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State Representative
Steven Bishop
(R) - Maine
Maine House District 017
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
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Capitol Office
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2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04330-0002
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04330-0002
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| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD172 | An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons and Study Improvements for Investigating Missing Persons Cases | An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons and Study Improvements for Investigating Missing Persons Cases | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1766 | An Act to Incorporate Probate Judges into the Maine Judicial Branch | This bill implements the recommendations of the Commission To Create a Plan To Incorporate the Probate Courts into the Judicial Branch, referred to in this summary as "the commission." The report is available online at https://legislature.maine.gov/doc/7703 . Maine's county Probate Courts occupy a unique position in Maine's justice system. Unlike Maine's other trial courts, Probate Courts are not part of the state judicial branch and Probate Court Judges are not appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature. Instead, pursuant to the former Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6, Probate Court Judges and Registers of Probate are elected to 4-year terms in each county. Although the caseload varies from county to county, it is generally understood that Maine's county Probate Court Judges serve on a part-time basis and, accordingly, they are authorized to engage in the practice of law. In 1967, the Legislature passed Resolve 1967, chapter 77, which proposed an amendment to the Constitution of Maine that would repeal Article VI, Section 6 and would "become effective at such time as the Legislature by proper enactment shall establish a different Probate Court system with full-time judges." This constitutional amendment was approved by a majority of the voters of Maine on November 7, 1967. In its report, the commission recommended that the Legislature implement this constitutional amendment by establishing a new state Probate Court with full-time, appointed state Probate Court Judges. Part A of the bill sets out that it is the intent of the Legislature that the enactment of this legislation, which implements the commission's recommended new Probate Court system with full-time judges, will trigger the repeal of the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6 pursuant to Resolve 1967, chapter 77 on the date that this legislation is approved. Although this bill is intended to trigger the repeal of the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6, which provides for the election of probate judges, the commission did not recommend and the bill does not provide for the removal from office of any county Probate Court Judge prior to the expiration of the term to which the judge was previously elected under the Constitution. To avoid that result, the commission recommended a multiyear, multistep process for establishing a new state Probate Court with full-time judges. Part B of the bill, which is effective immediately, Part C of the bill, which is effective January 1, 2027, and Part D of the bill, which is effective January 1, 2029, implement this multiyear, multistep process as follows. 1. Parts B and D of the bill establish a state Probate Court within the judicial branch that is distinct from the District Court and Superior Court. By January 1, 2029, the state Probate Court will be staffed by 9 full-time judges appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature, including one judge assigned to serve as the primary judge in each of 8 new Probate Court regions that will be aligned with the State's 8 prosecutorial districts. A. When the terms of the incumbent probate judges in Androscoggin, Franklin, Knox and Penobscot counties expire on December 31, 2026, they will be replaced by county Probate Court Judges elected to 2-year terms that will expire on December 31, 2028. B. When the terms of the incumbent probate judges in Cumberland, Hancock and Washington counties expire on December 31, 2026, they will be replaced by 4 new state Probate Court Judges appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature in the same manner that District Court Judges and Superior Court Justices are appointed and confirmed for terms that commence January 1, 2027. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission also recommended that these judges be supported by one new law clerk, one new judicial administrative assistant and 4 new court marshals. C. Beginning January 1, 2027, the 4 new state Probate Court Judges will preside over probate proceedings in Cumberland, Hancock and Washington counties while the remainder of the State's 16 counties will continue to be served by an elected county Probate Court Judge. If a judicial vacancy occurs in a county Probate Court after January 1, 2027 due to the death, resignation or retirement of the elected county Probate Court Judge, the vacant position will not be filled and jurisdiction over that county's probate matters will be transferred to the new state Probate Court. If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court determines that the number of state Probate Court Judges is insufficient to provide for the efficient administration of justice in all of the counties served by the new state Probate Court, the Chief Justice may request that the Governor appoint an additional state Probate Court Judge. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, to ensure that funding is available for all of the new potential state judgeships as they arise, the commission also recommended that all 9 new state Probate Court Judge positions be funded through General Fund appropriations commencing on January 1, 2027. D. When the terms of all remaining county Probate Court Judges expire on December 31, 2028, they will be replaced by the number of new state Probate Court Judges necessary to achieve a full complement of 9 state Probate Court Judges. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission also recommended that these new judges be supported by a 2nd law clerk and judicial administrative assistant and by 5 additional court marshals. E. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission also recommended that the judicial branch be authorized to hire an information technology specialist and a facilities manager as soon as possible, and that General Fund appropriations be provided for that purpose, to help the judicial branch prepare for the establishment of the state Probate Court on January 1, 2027. 2. Parts B, C and D of the bill direct the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to designate one appointed state Probate Court Judge to serve as the Chief Judge of the Probate Court, who is charged with fulfilling administrative duties similar to the administrative duties of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court and Chief Judge of the District Court. These duties include facilitating the transition from the county Probate Court system to the state Probate Court system; creating the statewide Probate Court schedule; ensuring uniformity of court processes and procedures and that emergency matters are prioritized and addressed expediently; securing and ensuring the accessibility and safety of Probate Court facilities; and preparing annual reports on the business of the state Probate Court. 