on the symptoms and processes of and other issues surrounding perimenopause and menopause. | In Committee |
LD1293 | An Act to Prohibit Coyote-killing Contests in Maine | This bill prohibits coyote-killing contests. It provides that a person who arranges, provides a venue for, entices a person to knowingly take part in or knowingly takes part in a coyote-killing contest commits a Class E crime. It specifies that the law prohibiting coyote-killing contests may not be construed to prohibit the defense of a person or property or a government employee's sanctioned culling of coyotes. | Dead |
LD1269 | Resolve, to Study the Costs and Funding of a Universal Health Care Plan for Maine | This resolve directs the Office of Affordable Health Care to study, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, the costs and potential funding of a publicly funded, privately and publicly provided, universal health care plan for the State. It directs the office to submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services, which is authorized to report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
LD1276 | An Act to Align Intrastate Commercial Motor Vehicle Insurance Requirements with Federal Standards | This bill establishes a minimum insurance requirement for intrastate commercial motor vehicles of $750,000 to bring state requirements in line with federal financial responsibility requirements. | Passed |
LD1501 | An Act to Extend the Time Frame for a Chiropractic Intern License | This bill extends from 6 months to 9 months the time frame for which the Board of Chiropractic Licensure may issue a nonrenewable temporary license for a chiropractic intern to practice chiropractic. | Passed |
LD1906 | An Act to Improve Accountability and Understanding of Data in Insurance Transactions | This bill requires administrators and pharmacy benefits managers that provide health coverage or prescription drug coverage under a contract with a plan sponsor, including any person that offers health coverage or prescription drug coverage to its employees or members through a self-funded health benefit plan, to provide certain claims information to a plan sponsor upon request. The bill also gives a plan sponsor the right to request an audit to ensure compliance with a contract at least once every calendar year as long as the request is at least 6 months after a previously requested audit. | In Committee |
LD1665 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families | This bill amends the property tax fairness credit, for tax years beginning in 2025 or later by increasing the benefit base as follows: 1. For individuals filing as a head of household who have one child or dependent or for married individuals filing joint returns who have one child or dependent, the benefit base is increased to $3,250; 2. For individuals filing as a head of household who have more than one child or dependent or for married persons who have more than one child or dependent, the benefit base is increased to $4,000; and 3. For individuals 65 years of age or older, the benefit base is increased to $4,250. This bill also increases the maximum credit for an individual filing as a head of household or filing a joint return and who has a child or dependent to $2,000. This bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to convene a working group to study the property tax fairness credit and make recommendations for how to make the credit easier to understand and simplify the process for applying for the credit. The working group consists of advocates for low-income and elderly individuals and municipal governments. | In Committee |
LD1736 | An Act to Increase the Supply of Child Care Services Through the Use of Contracts | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services to enter into direct contracts with providers of child care to provide child care slots for children under 3 years of age, children with disabilities and children in underserved geographic areas. It authorizes the office to use direct contracts to provide child care slots for other categories of children based on priorities identified by the office. | In Committee |
LD1734 | An Act to Exempt Over-the-counter Medicines from the Sales and Use Tax | This bill adds over-the-counter medicines and drugs to the sales tax exemption for medicines sold for humans on a doctor's prescription as long as the over-the-counter medicine or drug is labelled according to the requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Medicines or drugs included in the new exemption include anesthetics; antacids; contraceptive supplies, drugs, devices and products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy; medication prepared for use in the eyes, ears or nose; opioid antagonists; products intended to be taken for coughs, colds, asthma or allergies; and steroidal medicines. | In Committee |
LD1785 | An Act to Encourage Competition by Requiring Independent Health Care Provider Cost-of-living Adjustments in Health Insurance Contracts | This bill requires that, for health insurance plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, compensation provisions in a contract between an individual practice that is not affiliated with a hospital or a group practice up to 25 members that is not affiliated with a hospital and a health insurance carrier to provide health care services to enrollees of a health insurance plan must include an increase in compensation for health care services from the prior year that reflects increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, CPI-U, over the previous year, as compiled by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. This bill prohibits a health insurance carrier offering a health insurance plan from altering contractual reimbursement to an individual practice that is not affiliated with a hospital or a group practice up to 25 members that is not affiliated with a hospital during 2025 to reduce the baseline reimbursement for the purpose of reducing the required compensation increase. The bill also prohibits a health insurance carrier from reducing fees for services covered under a contract with an individual practice that is not affiliated with a hospital or a group practice up to 25 members that is not affiliated with a hospital for any reason other than to reflect changes to the national relative value unit standards determined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. | In Committee |
LD1040 | An Act to Raise the Cap on Retirement Benefits for Certain State Employees and Teachers to Which a Cost-of-living Adjustment Is Made | This bill provides that, effective July 1, 2026, the cost-of-living adjustment applies to $40,000 of the retirement benefit being paid to retired state employees and retired teachers who retired on or before June 30, 2011 or their beneficiaries. | Passed |
