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Legislator > Bruce Bickford
State Senator
Bruce Bickford
(R) - Maine
Maine Senate District 20
In Office - Started: 12/03/2024
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Capitol Office
3 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-287-1505
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD1425 | An Act to Improve Access to Sustainable and Low-barrier Trauma Recovery Services | This bill provides one-time funding only in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to the Maine Resiliency Center in Lewiston to support the continuation and expansion of services for residents of the State affected by the immediate and cumulative effects of trauma through connection, information and support. | Passed |
| LD1654 | An Act to Exempt Certain Sales and Transfers of Adult Use Cannabis from Excise Tax | Under current law, an adult cannabis cultivation facility licensee is required to submit a monthly return to the State Tax Assessor and pay all the excise taxes incurred from sales to other cannabis licensees that occurred within the preceding month. This bill extends the amount of time a cultivation facility licensee has to remit the excise taxes to 120 days after a sale upon which an excise tax is levied or, for a cultivation facility that holds a license to operate another cannabis establishment, 120 days after the date of transfer or other licensed activity as specified in the bill. | Passed |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1770 | Resolve, to Establish the Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force | Resolve, to Establish the Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1876 | An Act to Change the Name and Duties of the Taxpayer Advocate to Increase the Use of State Tax Credits | An Act to Change the Name and Duties of the Taxpayer Advocate to Increase the Use of State Tax Credits | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1942 | An Act to Modify Taxes Applying to Adult Use Cannabis, Hemp and Hemp Products | Beginning January 1, 2026, this bill imposes a sales tax of 20% on hemp and hemp products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. It changes the percentage from 12% to 6% of the adult use cannabis sales tax and excise tax that is transferred to the Adult Use Cannabis Public Health and Safety and Municipal Opt-in Fund. It changes the method of taxation of adult use cannabis products to 10% of the average wholesale price of adult use cannabis sold by a cultivation facility licensee to other licensees. It provides that an excise tax is not imposed on the sale or transfer of adult use cannabis between cultivation facilities and products manufacturing facilities. It changes payment of the adult use cannabis excise tax to a quarterly schedule. | In Committee |
| LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | This bill changes the definition of "automobile" in the sales and use tax laws to provide that a pickup truck or van with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less is included only if it is not used primarily to transport goods or freight. The bill also changes the definition of "lease or rental" to provide that it does not include a lease or rental of tangible personal property that is used only at the primary business location of the lessor. | Passed |
| LD1908 | An Act to Require the Cooperation of Original Manufacturers of Electronic Devices to Facilitate the Repair of Those Devices by Device Owners and Independent Repair Providers | This bill requires that, beginning January 1, 2026, an original equipment manufacturer of digital electronic equipment sold or in use in the State on or after July 1, 2021 is required to make available on fair and reasonable terms to any independent repair provider or owner of the digital electronic equipment any documentation, parts or tools required for the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of the equipment. Under the bill, an independent repair provider is a business engaged in diagnosing, maintaining and repairing digital electronic equipment but is not the original equipment manufacturer or a business licensed by the original equipment manufacturer. The bill also prohibits original equipment manufacturers, beginning January 1, 2026, from using software to identify component parts through a unique identifier, also called "parts pairing," to prevent or inhibit an owner or independent repair facility from installing or enabling functional replacement parts or components; intentionally reduce the functionality of the electronic equipment; or cause the electronic equipment to display misleading alerts about unidentified parts that the user cannot immediately dismiss. This provision applies to consumer electronic equipment that is manufactured for the first time, and first sold or used in this State, after January 1, 2026. The bill includes several exceptions that limit an original equipment manufacturer's obligations under the bill. The bill provides that an original equipment manufacturer is not liable for damages resulting from improper use of personal data or a data security breach in connection with repair, diagnosis, maintenance or modification of digital electronic equipment by an independent repair provider or owner. The bill requires that independent repair providers must provide a customer with a written notice explaining that the independent repair provider is not an authorized repair provider for the digital electronic equipment and disclose whether the independent repair provider uses any used parts in performing repair work. | In Committee |
| LD1734 | An Act to Exempt Over-the-counter Medicines from the Sales and Use Tax | This bill adds over-the-counter medicines and drugs to the sales tax exemption for medicines sold for humans on a doctor's prescription as long as the over-the-counter medicine or drug is labelled according to the requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Medicines or drugs included in the new exemption include anesthetics; antacids; contraceptive supplies, drugs, devices and products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy; medication prepared for use in the eyes, ears or nose; opioid antagonists; products intended to be taken for coughs, colds, asthma or allergies; and steroidal medicines. | Passed |
| LD1735 | An Act to Provide an Income Tax Deduction for Certain Contributions to a Qualified Achieving a Better Life Experience Program Account | This bill aligns the tax deductibility of contributions to a qualified ABLE program account with those made to a qualified tuition program established under Section 529 of the United States Internal Revenue Code by allowing up to $1,000 in contributions to be deductible from individual income tax. | Passed |