3. Parts C and D of the bill direct that state Probate Court proceedings be held in existing county Probate Court facilities if possible and require the Chief Judge of the Probate Court to negotiate leases, contracts or other arrangements between the counties and the judicial branch regarding the use of those facilities. When necessary, state District Court and Superior Court facilities may also be used for Probate Court proceedings. 4. Parts B, C and D of the bill preserve the county registries of probate. A. Part B of the bill provides, by statute, for the election of county Registers of Probate under the same terms and conditions applicable to county register of probate elections under the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 6, which will be repealed on the date that this legislation is approved. B. Parts B, C and D of the bill further provide that, as each county transitions to the state Probate Court, that county should continue to retain all fees filed in state Probate Court proceedings in that county to offset the costs of maintaining its county registry of probate and of paying registry staff. These costs include, for example, the cost to maintain the current electronic management system for probate court records that the commission recommended retaining during the multiyear transition to the new state Probate Court system. 5. Part C of the bill provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services is responsible for paying and for establishing the minimum experience, training and additional qualifications for attorneys appointed to represent indigent individuals at public expense in all state and county Probate Court proceedings. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission further recommended that the Legislature provide new General Fund appropriations to the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to cover the cost of these appointments. 6. Parts C and D of the bill require the judicial branch to establish the minimum experience, training and additional qualifications for court-appointed visitors in state Probate Court proceedings and to pay the expenses of both court-appointed visitors and court-appointed guardians ad litem in state Probate Court proceedings when the parties are indigent or the court is allowed or directed by law to pay these expenses. Although not reflected in the text of the bill, the commission recommended that the Legislature provide new General Fund appropriations to the judicial branch to cover the expenses associated with the new requirements. Part C of the bill clarifies that, if a guardian ad litem or visitor is appointed at public expense in a county Probate Court proceeding, the county remains responsible for paying the court-appointed professional's fees. 7. Finally, Part D of the bill establishes the Commission to Evaluate the Incorporation of the Probate Court into the Judicial Branch, a 15-member study group composed of the same categories of members appointed to the Commission To Create a Plan To Incorporate the Probate Courts into the Judicial Branch. Part D of the bill directs the new commission to conduct a thorough review of the new state Probate Court system in 2031, which must include, but is not limited to, evaluating whether the number of supported state Probate Court Judge positions proposed is appropriate or should be adjusted; whether the jurisdiction of the state Probate Court, District Court and Superior Court should be adjusted to increase judicial efficiency and access to justice; whether to authorize assignment of state Probate Court Judges to preside over District Court or Superior Court dockets to the same extent that the judges in the District Court and justices in the Superior Court are available for cross assignments; whether additional investments should be made to enhance the compatibility of the Probate Court and judicial branch electronic case management systems; and whether additional opportunities exist to advance toward the ultimate goal of fully incorporating the Probate Court system into the judicial branch. No later than December 31, 2031, the commission is required to submit a report that includes its findings and recommendations, which may include suggested legislation, for presentation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters. The joint standing committee may report out legislation related to the report to the 135th Legislature. | In Committee |
| LD1382 | An Act Regarding Dam Repair | This bill establishes a maximum limit of $1,000,000 per loan application under the Dam Repair and Reconstruction Fund and establishes a loan payback period between 5 and 30 years, but no longer than the useful life of the proposed project. The bill also allows the department to require an applicant to provide matching funds in order to be considered for a loan and allows the department to establish a loan forgiveness program. | Passed |
| LD1804 | An Act Concerning Funding and Oversight of Transportation Matters | This bill amends the laws related to legislative oversight of transportation funding and use of the funds from the Highway Fund. The bill: 1. Codifies the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters as having jurisdiction over the Highway Fund. It updates references to the Highway Fund; 2. Establishes a minimum level of funding for transportation infrastructure programs related to bridges, highway lights and multimodal transportation, and requires the State Budget Officer to adjust the minimum level of funding by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index each biennium beginning July 1, 2027; 3. Increases, from 40% to 60%, the percentage of automobile-related sales and use taxes transferred to the Highway Fund and adds automobile-related sales and use taxes to the list of revenue that is allocated to and becomes part of the Highway Fund beginning July 1, 2027; 4. Provides for the net revenue from liquor operations to be deposited as undedicated revenue to the General Fund, rather than being split between undedicated revenue to the General Fund and undedicated revenue to the Highway Fund; 5. Provides for state funding for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police to come solely from the General Fund, rather than being split between the General Fund and the Highway Fund, beginning in fiscal year 2027-28; 6. Removes the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police from the list of allowable uses of the Highway Fund; 7. Adds multimodal transportation to the list of allowable uses of the Highway Fund; 8. Redefines “transportation infrastructure” to mean the infrastructure, assets, facilities and systems related to all modes of transportation, including highways, bridges, aviation, transit, railroads, ferries, ports and other marine infrastructure, trails and bicycle and pedestrian facilities, as well as all buildings, utilities and other appurtenances related to those modes; 9. Removes the designation of project-specific and nonproject-specific procurement and retains the provision that the Department of Transportation has full power to purchase all supplies, materials and equipment that are incidental to, or necessary for, construction, improvement or maintenance of transportation infrastructure; and 10. Requires, beginning March 1, 2026, the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority to submit biennial reports in each even-numbered year, summarizing the procurement activities over the preceding 2 calendar years. The summary must include construction contracting, consulting contracts for engineering and other technical services and other vendor contracts. | In Committee |