LD874 | An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown | This bill establishes the Government Shutdown Loan Guarantee Program. The program, administered by the Finance Authority of Maine, or FAME, provides access to no-interest loans for certain federal employees in Maine or State Government employees affected by a partial or full shutdown of the Federal Government or the State Government that lasts for longer than 7 consecutive days by guaranteeing up to 10% of the loans eligible credit unions and financial institutions make to affected employees. Under the bill, affected employees are eligible for up to 3 loans during a shutdown, each equal to their monthly after-tax pay, less unemployment benefits, up to a maximum of $6,000. Eligibility must be proven by the employee based on certain requirements. The creditworthiness of an employee may not be used as a factor to determine eligibility for the program. An eligible financial institution that makes a loan pursuant to the program is prohibited from requiring repayment of the loan during the grace period, which is the time during the shutdown or 90 days after the disbursement of the loan, whichever is later, and from imposing interest on the loan for 180 days following the grace period. Following the end of the 180 days, an institution that made a loan under the program, after a good faith effort to collect the principal amount of the loan, may apply to FAME for repayment of the uncollected amount of the loan in default. The Treasurer of State is required to transfer funds for the payment of the uncollected amount to FAME, which is required to make the payment to the eligible financial institution. FAME is required to make reasonable efforts to recoup the amount of any payments made to eligible financial institutions from the employee who defaulted on the loan. Finally, the bill gives the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs, in consultation with the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over financial services matters, authority to report out legislation to address any funding needs of the program. | Passed |
LD163 | An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives and Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives | This bill expands the requirements in current law for coverage of contraceptives to include nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptives and nonprescription emergency contraceptives approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The bill provides that a prescription is not required for insurance coverage for nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptives and nonprescription emergency contraceptives and requires insurers to establish mechanisms to ensure that an enrollee who purchases a nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptive or nonprescription emergency contraceptive at a pharmacy has the option to make the purchase pursuant to a standing order issued for billing purposes without a payment required at the point of sale or to make the purchase with a payment at the point of sale and submit a claim for reimbursement to the insurer. The requirements apply beginning January 1, 2026. The bill requires health insurance carriers to notify enrollees, at least annually, of the coverage requirements for contraceptive supplies and the procedures an enrollee must follow to access coverage for nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptives and nonprescription emergency contraceptives at a pharmacy without an out-of-pocket cost at the point of sale or by submitting a claim for reimbursement. The bill also authorizes the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to adopt rules to implement the provisions and also requires the bureau to monitor implementation by health insurance carriers and to report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health coverage, insurance and financial services matters no later than November 4, 2026. | Passed |
LD1606 | An Act to Require Data Collection and Major Substantive Rulemaking for the Lifespan Waiver Providing Home and Community-based Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder or Other Related Conditions | This bill requires the rulemaking for the lifespan waiver to be major substantive. Current law requires only the initial rulemaking to be major substantive. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to collect data related to unmet needs identified in individuals' personal plans and related to residential transitions between group homes, shared living and self-directed residential arrangements. The department is required to publish an annual report with the data on its publicly accessible website and submit the report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters. | 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 |
LD1502 | An Act to Update the Requirements for Health Insurance Coverage of Prostate Cancer Screening | Under current law, health insurance coverage must be provided for annual prostate cancer screening, if recommended by a physician, to men 50 years of age or older until attaining 72 years of age. This bill updates the required coverage by doing the following. 1. It expands the scope of the required screening services to include medically necessary follow-up testing as directed by a physician, including, but not limited to, urinary analysis; serum biomarker testing; and medical imaging. It retains the provision in current law that requires coverage of a digital rectal examination and a prostate-specific antigen test and provides that associated laboratory fees for those tests are also covered. 2. It requires the coverage of services for the early detection of prostate cancer, if recommended by a physician, when supported by medical and scientific evidence according to the most recently published nationally recognized clinical practice guideline. 3. It prohibits the use of any deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other cost-sharing requirement for the costs of services for the early detection of prostate cancer. The requirements of the bill apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
LD896 | An Act to Provide Young Children Stable Access to Health Care | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to apply, by December 31, 2025, to the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or demonstration project or to amend a pending or current waiver or demonstration project to provide continuous eligibility to a child from birth through 5 years of age who is eligible for and enrolls in the Medicaid program. Upon the approval of such a waiver or demonstration project, it requires the department to adopt rules to establish the continuous eligibility of a child from birth through 5 years of age who is eligible for and enrolls in the Medicaid program, regardless of the child's family's change in income. Continuous eligibility must be maintained through the end of the month in which the child attains 6 years of age, but a child's eligibility to receive continuous coverage must be redetermined or terminated if the child is no longer a resident of the State, the child's parent or legal guardian requests termination of the child's eligibility, the child dies or the department determines that the child's eligibility was erroneously granted at the most recent determination, redetermination or renewal of eligibility because of agency error, fraud, abuse or perjury. | In Committee |
