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State Representative
Eleanor Sato
(D) - Maine
Maine House District 109
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
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Capitol Office
House Democratic Office
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
Phone: 800-423-2900
Phone 2: 207-287-1430
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD338 | An Act to Increase the Size and Balance of Jury Pools | This bill adds registered voters, persons to whom state income tax forms have been mailed, recipients of public assistance benefits and recipients of state unemployment compensation to the source list of prospective jurors. | Passed |
| LD957 | An Act to Integrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History into the Statewide System of Learning Results | This bill includes instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history in the Department of Education's required units of instruction on American history and Maine studies. The bill requires the department to convene a volunteer advisory committee to collect information and prepare materials for teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history and to develop and provide guidance, best practices and exemplar modules to local school administrative units to integrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history into their curriculum. The bill also requires the department to develop a process to enable a local school administrative unit to conduct an internal audit of its curriculum to ensure an equitable representation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voices and an accurate historical account of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history and culture. The bill also requires the department to submit a report on the progress of the implementation of this legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later than April 1, 2030. | Passed |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | This bill authorizes each federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or band in this State to operate Internet gaming pursuant to a license from the Gambling Control Unit within the Department of Public Safety. Only a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or band in this State is eligible to obtain a license and operate Internet gaming. The licensing structure follows the law governing sports wagering. | Passed |
| LD1336 | An Act to Establish the Maine-Aomori Sister-state Advisory Council | This bill establishes in law the existing Maine-Aomori Sister-state Advisory Council, which promotes and cultivates a cooperative sister-state relationship between Maine and the Prefecture of Aomori, Japan. It includes an ongoing appropriation of $20,000 in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to support the advisory council. | Passed |
| LD1871 | An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation | This bill amends provisions of the law governing post-judgment motions to seal criminal history record information by creating a new category of criminal conviction for which a person may file a motion to seal the related criminal history record information. Under the bill, a person may file a motion to seal criminal history record information for a criminal conviction for any current or former crime if the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the person has been a victim of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, as defined by the bill, and the commission of the crime for which the person was convicted was a substantial result of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation. The bill also provides that a person who is regularly engaged in the business of collecting, assembling, evaluating or disseminating criminal history record information related to specific individuals for a fee, also called a business screening service, is required to disseminate only complete and accurate records; investigate disputed records; correct or delete records found to be inaccurate or reflecting a criminal conviction that was sealed or pardoned; and provide a notice with disseminated records including the date the record was collected and a notice that information may include criminal records that have been sealed or otherwise have become inaccessible to the public. A person is considered in violation of these provisions only if the person's conduct violates these provisions and also violates relevant provisions of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. A person found in violation of both the state and federal law is liable to the subject of the record for a penalty of $1,000 and additional remedies. | Passed |
| LD1691 | An Act to Expand Access to Justice in Rural Maine by Incentivizing Attorneys to Practice in Underserved Areas | This bill establishes the Access to Justice Loan Program and Access to Justice Loan Program Revolving Fund under the Finance Authority of Maine for the purpose of awarding loans to and entering into loan repayment agreements with eligible Maine residents. Eligibility is limited to Maine residents who demonstrate an interest in or commitment to providing legal services in an underserved area of the State and who are enrolled or intend to enroll in an accredited law school and demonstrate financial need or have graduated from an accredited law school within the prior 5 years, are licensed or eligible to be licensed to practice law in the State and have outstanding law school loans. The maximum amount of a loan to or loan repayment agreement with a program participant is $25,000 per year for a period of up to 4 years. The bill also directs the University of Maine System, to the extent sufficient funding is available, to establish at the University of Maine School of Law a rural practice track to support the practice of law in underserved areas in the State. Among other things, the rural practice track must be designed to: 1. Provide, in each academic year, a housing stipend sufficient to cover the cost of dormitory housing at the University of Southern Maine for up to 6 first-year or 2nd-year law school students who reside in underserved areas in the State or who have demonstrated a commitment to and aptitude for practicing law in those areas upon graduation; and 2. Provide, in each semester of the academic year and over the summer, internship, externship or other professional opportunities with organizations and other entities that provide legal services to individuals in underserved areas in the State for up to 6 2nd-year or 3rd-year law school students who reside in underserved areas in the State or who have demonstrated a commitment to and aptitude for practicing law in those areas upon graduation. No later than January 1, 2026, the University of Maine System is required to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary outlining its plan for implementation of the rural practice track at the University of Maine School of Law, including any recommendations for legislative or other action. After reviewing the report, either committee may report out legislation related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Passed |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | This bill enacts provisions to clarify the relationship of state and local law enforcement agencies, including correctional facilities, and state employees with federal immigration authorities. The bill: 1. Prohibits a law enforcement agency from stopping, investigating, interrogating, arresting or detaining a person for immigration enforcement purposes, including in response to a hold request, immigration detainer or administrative warrant issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or allowing the United States Department of Homeland Security access to inmates or inmate information or providing law enforcement agency resources or personnel to assist immigration enforcement activities; 2. Clarifies that a law enforcement agency upon a request from the United States Department of Homeland Security may arrest and detain a person and perform other law enforcement duties due to suspected criminal activity or other reasons not solely based on the person's immigration status; 3. Establishes the permissible scope of collaboration of a law enforcement agency with a joint law enforcement task force; 4. Requires a law enforcement agency to release as soon as possible and detain no longer than 48 hours a person determined to be held solely for immigration enforcement purposes; 5. Establishes duties and prohibitions for law enforcement agencies regarding immigration issues of inmates, including requiring the agency to inform an inmate of the inmate's rights prior to interview by an immigration authority and whether the agency intends to comply with a hold request and prohibiting an agency from restricting access to educational programming and good conduct credits or determining an inmate's custodial status based upon the inmate's immigration status; and 6. Prohibits state employees other than law enforcement officers from inquiring into immigration status unless the inquiry is required by law or necessary to provide the service sought by the resident. | Passed |