| LD1848 | An Act to Implement Recommendations for Improved Dam Safety | This bill is designed to implement the following recommendations for the improvement of dam safety in the State as identified in the report required pursuant to Resolve 2021, chapter 176 and submitted to the 131st Legislature in February 2024. 1. It amends the Natural Resources Protection Act to require that, if a proposed activity subject to that Act involves the construction or reconstruction of a nonhydropower dam, prior to granting a permit, the Department of Environmental Protection shall notify the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management regarding the application. The director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency is required to provide the department with an assessment of the design and construction or reconstruction of the proposed dam and any recommendations regarding terms or conditions necessary to minimize the risk of dam failure and to protect public safety and property downstream from the dam that may result from the failure or operation of the dam. For maintenance and repair activities on an existing dam for which a permit is not required under that Act, the bill provides that a long-term maintenance and repair plan for the dam, which is required to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection prior to the commencement of any maintenance or repair activities, must also be submitted to the Maine Emergency Management Agency. 2. It modifies the duties of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management under the State's dam safety program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, chapter 24, by providing for coordination with the Department of Environmental Protection in its administration of the program, clarifying the policies and procedures to be adopted for the administration and enforcement of the program, requiring the development and implementation of a comprehensive database management system, specifying staffing responsibilities, providing for stakeholder engagement and imposing an annual legislative reporting requirement. 3. It clarifies that, for the purposes of the dam safety program under Title 37-B, chapter 24, a state dam inspector appointed or hired by the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management is the legal representative of the commissioner. 4. It requires the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to evaluate the downstream hazard potential of each dam to determine the potential risk to public safety and property downstream from the dam that may result from the failure or operation of the dam. 5. It requires the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to adopt by rule policies and guidelines for owners of dams assigned a high hazard potential to conduct potential failure mode analyses of dams, based on the potential failure mode process developed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 6. It requires inspection by a state dam inspector of all significant hazard potential dams and all high hazard potential dams at least once every 5 years. 7. It authorizes the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to adopt major substantive rules establishing a schedule for the required payment of monetary penalties by a dam owner, lessee or other person in control of a dam that fails to implement remedial measures directed in a dam safety order issued by the commissioner. 8. It requires the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to establish by rule requirements and procedures for periodic comprehensive review and inspection of all high hazard potential dams at least once every 12 years, to be conducted by and at the expense of the owner of the dam. 9. It requires an owner, lessee or person in control of a dam to provide to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management a copy of any engineering study, inspection, comprehensive review or report regarding the dam that was commissioned or otherwise facilitated by the owner, lessee or person. 10. It repeals and replaces the law regarding dam emergency action plans to provide that, prior to the construction or reconstruction of any dam, the owner must prepare an emergency action plan for the dam and submit the plan to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management for review. The department is also required to establish guidelines and procedures for the testing of emergency action plans for high hazard potential and significant hazard potential dams. 11. It directs the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to take all necessary steps to ensure that, within 6 months of the effective date of this legislation, it has appointed or hired in a permanent capacity one or more state dam inspectors. To attract qualified candidates for the state dam inspector position, the department is authorized to offer a salary package for that position that is competitive and aligns with pay standards for professional engineers in the State. 12. It directs the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, as soon as practicable, to identify all dams in the State that are under its jurisdiction and are not in compliance with applicable dam safety standards and, in accordance with the compliance and enforcement policies and procedures adopted under the dam safety program, take all actions necessary to ensure that those dams achieve compliance, prioritizing its actions based on the hazard potential of each identified dam as assigned pursuant to law. 13. It requires the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to assess staffing and operational needs for the administration and enforcement of the dam safety program. By January 1, 2026, the department must submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety a report identifying the funding amounts necessary to ensure the effective administration and enforcement of the dam safety program. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out related legislation. | Passed |
| LD681 | An Act Regarding Public Higher Education Funding in the State | This bill provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Legislature must increase the percentage of the Maine Maritime Academy's total state appropriation as a share of its total operating costs by 5% until the percentage of the Maine Maritime Academy's total state appropriation as a share of the academy's total operating costs equals at least the lesser of the percentages of the University of Maine System's and the Maine Community College System's total state appropriation as a share of each respective system's total operating costs. The bill also establishes the Commission to Study the Funding of Public Institutions of Higher Education to review the State's laws and rules related to higher education, analyze past, present and alternative methods and mechanisms of funding public higher education and analyze present and future goals, including expanding access to affordable higher education. The commission is required to submit a report based on its findings to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs by December 3, 2025. | Passed |
