Maine County Commissioners Association Legislative Tracker
132nd Maine Legislature - First Regular Session
Friday, July 11, 2025 10:07 PM
| LD | TITLE | SPONSOR | SUMMARY | COMM | POSITION | STATUS | ACTION / NOTES |
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| An Act To Offset The Costs Of Client Medical Care Support Workers At Department Of Corrections Facilities And Study Correctional Service Fees And Collections (SP 30) | Marianne MOORE of Washington | This bill increases the amount the Commissioner of Corrections may charge clients of correctional and detention facilities for medical and dental fees from $5 to $25 and requires the proceeds from those fees to be used as a first priority to pay client workers who Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Further Protect Victims From Contact Prohibited By Probation Conditions (HP 7) | Tavis HASENFUS of Readfield | This bill allows a court to revoke the probation of an individual who contacts a victim in violation of probation conditions not just if the contact is with a victim of the crime for which the individual is currently serving an unsuspended portion of a Full Summary |
JUD |
Monitor | Leave to Withdraw, Feb 25, 2025 (2/25) | ||
| An Act Allowing The Department Of Corrections To Offset Some Of The Costs Of Technology Provided To Residents Of Correctional Facilities (HP 9) | Adam LEE of Auburn | This bill allows the Commissioner of Corrections to establish a fee for the use of technology by residents of correctional facilities, subject to exceptions as provided in the bill. Any technology fees collected must be deposited into the Resident Technology Fund, a nonlapsing fund established Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 352 (6/18) | ||
| An Act To Establish The November General Election Day As A State Holiday (HP 17) | Jennifer POIRIER of Skowhegan | This bill designates the day of the general election, which is the day of the regular election of state and county officials occurring biennially in November, as a state holiday. | SLG |
NFNA | Died Between Houses, May 28, 2025 (5/28) | ||
| An Act To Require Employers To Disclose Pay Ranges And Maintain Records Of Employees' Pay Histories (HP 18) | Amy ROEDER of Bangor | This bill requires an employer with 10 or more employees to include on a job posting a statement that lists the prospective range of pay the employer will offer to a successful applicant. The bill also requires an employer, upon request of an employee, to Full Summary |
LAH |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 2/24 Testimony Submitted 2/24 |
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| An Act To Amend The Law Governing The Accrual Of Earned Paid Leave (HP 19) | Michael LEMELIN of Chelsea | This bill amends the law governing earned paid leave to provide that an employee is entitled to earn one hour of paid leave from a single employer for every 40 hours worked, up to the accrual limit specified in the employer's policy governing paid leave Full Summary |
LAH |
Monitor | Enacted, Jul 1, 2025; Governor's Action: Signed, Jul 1, 2025 (7/1) | ||
| An Act To Allow Employees To Request Flexible Work Schedules (HP 24) | Amy ROEDER of Bangor | This bill does the following. 1. It allows an employee to request in writing, including by electronic means, a flexible work schedule. 2. It requires an employer, which may be a private employer or public employer, to consider an employee's request for a flexible work Full Summary |
LAH |
TBD | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Regulate Employer Surveillance To Protect Workers (HP 25) | Amy ROEDER of Bangor | This bill specifies that an employer may use employer surveillance only if the employer informs the employee before beginning employer surveillance. It prohibits an employer from using audiovisual monitoring in an employee's residence or personal vehicle or on the employee's property and provides that an Full Summary |
LAH |
TBD | On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Support Municipal And County Actions On Dam Ownership And To Make Other Changes To The Laws Regulating Release From Dam Ownership (HP 26) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill amends the process for Department of Environmental Protection proceedings for release of dam ownership by changing the information that must be submitted by the dam owner and changing the time frame for the required municipal public meeting. | ENR |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 226 (6/10) | ||
| An Act To Support Implementation Of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Projects (HP 27) | Anne GRAHAM of North Yarmouth | This bill requires funding appropriated in Public Law 2023, chapter 643 for certified community behavioral health clinic projects to be used to support the Medicaid services state share of funds needed for state-licensed mental health organizations to participate in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Full Summary |
HHS |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure) Public Law Chapter 10 (3/25) | ||
| An Act To Amend The Workers' Compensation Laws By Extending Indefinitely The Presumption Applying To Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters And Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (HP 46) | Kristi MATHIESON of Kittery | Under current law, within the provisions governing entitlement to receive compensation and services under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992, there is a rebuttable presumption that the condition of post-traumatic stress disorder arose out of and in the course of a worker's employment if Full Summary |
LAH |
Oppose | Emergency Enacted, Jul 1, 2025; Governor's Action: Emergency Signed, Jul 1, 2025 (7/1) | ||
| An Act To Facilitate The Improvement Of Credit Scores Of Residents Of Department Of Corrections Facilities (HP 62) | Daniel SAYRE of Kennebunk | This bill allows, under rules established by the Commissioner of Corrections, a juvenile or adult client of a correctional or detention facility to obtain a loan from a financial institution or credit union. The bill exempts the loan funds from being used for restitution or Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 6 (3/21) | ||
| An Act To Notify The Public Of Juveniles Who Are Wanted Persons (HP 67) | Michel LAJOIE of Lewiston | This bill allows criminal justice agencies to provide to the public certain juvenile history record information for the purpose of apprehending juveniles when either the juvenile has escaped from custody as defined by the Maine Criminal Code or a warrant of arrest has been issued Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Require Reporting On The Expenditure Of Opioid Settlement Funds By Certain Municipalities And County Governments (HP 75) | Michael BRENNAN of Portland | This bill requires that a direct share subdivision that receives opioid settlement funds in accordance with the Maine State?Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Regarding Use of Settlement Funds, dated and signed on January 26, 2022, and the Maine State?Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Full Summary |
HHS |
Oppose | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 79 (5/16) | ||
| An Act To Allow Candidates For Sheriff And District Attorney To Participate In The Maine Clean Election Act (SP 21) | Richard BENNETT of Oxford | This bill allows candidates for the office of sheriff and for the office of district attorney to participate in the Maine Clean Election Act beginning with the 2028 election cycle. | VLA |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Mar 18, 2025 (3/18) | ||
| An Act To Include The Declaration Of An Emergency By The President Of The United States As A Basis To Allow The Governor To Provide Disaster Relief To Local Governments (SP 31) | Anne BEEBE-CENTER of Knox | This bill includes the declaration of an emergency by the President of the United States as a basis to allow the Governor to provide disaster relief to local governments. | SLG |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 194 (6/9) | ||
| An Act Regarding Licensure Of Emergency Medical Services Persons (SP 44) | Scott CYRWAY of Kennebec | This bill amends the law governing the minimum requirements for licensing and relicensing of emergency medical services persons by removing the requirement that a person seeking licensing or relicensing must have successfully completed the practical evaluation of emergency medical treatment skills approved by the Emergency Full Summary |
HCIFS |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 7 (3/21) | ||
| An Act To Amend The Law Governing Dedimus Justices (SP 60) | Anne CARNEY of Cumberland | This bill amends the law governing dedimus justices in the following ways. 1. It sets the term of the dedimus justice's commission as a 7-year term. It exempts dedimus justices appointed prior to October 1, 2025 from the 7-year term provision. 2. It requires dedimus Full Summary |
SLG |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure) Public Law Chapter 273 (6/12) | ||
| An Act To Amend The Laws Regarding Nuisance Dogs (SP 69) | Richard BENNETT of Oxford | This bill amends the definition of "nuisance dog" to include a dog or wolf hybrid that disturbs the peace of an individual by excessive barking, howling or yelping, and the individual is not trespassing on the dog or wolf hybrid owner's or keeper's premises at Full Summary |
ACF |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 8, 2025 (4/8) | ||
| An Act To Amend The Freedom Of Access Act To Require A Specific Time Frame For Agencies To Comply With Requests For Public Records (HP 85) | Laurel LIBBY of Auburn | Under current law, the Freedom of Access Act requires that an agency or official having custody or control of a public record must comply with a request for public records made under the Act within a reasonable time. This bill amends the Act to require Full Summary |
JUD |
Oppose | Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 9, 2025 (6/9) | 2/3 Testimony Submitted |
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| An Act To Amend The Transportation Laws (HP 87) | Lydia CRAFTS of Newcastle | This bill extends rural road assistance funds under the Local Road Assistance Program for maintenance or capital improvements of roadway infrastructure, bridges and drainage structures to all rural state aid roads and all public roads that a municipality maintains. Under current law, certain rural state Full Summary |
TRA |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 66 (5/9) | ||
| An Act To Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles From Tolls When Operating In An Official Capacity (HP 97) | Mathew MCINTYRE of Lowell | 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 Full Summary |
TRA |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 17, 2025 (4/17) | ||
| An Act To Amend The Maine Bail Code To Eliminate The Class E Crime Of Violation Of Condition Of Release (HP 112) | David SINCLAIR of Bath | This bill repeals the provision of law that makes it a Class E crime for a criminal defendant who has been granted preconviction or post-conviction bail to violate any condition of release. It also repeals a cross-reference to this provision. The bill does not eliminate Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 13, 2025 (6/13) | ||