| LD1665 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families | This bill amends the property tax fairness credit, for tax years beginning in 2025 or later by increasing the benefit base as follows: 1. For individuals filing as a head of household who have one child or dependent or for married individuals filing joint returns who have one child or dependent, the benefit base is increased to $3,250; 2. For individuals filing as a head of household who have more than one child or dependent or for married persons who have more than one child or dependent, the benefit base is increased to $4,000; and 3. For individuals 65 years of age or older, the benefit base is increased to $4,250. This bill also increases the maximum credit for an individual filing as a head of household or filing a joint return and who has a child or dependent to $2,000. This bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to convene a working group to study the property tax fairness credit and make recommendations for how to make the credit easier to understand and simplify the process for applying for the credit. The working group consists of advocates for low-income and elderly individuals and municipal governments. | Passed |
| LD700 | An Act to Promote Student Enrollment and Degree Completion in the University of Maine System by Awarding Waivers of Tuition and Fees to Eligible Students | This bill requires the University of Maine System to award waivers of tuition and fees to eligible students who are enrolled full-time at any University of Maine System campus. The amount of the waiver is limited to the difference between the amount of the tuition and fees and the sum of the amount provided by the Federal Pell Grant and the amount of aid received by the student, not including merit-based scholarships awarded to the student by the University of Maine System. The availability of the waiver is limited to the availability of funding. | Passed |
| LD814 | An Act to Provide Funding to Area Agencies on Aging for Community-based Services and Programs to Support Older Adults | This bill expands coordinated community programming for older adults to include case management and navigation services. It provides ongoing funding to develop programs and deliver services for older adults in each of the State's coordinated community program areas. | Passed |
| LD540 | An Act to Identify the State's Unidentified Human Remains | This bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner to use forensic genetic genealogy testing with the deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, of the remains of an unidentified individual after 45 days of having possession of those remains. | 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 |
| LD1521 | An Act to Require All State Agencies to Provide a Zero-based Budget Once Every 10 Years | The bill requires the development of a new budgeting system in which agencies would be subject to zero-based budgeting every 10 years and in the interim years be subject to review and alternative budget requirements. The bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to submit legislation facilitating a zero-based budget to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and authorizes the committee to report out a bill based on the department's submission. | In Committee |
| LD195 | An Act to Create the Small Business Capital Savings Account Program | This bill establishes the Small Business Capital Savings Account Program in the Department of Economic and Community Development to certify small businesses engaged in commercial agricultural production, commercial fishing or commercial wood harvesting eligible to claim a tax deduction for contributions made to qualifying small business capital savings accounts to be used for capital expenditures. The bill creates the tax deduction and establishes that withdrawals from the savings accounts are taxable income if not used for capital expenditures. Contributions may be made beginning January 1, 2026 but may not be made after December 31, 2029. | Passed |
| LD1313 | An Act to Promote Equity in the Forest Products Industry by Allowing Commercial Wood Haulers to Be Eligible for Certain Sales Tax Exemptions and Refunds | This bill provides that commercial wood haulers are eligible for the refund of sales tax or exemption from sales tax on the purchase or lease of depreciable machinery and equipment for use in commercial wood harvesting. | Passed |
| LD1365 | An Act to Allow Consumption of Adult Use Cannabis in Locally Approved Hospitality Lounges | This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act to authorize a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State to adopt an ordinance providing licensing or other approval requirements applicable to cannabis hospitality lounges within the municipality or unorganized and deorganized area. The bill defines "cannabis hospitality lounge" as a location that is open to members of the public who are 21 years of age or older and is licensed or approved by a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State where persons 21 years of age or older may consume adult use cannabis, adult use cannabis products and edible products that do not contain cannabis. A cannabis hospitality lounge is not a cannabis establishment, may operate as a cannabis hospitality lounge without the need for additional state licensing or approvals and is not subject to the oversight of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy. The bill also amends the law prohibiting smoking in public places to allow the smoking of adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products at a locally licensed or approved cannabis hospitality lounge. | In Committee |
| LD1419 | An Act to Provide a Sales Tax Exemption for Housing Constructed Off-site Similar to That for On-site Construction | Current law provides a sales tax exemption for sales of new manufactured housing for all costs, excluding materials, included in the sale price, but only to a maximum of 50% of the sale price. This bill changes that exemption to 75% of the sale price to reflect the exemption for housing built on the site of its location. | In Committee |
| LD857 | An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services | An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1330 | An Act to Clarify That a Business's License or Subscription to Use Software Is Not Considered a Lease for the Purposes of Sales and Use Tax | This bill amends the definition of "lease or rental" within the provisions of the law governing sales and use tax to clarify that leases, licenses, subscriptions or similar rights to use or access software are not considered leases or rentals if the user is a business. | Dead |
| LD1582 | An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on the Sale of Beverages in Plastic Containers | Current law prohibits the sale of a beverage to a consumer in a container composed of one or more plastics if the basic structure of the container, exclusive of the closure device, also includes aluminum or steel. This bill enacts a definition of "closure device." | Dead |