| LD739 | An Act to Reimburse the City of Ellsworth for a Public Road to a New Court Facility in Hancock County | This bill provides a one-time General Fund appropriation to reimburse the City of Ellsworth for 50% of the costs incurred in building an access road to the property on which the city is working with the judicial branch to build a new courthouse for Hancock County. | Passed |
| LD1515 | An Act to Exempt Wheelchair Adapted Motor Vehicles from the Sales and Use Tax | This bill exempts from the sales and use tax sales of automobiles adapted for the use of occupants in wheelchairs or intended to be so adapted within 6 months of purchase. | Passed |
| LD1671 | An Act to Establish Disclosure Requirements Regarding Law Enforcement Officer Credibility Information | This bill requires that a law enforcement agency disclose to a prosecuting attorney's office when a law enforcement officer who is a potential witness in a criminal prosecution has engaged in certain specified conduct that calls into question the credibility of the officer as a witness, including, but not limited to, knowingly making untruthful statements of material facts, tampering with evidence, other dishonest acts or admissions of dishonesty, demonstrated patterns of bias against protected classes and facts reflecting an officer's impaired ability to perceive or recall the truth of a matter. Law enforcement agencies must notify the law enforcement officer when disclosing the credibility information to a prosecuting attorney's office. The prosecuting attorney's office must provide notice to the law enforcement officer and the chief law enforcement officer of the reporting law enforcement agency at least 10 calendar days before disclosure of the information to a defendant, except under specific circumstances, and provide the law enforcement officer an opportunity to address a potential disclosure to a defendant before any such disclosure is made. The bill requires a law enforcement agency to adopt written policies and procedures for disclosing credibility information to a prosecuting attorney's office. It requires the prosecuting attorney's office to adopt written policies and procedures for receiving and maintaining credibility records concerning law enforcement officers, disclosing credibility information to a defendant under the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure, Rule 16, notifying other prosecuting attorney's offices in the State of the credibility information and removing such records if the information is later determined to be inaccurate or false. The bill allows an officer to file a petition in Superior Court to require a prosecuting attorney's office to remove the credibility information from the officer's records of that officer if the credibility information is found to be false or inaccurate. | In Committee |
| LD1877 | An Act to Increase Penalties for Human Trafficking Offenses | An Act to Increase Penalties for Human Trafficking Offenses | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD930 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband | An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD529 | An Act to Establish the Alamoosook Lake Watershed Management District | An Act to Establish the Alamoosook Lake Watershed Management District 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 current owner of the dam on Alamoosook Lake has petitioned the Department of Environmental Protection for release from ownership of that dam and all property rights necessary to maintain and operate that dam under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6; and Whereas, pursuant to Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6, a dam owner petitioning for release from ownership is required to consult with the persons listed in Title 38, section 902, subsection 3 to determine if any of those persons wish to assume ownership of the dam; and Whereas, the municipalities in which a dam is located are included in the mandatory consultation procedure under Title 38, section 902, and the consultation period for a municipality is significantly time-limited to 180 days after the date a petition for release from dam ownership is filed by the dam owner, with the opportunity for one extension of 180 days following that initial period; and Whereas, the watershed management district established in this legislation is designed to assume ownership of the dam on Alamoosook Lake and to subsequently maintain and operate that dam, including coordinating water level management, on Alamoosook Lake; and Whereas, the watershed management district must therefore be established prior to the expiration of the statutory period in Title 38, section 902 to effectuate and implement the municipal consultation procedure; 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 |
| LD531 | An Act to Establish the Toddy Pond Watershed Management District | An Act to Establish the Toddy Pond Watershed Management District 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 current owner of the dam on Toddy Pond has petitioned the Department of Environmental Protection for release from ownership of that dam and all property rights necessary to maintain and operate that dam under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6; and Whereas, pursuant to Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 6, a dam owner petitioning for release from ownership is required to consult with the persons listed in Title 38, section 902, subsection 3 to determine if any of those persons wish to assume ownership of the dam; and Whereas, the municipalities in which a dam is located are included in the mandatory consultation procedure under Title 38, section 902, and the consultation period for a municipality is significantly time-limited to 180 days after the date a petition for release from dam ownership is filed by the dam owner, with the opportunity for one extension of 180 days following that initial period; and Whereas, the watershed management district established in this legislation is designed to assume ownership of the dam on Toddy Pond and to subsequently maintain and operate that dam, including coordinating water level management, on Toddy Pond; and Whereas, the watershed management district must therefore be established prior to the expiration of the statutory period in Title 38, section 902 to effectuate and implement the municipal consultation procedure; 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LD647 | An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails | This bill amends the laws governing telephone services for residents of detention and correctional facilities and jails to include video call services. For a detention or correctional facility administered by the Department of Corrections, it requires the department to provide a resident a telephone and video call allowance for 90 minutes of free telephone and video calls per week. The department also must provide