| An Act To Cap Publicly Owned Land Area At No More Than 50 Percent Of Any County (HP 116) | Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor | This bill limits publicly owned land in the State to no more than 50% of the land area in any county. The bill also allows the State, a county or a municipality to exceed the limits with the approval of 2/3 of each House of Full Summary |
ACF |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 1, 2025 (4/1) | |||
| An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations And Allocations From The General Fund And Other Funds For The Expenditures Of State Government And To Change Certain Provisions Of The Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025 (HP 131) | Drew GATTINE of Westbrook | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill, as emergency legislation, proposes to make supplemental appropriations and allocations from the General Fund and other funds for the expenditures of State Government and to change certain provisions of the law necessary Full Summary |
AFA |
Monitor | Died Between Houses, Mar 13, 2025 (3/13) | ||
| 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 (HP 132) | Drew GATTINE of Westbrook | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill, as emergency legislation, proposes to make unified appropriations and allocations from the General Fund and other funds for the expenditures of State Government and change certain provisions of the law necessary to Full Summary |
AFA |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 388 (6/20) | 2/3 Testimony Submitted |
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| An Act To Provide Safe, Short-term Housing To Indigent Individuals Recently Released From Correctional Facilities (SP 110) | Rachel TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland | This bill directs the Department of Corrections to administer a program to provide transitional housing to recently released indigent clients of the Department of Corrections and establishes a fund to fund the program. This bill also directs the Maine State Housing Authority to study long-term Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Blue Ribbon Commission To Study Emergency Medical Services In The State (SP 111) | Rachel TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland | This bill does the following. 1. It establishes a permanent Maine Emergency Medical Services Commission to monitor and evaluate the State's emergency medical services system on a continuing basis and to provide recommendations to the appropriate state agencies and to the Legislature regarding necessary changes Full Summary |
CJPS |
TBD | On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence. (6/25) | ||
| An Act Regarding Recommendations For Changing Place Names In The State (SP 113) | Rachel TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland | This bill establishes the Maine Board on Place Names as an advisory board and it requires the board to establish policies and procedures for naming and renaming places. It requires the Maine Board on Place Names to serve as a consultant to the state employee Full Summary |
SLG |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 24, 2025 (4/24) | ||
| An Act To Allow County Commissioners Greater Flexibility When Establishing A Payment Schedule For Municipalities To Pay County Tax Bills (HP 186) | William BRIDGEO of Augusta | This bill amends the law governing the date of payment for a county tax bill by municipalities. The bill allows county commissioners to establish quarterly, biannual or other due dates by which a specific portion of the total tax amount must be paid. | SLG |
Support | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 100 (5/23) | 2/24 Testimony submitted on 2/24 |
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| An Act To Employ Mental Health Personnel Within The Maine State Police (HP 198) | Joseph UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle | This bill creates 3 Behavioral Health Coordinator positions assigned to the state police Southern Field Troop, Central Field Troop and Troop F responsible for making decisions about the health, safety and welfare of persons in the community who have interacted with law enforcement professionals and Full Summary |
CJPS |
NFNA | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 3/10 Testimony submitted. |
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| An Act To Stabilize Rural Maine Emergency Medical Services Departments (HP 206) | Nathan WADSWORTH of Hiram | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws in order to stabilize rural Maine's emergency medical services departments. | CJPS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | |||
| An Act Regarding Energy, Utilities And Technology (HP 207) | Melanie SACHS of Freeport | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to update certain laws regarding energy, utilities and technology. | EUT |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Allow A Political Party To Determine How That Party's Nominee Is Selected In A Primary Election (HP 209) | David BOYER of Poland | This bill allows a political party, during the state convention held by each party between March 1st and August 1st biennially during each general election year, to determine if the party's primary election to be held for the general election following the next general election Full Summary |
VLA |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, May 29, 2025 (5/29) | |||
| Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Create Equity In State Senate Representation (HP 216) | Richard CAMPBELL of Orrington | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to reduce the size of the Senate from no more than 35 members to 32 members as a result of reapportioning to 2 Senators per county. The resolution also requires the redrawing of district lines in Full Summary |
SLG |
Monitor | Accepted Report B (ONTP), Jun 9, 2025 (6/9) | ||
| An Act Regarding County Jails (HP 233) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws governing county jails. | CJPS |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | ||
| An Act Regarding County Jail Funding (HP 234) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws governing county jail funding. | CJPS |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | ||
| An Act Regarding Speedy Trials (HP 240) | Matt MOONEN of Portland | 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 Full Summary |
JUD |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Improve Criminal Justice And Public Safety (SP 137) | Anne BEEBE-CENTER of Knox | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to update the laws to improve criminal justice and public safety. | CJPS |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Increase Fees Paid To Registers Of Deeds (SP 144) | Richard BENNETT of Oxford | This bill increases fees paid to a county register of deeds for certain services. It implements a flat fee of $45 for receiving, recording and indexing instruments that do not already have a specific fee set forth in statute and changes the fee for recording, Full Summary |
SLG |
Support | Became Law without Governor's Signature Public Law Chapter 328 (6/17) | 2/24 Testimony submitted on 2/24 |
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| An Act To Require Reporting On The Uses Of Prisoner Segregation (HP 259) | Grayson LOOKNER of Portland | This bill defines "solitary confinement" as the isolation of a client from the general population of the jail or correctional facility where the client is detained by confinement in a cell or other place for 22 hours or more within a 24-hour period. | CJPS |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 259 (6/11) | 2/10 Check with MSA regarding position |
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| An Act To Repeal The Laws Providing For Paid Family And Medical Leave And To Reimburse Taxpayers (HP 260) | Joshua MORRIS of Turner | This bill repeals the provisions of law related to the paid family and medical leave benefits program. The bill requires the Department of Labor to refund contributions made by employers and self-employed individuals to the Department of Labor under the paid family and medical leave Full Summary |
LAH |
Monitor | Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 3, 2025 (6/3) | ||
| An Act To Allow Municipalities To Limit Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions (HP 292) | Benjamin HYMES of Waldo | This bill provides a municipality the power to limit the amount of a property tax exemption given to a nonprofit institution or organization when the municipality determines by vote that such an exemption would be detrimental to the residents of that municipality. | TAX |
Monitor | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Authorize A Court To Conditionally Discharge Certain Criminal Defendants (HP 303) | David SINCLAIR of Bath | This bill authorizes a court to enter an order of conditional discharge suspending all of a defendant's pending criminal proceedings for a period of up to 6 months, during which time the defendant must refrain from engaging in criminal conduct and must abide by certain Full Summary |
JUD |
Monitor | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 2/10 Check with MSA regardign position |
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| An Act To Improve Public Defense Services (SP 189) | Anne CARNEY of Cumberland | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws related to the expansion of public defense services in the State and the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services. | JUD |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act Regarding The Domestic Violence Advocate Privilege (SP 191) | Anne CARNEY of Cumberland | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws governing civil and criminal court procedure and to update the laws governing family law matters. | JUD |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 139 (5/29) | ||
| An Act To Fund Rural Patrol Services In Washington County (SP 194) | Marianne MOORE of Washington | This bill provides funding for 4 Maine State Trooper positions and related All Other to conduct rural patrols in Washington County. | CJPS |
Support | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 2/10 Support funding MSP coverage with all counties who need
2/24 Testimony submitted on 2/24 |
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| An Act To Enhance Public Safety In Rural Counties By Providing State Police Patrol And Policing Services (HP 306) | John DUCHARME of Madison | This bill provides funding for 15 State Trooper positions, 9 State Police Corporal positions and related All Other to enhance public safety in rural counties of the State and to support county sheriff department efforts. | CJPS |
Support | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 2/10 Same comment as 461
2/24 Testimony submitted on 2/24 |
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| An Act Regarding The Department Of Public Safety (HP 313) | Tavis HASENFUS of Readfield | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to update the laws regarding the Department of Public Safety. | CJPS |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act Regarding Criminal Justice (HP 314) | Tavis HASENFUS of Readfield | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to update the laws regarding criminal justice. | CJPS |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Provide For A 5-year Automatic Repeal Of Agency Rules (HP 319) | Katrina SMITH of Palermo | This bill amends the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to provide that any agency rule that is finally adopted or an amendment to which is finally adopted in accordance with the requirements of that Act after January 1, 2026 is automatically repealed 5 years from the Full Summary |