| LD1551 | An Act to Support Maine Eating and Drinking Establishments by Allowing Vendors to Operate on the Premises of an Establishment with a Liquor License | An Act to Support Maine Eating and Drinking Establishments by Allowing Vendors to Operate on the Premises of an Establishment with a Liquor License Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, this legislation is a way to support Maine's hospitality sector and businesses that cater to tourists, and the tourism season is crucial for the State's economy and public well-being; and Whereas, the tourism season, which brings millions of visitors and significant revenue to the State, relies on a regulated and enjoyable environment, including accessible and responsible alcohol sales; and Whereas, for these reasons, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period; 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 |
| LD1450 | An Act Regarding the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program | An Act Regarding the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD332 | An Act to Establish Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Gross Sexual Assaults Against Children and Aggravated Sex Trafficking of Children | This bill provides that if the State pleads and proves that a gross sexual assault was committed against an individual who had not yet attained 12 years of age, the court is required to impose a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 25 years, none of which may be suspended. It also provides that, in the case of a gross sexual assault committed against an individual who had not yet attained 12 years of age when the defendant had previously been convicted and sentenced for committing gross sexual assault, formerly denominated as gross sexual misconduct, or rape against an individual who had not yet attained 12 years of age or that the defendant had previously been convicted and sentenced for engaging in substantially similar conduct in another jurisdiction against an individual who had not yet attained 12 years of age, the court is required to instead impose a term of imprisonment for life. It also provides that, in the case of aggravated sex trafficking for which the State pleads and proves that the defendant knowingly promoted prostitution of a person who had not yet attained 12 years of age, the court is required to set a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 25 years, none of which may be suspended. | Dead |
| LD1752 | An Act to Exempt Broadband Equipment from Sales and Use Tax | This bill exempts from the sales and use tax the sale to a broadband communications service provider of machinery and equipment used to provide broadband communications service. | Dead |
| LD723 | Resolve, to Direct the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Nonresidential Law Enforcement Training Program | This bill requires the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to provide a nonresidential law enforcement training program beginning July 1, 2027. | Dead |
| LD509 | An Act to Allow a Journeyman Electrician to Supervise 3 Helper Electricians | This bill changes the number of helper electricians who may be supervised by a journeyman electrician. Under current law, a journeyman electrician may supervise one helper electrician or 2 helper electricians if they are enrolled in or have completed a certain educational program. This bill eliminates this distinction and allows a journeyman electrician to supervise 3 helper electricians. | Dead |
| LD1553 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require a Supermajority of the Legislature to Approve Raising Taxes | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to require that the rate of taxation imposed by the State with regard to any tax may not be increased and a new tax may not be imposed by the State unless by consent of the people by exercise of their right of direct initiative or by a 2/3 vote of the members of each House. | Dead |
| LD1307 | An Act to Suspend the Remittance Obligation for Paid Family and Medical Leave Private Plan Users | This bill immediately suspends the payroll premiums imposed on employers under the paid family and medical leave benefits program until January 1, 2026, but allows an employer that wants to participate in the program to continue to pay the premiums. The bill also requires the Department of Labor to amend its rules adopted for the program to establish an expedited process for approval of an employer's substitute private plan that is substantially equivalent to the program and to waive the payroll premiums during consideration of an employer's application for exemption. The rules must be in effect no later than November 1, 2025. | Dead |
| LD1306 | An Act to Continue the Exemption for Polystyrene Foam Disposable Food Service Containers Prepackaged at Wholesale | An Act to Continue the Exemption for Polystyrene Foam Disposable Food Service Containers Prepackaged at Wholesale Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, this legislation amends the provisions of law regarding disposable food service containers. Pursuant to Public Law 2021, chapter 208, those provisions of law are effective July 1, 2025; and Whereas, this legislation needs to be enacted prior to July 1, 2025; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1329 | An Act to Identify United States Citizenship Status on Driver's Licenses and Nondriver Identification Cards | This bill requires a driver's license and a nondriver identification card to state whether the licensee or card holder is a citizen of the United States, a noncitizen of the United States or an asylum seeker. | Dead |
| LD1207 | An Act to Amend the Site Location of Development Laws to Require a 100-foot Buffer Between Solar Energy Developments and Rivers, Streams and Brooks | An Act to Amend the Site Location of Development Laws to Require a 100- foot Buffer Between Solar Energy Developments and Rivers, Streams and Brooks | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1729 | An Act to Increase the Rate of Reimbursement to Municipalities for Revenue Lost as a Result of the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption | This bill increases the reimbursement rate by the State to municipalities for revenue lost as a result of the Maine resident homestead property tax exemption by 3 percentage points each year, beginning in 2026, until the reimbursement rate is 100%, which would be in 8 years under the bill. The current rate of reimbursement is 76%. | Dead |
| LD1454 | An Act to Redefine "Term" in the Law Governing Term Limits for Constitutional Offices | This bill changes the earliest starting point of a partial term that the Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General or State Auditor may serve without it being considered a term for purposes of term limits from the 3rd Wednesday in June in an odd-numbered year to the first Wednesday in December in an odd-numbered year. | Dead |