LD961 | An Act to Address Maine's Health Care Workforce Shortage and Improve Access to Care | This bill repeals the provision of law requiring that a certified nurse practitioner who qualifies as an advanced practice registered nurse must practice for at least 24 months under the supervision of a physician or supervising nurse practitioner or be employed by a clinic or hospital that has a medical director who is a licensed physician. The bill also eliminates the supervising nurse practitioner designation, which is no longer needed. | 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. | In Committee |
LD1087 | An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs | This bill provides that, beginning July 1, 2026, the State's share of the total cost of a school construction project is either 25% of the total cost of the school construction project or a percentage equal to the state share percentage of the school administrative unit's total cost of education as determined in the essential programs and services funding formula, whichever is greater. The bill also allows the State Board of Education to adopt or amend rules related to the State's share of the total cost of a school construction project. | In Committee |
LD1713 | An Act to Prohibit Certain Provisions in Health Care Provider Contracts with Insurance Carriers | Beginning January 1, 2026, this bill prohibits contractual agreements between health insurance carriers and health care providers that include: 1. Provisions restricting the ability of a health insurance carrier to encourage enrollees to use specific health care providers or to use tiering as part of a carrier's provider network; or 2. Provisions requiring a health insurance carrier to include all members or affiliates of a health care provider in a carrier's network. | In Committee |
LD1687 | An Act to Clarify and Increase Access to HIV Prevention Medications | This bill clarifies, with respect to insurance coverage for HIV prevention medication, that each long-acting injectable drug with a different duration constitutes a separate method of administration. The bill clarifies that pharmacists are allowed to dispense HIV preventive oral medication under current law, allows pharmacists to dispense injectable medication of any duration in certain circumstances and requires insurance carriers to treat pharmacists dispensing HIV drugs in a manner equivalent to how the insurance carriers treat physicians and allow pharmacists to bill the carriers and receive payment directly. The bill also provides reimbursement under the MaineCare program to pharmacists for prescribing, dispensing and administering HIV prevention drugs. | In Committee |
LD217 | An Act to Require Schools to Provide Access to Free Condoms for Students in Grades 9 to 12 in the School Nurse's Office | This bill requires that schools provide access to condoms free of charge to all students enrolled in grades 9 to 12. A school is subject to this provision if the school serves students in grades 9 to 12 and is a public school or a private school approved for receipt of public funds for tuition purposes and at least 60% of the students it serves are publicly funded students. Condoms may be administered only in the nurse's office by the school nurse. Before administering condoms to students, a school is required to plan for the contingency of a student with an allergy to latex. | Dead |
LD355 | An Act to Advance the Maine Retirement Savings Program | This bill makes the following changes to the Maine Retirement Savings Program. 1. It changes the definition of "covered employer" so that it includes all employers who hire employees. 2. It allows covered employers who may have offered a workplace retirement plan within the past 2 years to participate in the program. 3. It allows the Maine Retirement Savings Board to phase in the program based on the number of employees rather than based on the size of employers as provided in current law. 4. For employers who become required to participate in the program after the start date of the program, it clarifies that the employer is required to participate in the program within a time frame established by the board. 5. It clarifies that covered employers that fail to enroll are subject to an annually increasing penalty. 6. It changes when the Maine Retirement Savings Board is required to submit an audited financial report to the Governor, the Treasurer of State and the Legislature from beginning February 1, 2026 and annually thereafter to beginning July 1, 2026 and annually thereafter. 7. It allocates funds to the Maine Retirement Savings Program Enterprise Fund. | In Committee |
LD457 | An Act to Fund Climate Resiliency Projects Related to the Repair of Campus Infrastructure Used for Active Transportation and Outdoor Recreation | This bill provides one-time funds to encourage private and federal investments in order to support climate resiliency projects related to the repair of certain historic structures on the campus of Southern Maine Community College, with an emphasis on areas vulnerable to sea level rise, increased flooding, erosion and structural damage. | Passed |
LD938 | An Act to Implement Certain Local Spending and Sourcing Requirements Regarding the Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | This bill requires a household receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to spend at least 10% of each monthly benefit within a 50-mile radius of the household's declared residence. It also provides that, in addition to the requirements established by the United States Department of Agriculture, a retailer participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program must ensure that at least 10% of all perishable foods in the retailer's inventory are sourced from within the State. | Dead |
LD1028 | Resolve, to Establish the Task Force to Study Equitable Access to Maternal Health Care and Birthing Facilities | This resolve establishes the Task Force to Study Equitable Access to Maternal Health Care and Birthing Facilities, which is directed to study past closures of maternal health care centers in the State, the current availability of access to maternal health care services in the State and methods to increase patient access to maternal health care services, including equitable access for vulnerable populations. The task force is required to submit a report and suggested legislation by January 6, 2026 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, which is authorized to report out legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
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 |