SLG |
Monitor | Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 2, 2025 (6/2) | ||
| An Act To Update Processes And Fees In The Probate Court System (SP 223) | Anne CARNEY of Cumberland | This bill makes the following changes to the Maine Uniform Probate Code. 1. It increases certain filing fees throughout the Code and provides that, after 2025, these fees must automatically be adjusted for inflation. 2. It requires any party that files a petition, motion or Full Summary |
JUD |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Establish The Alamoosook Lake Watershed Management District (HP 348) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws governing dams. | ENR |
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure) Private and Special Law Chapter 10 (6/18) | |||
| An Act To Establish The Toddy Pond Watershed Management District (HP 350) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws governing the ownership of dams. | ENR |
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure) Private and Special Law Chapter 9 (6/18) | |||
| An Act To Repeal The Paid Family And Medical Leave Benefits Program (HP 358) | Shelley RUDNICKI of Fairfield | This bill repeals the provisions of law related to the paid family and medical leave benefits program. The bill requires the Department of Labor to refund contributions made by employers and self-employed individuals to the Department of Labor under the paid family and medical leave Full Summary |
LAH |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | |||
| An Act To Establish A Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System And Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits (SP 199) | Richard BENNETT of Oxford | This bill directs the Department of Public Safety to establish, operate and maintain a sexual assault forensic examination kit tracking system. The system must provide relevant information for victims, both those who choose to report to a law enforcement agency and those who choose not Full Summary |
JUD |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Allow All-terrain Vehicles To Be Used On A Public Way (SP 231) | Marianne MOORE of Washington | This bill, beginning January 1, 2026, allows the operation of an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV, on a public way as long as the ATV is registered and meets specified safety equipment requirements, and the operator is licensed and has insurance. The bill requires the payment Full Summary |
TRA |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 15, 2025 (4/15) | |||
| An Act To Ensure Equitable Access To The Paid Family And Medical Leave Benefits Program By Removing The Requirement That Leave Must Be Scheduled To Prevent Undue Hardship On The Employer (SP 256) | Michael TIPPING of Penobscot | This bill amends the law governing paid family and medical leave to remove the provision that the leave must be scheduled to prevent undue hardship on the employer. | LAH |
Oppose | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | ||
| An Act To Support Informed Community Self-determination In Emergency Medical Services Planning (SP 266) | Glenn CURRY of Waldo | This bill provides ongoing appropriations for the Maine Emergency Medical Services Community Grant Program. | CJPS |
Support | Enacted, Jul 1, 2025; Governor's Action: Signed, Jul 1, 2025 (7/1) | 3/10 Testimony submitted. |
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| An Act Making Certain Appropriations And Allocations And Changing Certain Provisions Of Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government (HP 377) | Drew GATTINE of Westbrook | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make certain appropriations and allocations and change certain provisions of the law necessary for the proper operation of State Government. | AFA |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 2 (3/21) | |||
| An Act To Explicitly Allow The Department Of Corrections To Charge Room And Board To Residents Who Perform Remote Work In Detention And Correctional Facilities And To Amend The Laws Governing Rehabilitative Programs (HP 394) | Robert NUTTING of Oakland | This bill explicitly allows the Commissioner of Corrections to charge room and board to residents who perform remote work in a facility under the commissioner's control and amends the laws governing rehabilitative programs to add references to education release, public service release and remote work. | CJPS |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 234 (6/10) | ||
| An Act To Improve Training Opportunities For Law Enforcement Officers (HP 407) | W. CROCKETT of Portland | This bill removes the requirement that the structured law enforcement training program provided by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy must be a residential law enforcement training program. | CJPS |
Monitor | Died Between Houses, May 27, 2025 (5/27) | ||
| An Act Regarding Telephone And Video Call Access In Detention And Correctional Facilities And Jails (HP 415) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill amends the laws governing telephone services for residents of detention and correctional facilities and jails to include video call services. For a detention or correctional facility administered by the Department of Corrections, it requires the department to provide a resident a telephone and Full Summary |
CJPS |
NFNA | Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 10, 2025 (6/10) | 3/21 Testimony drafted and approved by client. To be submitted Monday morning. Hearing 3/24/25 at 9:30 AM. |
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| An Act To Increase Support For Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging (SP 309) | Teresa PIERCE of Cumberland | This bill provides additional ongoing funds to align state funding more closely with the statutory requirement to provide emergency broadcast messaging for public safety. | EDU |
Monitor | Enacted, Jul 1, 2025; Governor's Action: Signed, Jul 1, 2025 (7/1) | ||
| An Act Regarding The Laws Of The State Of Maine (SP 312) | Teresa PIERCE of Cumberland | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make changes regarding the laws of the State. | SLG |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act Providing Appropriations And Allocations For State Government Operations (SP 316) | Margaret ROTUNDO of Androscoggin | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to provide appropriations and allocations necessary for the operation of State Government. | AFA |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Provide Appropriations And Allocations For The Operations Of State Government (HP 444) | Drew GATTINE of Westbrook | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to provide for appropriations and allocations for the operation of State Government. | AFA |
Monitor | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| Resolve, To Direct The County Corrections Professional Standards Council To Examine Funding Of And Compliance By County And Regional Jails (HP 458) | Suzanne SALISBURY of Westbrook | This bill provides that state funding for the County Jail Operations Fund must be appropriated annually in an amount equal to 35% of the total cost of operations for county jails and the regional jail as necessary to meet the standards for county jails as Full Summary |
CJPS |
Support | Signed by the Governor Resolve Chapter 73 (6/12) | 3/10 Testimony submitted. |
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| Resolve, Directing The Department Of Public Safety, Emergency Medical Services' Board To Report To The Joint Standing Committee On Education And Cultural Affairs On The Status Of Funds In The Emergency Medical Services Stabilization And Sustainability Program (HP 461) | Suzanne SALISBURY of Westbrook | This bill provides ongoing funds to establish and maintain an emergency medical services education administrative structure as required by Department of Public Safety, Maine Emergency Medical Services rules and external accreditation standards. | EDU |
Support | Signed by the Governor Resolve Chapter 34 (5/23) | ||
| Resolve, To Direct The Maine Criminal Justice Academy To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Nonresidential Law Enforcement Training Program (HP 462) | Michel LAJOIE of Lewiston | 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. | CJPS |
Monitor | Died Between Houses, Jun 3, 2025 (6/3) | ||
| An Act To Protect Municipalities' Investment In Law Enforcement Officers (HP 465) | David BOYER of Poland | Current law requires that when a governmental entity hires a full-time law enforcement officer within 5 years of the officer's graduation from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy or the Indian police academy at the federal law enforcement training center, and that officer's training had been Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 2, 2025 (6/2) | ||
| An Act To Reimburse The City Of Ellsworth For A Public Road To A New Court Facility In Hancock County (HP 481) | Russell WHITE of Ellsworth | This bill provides a one-time General Fund appropriation to reimburse the City of Ellsworth for 50% of the costs incurred in building an access road to the property on which the city is working with the judicial branch to build a new courthouse for Hancock Full Summary |
JUD |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Fund State Government (SP 338) | Margaret ROTUNDO of Androscoggin | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make appropriations and allocations necessary to fund State Government. | AFA |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Provide For Appropriations And Allocations (SP 339) | Margaret ROTUNDO of Androscoggin | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to provide for appropriations and allocations. | AFA |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Create A Rebuttable Presumption Related To Specialized Risk Screening For First Responders (SP 343) | Donna BAILEY of York | For policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, this bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from denying coverage to an enrollee who is a first responder for specialized risk screening recommended by a health care provider. It limits the ability of a Full Summary |
HCIFS |
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Promote Public Safety And Retain Essential First Responders By Funding The Maine Length Of Service Award Program (SP 346) | Glenn CURRY of Waldo | This bill provides ongoing funding for the Maine Length of Service Award Program to provide length of service awards to eligible volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. | CJPS |
Enacted, Jun 9, 2025; Governor's Action: Signed, Jun 9, 2025 (6/9) | |||
| An Act To Encourage Election Involvement By Making Election Day A State Holiday In Even-numbered Years (HP 511) | Donald ARDELL of Monticello | This bill designates the day of the general election, which is the day of the regular election of state and county officials occurring biennially in November, as a state holiday. | SLG |
NFNA | Leave to Withdraw, Apr 1, 2025 (4/1) | 3/21 Testimony drafted. |