| LD1291 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Apportionment of Service Revenue | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study the Apportionment of Service Revenue, which is directed to study the apportionment of service revenue for Maine corporate income tax purposes, including the need for fair representation of taxpayers' business activities in the State, the effect of adopting look-through apportionment for certain types of services and the availability of reasonable approximation safe harbor provisions. The commission is required to submit a report and suggested legislation by December 3, 2025 to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation, which is authorized to report out legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. | Dead |
| LD359 | An Act to Prohibit Net Energy Billing by Certain Customers | This bill amends the net energy billing programs established under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, sections 3209-A and 3209-B to prohibit customers from having a shared financial interest in distributed generation resources used for the programs. The bill limits the applicability of the net energy billing programs to distributed generation resources that are located on the same side of the meter as the net energy billing customer and are used primarily to serve the electric load of that customer. To participate in the programs, all of the net energy billing credits associated with the output of the distributed generation resource must be allocated to the retail account of that customer. The bill also amends other statutes to reflect the changes made to the net energy billing programs by this bill. | Dead |
| LD1317 | An Act to Promote Responsible, Cost-effective Energy in Maine by Amending the Tariff Rates Applicable to the Commercial and Institutional Net Energy Billing Program | This bill amends the commercial and institutional net energy billing program, starting in 2026, to allow the Public Utilities Commission to establish by rule the tariff rate applicable to all customers in the program, regardless of the size of the distributed generation resource involved in net energy billing. The bill requires the commission to establish the 2026 tariff rate at a rate between 12¢ per kilowatt-hour and the lesser of the tariff rates applicable in 2025. It requires the commission to establish the 2027 tariff rate at a rate between 12¢ per kilowatt-hour and the tariff rate applicable in 2026. Beginning January 1, 2028, the bill requires the tariff rate to equal 12¢ per kilowatt-hour. | Dead |
| LD1603 | An Act to Eliminate the Property Tax on Business Equipment With a Value of No More Than $50,000 | This bill exempts all business equipment with a value of no more than $50,000 from the personal property tax and prohibits a political subdivision of the State from imposing a tax on such business equipment. The bill applies to property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. The bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to develop and provide guidance to municipalities and businesses regarding compliance with the elimination of the property tax on business equipment with a value of no more than $50,000. | Dead |
| SP0778 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST UNITED STATES COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| LD1274 | An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities | This bill provides that the Department of Health and Human Services may not reimburse a single municipality for general assistance in an amount totaling more than 50% of the funds reimbursed to municipalities for general assistance in a fiscal year. | Dead |
| LD203 | An Act to Provide an Income Tax Credit for Employer-supported Child Care | This bill repeals the law governing the employer-assisted day care income tax credit, which by its own terms does not apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016. The bill authorizes, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, a refundable tax credit for an employer that pays or provides in-kind resources for child care for the children of its employees. The amount of the annual credit is 50% of the amount expended or $3,000 per child, whichever is lower. The bill also provides that the credit is subject to ongoing legislative review. | Dead |
| HP1185 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD | JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD80 | An Act to Designate the Seppala Siberian Sleddog as the Maine State Dog | An Act to Designate the Seppala Siberian Sleddog as the Maine State Dog | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD1144 | An Act to Reinstate the Property Tax Stabilization Program | This bill reinstates the program that stabilizes property taxes on homesteads of permanent residents 65 years of age or older for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2026. It limits stabilization to $900,000 of the assessed value of an eligible homestead and provides that an eligible individual may have the property tax stabilized on only one eligible homestead in a property tax year. It provides that a municipality may recover from the State the cost to administer the program. | Dead |
| LD1300 | An Act to Strengthen Maine's Implied Warranty Laws | This bill requires the Office of the Attorney General to notify online sellers doing business in the State, who remit $10,000 or more in sales tax, of the implied warranty laws. The bill also requires the Attorney General to make available an online complaint form for residents to use if they believe the seller is not adhering to the implied warranty laws. | Dead |
| LD511 | Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council | This resolve directs the Department of Transportation, subject to available funding resources, permitting and municipal agreements, to remove state-owned inactive existing railroad track along the section known as the Berlin Subdivision between the City of Portland and the City of Auburn and to replace the track with an interim bicycle and pedestrian trail surfaced with pavement or gravel or stone dust on the existing rail bed. | Dead |
| LD164 | An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When Operating in an Official Capacity | This bill prohibits the Maine Turnpike Authority from charging or collecting tolls on an authorized emergency vehicle that is using the turnpike to respond to an emergency, for nonemergency medical transport or to travel to a repair facility that specializes in maintenance and repair for authorized emergency vehicles. The bill defines "authorized emergency vehicle" and "responding to an emergency." | Dead |
| LD114 | An Act to Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority | An Act to Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| LD658 | An Act to Lower Property Taxes by Increasing the Homestead Property Tax Exemption | This bill increases the property tax exemption for a homestead from $25,000 to $50,000 of the just value of the homestead for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2025. | Dead |