a resident free telephone and video calls with the resident's attorney. A service provider may not charge a fee to deposit money into a resident's telephone or video call account. For a municipal or county jail, it requires the sheriff or jailer to provide a resident with a reasonable opportunity to make telephone and video calls to relatives and friends, except that the sheriff or jailer may restrict or prohibit telephone and video calls when the restriction or prohibition is necessary for the security of the jail. The sheriff or jailer must provide to a resident who has less than $50 in the resident's jail account a telephone and video call allowance for 90 minutes of free telephone and video calls per week. The sheriff or jailer also must provide a resident with a reasonable opportunity to make telephone and video calls protected by the attorney- client privilege. The sheriff or jailer must provide a resident free telephone and video calls with the resident's attorney. The bill specifies requirements for service providers regarding outgoing interstate and intrastate telephone and video calls. | Dead |
| LD1930 | An Act Regarding Acts of Violence Committed Against a Pregnant Woman | This bill provides that for certain provisions of the Maine Criminal Code, including those governing murder, manslaughter and assault, the term "person" or "human being" includes an unborn child. Exceptions are included for an act committed by the mother of an unborn child, a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed medical professional at the request of a mother of an unborn child or the mother's legal guardian or the lawful dispensation or administration of lawfully prescribed medication. | Dead |
| LD1776 | An Act to Establish the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex | This bill establishes the Interdisciplinary Advisory Board for the State House Complex, which must work to ensure the occupational health and safety of Legislators, legislative and executive branch staffs and the public within the State House complex and to streamline communications regarding the State House complex among the Legislative Council, the Legislative Council's State House facilities committee and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services. | Dead |
| LD726 | An Act to Protect Municipalities' Investment in Law Enforcement Officers | Current law requires that when a governmental entity hires a full-time law enforcement officer within 5 years of the officer's graduation from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy or the Indian police academy at the federal law enforcement training center, and that officer's training had been paid for by the officer's original governmental entity, the hiring governmental entity must pay the original governmental entity a designated portion of the officer's training costs. This bill increases the amount of those payments. | 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 |
| LD1253 | An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limited-access Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season | An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limited- access Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1395 | An Act Regarding Human Trafficking Prevention Instruction and Dissemination of and Access to Obscene Material in Schools | This bill requires that a digital or online library database resource offered by a school administrative unit, public charter school or postsecondary educational institution to students in kindergarten to grade 12 must prevent a user from sending, receiving, viewing or downloading materials that are child pornography or obscene matter or that depict sexual exploitation of a minor. It directs a school administrative unit, public charter school or postsecondary educational institution to withhold payment if a provider of a digital or online library database resource does not comply with these requirements and to consider noncompliance a breach of contract if the provider does not verify compliance in a timely manner. The bill amends the law that prohibits the dissemination of obscene matter to minors to eliminate the exception that applies to noncommercial distribution or exhibition by public schools for purely educational purposes. The bill also permits a public school or private school to offer or integrate into its curriculum instructional modules on the prevention and recognition of signs of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor and human trafficking. It also permits a public or private school to offer training to school employees on the same topics. | Dead |
| LD1437 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Specify the Qualifications of Electors in State and Local Elections | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to specify that only a person who is a citizen of the United States may vote in a state, county or municipal or other local election. | Dead |
| 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 | This resolve directs the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to apply for funding through the federal corridor identification and development program for the purpose of identifying the rail corridor that extends from Portland through Auburn, Lewiston, Waterville and Bangor to Orono, with other station locations determined to be appropriate, as an intercity passenger rail corridor. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is directed to apply for this funding during the 2025 application period. | Dead |
| LD159 | An Act to Require Motor Vehicle Certificates of Registration to Include a Space to List an Emergency Contact | An Act to Require Motor Vehicle Certificates of Registration to Include a Space to List an Emergency Contact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD885 | An Act to Allow Certain Persons with a Permit to Carry Concealed Handguns to Possess or Discharge a Firearm on School Property | This bill allows a person to possess and discharge a firearm on school property if that person is not a student at that school, is 21 years of age or older and possesses a permit to carry a concealed handgun. | 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 |
| 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 |
| LD1627 | An Act Regarding Workforce Development, Education Reform and Talent Retention | This bill requires that students complete an internship prior to graduating from high school beginning January 1, 2027. The bill also requires the Department of Education to: 1. Develop and implement a career exploration module for middle school and high school students; 2. Require school administrative units to track and report post-graduation outcomes and examine metrics that incentivize school administrative units to guide students toward 4-year degree programs; 3. Provide training on career counseling standards, including professional development for school counselors regarding career pathways in high-demand fields; 4. Mandate that all high school students receive information on a variety of post-graduation options, including apprenticeships, certification programs and local employment opportunities in high demand; 5. Redirect infrastructure funds to upgrade career and technical education facilities and equipment to meet industry standards; 6. Expand access to extended learning opportunity program coordinators, prioritizing underserved and rural areas; 7. Establish a competitive grant program for employers to partner with schools, career and technical education centers and the Maine Community College System to create new training opportunities to address workforce gaps; 8. Fund innovative pilot programs, such as mobile training units; 9. Develop, in consultation with the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, employer tax incentives for workforce investments; 10. Coordinate with the Department of Labor to address labor shortages in underserved regions by offering temporary housing and commuting or relocation stipends; 11. Conduct audits of workforce education to identify inefficient programs and, upon discovery, reallocate the funds to initiatives with measurable outcomes; and 12. Submit a report no later than December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs with suggested legislation. | Dead |