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| An Act To Expand The Earned Paid Leave Exception (SP 365) | Richard BRADSTREET of Kennebec | This bill exempts employers that provide employees with 80 or more hours of paid leave during the calendar year from the laws governing earned paid leave. | LAH |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 13, 2025 (5/13) | |||
| An Act Regarding The Retired County And Municipal Law Enforcement Officers And Municipal Firefighters Health Insurance Program (HP 534) | Rachel HENDERSON of Rumford | This bill provides that a county or municipal law enforcement officer or a municipal firefighter who is employed in the position of a county or municipal law enforcement officer or a municipal firefighter and who previously elected not to enroll in the Retired County and Full Summary |
LAH |
NFNA | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 147 (5/29) | ||
| An Act To Reduce The Property Tax Burden By Adequately Funding County Jail Operations (HP 538) | John DUCHARME of Madison | This bill amends the laws governing the operation of county jails as follows. 1. It amends the County Jail Operations Fund to provide that, beginning July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, state funding must be appropriated annually for the fund in the Full Summary |
CJPS |
Support | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 3/21 Testimony drafted. |
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| An Act Regarding The Membership Of The Maine Land Use Planning Commission (HP 556) | William BRIDGEO of Augusta | This bill amends the membership of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission by increasing the number of members from 9 to 13, with the Governor appointing the additional members. The bill also adds qualifications to be considered by the Governor and boards of county commissioners Full Summary |
ACF |
Oppose | On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Paid Family And Medical Leave (SP 383) | President Matthea DAUGHTRY of Cumberland | This bill amends the laws governing paid family and medical leave as follows. 1. It clarifies that intermittent leave of an employee of less than one work day may not be taken unless it is agreed to by the employee and the employer. 2. It Full Summary |
LAH |
Oppose | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 277 (6/12) | ||
| An Act To Modernize Deed Duplication From Microfilm To A Digital Image (HP 580) | Suzanne SALISBURY of Westbrook | This bill requires a register of deeds to make a record of an instrument recorded in the registry office in the form of a digital image stored on magnetic or optical media, not on microfilm as in current law. | SLG |
Oppose | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 239 (6/10) | 3/21 Testimony draft and approved by client. To be submitted Monday morning. Hearing 3/24/25. |
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| An Act To Maintain Public Access To Town Ways In Maine (HP 593) | James WHITE of Guilford | This bill provides that if the municipal officers or county commissioners have declared a town way discontinued by abandonment and have retained a public easement in the abandoned town way under this section for at least 15 years, the municipality, county commissioners or an abutter Full Summary |
SLG |
NFNA | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | 3/21 Testimony drafted and approved by client. To be submitted Wednesday morning. Hearing 3/26/25. |
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| An Act To Amend The Law Allowing Individuals Subject To Pretrial Or Presentence Incarceration To Be Credited Time For Participation In Work Projects Within A Jail (HP 596) | Dani O'HALLORAN of Brewer | This bill allows an inmate who is detained at a county or regional jail pretrial or presentence to voluntarily participate in a public works-related project or in the improvement of property owned by a charitable organization. Such an inmate may have the inmate's sentence to Full Summary |
CJPS |
Support | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 341 (6/17) | 3/21 Testimony drafted and approved by client. To be submitted Monday morning. Hearing 3/24/25. |
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| An Act Requiring Employers To Disclose Wage Ranges In Job Postings (HP 606) | Marshall ARCHER of Saco | This bill requires an employer that employs 10 or more employees to include a wage range in any job posting for a position of employment in the State. An employer acting in good faith may pay an employee a wage different than the wage range Full Summary |
LAH |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 8, 2025 (4/8) | |||
| An Act To Require The Automatic Repealing Of Agency Rules (HP 624) | Laurel LIBBY of Auburn | This bill amends the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to provide that any agency rule that is finally adopted or an amendment to which is finally adopted in accordance with the requirements of that Act after January 1, 2026 is automatically repealed 5 years from the Full Summary |
SLG |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 2, 2025 (6/2) | |||
| An Act Allowing Access By State Agencies And Hospitals To Certain Confidential Probate Court Records (HP 626) | Amy KUHN of Falmouth | This bill allows employees and legal counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of the Attorney General, agencies designated by the Governor to provide protection and advocacy for persons with disabilities, private mental hospitals and hospitals access to confidential probate court Full Summary |
JUD |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure) Public Law Chapter 18 (4/1) | ||
| An Act To Facilitate The Establishment Of An Automated Crime Victim Notification System (SP 408) | Anne CARNEY of Cumberland | Current law requires written notice to be made to victims of crimes in the event that a defendant is released on preconviction bail or released or escaped from custody. This bill allows for that notice to be electronic. The bill requires the County Corrections Professional Full Summary |
CJPS |
Support | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 3/14 Possible mandate.
3/21 Testimony drafted. (Position was oppose but MSA wants us to support so unsure for now.) |
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| An Act To Require State-owned Or Leased Buildings Occupied By 50 Or More Executive Branch Employees To Have At Least One Automated External Defibrillator And One Bleeding Control Kit (SP 414) | Marianne MOORE of Washington | This bill directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services to ensure that each state building is equipped with at least one automated external defibrillator. It also directs each municipality to ensure that each municipal building is equipped with at least Full Summary |
SLG |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 3/14 Possible mandate. Not clear if applies to counties. |
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| An Act To Eliminate The Crime Of Felony Murder (SP 418) | Anne BEEBE-CENTER of Knox | This bill eliminates the crime of felony murder and removes cross-references to that crime in the Maine Revised Statutes. | JUD |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 1, 2025 (4/1) | ||
| An Act To Require First Responder Training For Mental Health Crisis And Critical Incident Stress Recognition (SP 427) | Timothy NANGLE of Cumberland | This bill directs the Department of Public Safety, in collaboration with others, to develop and implement training to be presented every 3 years to first responders and other similar professions that teaches self-recognition and management of mental health crises and critical incident stress for the Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 8, 2025 (4/8) | ||
| An Act To Ensure The Proper Operation Of The State (HP 651) | Matt MOONEN of Portland | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make changes to the laws to ensure the proper operations of the State. | SLG |
Monitor | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| An Act To Restore Full Civil Rights To Possess Firearms To Persons Previously Convicted Of Certain Nonviolent Felony Crimes (HP 656) | Chad PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft | Currently, persons who have been convicted of committing or found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity of committing a crime in this State, a crime under the laws of the United States and certain crimes in other jurisdictions that are punishable by a term Full Summary |
JUD |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Protect Taxpayers By Requiring Referenda On Significant Municipal Debt (SP 430) | Timothy NANGLE of Cumberland | This bill requires that a municipality seeking to issue a bond in the amount of $10,000,000 or more must call a referendum for the voters of the municipality to approve the bond. The referendum must be held on the first Tuesday in November. The procedure Full Summary |
SLG |
Monitor | Died Between Houses, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | 3/14 Does not apply to counties, but is a municipal mandate.` |
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| An Act Regarding The Reduction And Recycling Of Food Waste (SP 438) | Stacy BRENNER of Cumberland | This bill provides that, beginning July 1, 2027, a designated food waste generator may not dispose of its generated food waste at an incineration facility or solid waste landfill and must to the maximum extent practicable reduce the volume of food waste it generates, separate Full Summary |
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Oppose | Became Law without Governor's Signature Public Law Chapter 419 (6/24) | 4/14 Sign on to Maine Hospitality letter opposed like last session and do not provide seperate MCCA testimony. |
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| An Act To Remove The Limit On The Length Of Probation That May Be Served For Aggravated Attempted Murder (HP 696) | Michel LAJOIE of Lewiston | This bill amends the Maine Criminal Code to provide that the period of probation for a person sentenced for aggravated attempted murder is any term of years. | CJPS |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 207 (6/9) | ||
| An Act To Invest In Maine's Families And Workforce By Amending The Real Estate Transfer Tax (HP 704) | Speaker Ryan FECTEAU of Biddeford | This bill exempts from the real estate transfer tax home buyers who use the Maine State Housing Authority's first-time home-buyer mortgage loan programs. It also increases the real estate transfer tax from $2.20 to $5 per $500 for real estate sales over $1,000,000. The bill Full Summary |
TAX |
NFNA | Died Between Houses, Jun 25, 2025 (6/25) | ||
| Resolve, Directing The State Court Administrator To Perform An Inspection And Study Of The Rumford Courthouse Building (HP 707) | Rachel HENDERSON of Rumford | 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 Full Summary |
JUD |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | ||
| Resolve, To Form A Working Group To Address Vacancies In Municipal Government Management Positions (HP 712) | David ROLLINS of Augusta | This bill directs the Department of Economic and Community Development to convene a working group to study and advise on the challenges faced by municipal governments throughout the State regarding recruiting, retaining and staff development of municipal government management employees. In its work, the working Full Summary |
SLG |
Support | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 29, 2025 (5/29) | 3/14 Focuses on municipal, not county government.