LD363 | An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Create the School Capital Improvement Fund | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would authorize a General Fund bond issue in order to create the School Capital Improvement Fund. The fund would be available to any school district, subject to eligibility criteria such as the condition and age of the school facility to be renovated or replaced. Funds would be available to school districts on a one-to-one matching basis. | In Committee |
LD481 | An Act to Allow a Water District Created by Special Act of the Legislature to Borrow Money and Issue a Warrant Prior to a Default | An Act to Allow a Water District Created by Special Act of the Legislature to Borrow Money and Issue a Warrant Prior to a Default | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HP0950 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE HONORABLE LOIS GALGAY RECKITT ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOSTON RED SOX OPENING HOME GAME ON APRIL 4, 2025 | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE HONORABLE LOIS GALGAY RECKITT ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOSTON RED SOX OPENING HOME GAME ON APRIL 4, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
LD865 | An Act to Require MaineCare to Reimburse for Lactation Services in the Homes of Eligible Persons | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse for lactation services in hospitals and in the homes of eligible persons. It requires the department to reimburse for services provided by lactation consultants certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. The department must apply for a state plan amendment no later than January 1, 2026 and adopt or amend rules within 6 months of approval. | In Committee |
Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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LD858 | An Act to Ensure Behavioral and Mental Health Services Are Available to Students by Providing Grants to Schools That Contract for Those Services | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #212 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
LD900 | An Act to Protect State Retiree Pensions from Inflation | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #209 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
LD1017 | An Act to Include Food Provided or Served at Emergency Shelters in General Assistance Reimbursement | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #208 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
LD1288 | An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Maine's Drug Laws Regarding Heroin, Fentanyl and Cocaine | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #207 | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
LD29 | Resolve, to Require the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council and the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council | Adopt Hah-126 To Cas-44 RC #185 | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
LD29 | Resolve, to Require the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council and the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #184 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD60 | An Act to Allow Employees to Request Flexible Work Schedules | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #194 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD61 | An Act to Regulate Employer Surveillance to Protect Workers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #197 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD30 | Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council | Adopt Hah-127 To Cas-45 RC #183 | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
LD30 | Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #182 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD112 | An Act to Promote Opportunities by Establishing a Student Wage | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #195 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD277 | An Act to Amend the Law Prohibiting Places of Business from Being Open to the Public on Sundays and Holidays | Adopt Hah-293 To Cah-251 RC #203 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD331 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Ensure Timely Reimbursement Under MaineCare Regarding Hospital Cost Reports | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #196 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD487 | Resolve, Directing the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to Apply for Federal Funding for the Purpose of Identifying the Rail Corridor Connecting Portland to Orono as an Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #181 | 05/27/2025 | 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 | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #189 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD724 | An Act to Recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as State Holidays | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #187 | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
LD732 | An Act to Prohibit Copyrights for Works of State Government | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #198 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD784 | An Act to Create a Rebuttable Presumption Related to Specialized Risk Screening for First Responders | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #188 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD885 | An Act to Allow Certain Persons with a Permit to Carry Concealed Handguns to Possess or Discharge a Firearm on School Property | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #190 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD855 | An Act to Limit Eligibility Under the Maine Clean Election Act | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #200 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD853 | An Act to Replace the Minimum Hourly Wage with a Regionally Based Living Wage | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #201 | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
LD1022 | An Act to Protect and Increase Access to Justice in Civil Legal Matters for Persons with Low Incomes | Enactment - Emer RC #180 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD1063 | An Act to Require Competitive Procurement of Electricity from Generators Fueled by Municipal Solid Waste in Conjunction with Recycling | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #192 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD1219 | An Act to Increase State Funding for the Campuses of the University of Maine System | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #186 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD1331 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Regarding When the Governor May Call the Legislature into Session | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #199 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD1405 | An Act to Amend Laws Governing the Public Utilities Commission Concerning Participant Funding | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #193 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD1462 | An Act to Promote Artisans and the Creative Economy | Acc Report "a" Ought To Pass RC #202 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD1586 | An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #191 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