| 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 |
| LD1698 | An Act Regarding Changes of Ownership of Dams | This bill adds to the list of the types of information that a petitioner must include in a petition to the Department of Environmental Protection to initiate proceedings for release from dam ownership or water-level maintenance. It also requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to review the economic impact on surrounding communities, including private and municipal interests, in determining whether the best interest of the public requires that the department assume ownership of a dam. | 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 |
| LD1249 | An Act to Delay Payment of Benefits Under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program | This bill delays the implementation of the paid family and medical leave benefits program until July 1, 2027 and the requirement that the administrator of the program begin processing claims for benefits under the program until November 1, 2027. The bill also makes corresponding changes to other related implementation dates. | Dead |
| LD618 | An Act to Allow Minors Under 16 Years of Age to Work Until 9 p.m. During the School Year and Until 10 p.m. During Summer Vacation | This bill allows minors under 16 years of age to work until 9 p.m. during the school year and until 10 p.m. during summer vacation. | Dead |
| LD397 | An Act to Require a Voter to Show Photographic Identification | This bill requires the presentation of proof of identity in the form of a photograph identification document when voting in person or by absentee ballot and removes certain official documents from the list of forms of documentation accepted to verify the identity of an applicant who is registering to vote. Under the bill, acceptable photograph identification is a current and valid driver's license or nondriver identification card issued in this State, a United States passport, a military identification or a permit to carry a concealed handgun issued in this State if that permit includes a photograph. The bill provides that a student photograph identification document issued by a college or university in this State may not be accepted for voter identification when voting or when registering to vote. The bill also allows a person who does not possess a photograph identification document to request a free special voter photograph identification card from the Secretary of State. | Dead |
| LD1633 | An Act to Promote the Recycling and Reuse of Construction Materials | This bill directs the Department of Environmental Protection to establish by rule a streamlined process for the certification of construction materials reclamation facilities. Under the bill, a construction materials reclamation facility is defined as a facility that exclusively accepts construction and demolition debris and sorts, refurbishes and sells construction materials reclaimed from the debris for reuse in construction. A construction materials reclamation facility that receives a certification from the department is not required to obtain a solid waste facility license. The bill also establishes the nonlapsing Construction Materials Reclamation Fund within the department to provide grants, loans or other funding to any public or private entity to support the development and certification of construction materials reclamation facilities, training programs for individuals operating and employed at those facilities and public outreach and education initiatives regarding those facilities. Beginning January 1, 2026, this fund will receive a new $10 per ton fee imposed on the landfill disposal of construction and demolition debris and residue from the processing of the debris. The bill also capitalizes this fund with General Fund appropriations of $1 million in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27. The bill establishes a new state goal that, by January 1, 2036, the total tonnage of construction and demolition debris annually disposed of at solid waste landfills in the State will be reduced by 25%. The baseline for calculating this reduction is the 2024 solid waste generation and disposal capacity data gathered by the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill also directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to develop a proposal for implementation of a refundable tax credit for housing developers that purchase for use in the construction of affordable housing in the State reclaimed construction materials from a certified construction materials reclamation facility. The credit must be equal to 100% of the documented cost of the reclaimed construction materials purchased by the developer from a construction materials reclamation facility. The bureau is also required to develop a proposal for implementation of a charitable deduction from individual income tax for individuals or businesses who donate construction materials to a certified construction materials reclamation facility. The bureau must submit by January 1, 2026 a report setting forth the tax credit and deduction proposals, including necessary implementing legislation along with any related recommendations, to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out related legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD1559 | An Act to Authorize Medical Cannabis Farmers' Markets | This bill amends the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act to provide for the licensure of medical cannabis farmers' markets. The bill defines "medical cannabis farmers' market" as a building, structure or place, used by one or more registered caregivers or registered dispensaries and licensed by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy, for the direct sale of harvested cannabis and cannabis products to qualifying patients and for the consumption of harvested cannabis and cannabis products purchased by qualifying patients from the registered caregivers or registered dispensaries. The office is directed to provisionally adopt major substantive rules regarding the licensure, operation and administration of medical cannabis farmers' markets and to submit those rules for legislative review by January 9, 2026. | Dead |
| LD1334 | An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal | This bill requires a liquor retailer to display liquor that is not placed in a display case or behind the counter at least 48 inches from a cash register or payment terminal. | 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 |