3/21 Testimony drafted. |
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| An Act To Allow Municipalities That Have Financed Fiber-optic Broadband Infrastructure To Use Loans Or Grants To Repay Associated Debt (HP 718) | Arthur MINGO of Calais | This bill authorizes the Municipal Gigabit Broadband Network Access Fund to provide funding to municipal entities applying for project grants to repay debt that was incurred by a municipal entity for the construction of a municipally owned gigabit fiber-optic broadband network project. It specifies that Full Summary |
EUT |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | 3/14 Does not apply to counties. |
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| An Act To Provide That Spouses And Children Of Corrections Officers Who Die In The Line Of Duty Receive A Pension (HP 733) | Suzanne SALISBURY of Westbrook | Similar to the provision of law requiring dependents of sheriffs and deputies who die in the line of duty to receive pensions, this bill requires that spouses or children of corrections officers who die as a result of injury received in the line of duty Full Summary |
CJPS |
NFNA | Died Between Houses, Jun 16, 2025 (6/16) | 3/19 Creates new program with costs. Is a mandate. |
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| An Act To Increase The Procurement Of Maine Foods By Certain State Institutions (SP 472) | Craig HICKMAN of Kennebec | This bill clarifies existing state policy governing food procurement by state institutions to require rather than encourage the procurement of Maine foods and food products by state institutions. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to implement and promote a Maine foods Full Summary |
ACF |
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence. (6/25) | 3/19 Applies to "state instutions," which is not defined. |
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| An Act To Change In Statute The Areas Represented By The Members Of The Board Of Trustees Of The Cross Insurance Arena From Sets Of Municipalities To The County Commissioner Districts Of Cumberland County (HP 758) | Daniel ANKELES of Brunswick | This bill changes in statute the geographical areas represented by members of the Board of Trustees of the Cross Insurance Arena from Portland and 5 sets of towns to the 5 county commissioner districts of Cumberland County. | SLG |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 68 (5/9) | ||
| An Act To Ensure Appropriate County Government Operations Relating To The Position Of Dedimus Justice (HP 760) | Paul FLYNN of Albion | This bill amends the law governing dedimus justices by requiring the appointment of 2 county employees and one sheriff's department employee in each county to perform the duties of dedimus justice on behalf of county government and the county sheriff, respectively. The bill also requires Full Summary |
SLG |
Support | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 24, 2025 (4/24) | 3/20 Proposal from Penobscot County. |
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| An Act To Allow Certain County Commissioners Who Are Maine Public Employees Retirement System Members To Switch To The Legislative Retirement Program (SP 507) | Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin | This bill provides that a county commissioner who is a member of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System and is contributing to a defined benefit plan, has previously served in the Legislature and is eligible to participate in the Legislative Retirement Program may become a Full Summary |
LAH |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 29, 2025 (4/29) | |||
| An Act To Establish Transparency In Opioid Settlement Funds Allocated To Municipalities Or Counties (HP 810) | Amy ROEDER of Bangor | This bill requires that a direct share subdivision that receives opioid settlement funds in accordance with the Maine State?Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Regarding Use of Settlement Funds, dated and signed on January 26, 2022, and the Maine State?Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Full Summary |
HHS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 29, 2025 (4/29) | 3/28 This bill overlaps with LD 110, which was passed by the HHS Committee. |
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| An Act To Enhance Public Safety In Maine By Defining The Relationship Between Local And Federal Law Enforcement (HP 834) | Ambureen RANA of Bangor | This bill prohibits state or local law enforcement agencies or officers from entering into contracts with federal immigration enforcement authorities. | CJPS JUD |
Oppose | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 3/28 Might cover county jails housing ICE detainees. |
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| An Act To Improve Government Transparency And Accountability By Establishing A Process To Allow A Person To Require The State To Enforce Certain Laws And Rules (HP 837) | Gary FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor | This bill amends the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to authorize a person to petition an agency or the Attorney General, as applicable, to enforce an existing law or rule. It also establishes the Fund for Administrative Oversight within the Office of the Attorney General, to Full Summary |
JUD |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 29, 2025 (4/29) | 3/28 FYI. |
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| 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 (HP 841) | Tavis HASENFUS of Readfield | This resolve requires the Attorney General to establish a working group comprised of a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders to develop a plan for expanding the availability of adult drug treatment courts, family treatment courts and veterans treatment courts across the State by ensuring that defendants Full Summary |
JUD |
Monitor | Signed by the Governor Resolve Chapter 98 (6/20) | 3/28 FYI, |
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| An Act To Make Paid Family And Medical Leave Voluntary (HP 848) | Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor | Part A of this bill repeals the provisions in law that established the paid family and medical leave benefits program. Part A requires the Department of Labor to refund contributions made by employers and self-employed individuals to the Department of Labor under the paid family Full Summary |
LAH |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 3, 2025 (6/3) | 3/28 FYI. |
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| An Act To Change The Property Tax Appeal Process (HP 853) | Joseph UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle | This bill provides that an applicant for a property tax abatement may not apply to the county commissioners to appeal a decision of the assessors or the municipal officers with respect to nonresidential property or properties having an equalized municipal valuation of $1,000,000 or greater, Full Summary |
TAX |
Support | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 29, 2025 (4/29) | 3/28 This bill responds to a recent court decision involving Aroostook County and the role of county commissioners in property tax appeals. |
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| An Act To Amend Certain Provisions Of Maine's Drug Laws Regarding Heroin, Fentanyl And Cocaine (SP 517) | David HAGGAN of Penobscot | This bill amends the provisions of the Maine Criminal Code regarding drugs by adding: 1. To the definition of "traffick" possessing 2 grams or more of heroin or 90 or more individual bags, folded foil or other material, packages, envelopes or containers of any kind Full Summary |
CJPS |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, May 28, 2025 (5/28) | 3/28 FYI Only. |
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| An Act To Amend The Election Recount Process (SP 518) | Teresa PIERCE of Cumberland | This bill reduces by half the vote percentage difference or amount of votes in an election used to determine the deposit required for a recount. The bill also includes in the actual cost of the recount that the candidate requesting the recount is required to Full Summary |
VLA |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 30, 2025 (4/30) | 3/28 FYI Only. |
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| An Act Regarding The Number Of Voters Of A Municipality Required To Petition For Consideration Of Deorganization Of That Municipality (SP 532) | Joseph BALDACCI of Penobscot | This bill modifies the provision of law governing voter petition for the deorganization of a municipality. Current law requires a written petition of a number of voters equal to at least 50% of the number of votes cast in the municipality at the last gubernatorial Full Summary |
SLG |
Support | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 212 (6/9) | 3/28 FYI Only. |
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| An Act To Suspend The Remittance Obligation For Paid Family And Medical Leave Private Plan Users (SP 537) | Richard BRADSTREET of Kennebec | 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 Full Summary |
LAH |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 3, 2025 (6/3) | 3/28 FYI Only. |
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| An Act To Create Clarity In The Laws Regarding Property Tax Abatement Appeals (HP 860) | Lucien DAIGLE of Fort Kent | This bill provides that an applicant for a property tax abatement may not apply to the county commissioners to appeal a decision of the assessors or the municipal officers with respect to nonresidential property or properties having an equalized municipal valuation of $1,000,000 or greater, Full Summary |
TAX |
Support | Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 342 (6/17) | 3/28 There are other similar bills printed on this issue. |
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| An Act To Make Changes To The Paid Family And Medical Leave Benefits Program (HP 868) | Jennifer POIRIER of Skowhegan | This bill makes the following changes to the paid family and medical leave benefits program. 1. It requires an employee to be employed with an employer for 120 days before being eligible to take leave. 2. It clarifies that the definition of "self-employed individual" applies Full Summary |
LAH |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 3, 2025 (6/3) | 3/28 FYI Only. |
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| An Act To Prohibit Life Sentences (HP 870) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill amends the sentencing provisions under the Maine Criminal Code to provide that, for a person convicted of any crime under that Code on or after January 1, 2026, in sentencing the person, a court may not set a term of imprisonment for life Full Summary |