LD21 | An Act to Update the Provision of Law Concerning Student Codes of Conduct in Order to Reflect Best Practices Regarding Behavioral Threat Assessment and Response | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #169 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD16 | An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #174 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD160 | An Act to Eliminate REAL ID Requirements in Maine | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #167 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD206 | An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #176 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD255 | An Act to Support Mobile Home Residents in Purchasing Their Mobile Home Parks | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #172 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD301 | An Act to Allow the Public Utilities Commission to Establish Performance-based Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms for a Public Utility in Any Proceeding | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #179 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD482 | An Act to Expand Educational Opportunities and Broaden Educational Services for Students Enrolled in Equivalent Instruction Programs | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #178 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD599 | An Act to Raise the Salary Threshold for Overtime Pay | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #177 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD696 | An Act to Bolster the Maine Teacher Residency Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #170 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #173 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Recede And Concur RC #166 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Reconsider RC #165 | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Recede And Concur RC #164 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD771 | An Act to Include Possession of Compounds, Mixtures or Substances Containing a Detectable Amount of Certain Scheduled Drugs to Prove the Offense of Unlawful Trafficking of Scheduled Drugs | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #168 | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
LD828 | An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Be Designated as School Health Advisors | Recede And Concur RC #163 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD1022 | An Act to Protect and Increase Access to Justice in Civil Legal Matters for Persons with Low Incomes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #175 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD1210 | An Act to Regarding Renewable Electricity Generation by Hydropower Projects | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #171 | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
LD82 | An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws by Extending Indefinitely the Presumption Applying to Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder | Enactment - Mandate RC #161 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD220 | An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program in Order to Provide Funding for Students Attending Certain Private Schools and Students Receiving Home Instruction | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #145 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD222 | An Act to Establish a Take-back and Disposal Program for Firefighting and Fire-suppressing Foam to Which Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Have Been Added | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #158 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #152 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD266 | An Act to Require the Updating of Voter Registration Signatures | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #153 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD349 | An Act to Repeal the Laws That Allow Same-day Voter Registration | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #154 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD421 | An Act to Eliminate Barriers to Reentry into the Community After Incarceration by Repealing Certain Driver's License Suspension Provisions | Recede And Concur RC #143 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD530 | An Act to Eliminate a Rebuttable Presumption Against the Admission of Certain Applicants to the Bar | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #149 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD538 | An Act to Amend Maine's Prescription Drug Labeling Law by Allowing the Removal of the Name of a Prescriber of Mifepristone, Misoprostol and Their Generic Alternatives | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #148 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD666 | An Act to Prevent Domestic Violence by Providing Adequate Funding Support for Court-ordered Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Programs | Acc Report 'a' Otp-am RC #157 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD639 | An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #144 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD635 | Resolve, to Direct the Attorney General to Drop the Lawsuit Filed Against Big Oil Companies Concerning Climate Change | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #151 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #150 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD874 | An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown | Enactment RC #162 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD935 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection to Report on Air and Soil Chemical and Metal Levels and on Soil Testing on Solar Panel Farm Sites | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #147 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD1123 | An Act to Provide Funding for MaineCare-related Services for Public Schools | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #146 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD1148 | Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #155 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD1576 | An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #156 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD1655 | An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #159 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD1948 | An Act to Fund MaineCare | Enactment - Emer RC #160 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