| LD256 | An Act to Establish a Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Certain School Supplies for the Month of August | This bill provides an exemption from the sales tax for purchases of school supplies and one electronic device during the month of August. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Enactment RC #651 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Recede And Concur RC #649 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD143 | An Act to Improve Women's Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #640 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD166 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies and Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies | Enactment RC #650 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD182 | An Act to Provide Per Diem Payments for MaineCare Residents of the Maine Veterans' Homes | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #656 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Reconsider RC #647 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Enactment RC #646 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD549 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #653 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD588 | An Act to Enact the Agricultural Employees Concerted Activity Protection Act | Veto Override (2/3) RC #642 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD698 | An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine | Enactment RC #652 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD893 | An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements | Enactment RC #648 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1088 | An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act | Accept Report 'a' Ought Not To Pass RC #645 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Enactment RC #654 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Senate Amendment (sbs-468) To Committee Amendment RC #638 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Reconsider RC #659 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Commit RC #657 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1731 | An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service | Veto Override (2/3) RC #643 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1802 | An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to Clarify When an Indigent Criminal Defendant Is Entitled to Counsel at State Expense | Veto Override (2/3) RC #641 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD1816 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Conduct an Inventory of Existing Forensic Examination Kits in the Possession of Law Enforcement | Suspend Rules (2/3) RC #655 | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| LD1968 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Legislative Reimbursement | Enactment RC #658 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| SP0799 | Joint Order, to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs to Report Out 2 Bills to the Senate | Passage RC #644 | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Enactment RC #635 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (scs-436) RC #631 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sbs-434) RC #630 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone Senate Amendment (sas-433) RC #629 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Indefinitely Postpone RC #628 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #627 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD442 | An Act to Amend the Automotive Repair Statute | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #621 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Recede And Concur RC #620 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Recede And Concur RC #632 | 06/18/2025 | Yea |
| LD746 | An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #624 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1227 | An Act to Repeal the Requirement That Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Equip Vehicles with a Standardized Data Access Platform | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #622 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #626 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1394 | An Act to Support Maine's Electric Vehicle Adoption Goals by Providing an Exclusion for Electric Vehicles from Certain Requirements of the Right to Repair Law | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #623 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1666 | An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes | Enactment RC #637 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1777 | An Act to Reduce Costs and Increase Customer Protections for the State's Net Energy Billing Programs | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-439) To Committee Amendment RC #633 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1940 | An Act to Revise the Growth Management Program Laws | Accept Report 'c' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #625 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Enactment RC #634 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| HP1338 | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH | Adoption RC #636 | 06/18/2025 | Nay |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-426) To Committee Amendment RC #600 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #599 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Commit RC #608 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Recede And Concur RC #607 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD532 | An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings | Indefinitely Postpone RC #619 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1077 | An Act to Exempt Drinking Water from Sales and Use Tax | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #601 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Cah-660 RC #596 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Adopt Senate Amendment (s-403) To Committee Amendment RC #595 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1211 | An Act Regarding Certain Definitions in the Sales and Use Tax Laws Affecting Rental Equipment | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #613 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1189 | An Act to Allow an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge Certain Class E Crimes as Civil Violations | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #603 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1270 | An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #616 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1228 | An Act to Clarify Certain Terms in and to Make Other Changes to the Automotive Right to Repair Laws | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #618 | 06/17/2025 | 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 | Recede And Concur RC #609 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1386 | An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Sellers