JUD |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 17, 2025 (4/17) | 3/28 FYI Only. |
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| Resolve, Establishing The Commission To Study The Maine Tort Claims Act (SP 564) | Mark LAWRENCE of York | This bill increases the limitation on the award of damages against a governmental entity or its employees, or both, under the Maine Tort Claims Act from $400,000 to $1,250,000 per occurrence. | JUD |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 4/3 This bill would triple the potential liability for matters not exempt from liability under MTCA. |
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| An Act To Provide Emergency Medical Services Training Through The Maine Community College System (HP 892) | Kenneth FREDETTE of Newport | This bill directs the Maine Community College System, within existing resources, to provide training and courses, including licensing, and to study providing degree programs, in emergency medical services that must be comprehensive, accessible and provided at no cost to attendees. | EDU |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act To Establish A Special Committee To Review Routine Technical Rules (HP 895) | Michael SOBOLESKI of Phillips | This bill establishes the Special Committee on Regulatory Review to review routine technical rules. The committee consists of 6 members of the Senate and 6 members of the House of Representatives, evenly divided between each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats Full Summary |
SLG |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 3, 2025 (6/3) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act Regarding Dam Repair (HP 904) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill establishes a maximum limit of $1,000,000 per loan application under the Dam Repair and Reconstruction Fund and establishes a loan payback period between 5 and 30 years, but no longer than the useful life of the proposed project. The bill also allows the Full Summary |
CJPS ENR |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 4/8 FYI |
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| An Act To Replace The Participation Threshold In Votes To Adopt Or Alter A Municipal Charter With A Lower Approval Threshold (HP 910) | William BRIDGEO of Augusta | This bill changes the requirements for a new municipal charter, charter revision, charter modification or charter amendment in a question before the voters to go into effect. Current law requires that the total number of votes cast for and against the question equals or exceeds Full Summary |
SLG |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act To Allow Action Against A Person Violating The Confidentiality Of An Executive Session Of A Public Body Or Agency (HP 921) | Nathan CARLOW of Buxton | This bill allows a body or agency subject to the provisions of the law regarding public records to prohibit a member of the body or agency or other person attending an executive session from attending future executive sessions or having access to confidential or other Full Summary |
JUD |
Support | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 6, 2025 (5/6) | 4/8 Support the concept of reducing the risk that public officials divulge confidential information; we as commissioners use executive session frequently an dhave good respect to it and are opposed to willful leaks after the fact (Hearing 4/11/25). |
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| An Act To Codify Judicial Deference To Agency Interpretations (HP 930) | David SINCLAIR of Bath | This bill codifies judicial deference to agency interpretation of statutes and rules that agencies administer. The bill establishes a 2-part test to be used by courts when reviewing an agency's interpretation of a statute it administers or a rule it has adopted. The bill requires Full Summary |
JUD |
Oppose | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 28, 2025 (5/28) | 4/8 Oppose tfor same reasons feds do we don't like deference; it should either say the opposite don't defer or leave it to the courts; reference that rulemaking is not balanced; unelected agency staff have their own bias so deference not to agency; track governor's office in opposition (Hearing 4.7.25) |
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| An Act To Expand Reporting Requirements For Legislators And Lobbyists (SP 558) | David HAGGAN of Penobscot | This bill requires lobbyists and Legislators to report behested payments to the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. Under the bill, behested payments are payments made by a lobbyist or other person to an organization for a legislative, governmental or charitable purpose at the Full Summary |
VLA |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | 4/8 FYI |
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| An Act To Require The Department Of Health And Human Services To Immediately Take Custody Of Persons Sentenced To Mental Health Facilities That May Not Include County Or Regional Jails (SP 562) | Rachel TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland | This bill requires that when a court commits a defendant to the Commissioner of Health and Human Services for placement in an appropriate mental health institution, that placement must be immediate and may not be in a county or regional jail. | HHS |
Support | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 4/8 Tenative pending MSA Vote; MSA is in strong support; people are being left in county jails by DHHS when beds are not available violating judge commitment of persons to DHHS custody; not enough mental health services or beds available but they don't want people sometimes because too violent for Dorathia Dix; inhumane for them to be stuck in county jail when a judge has deemed them incompetent; county jails cannot force people to medicate; 2 or 3 people taking up all the jail mental health staff because they are so demaiding; coordinate with the Sheriff's (No Hearing yet) |
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| An Act To Improve Access To Sustainable And Low-barrier Trauma Recovery Services (SP 581) | Margaret ROTUNDO of Androscoggin | 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 Full Summary |
HHS |
Monitor | CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act To Provide Full Reimbursement For Emergency Ambulance Services Provided To Mainecare Members (HP 938) | Kenneth FREDETTE of Newport | This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse providers of emergency ambulance services at the full rate for services provided to MaineCare members. It applies to municipal, quasi-municipal and private ambulance services and fire department emergency medical services. The bill also Full Summary |
HHS |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 27, 2025 (5/27) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act To Update And Clarify Provisions Related To 9-1-1 Services (HP 945) | Melanie SACHS of Freeport | This bill does the following: 1. It updates and adds terminology to be consistent with modernized 9-1-1 systems and federal standards; 2. It clarifies rule-making authority by designating the Public Utilities Commission as the entity responsible for rulemaking instead of the Emergency Services Communication Bureau Full Summary |
EUT |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 167 (5/30) | 4/8 FYI |
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| An Act To Amend The Maine Uniform Probate Code (HP 949) | This bill modifies the Maine Uniform Probate Code and related provisions to clarify certain provisions related to marriage and domestic partnerships, personal representatives, termination or modification of guardianship for an adult and the process for parental surrender and release of parental rights and consent for Full Summary |
JUD |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 168 (5/30) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Lower The Voting Age To 16 Years Of Age (SP 587) | Craig HICKMAN of Kennebec | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to reduce the voting age qualification by 2 years, from 18 years of age or older to 16 years of age or older, subject to approval at referendum. | VLA |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 14, 2025 (5/14) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act To Allow The Emergency Medical Services' Board To Assess Civil Penalties For The Noncompliance Of Emergency Medical Services Persons With The Requirement To Administer Naloxone Hydrochloride In Compliance With Trainings And Procedures Developed By The Board (SP 593) | Joseph BALDACCI of Penobscot | This bill amends the provision of law that requires an emergency medical services person to administer and dispense naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid overdose- reversing medication in compliance with protocols and training developed by the Emergency Medical Services' Board. The bill provides that failure to Full Summary |
CJPS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 29, 2025 (4/29) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act To Amend The Law Governing Stabilization Of Property Taxes On Homesteads Of Individuals 65 Years Of Age Or Older (HP 973) | Wayne PARRY of Arundel | This bill amends the property tax stabilization program for senior citizens to make the following changes. 1. It extends the program to property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2025. 2. It changes the eligibility requirements to require an individual to have been Full Summary |
TAX |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | 4/3 FYI. |
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| An Act Related To Public Access Of Records Of Certain Disciplinary Actions Of Public Employees (HP 975) | Steven BISHOP of Bucksport | This bill modifies provisions of law related to the confidentiality of certain employee records. Under current law, if disciplinary action is taken against a state, county or municipal employee, the final written decision associated with the disciplinary action is not confidential. Under the bill, only Full Summary |
JUD |
Oppose | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Apr 24, 2025 (4/24) | 4/8 Tentative pending MSA Vote; Do not want to go backwards on transparency; draft and wait for MSA position (Hearing 4.11.25) |
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| An Act To Establish Statutory Deadlines For Processing Applications For Emergency Medical Services Personnel (HP 994) | Kenneth FREDETTE of Newport | This bill requires the Emergency Medical Services' Board to make a decision on a license application for an emergency medical services person, emergency medical services ambulance operator or emergency medical dispatcher within 30 calendar days of receiving a completed application. The bill allows for a Full Summary |