LD14 | An Act to Provide Indigenous Peoples Free Access to State Parks | Acceptance Of The Otp-am Report RC #142 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD281 | An Act to Provide Support for Certain Maine Discovery Museum Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Educational Programming Throughout the State | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #132 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD451 | An Act to Require Testing of Solar and Wind Energy Developments for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Contamination | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #139 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD492 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for Parental Rights | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #138 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD582 | An Act to Require Health Insurance Carriers to Provide Coverage for Blood Testing for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #136 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD700 | An Act to Promote Student Enrollment and Degree Completion in the University of Maine System by Awarding Waivers of Tuition and Fees to Eligible Students | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #133 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD825 | An Act to Prohibit Geoengineering, Including the Use of Cloud Seeding, Weather Modification, Excessive Radio Waves and Microwave Radiation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #135 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD828 | An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Be Designated as School Health Advisors | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #134 | 05/14/2025 | Nay |
LD878 | Resolve, to Study the Effects of 5G and Other Non-ionizing Radio Frequency Radiation-emitting Technology on Bird, Bee, Insect and Other Wildlife Populations and the Effects of Long-term Exposure on Children | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #140 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD1013 | An Act to Protect Taxpayers by Requiring Referenda on Significant Municipal Debt | Acc Min Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #137 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD1080 | An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities from Requiring Deposits Based Solely on a Residential Customer's Income | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #141 | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
LD54 | An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees' Pay Histories | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #125 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD92 | An Act Regarding the Management of the Waste Components of a Solar Energy Development upon Decommissioning | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #121 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD163 | An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives and Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #124 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD270 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 850: Health Plan Accountability, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #131 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD407 | Resolve, to Ensure the Removal of Aqueous Film-forming Foam from the Former Brunswick Naval Air Station | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #122 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD422 | An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #128 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD542 | An Act Regarding Municipal Property Tax Levy Limits | Acc Report 'b' Ontp RC #130 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD704 | An Act to Clarify Performance Standards for Quarries | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #123 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD644 | An Act to Expand Employment Opportunities for Minor Students by Eliminating Certain Work Limitations | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #127 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD702 | An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #129 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD918 | An Act to Allow a Qualifying Religious Organization to Self-insure for Automobile Insurance | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #126 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD1251 | Resolve, to Reduce the Cost of Energy in Maine and Further Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Energy Contracts | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #120 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
LD187 | An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #118 | 05/07/2025 | Yea |
LD389 | Resolve, to Increase Transparency and Evaluate Emergency Response Through a COVID-19 Review Commission | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #117 | 05/07/2025 | Yea |
LD512 | An Act to Provide Educational Opportunities for Students in Secondary Schools with 200 or Fewer Students | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #115 | 05/07/2025 | Yea |
LD783 | An Act to Continue Support for the Maine Multicultural Center | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #116 | 05/07/2025 | Yea |
LD1948 | An Act to Fund MaineCare | Indefinitely Postpone RC #119 | 05/07/2025 | Nay |
LD86 | An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Education | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #109 | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
LD117 | An Act to Provide Funding for Sexual Assault Services | Enactment RC #114 | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
LD189 | An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #111 | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
LD174 | An Act to Restore Religious Exemptions to Immunization Requirements | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #110 | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
LD461 | An Act to Fund Rural Patrol Services in Washington County | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #107 | 05/06/2025 | Nay |
LD486 | An Act to Remove the Duty of an Individual Exercising Self-defense to Safely Retreat or Abstain from Performing Certain Acts upon Demand | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #108 | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
LD813 | An Act Regarding State Recognition of Native American Tribes | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #113 | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
Committee | Position | Rank | |
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Detail | Maine Joint Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee | 3 |
State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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ME | Maine House District 123 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/03/2024 |