| LD1427 | An Act Extending the Statute of Limitations on Criminal Actions Involving Aggravated Sex Trafficking | An Act Extending the Statute of Limitations on Criminal Actions Involving Aggravated Sex Trafficking | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1145 | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD353 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Recommend Methods for Preventing Deed Fraud in the State | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Recommend Methods for Preventing Deed Fraud in the State | Passed |
| LD819 | An Act to Clarify the Status of Energy Storage Systems with Regard to the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement Program | An Act to Clarify the Status of Energy Storage Systems with Regard to the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD884 | Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law | This resolve requires the University of Maine System to establish within the University of Maine School of Law a criminal justice legal aid clinic 3-year pilot project and provides one-time funding for that purpose. The resolve also requires the University of Maine System to submit interim and final reports to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters, judiciary maters and appropriations and financial affairs on the criminal justice legal aid clinic pilot project. | Passed |
| LD877 | An Act to Require Transportation Network Companies to Provide Fair Wages to Drivers | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would require transportation companies to provide fair wages to drivers. | 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 |
| LD1202 | An Act to Establish the African American Studies Advisory Council and Provide Funding to Support African American Studies | This bill does the following. 1. It establishes the African American Studies Advisory Council to serve as a resource to educators, schools and the Department of Education to ensure the implementation of African American studies in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 4706. Appointments to the advisory council must be made within 30 days of the effective date of the legislation by the appointing authorities. The duties of the advisory council include: A. Assisting school administrative units and educators in the exploration of a wide range of educational materials and resources relating to African American studies; B. Identifying materials and resources for implementing African American studies; C. Making recommendations to the Department of Education regarding African American studies curricula, revisions to the system of learning results, funding and opportunities for professional development, training and technical assistance; and D. Using data gathered pursuant to the representative statewide sampling conducted by the Department of Education of African American studies curricula in school administrative units to establish a baseline measure of the implementation of African American studies in school administrative units. The advisory council is directed to submit an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters beginning January 15, 2027. 2. It directs the Department of Education to develop professional development opportunities for educators in African American studies. 3. It directs the State Board of Education to convene a stakeholder group to study the development of an endorsement in African American studies on an educator credential or the inclusion of a requirement for an African American studies course as a requirement for an educator credential in this State and report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later than January 15, 2026. 4. It provides an appropriations and allocations section to: A. Establish in the Department of Education a content specialist position in African American studies and to provide outreach to school administrative units with support and technical assistance in curriculum development and implementation of African American studies; and B. Provide $1,000,000 in one-time, nonlapsing funds in fiscal year 2025-26 to the Department of Education to support the work of the African American Studies Advisory Council and administer and provide grants to school administrative units to expand or implement African American studies curricula. | Passed |
| LD1085 | Resolve, Directing the State Court Administrator to Perform an Inspection and Study of the Rumford Courthouse Building | This resolve directs the judicial branch to perform an inspection and space study of the building that houses the Rumford Court and issue a report within 18 months of the effective date of this resolve on all the necessary updates, structural and cosmetic improvements required and an estimated timeline of completion of renovations to resume jury trials in the building. | Passed |
| LD1136 | An Act to Defend the Rights of LGBTQ+ Persons in the State | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to update certain laws to protect the rights of individuals who identify as LGBTQ+. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| LD340 | An Act Regarding Speedy Trials | This bill establishes the Maine Speedy Trial Act. The Act establishes different time limits for the commencement of a defendant's criminal trial depending on when the complaint, indictment or information was filed and what class of crime the defendant is charged with. The Act also provides a time limit for the commencement of a new trial following a mistrial or order for a new trial. A defendant may waive the right to a speedy trial under the Act after the defendant has been advised of the defendant's rights with respect to the Act by the court. The Act also establishes several reasons for delay, which are excluded in computing the time limits for the commencement of trial; factors the court may consider when granting a motion to enlarge the maximum time period before commencement of trial; and remedies available to the defendant when the time limits established by the Act are not complied with. Upon motion by the defendant, the court must dismiss the case either with or without prejudice if it finds that the defendant's trial did not commence within the applicable time limit or any enlargement of that limit. Any victim of the crime for which the defendant is charged must be notified of any hearing to determine whether the defendant's rights under the Act have been violated, and that victim may object to the dismissal of charges and may be heard by the court at the time of that hearing. | Passed |
| LD599 | An Act to Raise the Salary Threshold for Overtime Pay | This bill codifies the federal paid overtime salary threshold for a salaried employee by adding the salary level of $58,656 per year and the 35th percentile of weekly earnings for full-time salary workers in the lowest-wage census region as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor agency, to the existing provision that details the compensation amounts in order for a salaried employee to be exempt from the laws governing minimum wage and overtime pay. | Passed |
| LD624 | Resolve, to Create the Commission to Study a Legislative Internship Program | This resolve creates the Commission to Study a Legislative Internship Program. The commission has 12 members, including a Senate member and a member of the House of Representatives who sit on the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and who serve as cochairs of the commission. The commission is required to study and develop a structure for an internship program matching postsecondary education institution students with members of the Legislature to assist members of the Legislature with the policy work of the Legislature. The commission is required to submit a report to the Legislative Council no later than February 1, 2026 setting out recommendations for an internship program, including a pilot internship program starting in the First Regular Session of the 133rd Legislature. | Passed |