CJPS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 13, 2025 (5/13) | 4/8 FYI |
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| An Act To Replace Participation Thresholds With Approval Thresholds In Certain School, Municipal And County Measures (HP 1002) | Eleanor SATO of Gorham | 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 Full Summary |
SLG |
Died Between Houses, Jun 16, 2025 (6/16) | |||
| An Act To Enhance The Protection Of High-value Natural Resources Statewide (SP 613) | Richard BENNETT of Oxford | This bill: 1. Directs the Land for Maine's Future Board to give preferential consideration in land acquisition projects that conserve late-successional forests and old-growth forests; 2. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to include information Full Summary |
ACF |
Enacted, Jul 1, 2025; Governor's Action: Signed, Jul 1, 2025 (7/1) | |||
| An Act To Improve The Sustainability Of Emergency Medical Services In Maine (SP 614) | Glenn CURRY of Waldo | This bill provides that care that is provided at the scene of an emergency medical services event by an ambulance service or nontransporting emergency medical service is reimbursable care regardless of whether a patient is transported to another facility. This includes the administration of overdose-reversing Full Summary |
HCIFS |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Bail (SP 620) | David HAGGAN of Penobscot | This bill reverses the changes to the Maine Bail Code enacted by Public Law 2021, chapter 397. | CJPS |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, May 29, 2025 (5/29) | |||
| An Act To Amend The Membership Of The Washington County Budget Advisory Committee (SP 626) | Marianne MOORE of Washington | This bill requires the Washington County commissioners to appoint one member who is a resident of the unorganized territory in Washington County as a voting member of the Washington County Budget Advisory Committee to serve a 3-year term. It also requires the Washington County legislative Full Summary |
SLG |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 290 (6/12) | 4/14 Draft testimony in support (makes sense unorganized should be represented; more input and more transparency the better) |
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| Resolve, Regarding Increasing The Number Of Kennebec County Commissioners (HP 1014) | Alicia COLLINS of Sidney | This resolve proposes to increase the number of commissioners for Kennebec County from 3 to 5. The resolve will put the question out to the voters of Kennebec County in November 2026. | SLG |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 29, 2025 (5/29) | 4/14 Draft testimony in support. |
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| An Act Regarding Municipal Road Standards (HP 1020) | Mathew MCINTYRE of Lowell | This bill amends the provision of law that requires highways, town ways and streets legally established be opened and kept in repair so as to be safe and convenient for travelers with motor vehicles to require that this be done in accordance with standards established Full Summary |
TRA |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 395 (6/20) | |||
| Resolve, To Establish The Commission To Study And Recommend Solutions For Modernizing The Maine Legislature (HP 1035) | Morgan RIELLY of Westbrook | This resolve establishes the Commission to Study and Recommend Solutions for Modernizing the Maine Legislature. The commission has 15 members, including current and former Legislators, nonpartisan staff, a member appointed by the Governor and a member appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Full Summary |
SLG |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Establish Greater Alignment Of Penalties For Certain Labor Law Violations (HP 1045) | Matthew BECK of South Portland | 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. Full Summary |
LAH |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Require Certain Public Entities To Define Their Use Of The Term "equity" (HP 1051) | Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor | This bill requires the State or a local government or other political subdivision or educational institution when making a decision based on advancing equity, the entity making that decision must provide on a publicly accessible website the definition of "equity" used to make the decision Full Summary |
SLG |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 9, 2025 (6/9) | |||
| An Act To Establish The Maine Emergency Medical Services Commission (HP 1057) | Suzanne SALISBURY of Westbrook | This bill establishes the Maine Emergency Medical Services Commission to monitor and evaluate the State's emergency medical services system on a continuing basis and provide recommendations to the appropriate state agencies and to the Legislature regarding necessary changes in the emergency medical services system. | CJPS |
Leave to Withdraw, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | 4/14 Draft testimony in strong support. |
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| An Act To Provide Regional Support Funding For Municipal Police Departments To Support Special Response Teams (HP 1058) | Daniel ANKELES of Brunswick | This bill creates the Special Response Team Fund to reimburse municipalities that maintain and operate special response teams, which are elite tactical law enforcement teams certified by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy that rapidly respond to high-risk law enforcement operations and conduct criminal investigations that Full Summary |
CJPS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 13, 2025 (5/13) | 4/14 Draft testimony in opposition. |
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| An Act To Allow Municipalities To Implement A Local Option Sales Tax (SP 649) | Timothy NANGLE of Cumberland | This bill allows a municipality to impose a year-round local option sales tax on the sale of any goods or services allowed to be taxed at the statewide level by municipal referendum. | TAX |
Leave to Withdraw, May 13, 2025 (5/13) | 4/14 FYI |
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| An Act To Improve Legislative Access To Public Information (SP 653) | Michael TIPPING of Penobscot | This bill amends the Freedom of Access Act by requiring a request submitted by 3 or more Legislators to be complied with within 20 working days as long as at least 3 of the Legislators are members of the Legislature's government oversight committee and one Full Summary |
JUD |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 28, 2025 (5/28) | |||
| An Act To Facilitate Compliance With Federal Immigration Law By State And Local Government Entities (HP 1097) | Michael SOBOLESKI of Phillips | This bill establishes prohibitions concerning restricting the sharing and use of immigration and citizenship information. It prohibits restricting the enforcement of federal immigration law. It establishes a complaint process and a duty to report violations of these provisions. The bill also provides that, if the Full Summary |
JUD |
Oppose | Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 17, 2025 (6/17) | 4/24 Drafted testimony |
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| An Act Creating A Private Right Of Action Against A Government Employer (HP 1101) | David BOYER of Poland | This bill creates a private right of action for a person against a government employer for an injury caused by an act or omission of a government employee who violates a right of another person under the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Maine. | JUD |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | |||
| An Act To Establish Disclosure Requirements Regarding Law Enforcement Officer Credibility Information (HP 1106) | Adam LEE of Auburn | This bill requires that a law enforcement agency disclose to a prosecuting attorney's office when a law enforcement officer who is a potential witness in a criminal prosecution has engaged in certain specified conduct that calls into question the credibility of the officer as a Full Summary |
CJPS |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| Resolve, To Study Ways To Improve Recruitment And Retention Of Rural Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through Access To Health Insurance (HP 1111) | Holly EATON of Deer Isle | This resolve requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to convene a commission to study ways to improve recruitment and retention of rural emergency medical services personnel through access to health insurance. By December 3, 2025, the commissioner must submit a report related to the study Full Summary |
CJPS |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 10, 2025 (6/10) | 4/17 FYI. |
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| An Act To Make A Freedom Of Access Act Request Free Of Charge Upon Petition (HP 1118) | Quentin CHAPMAN of Auburn | This bill amends the Freedom of Access Act by: 1. Prohibiting the charging of a fee by an agency or official that has custody or control of a public record that is requested if that request is accompanied by a petition signed by at least Full Summary |
JUD |
Oppose | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 28, 2025 (5/28) | 4/24 Drafted testimony |
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| An Act To Implement Additional Criteria And Processes For The Supervised Community Confinement Program (HP 1119) | Victoria DOUDERA of Camden | This bill amends the provisions of law governing community confinement monitoring programs and supervised community confinement monitoring programs available to inmates of county jails and prisoners of the Department of Corrections, respectively. The bill provides that transfer to a community confinement monitoring program or supervised Full Summary |
CJPS |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 360 (6/18) | |||
| An Act To Establish A Sustainable Housing Development Prison Work Program (HP 1128) | Rafael MACIAS of Topsham | This bill requires the Department of Corrections to establish and administer a sustainable housing development work program in consultation with the Department of Labor and the Maine State Housing Authority. The program must be designed to train residents of the Department of Corrections in home Full Summary |
CJPS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | |||