| 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 |
| LD212 | An Act to Require the Valuation of Energy Produced by Hydropower Dams and Exploration of Alternative Ownership Options Before They Are Removed | This bill amends the law governing hydropower projects to require an applicant for a permit to remove a dam that is part of a hydropower project to provide to the Department of Environmental Protection or to the Maine Land Use Planning Commission, as applicable, an evaluation of the monetary value of the electrical or mechanical power that the dam is capable of generating. The applicant must also demonstrate to the department or commission that the applicant made all reasonable efforts to sell the dam and was unable to reach an agreement on a sale with an alternative owner. The department or commission is authorized to adopt routine technical rules to implement these requirements. | Dead |
| LD450 | An Act to Lower Electricity Costs by Repealing the Laws Governing Net Energy Billing | This bill repeals the laws that authorize the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules governing net energy billing and that direct the commission to establish a net energy billing program for commercial and institutional customers of investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities. It prohibits the commission from adopting rules that require a transmission and distribution utility to allow a customer to participate in net energy billing. The bill also amends the laws that reference the net energy billing programs repealed by this bill, including repealing the provisions of law that provide for real estate and personal property tax exemptions for solar energy equipment used in connection with net energy billing customers. | Dead |
| LD717 | An Act to Amend the Maine Criminal Code Governing Restitution to Include the Costs of All Analyses of Suspected Illegal Drugs | This bill removes the provision in the Maine Criminal Code regarding economic loss in the law governing restitution that the cost of analysis of suspected illegal drugs be considered a critical investigation expense only if the defendant is convicted of trafficking a scheduled drug and the court in sentencing the defendant makes a finding that the conduct underlying the conviction was motivated by profit. | Dead |
| LD1110 | An Act to Require Remittance Fees for Money Transmissions | This bill requires a sender of a money transmission to pay a remittance fee to be deposited into the General Fund. The sender is entitled to a state income tax credit in the amount of the fee if the sender files a state individual income tax return with either a valid social security number or a valid tax identification number. | Dead |
| LD904 | An Act to Exempt from Fees Certain Services Performed by the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory for Criminal Investigations | This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from establishing a fee for certain testing or analysis conducted by the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory when such testing or analysis is conducted pursuant to a criminal investigation. | Dead |
| LD962 | An Act to Establish the Offense of Aggravated Operating Under the Influence Resulting in the Death of a Pet | This bill creates the offense of aggravated operating under the influence resulting in the death of a pet and provides that it is a Class C crime with a mandatory fine, a period of incarceration, a court-ordered suspension of a driver's license and mandatory community service related to animal welfare. The bill also requires the offender to provide restitution to the owner of the pet, including veterinary costs, the market value of the pet and a sum for emotional distress. | Dead |
| LD226 | An Act to Protect the Cultural Resources and Historical Heritage of Sears Island in Searsport by Extending Conservation Easement Protections | This bill directs the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, to extend the current conservation easement to cover all lands on Sears Island that are not managed under a permanent buffer conservation easement between the State and the trust. | Dead |
| LD1171 | An Act to Restore Complimentary Licenses to Hunt, Trap and Fish for Residents 70 Years of Age and Older | This bill repeals the law prohibiting complimentary licenses to hunt, trap and fish for persons 70 years of age and older, which has the effect of restoring the requirement that the complimentary licenses must be issued upon application. | Dead |
| LD153 | An Act to Prohibit the Unauthorized Mooring of Watercraft | This bill prohibits a person from securing a watercraft to a mooring without receiving permission from the mooring's owner or lessee and establishes penalties and exceptions to that prohibition. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Enactment RC #601 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Recede And Concur RC #588 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD109 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educational Use | Recede And Concur RC #589 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #602 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede RC #599 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Recede And Concur RC #590 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Recede And Concur RC #591 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD747 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness | Recede And Concur RC #592 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Reconsideration - Veto RC #586 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1023 | Resolve, to Reestablish the Blue Economy Task Force to Support Maine's Emergence as a Center for Blue Economy Innovation and Opportunity in the 21st Century | Recede And Concur RC #594 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Recede And Concur RC #595 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1184 | An Act to Require Municipal Reporting on Residential Building Permits, Dwelling Units Permitted and Demolished and Certificates of Occupancy Issued | Recede And Concur RC #596 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Reconsideration - Veto RC #587 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1738 | An Act to Establish the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program to Support Public Health Efforts in the State | Recede And Concur RC #597 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1951 | An Act to Promote Food Processing and Manufacturing Facility Expansion and Create Jobs | Recede And Concur RC #598 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Enactment RC #583 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Recede And Concur RC #579 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #571 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Enactment RC #582 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #578 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #584 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #575 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Recede And Concur RC #580 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1666 | An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes | Enactment RC #576 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Recede And Concur RC #581 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1960 | An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products | Recede And Concur RC #572 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Recede And Concur RC #573 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Enactment RC #574 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #577 | 06/18/2025 | 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 | Nay |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Recede And Concur RC #548 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #546 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #553 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #567 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #566 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #568 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #547 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD978 | An Act to Increase General Assistance Reimbursement for Municipalities and Indian Tribes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #545 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #537 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #557 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #558 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1189 | An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #539 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Enactment RC #550 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Adopt Hah-771 To Cah-746 RC #561 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #536 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #565 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1386 | An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #538 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1423 | An Act to Improve Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #554 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #540 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1667 | Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #563 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1715 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers | Recede And Concur RC #549 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Enactment RC #552 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Table Until Later RC #551 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #564 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1751 | An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #570 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1849 | An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #562 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1867 | An Act to Prohibit Financial Institutions from Using Merchant Category Codes to Identify or Track Firearm Purchases or Disclose Firearm Purchase Records | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #560 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1871 | An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation | Enactment RC #542 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Adopt Hah-707 To Cas-346 RC #544 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #543 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #569 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #559 | 06/17/2025 | 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 | Nay |
| LD1987 | An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program | Recede And Concur RC #555 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #526 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #517 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD264 | An Act to Remove the 12-month Waiting Period for the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #527 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Recede RC #511 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #528 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD372 | An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax | Recede And Concur RC #507 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Recede And Concur RC #534 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Enactment RC #514 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #531 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD525 | An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances | Recede And Concur RC #505 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #518 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Recede And Concur RC #508 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Insist RC #523 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD879 | An Act to Increase Maximum Small Claim Limits for Home Construction Contracts | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #512 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Enactment RC #513 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Recede And Concur RC #510 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1299 | An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1266 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health to Convene a Working Group to Propose a Plan for Expanding the Reach of Treatment Courts | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #519 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1318 | An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #532 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Recede And Concur RC #506 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Insist RC #524 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1715 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #533 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #530 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | Recede And Concur RC #509 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1815 | An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident That Results in Serious Bodily Injury or Death | Recede And Concur RC #535 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1853 | An Act to Establish an Educational Tax Credit Program to Help Parents Pay for Nonpublic School Tuition and Fees | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #529 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #515 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #522 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #521 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #520 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Recede RC #525 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD179 | An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code to Eliminate the Class E Crime of Violation of Condition of Release | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #484 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
| LD165 | An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #473 | 06/13/2025 | Nay |
| LD182 | An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #487 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #492 | 06/13/2025 | Nay |
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| Detail | Maine Joint Transportation Committee | 4 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine House District 017 | House | Republican | In Office | 12/03/2024 |