| LD1474 | An Act to Strengthen the Teaching of Wabanaki Studies in Maine Schools | This bill establishes the position of Wabanaki studies specialist in the Department of Education to ensure the inclusion of Wabanaki studies in the parameters for essential instruction and graduation requirements and requires the department to provide ongoing funding for the work of the specialist as well as contracted Wabanaki advisors to advance the implementation of the instruction of Wabanaki studies across the State, including funding that school administrative units can apply for to fund Wabanaki studies resources. The bill also directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to require the completion of a Wabanaki studies component in the qualifications for certifying teachers and requires the department to provide funding for contracted Wabanaki advisors and educators to work with the Wabanaki studies specialist to create and implement short-term courses that must be made available to all teachers throughout the State. | Passed |
| LD1383 | An Act to Require State Divestment from Perpetrators of International Human Rights Violations | This bill prohibits the State from investing public funds or entering into procurement contracts with companies, entities, persons or financial institutions that operate in, directly benefit from or are associated with perpetrator states, countries or governing bodies that have been determined by independent and credible international bodies to have committed the crime of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, genocide or a war crime. The bill directs the Office of the Treasurer of State to create a commission to monitor human rights reports to identify potential perpetrator states, countries or governing bodies and to report the activities and findings regarding compliance with the provisions of this bill annually to the Governor and the Legislature. The bill creates exceptions for humanitarian aid and allows for a waiver related to an investment, procurement or divestment by the Governor in cases of significant harm to the residents of this State or that undermine national security interests. | In Committee |
| LD1259 | An Act to Enhance Public Safety in Maine by Defining the Relationship Between Local and Federal Law Enforcement | This bill prohibits state or local law enforcement agencies or officers from entering into contracts with federal immigration enforcement authorities. | In Committee |
| LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | This bill requires the Maine State Housing Authority to contract for the operation of at least 3 certified recovery residences that are led and governed by people in recovery from substance use disorder that identify as LGBTQIA+ and provide services to LGBTQIA+ individuals recovering from substance use disorder and other individuals recovering from substance use disorder, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, that meet the criteria established by the Maine State Housing Authority. The bill establishes requirements based on population for the location of the contracted certified recovery residences and staffing requirements and establishes the LGBTQIA+ Recovery Residence Fund within the Maine State Housing Authority. | Vetoed |
| LD1587 | An Act to Establish Greater Alignment of Penalties for Certain Labor Law Violations | This bill codifies into the Maine Revised Statutes provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and creates a criminal penalty for any person who intentionally or knowingly violates the employment practices laws or the laws governing preference to Maine works and contractors. A person convicted of a willful violation is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both, except that a person may not be imprisoned unless that person has been previously found guilty of willfully violating these laws. The Director of Labor Standards within the Department of Labor may refer these violations to the Attorney General for prosecution. The Attorney General must respond to the director within 30 days of receiving the referral, indicating whether the Attorney General will prosecute the case. If the Attorney General declines to prosecute, the Attorney General must provide to the director the reasons for the denial. This bill also requires that any information related to these willful violations must be included in the department's annual report, including any fines sought or collected by the department, the number of referrals made by the director and the number of referrals declined by the Attorney General, including the reasons for the denials. | In Committee |
| LD1647 | An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act to Provide Additional Remedies for Educational Discrimination | This bill modifies provisions of the Maine Human Rights Act to allow a court to award compensatory damages in cases of intentional educational discrimination. Compensatory damages include damages for loss of education, loss of educational opportunity, past and future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life and other nonpecuniary losses. The bill specifies that these compensatory damages are not available in cases when the discriminatory practice involves the provision of a reasonable accommodation and the educational institution had demonstrated good faith efforts, in consultation with the person with the disability, to make a reasonable accommodation that would provide that individual with an equally effective opportunity and would not cause undue hardship on the operation of the educational institution. Compensatory damages are not available in cases in which the practice was unlawful only because of its disparate impact. The bill also adds language that excludes cases of intentional educational discrimination from the existing limited monetary remedy available for unlawful discrimination under the Maine Human Rights Act. | In Committee |
| LD1870 | An Act to Establish a Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program to Impose Penalties on Climate Polluters | This bill establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Protection. Under the program, an entity or a successor in interest to an entity that was engaged in the trade or business of extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2024 is assessed a cost recovery demand for the entity's share of fossil fuel extraction or refinement contributing to greenhouse gas-related costs in the State. An entity is assessed a cost recovery demand only if the department determines that the entity's products were responsible for more than one billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Cost recovery payments received by the department are deposited into the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Fund to provide funding for recovery of the costs to develop and implement the program and fund and for climate change adaptation projects in the State, which the department is directed to prioritize through the adoption of a resilience implementation strategy and to ensure that at least 35% of the funds are used for climate change adaptation projects that benefit low-income persons with environmental justice concerns. | In Committee |
| LD1901 | An Act to Regulate Shared Appreciation Agreements Relating to Residential Property | This bill defines "shared appreciation agreement" and provides limitations on and requirements for the use of shared appreciation agreements. | In Committee |
| LD1911 | An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information for Certain Crimes | This bill establishes a system for automatically sealing criminal history record information associated with criminal convictions for certain crimes, provided that certain conditions are met. Automatic sealing refers to the process established by the bill by which criminal history record information related to qualifying convictions must be sealed and the dissemination of that information limited consistent with the requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 15, section 2265, without the need to file a petition to seal the information. Under the bill, the Administrative Office of the Courts must routinely examine electronic case records and compile a list of criminal history record information that qualifies for automatic sealing under this legislation and provide that list to the appropriate courts to issue a sealing order. The bill provides a list of criminal convictions for which automatic sealing may be available. The underlying crimes include all Class E crimes except for sexual offenses; all Class D crimes except for certain crimes, such as certain violent crimes or certain offenses against a family member; certain Class D or Class E drug crimes committed prior to January 30, 2017; and other specified drug crimes. The bill provides that for an eligible criminal conviction to be automatically sealed, 5 years must have passed since the date of conviction for a Class D or Class E crime. For a Class A, Class B or Class C crime, 10 years must have passed since the date of conviction and the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information must have completed the person's sentence, including any period of supervised release. The criminal history record information is not eligible for sealing if the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information has been convicted of any other crimes in the time elapsed since the person satisfied the sentencing requirements of the eligible criminal conviction. | In Committee |