in Maine and Partial Relief for Processors and Shippers | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #602 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1656 | An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #604 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1667 | Resolve, to Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. to Sue the State | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #597 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1749 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #617 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1849 | An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #615 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #612 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Enactment RC #610 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1868 | An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws | Commit RC #598 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1873 | An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter | Recede RC #611 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1963 | An Act to Protect and Compensate Public Utility Whistleblowers | Recede And Concur RC #614 | 06/17/2025 | Yea |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #606 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD1971 | An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #605 | 06/17/2025 | Nay |
| LD93 | An Act to Reduce Cost and Increase Access to Disease Prevention by Expanding the Universal Childhood Immunization Program to Include Adults | Table Until Later RC #587 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #578 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Recede And Concur RC #586 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD233 | An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #556 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD244 | Resolve, to Provide Safe, Short-term Housing to Individuals Recently Released from Correctional Facilities | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #564 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Reconsider RC #577 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD252 | An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #567 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD297 | An Act Regarding the Management of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge at the State-owned Landfill | Enactment RC #571 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #588 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD515 | An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #590 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Reconsider RC #576 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Table Until Later RC #566 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD556 | An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor | Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #565 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD670 | An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #563 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD738 | An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer by Establishing a Law Office Study Program | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #550 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD868 | An Act to Ensure Equity and Safety in Athletics, Restrooms, Changing Rooms and Housing at Elementary, Secondary and Postsecondary Schools | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #557 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Indefinitely Postpone RC #569 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #593 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1089 | An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State's Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000 | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #592 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1107 | An Act to Amend the Tax Expenditure Review Process and Centralize Incentive Data Collection | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #555 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1217 | An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #583 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Reconsider RC #575 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Indefinitely Postpone RC #574 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #573 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1164 | An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming | Reconsider RC #570 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1298 | An Act Establishing Alternative Pathways to Social Worker Licensing | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #572 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1337 | An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act Regarding Female Athletes and Safety in Women's Single-sex Shelters | Accept Report 'b' Ought Not To Pass RC #558 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1318 | An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents | Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #559 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1488 | An Act Regarding Cannabis Testing | Adopt Cas-320 RC #568 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1498 | An Act to Address Maine's Housing Crisis by Limiting Municipal Impact Fees on Housing Development | Accept Report RC #579 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1665 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #584 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| LD1672 | An Act to Allow Participation in the Adult Use Cannabis Tracking System to Be Voluntary | Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #552 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1710 | An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested | Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #589 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1748 | An Act to Enhance Businesses' Understanding of Labor Standards and Grow Maine's Energy Economy Through Project Development Information Resources | Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #549 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1731 | An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service | Enactment RC #553 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| LD1743 | An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings | Recede And Concur RC #562 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Maine Joint Taxation Committee | 2 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Maine Senate District 20 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 12/03/2024 | |
| ME | Maine House District 063 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 12/03/2014 | 09/13/2023 |
| ME | District 70 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 12/01/2008 | 09/13/2023 |