| LD1949 | An Act Regarding Energy Fairness | Part A of the bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules prohibiting the disconnection of utility services of a residential customer for nonpayment if the residential customer is enrolled in, has begun the process to enroll in or has been denied enrollment in an assistance program administered by the Public Utilities Commission or another state agency and the customer attests to the utility that the customer or a member of the customer's household is 65 years of age or older, is incapacitated or dependent or has been certified within the last 12 months as having a medical condition or disability by a medical professional or government authority. It also prohibits disconnections if a member of the customer's household has not attained 12 months of age. The commission is required to adopt a process by which a public utility may petition the commission to proceed with a disconnection of a residential customer's service that would otherwise be prohibited. Part A also prohibits a competitive electricity provider from entering into an agreement to provide service to or renew a contract for generation service for a residential consumer that, in the 12-month period prior to entering into the agreement or renewing a contract, has received low-income assistance unless the commission finds that the consumer would receive a lower rate by enrolling in or renewing the contract when compared to the standard-offer service available to that consumer. Part B prohibits certain expenses from being included in a public utility's rates, including fines and penalties, costs associated with travel, lodging and food for officers and members of a public utility's or affiliated interest's board of directors, expenditures for investor relations and certain costs associated with the attendance at, participation in, preparation for or appeal of any contested rate case proceeding conducted before the commission. If a public utility includes any prohibited expenses in rates, it is subject to administrative penalties and the commission may direct the utility to use a portion of the administrative penalties owed for the payment of a rebate to the public utility's customers. In addition to an administrative penalty, the commission is required to order the public utility to issue a refund to the public utility's customers, including interest. Part C requires the commission to adopt rules to require public utilities with over 50,000 customers to file a quarterly docket with the commission containing data from the previous quarter applicable to residential and nonresidential customers. The rules must require that the filing data include information regarding customer overdue accounts, disconnections, reconnections, deposits and payment plans. Part C also requires the commission, within existing resources, to conduct a proceeding at least once every 5 years to review administrative charges collected by a public utility with over 50,000 customers during the preceding 5-year period to ensure that such administrative charges are in compliance with applicable law. Part C also requires that if an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility includes on a customer's bill a public policy charge, the utility must include an accurate and comprehensive description of the costs and benefits of the components of public policy charges, including, but not limited to, energy efficiency programs, renewable energy programs and low-income energy assistance programs. Part D amends the definition of "assisted project" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1304, subsection 1-A to lower the size threshold of a project to which the definition applies. It requires that certain percentages of total labor hours of the construction, alteration or repair of a generation facility are performed by qualified apprentices. Part D also requires the Public Utilities Commission, in executing its duties, powers and regulatory functions under Title 35-A, while ensuring system reliability and resource adequacy, to consider and incorporate environmental justice principles. It requires the commission, on or before April 1, 2026 and within existing resources, to establish a community engagement plan. | Crossed Over |
| LD1943 | Resolve, to Establish a Commission to Study the Role of Private Equity in Maine's Economy and in Key Economic Sectors | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study Private Equity Firms to conduct a comprehensive study of the role of private equity firms in the State's economy, with a focus on transparency, investment practices and private equity's effects on key sectors such as energy, health care, housing and nursing homes. The commission must issue a report with its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services no later than December 3, 2025, which may include legislative proposals to address the effects of private equity firms on the State's economy and on key economic sectors, such as energy, health care, housing and nursing homes. | Passed |
| LD1805 | An Act to Establish a Post-judgment Review Process for Crimes Committed by Victims of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation | This bill allows a victim of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation to file a post-judgment motion to reverse a criminal conviction if the victim demonstrates, by a preponderance of evidence, that the victim experienced sex trafficking or sexual exploitation and that the conduct underlying the criminal conviction was a substantial result of the sex trafficking or sexual exploitation. | Passed |
| LD1810 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Judicial Disciplinary Process | This bill establishes the Commission on Judicial Conduct, comprised of 3 judicial officers appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, one each from the Superior Court, the District Court and the Probate Court; 3 licensed attorneys appointed by the Chief Justice; and 3 members of the public appointed by the Governor. The bill charges the commission with receiving and investigating complaints, conducting hearings and making findings and recommendations to the Supreme Judicial Court concerning allegations that an Active or Active Retired Judge or Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the Superior Court, the District Court or a county Probate Court has either engaged in actions or omissions that constitute grounds for discipline or has a mental or physical disability affecting the judge's or justice's judicial performance. The bill also directs the commission to hire an executive director to assist the commission in performing its duties, including by screening complaints and recommending dispositions to the commission; employing counsel, private investigators, hearing officers and other staff; administering the commission's budget; and preparing an annual report to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court and the joint standing committee of the Legislature with jurisdiction over judiciary matters. Finally, the bill authorizes the Supreme Judicial Court to establish an advisory committee with the authority to issue advisory opinions interpreting the Maine Code of Judicial Conduct. | Passed |
| LD1822 | An Act to Enact the Maine Online Data Privacy Act | This bill enacts the Maine Online Data Privacy Act, which takes effect July 1, 2026. The Act regulates the collection, use, processing, disclosure, sale and deletion of nonpublicly available personal data by a person that conducts business in this State or that produces products or services targeted to residents of this State, referred to in the Act as a "controller," if the personal data is linked or can be reasonably linked to an identified or identifiable individual who is a resident of this State, referred to in the Act as a "consumer," or is linked or reasonably can be linked to a device that is linked or reasonably can be linked to an identified or identifiable consumer. Under the Act, a controller must limit the collection and processing of personal data to what is reasonably necessary and proportionate to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by the consumer, except that the controller must limit the collection and processing of certain sensitive data to what is strictly necessary to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by the consumer. Under the Act, "sensitive data" includes data revealing a consumer's race or ethnic origins, religious beliefs, mental or physical health conditions or diagnoses, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship or immigration status; genetic or biometric data; precise geolocation data; social security, driver's license or nondriver identification card numbers; specific financial or account access information; data of a minor under 18 years of age; or data concerning the consumer's status as the victim of a crime. The Act establishes that consumers have the right to confirm whether a controller is processing their data; correct inaccuracies in their personal data; require the controller to delete any portion of their personal data that the controller is not required to maintain by law; obtain a copy of their personal data in a format that can be readily transferred to another controller; obtain a list of the 3rd parties to which the controller has sold personal data; and opt out of the processing of their personal data for purposes of targeted advertising, sale or consumer profiling. The Act also prohibits a controller from selling any sensitive data; processing the personal data of a minor for purposes of targeted advertising or sale; processing personal data in a manner that discriminates against a person in violation of state or federal law; and retaliating against a consumer for exercising a consumer's rights under the Act, except that a controller may offer different prices or selection of goods in connection with a consumer's voluntary participation in a bona fide loyalty or discount program. The Act also requires a controller to provide consumers with a privacy notice specifying how a consumer may exercise the consumer's rights under the Act; the categories of personal data processed by the controller; the purposes for processing the personal data; the categories of personal data transferred to 3rd parties; and the categories of 3rd parties to whom personal data is shared. The controller must establish, implement and maintain reasonable data security practices and a retention schedule that requires the disposal of personal data by the controller either when deletion is required by law or when the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was processed and retention of the data is not required by law. The controller must also require, by contract, that any person who processes a consumer's personal data on behalf of the controller treats the personal data confidentially and deletes or returns all personal data to the controller at the end of the processing, unless retention of the data is required by law. If a controller engages in a data processing activity that presents a heightened risk of harm to a consumer, including processing any data for targeted advertising, sale or profiling or any processing of sensitive data, the controller must conduct and document a data protection assessment identifying and weighing the benefits and potential risks of the processing activity. The controller may be required to disclose the data protection assessment to the Attorney General, who must keep it confidential, when the assessment is relevant to an investigation conducted by the Attorney General. The Act further prohibits any person from establishing a geofence within 1,750 feet of any in-person health care facility in the State, other than the operator of the facility, for the purpose of identifying, tracking, collecting data from or sending a notification regarding consumer health data to consumers who enter that area. The provisions of the Act do not apply to specifically enumerated persons, including the State, political subdivisions of the State and federally recognized Indian tribes in the State; nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education; federally registered national securities associations; supervised financial organizations and service corporations; health care facilities and health care practitioners as well as their affiliates that both qualify as business associates and provide services only to covered entitites; state-licensed and authorized insurers that are in compliance with applicable Maine laws governing insurer data security and data privacy; and broadband Internet service providers to the extent those providers are subject to the data privacy requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 9301. In addition, the provisions of the Act do not apply to specifically enumerated types of data, including, for example: nonpublic personal information regulated under the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; protected health information under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; personal data regulated by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974; data processed and maintained by the controller regarding an applicant for employment or employee to the extent the data is collected and used within the context of that role; and data necessary for the controller to administer benefits. The Act also does not prohibit controllers from engaging in specifically enumerated activities, including, for example: complying with state or federal law; complying with investigations or subpoenas from federal, state or tribal governmental authorities; cooperating with federal, tribal or Maine law enforcement agencies; providing a product or service specifically requested by the consumer; protecting life and physical safety of consumers; and preventing or responding to security incidents. The Act also does not prohibit a controller from using personal data collected in a lawful manner to effectuate a product recall, identify and repair technical errors and perform internal operations that are reasonably aligned with a consumer's expectations or otherwise compatible with providing the product or service specifically requested by the consumer. Violations of the Act may be enforced exclusively by the Attorney General under the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act. If the violation occurs on or before April 1, 2027, the Attorney General may provide a potential defendant with a notice of violation at least 60 days prior to initiating an enforcement action, during which time the potential defendant may cure the violation to avoid the enforcement action. The Act further requires the Attorney General to submit a report by February 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters regarding the implementation and operation of the Act. The committee may report out legislation related to the report to the 133rd Legislature in 2027. | In Committee |
| LD1648 | Resolve, to Honor Margaret Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain in the National Statuary Hall Collection | Resolve, to Honor Margaret Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain in the National Statuary Hall Collection | | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1554 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Report on Sexual Harassment | Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Report on Sexual Harassment | | Passed |
| LD246 | An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers | An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD385 | An Act to Protect Communications by Alleged Victims Regarding Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Cyberbullying or Discrimination from Litigation | An Act to Protect Communications by Alleged Victims Regarding Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Cyberbullying or Discrimination from Litigation | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1944 | An Act to Protect Individuals from the Threatened Unauthorized Dissemination of Certain Private Images, Including Artificially Generated Private Images | An Act to Protect Individuals from the Threatened Unauthorized Dissemination of Certain Private Images, Including Artificially Generated Private Images | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1756 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Transportation Project Selection Prioritization Process | This bill establishes the Transportation Project Selection Council to develop and manage a statewide project selection prioritization process. The council is directed to: 1. Advise the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority on the development of the prioritization process, in accordance with federal transportation requirements, and in cooperation with municipalities, counties and other planning organizations within the State; 2. Review projects and strategies to determine whether projects are consistent with assessment of capacity needs outlined in the department's or the authority's long-range transportation plans; 3. Weigh key goals for each of the State's federally designated planning organization regions; and 4. Solicit input from municipalities, counties and other planning organizations, transit operators, environmental groups, active transportation groups, economic development groups and other stakeholders in the development of the prioritization process. The council is required to report annually on the prioritization process to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters. | Dead |
| LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Current law requires the total number of votes cast for certain school, municipal or county measures to be at least equal to or exceed a percentage of votes cast in the municipality or county, as relevant, in the last gubernatorial election in order for the result of the vote to be valid. This bill reduces the needed percentage of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election for the result to be considered valid but requires that percentage to be in favor of the measure being considered. | Dead |
| LD1020 | An Act to Repeal the Laws Providing for the Construction of a Connector to Gorham and to Resell Land Taken Under Those Laws to Previous Property Owners | This bill repeals the laws that authorize the Maine Turnpike Authority to construct a connector to Gorham. It requires the Maine Turnpike Authority to resell the land purchased for the construction of the connector to the previous property owner or the previous property owner's heirs, assigns or successors. If the previous property owner or the heirs, assigns or successors of the previous property owner do not want the land, the bill requires the Maine Turnpike Authority to transfer the land at no cost to the municipality in which the property is located. The bill stipulates the municipality must donate the land to a local land trust if the municipality does not want the land. If the local land trust does not want the land, the municipality may offer the land for sale at a public auction. | Dead |
| LD999 | An Act to Include Employees of the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission in the State's Group Health Plan and to Clarify Future Eligibility for the State's Group Health Plan | An Act to Include Employees of the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission in the State's Group Health Plan and to Clarify Future Eligibility for the State's Group Health Plan | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1727 | An Act to Ensure Transparency in Consumer Transactions Involving Artificial Intelligence | An Act to Ensure Transparency in Consumer Transactions Involving Artificial Intelligence | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP1334 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 20, 2025 AS WORLD REFUGEE DAY IN MAINE | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 20, 2025 AS WORLD REFUGEE DAY IN MAINE | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1861 | An Act to Require Training on Textured Hair for Aestheticians, Barber Hair Stylists, Cosmetologists and Hair Designers | An Act to Require Training on Textured Hair for Aestheticians, Barber Hair Stylists, Cosmetologists and Hair Designers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1036 | An Act to Protect Recipients of Public Assistance from Housing Discrimination | This bill makes it unlawful to discriminate, in housing or public accommodation, against an individual because of the individual's receipt of public assistance in the same manner as it is unlawful to discriminate against other protected classes. The bill defines "status as a recipient of federal, state or local public assistance" as an individual's status as having federal, state or local public assistance as a source of income, including medical assistance and housing subsidies and the individual's having to meet any requirements for the individual to use the income. | Dead |
| LD267 | An Act Regarding the Remote Appearance of Counsel in Pretrial Nontestimonial Criminal Matters | An Act Regarding the Remote Appearance of Counsel in Pretrial Nontestimonial Criminal Matters | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1324 | An Act to Protect Maine Consumers Shopping for Electric Vehicles from Deceptive Advertising and Marketing Practices | This bill prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers from using deceptive marketing or advertising practices that falsely suggest or imply that gasoline-powered hybrid vehicles are wholly or primarily powered by electricity. The Attorney General may enforce the provisions of the bill. A violation of the provisions of the bill constitutes a violation of the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act. | Dead |
| LD1410 | An Act to Provide Due Process in Confiscation and Destruction of Personal Items of Unhoused Persons | This bill sets out due process requirements for state, county and local government entities that confiscate or destroy personal property belonging to persons without a home. The bill provides that such due process requirements include a hearing that conforms to the Maine Administrative Procedure Act's provisions on adjudicatory proceedings. The bill provides that if a person without a home does not attend a hearing, the person's property must be stored at a secure location for no less than 90 days and notice must be provided to the person of the address of the location and the procedure for retrieving the personal property. The bill also provides exceptions to the due process and storage requirements for personal property with respect to which there is an objectively reasonable belief that the property is abandoned, presents an immediate threat to public health or safety or is evidence of a crime or is contraband. The bill further provides for remedies when a public entity fails to comply, in the form of damages and injunctive relief. | Dead |
| LD1411 | An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications | An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1598 | An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims | An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HP1323 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SP0785 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 18, 2025 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DAY AGAINST BULLYING AND HATE | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 18, 2025 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DAY AGAINST BULLYING AND HATE | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD412 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD611 | An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused | An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD724 | An Act to Recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as State Holidays | This bill establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays and requires the Governor to designate each year the specific date of each holiday. | Dead |
| LD1617 | An Act to Lower the Exclusion Amount for the Estate Tax and Create an Exclusion for Family Farms and Aquaculture, Fishing and Wood Harvesting Businesses | This bill lowers the exclusion amount, below which the Maine estate tax does not apply, to $1,000,000 from the $5,600,000 in current law for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026. The bill also creates an additional exclusion amount from the estate tax for family farms and aquaculture, fishing and wood harvesting businesses of up to $3,800,000. This additional exclusion applies to farmland or depreciable machinery and equipment used in commercial agriculture, aquaculture, fishing or wood harvesting that is inherited by a family member and remains in commercial use for 5 years following transfer. | Dead |
| LD782 | An Act to Amend MaineCare Financial Eligibility Requirements | This bill makes the following changes to financial eligibility for the MaineCare program. 1. It changes the family income limit for qualified elderly or disabled persons from 100% to 138% of the nonfarm income official poverty line. 2. It changes the family income limit for parents and caretaker relatives from 100% to 138% of the nonfarm income official poverty line. 3. It raises the age of eligibility for a person otherwise eligible who is a noncitizen legally admitted to the United States to the extent that coverage is allowable by federal law from under 21 years of age to under 23 years of age. 4. It raises the maximum asset limits for members subject to an asset test from $8,000 for an individual to $15,000 and from $12,000 for a household of more than one person to $25,000. 5. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish by rule that the maximum asset limits for those who are working with a disabling condition is $15,000 for an individual and $25,000 for a household of more than one person. | Dead |
| LD1130 | An Act to Advance Energy Storage Within the State | An Act to Advance Energy Storage Within the State | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1651 | An Act to Remove the Term "Alleged" When Referring to Victims of Sexual Assault in the Provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes Pertaining to Forensic Examinations | An Act to Remove the Term "Alleged" When Referring to Victims of Sexual Assault in the Provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes Pertaining to Forensic Examinations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD268 | An Act to Restore Sentencing Discretion to the Judiciary by Removing Mandatory Minimum Sentences of Incarceration | This bill provides for the exercise of judicial discretion beginning January 1, 2026 to change all mandatory terms of imprisonment for persons sentenced beginning on that date to maximum terms of imprisonment. The bill applies to all Titles of the Maine Revised Statutes. The bill directs the Criminal Law Advisory Commission to review the Maine Revised Statutes and compile a list of all provisions that require a court of this State in sentencing a person for a violation of law to impose a mandatory term of imprisonment. The Criminal Law Advisory Commission is required to submit a report by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety listing all provisions of all Titles in the Maine Revised Statutes that require the court to impose a mandatory term of imprisonment and providing proposed language to change the mandatory term of imprisonment into a maximum term of imprisonment as determined in the discretion of the court. After receiving and reviewing the report of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission, the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety may introduce legislation related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD1285 | An Act to Prohibit the Consideration of Legacy Preferences or Donor Preferences in Postsecondary Educational Institution Admissions | This bill prohibits postsecondary educational institutions in the State from considering legacy preferences or donor preferences in the admissions process. | Dead |
| LD1487 | An Act to Support Community Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs | This bill provides that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Violence Prevention may seek and accept funds from any source, including, but not limited to, federal, state, county, municipal and private sources. | Dead |
| SP0662 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ACCESS TO JUSTICE DAY PRESENTED BY MAINE'S JUSTICE ACTION GROUP | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ACCESS TO JUSTICE DAY PRESENTED BY MAINE'S JUSTICE ACTION GROUP | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1482 | An Act to Require Education Regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Other Allied Communities | This bill provides that LGBTQ+ studies must be included in the review of content standards and performance indicators of the system of learning results conducted in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6209, subsection 4. | Dead |
| LD1132 | An Act to Further Protect Low-impact Landscaping | This bill prohibits any instrument, such as a deed or bylaw, governing activities on real estate within a condominium or real estate subject to common ownership from prohibiting low-impact landscaping on any portion of a condominium or real estate subject to common ownership, including limited common elements. It also prohibits the application of pesticides on limited common elements or land within 50 feet of a unit without the express permission of the unit owner. | Dead |
| LD734 | An Act to Promote Voter Registration for Students in Maine's High Schools | This bill requires secondary schools to annually organize and facilitate voter education and registration activities beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. A secondary school must designate a school employee or a 3rd party as a voter registration drive coordinator who will be responsible for organizing the activities. The voter registration drive coordinator must coordinate the distribution and collection of voter registration applications from the Secretary of State and deliver or mail completed voter registration applications to the appropriate town clerk or to the Secretary of State within 5 days of the conclusion of the drive and no later than the close of business on the 21st day before election day. The secondary school must notify the Secretary of State of the name and title of the voter registration drive coordinator. The bill also requires that voter education and registration activities be offered during social studies classes, homerooms or assemblies and that a student must be at least 16 years of age to participate in a voter registration drive. Voter registration applications must be offered in both online and paper registration formats, and a voter registration drive must have information about voter eligibility available to students at the time of the drive. Prior to and following a voter registration drive, a secondary school must keep voter registration applications and information about voter eligibility in a location easily accessible to students. | Dead |
| SP0324 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POEM "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING" BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON | JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POEM "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING" BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SP0183 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2025 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SP0121 | JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY | JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Enactment RC #601 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD70 | An Act to Fund Free Health Clinics | Recede And Concur RC #588 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD109 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educational Use | Recede And Concur RC #589 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #602 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede RC #599 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Recede And Concur RC #590 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Recede And Concur RC #591 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD747 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness | Recede And Concur RC #592 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD874 | An Act to Provide Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown | Recede And Concur RC #593 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Reconsideration - Veto RC #586 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1023 | Resolve, to Reestablish the Blue Economy Task Force to Support Maine's Emergence as a Center for Blue Economy Innovation and Opportunity in the 21st Century | Recede And Concur RC #594 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Recede And Concur RC #595 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1184 | An Act to Require Municipal Reporting on Residential Building Permits, Dwelling Units Permitted and Demolished and Certificates of Occupancy Issued | Recede And Concur RC #596 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1328 | An Act to Create Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-informed Housing and Recovery Services | Reconsideration - Veto RC #587 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1738 | An Act to Establish the Biohazard Waste Disposal Grant Program to Support Public Health Efforts in the State | Recede And Concur RC #597 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1951 | An Act to Promote Food Processing and Manufacturing Facility Expansion and Create Jobs | Recede And Concur RC #598 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Enactment RC #583 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Recede And Concur RC #579 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #571 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Enactment RC #582 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Passage To Be Engrossed RC #578 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #584 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #575 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Recede And Concur RC #580 | 06/18/2025 | 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 | Yea |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Recede And Concur RC #581 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1960 | An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products | Recede And Concur RC #572 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Recede And Concur RC #573 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Enactment RC #574 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #577 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Enactment RC #556 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Recede And Concur RC #548 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #546 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #553 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #567 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #566 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #568 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #547 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD978 | An Act to Increase General Assistance Reimbursement for Municipalities and Indian Tribes | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #545 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #537 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #557 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #558 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1189 | An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #539 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Enactment RC #550 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Adopt Hah-771 To Cah-746 RC #561 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #536 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #565 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1386 | An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #538 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1423 | An Act to Improve Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #554 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #540 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1667 | Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #563 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1715 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Amend the Appointment and Confirmation Process for Certain Judicial, Civil and Military Officers | Recede And Concur RC #549 | 06/17/2025 | 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 | Nay |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Table Until Later RC #551 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #564 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1751 | An Act to Improve the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #570 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1849 | An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #562 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1867 | An Act to Prohibit Financial Institutions from Using Merchant Category Codes to Identify or Track Firearm Purchases or Disclose Firearm Purchase Records | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #560 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1871 | An Act to Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information of Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Exploitation | Enactment RC #542 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Adopt Hah-707 To Cas-346 RC #544 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1937 | An Act to Require Hospitals and Hospital-affiliated Providers to Provide Financial Assistance Programs for Medical Care | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #543 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Acc Report "a" Otp-am RC #569 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #559 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #541 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1987 | An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program | Recede And Concur RC #555 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #526 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #517 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD264 | An Act to Remove the 12-month Waiting Period for the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #527 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Recede RC #511 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #528 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD372 | An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax | Recede And Concur RC #507 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Recede And Concur RC #534 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD427 | An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums | Enactment RC #514 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #531 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD525 | An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances | Recede And Concur RC #505 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #518 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD613 | An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients | Recede And Concur RC #508 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Insist RC #523 | 06/16/2025 | 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 | Nay |
| LD958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Existing Tribal Trust Lands | Enactment RC #513 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1138 | An Act to Reduce Pollution Associated with Transportation in Alignment with the State's Climate Action Plan | Recede And Concur RC #510 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1299 | An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1266 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health to Convene a Working Group to Propose a Plan for Expanding the Reach of Treatment Courts | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #519 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1318 | An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #532 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1517 | An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures | Recede And Concur RC #506 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Insist RC #524 | 06/16/2025 | 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 | Yea |
| LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | Recede And Concur RC #509 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1815 | An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident That Results in Serious Bodily Injury or Death | Recede And Concur RC #535 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1853 | An Act to Establish an Educational Tax Credit Program to Help Parents Pay for Nonpublic School Tuition and Fees | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #529 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #515 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #522 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Min Otp As Amended Rep RC #521 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1897 | An Act Regarding Outdoor Cultivation in the Medical Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Industries | Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #520 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Recede RC #525 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD179 | An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code to Eliminate the Class E Crime of Violation of Condition of Release | Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #484 | 06/13/2025 | Nay |
| LD165 | An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level | Acc Report "a" Ontp RC #473 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
| LD182 | An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes | Acc Ought To Pass As Amend Rep RC #487 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Acc Report "b" Ontp RC #492 | 06/13/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Maine Joint Judiciary Committee | 10 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine House District 109 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/03/2024 |