| An Act Regarding Changes Of Ownership Of Dams (HP 1133) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill adds to the list of the types of information that a petitioner must include in a petition to the Department of Environmental Protection to initiate proceedings for release from dam ownership or water-level maintenance. It also requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Full Summary |
ENR |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | |||
| An Act Regarding Notification Of Appointment Of Legal Representation For Indigent Clients In Custody (HP 1141) | Sophia WARREN of Scarborough | This bill requires assignment of competent defense counsel to an accused person who is indigent within 24 hours of such assignment if the accused is incarcerated. | JUD |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| 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 (HP 1145) | Suzanne SALISBURY of Westbrook | This bill makes the following changes to the laws governing the authority to transport prisoners confined in jail, the use of physical force with respect to prisoners and persons who have been arrested and the use of certain devices. 1. It authorizes corrections officers and Full Summary |
CJPS |
Enacted, Jun 27, 2025; Governor's Action: Signed, Jun 27, 2025 (6/27) | |||
| An Act To Amend The Paid Family And Medical Leave Benefits Program To Balance Support Of Businesses And Employees (HP 1147) | Tiffany ROBERTS of South Berwick | This bill makes the following changes to the paid family and medical leave benefits program. 1. It provides examples of what type of conditions constitute undue hardship for an employer and allows an employer to determine other conditions, based on that employer's specific business, that Full Summary |
LAH |
Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 4, 2025 (6/4) | |||
| Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Amend The Appointment And Confirmation Process For Certain Judicial, Civil And Military Officers (SP 668) | Richard BENNETT of Oxford | This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to allow the Senate to confirm nominations of certain judicial, civil and military officers by a 2/3 vote. | JUD |
Died Between Houses, Jun 17, 2025 (6/17) | |||
| An Act To Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards Of Visitors (HP 1152) | Robert NUTTING of Oakland | This bill changes the number of members on boards of visitors of jails from 7 to 5 or more. It removes requirements that board members meet specific criteria. It requires a board of visitors to provide a copy of its annual report to the county Full Summary |
CJPS |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 345 (6/17) | |||
| An Act Regarding County Law Enforcement Administration And Rural Law Enforcement (HP 1159) | Holly STOVER of Boothbay | This bill does the following. 1. It requires a board of county commissioners or a personnel board to give deference and the rebuttable presumptions of fairness and professional necessity to a sheriff's decision to not reappoint a deputy or to dismiss, suspend or otherwise discipline Full Summary |
SLG |
Oppose | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 4/24 Drafted testimony |
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| An Act To Prohibit A State Social Media Platform Account From Restricting User Comments (HP 1160) | David BOYER of Poland | This bill prohibits an account holder or administrator of a social media platform account of a state, county or municipal department, agency, board or commission or a state, county or municipal official operating in that individual's official capacity from restricting a user of that social Full Summary |
JUD |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 28, 2025 (5/28) | |||
| An Act To Allow Municipalities To Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings And Voting Places And At Their Municipal Public Proceedings (HP 1161) | Poppy ARFORD of Brunswick | This bill permits a municipality to adopt an order, ordinance, policy or regulation that limits or prohibits the possession of firearms within its buildings and voting places and at municipal public proceedings within the municipality; if adopted, the order, ordinance, policy or regulation may impose Full Summary |
JUD |
Died Between Houses, Jun 16, 2025 (6/16) | |||
| Resolve, Directing The Department Of Corrections To Study Achieving Gender Equality (HP 1167) | Rafael MACIAS of Topsham | This resolve directs the Department of Corrections to study the extent of gender inequality present in the programs, services, facilities and policies administered or overseen by the department and recommend potential solutions to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety for eliminating Full Summary |
CJPS |
FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. (6/18) | 4/23 FYI |
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| An Act To Amend The Waldo County Budget Adoption Process And Allow Residents Who Are Not Municipal Officers To Serve On The Waldo County Budget Committee (SP 685) | Glenn CURRY of Waldo | This bill amends the law governing the membership of the Waldo County Budget Committee. The bill provides that if no municipal officer in a county commissioner district is willing to be nominated as a candidate for the county budget committee, any resident of the county Full Summary |
SLG |
Monitor | Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | 4/28 Monitor for now but await word from Waldo County |
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| An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of A Revenue Bond To Upgrade County Jails To Meet The Corrections Needs Of Maine's Counties (HP 1186) | John DUCHARME of Madison | This bill authorizes the Finance Authority of Maine to issue revenue bonds in the amount of $87,000,000 to provide funding to county jails, including those that detain adult residents for up to 72 hours, to upgrade their facilities to accommodate residents who have a substance Full Summary |
AFA |
Support | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 4/28 Testify in support. |
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| An Act To Update Provisions Of The Maine Administrative Procedure Act (HP 1189) | Amy KUHN of Falmouth | This bill updates certain provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act and related provisions. More specifically, the bill: 1. Clarifies provisions relating to rule-making public hearings conducted by boards; 2. Replaces in a provision the use of the term "substantially" with the more accurate term Full Summary |
JUD |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 384 (6/20) | |||
| An Act To Require Police Departments To Publish And Make Accessible Their Policies And Procedures And Require Training Of Officers (HP 1195) | Sophia WARREN of Scarborough | This bill requires law enforcement agencies, including the State Police, sheriff's departments and municipal police departments, to publish and make accessible their policies and procedures currently required by law on the agencies' publicly accessible websites and in printed paper form. The bill requires a law Full Summary |
CJPS |
Monitor | PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (6/16) | 4/28 Just monitor for now but want to know MSA's position. |
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| An Act To Strengthen The Freedom Of Access Act By Categorizing Commercial Requesters (HP 1199) | Rachel HENDERSON of Rumford | This bill prohibits an agency or official from charging a fee to cover the actual cost of searching for, retrieving and compiling a noncommercial request of a public record for the first 2 hours of staff time. The bill allows an agency or official to Full Summary |
JUD |
Support | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | 4/28 Testify in suport. |
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| An Act To Change The Calculation For Municipal Service Charges For Tax-exempt Organizations (SP 697) | Marianne MOORE of Washington | This bill expands the liability of certain tax-exempt institution and organization property owners to municipalities for service charges on that property. The limitation of the municipality's service charge authority is changed from 2% of the institution's or organization's gross revenue to 20% of the property's Full Summary |
TAX |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 28, 2025 (5/28) | 4/24 FYI |
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| An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Denials Of Public Records Requests (HP 1203) | This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary to implement statutory changes recommended by the Right to Know Advisory Committee. The joint standing committee has not taken a position on the substance of this bill. By reporting this bill out, the Full Summary |
JUD JUD |
Became Law without Governor's Signature Public Law Chapter 186 (6/8) | ||||
| Resolve, Directing The Department Of Health And Human Services To Review The Progressive Treatment Program And Processes By Which A Person May Be Involuntarily Admitted To A Psychiatric Hospital Or Receive Court-ordered Community Treatment (HP 1204) | Flavia DEBRITO of Waterville | This resolve directs the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to convene a stakeholder group of interested parties to review the entire process related to a progressive treatment program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 3873-A and to review for efficiency and effectiveness Full Summary |
HHS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 22, 2025 (5/22) | |||
| An Act To Increase Transparency In State Government By Amending Laws Regarding Persons Attempting To Influence The Competitive Bidding Process And Lobbyist Reporting During Rule-making Processes (SP 708) | Craig HICKMAN of Kennebec | This bill requires any person who is specifically employed by another person for the purpose of attempting to influence the competitive bidding process to register with the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices for each employer and to submit monthly reports regarding activity, expenditures Full Summary |
VLA |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Requests (HP 1222) | This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary to implement statutory changes recommended by the Right to Know Advisory Committee. The joint standing committee has not taken a position on the substance of this bill. By reporting this bill out, the Full Summary |
JUD JUD |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 175 (6/2) | ||||
| An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Exceptions (HP 1223) | This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary to implement statutory changes recommended by the Right to Know Advisory Committee after reviewing certain existing public records exceptions in Titles 25, 26, 27, 30-A and 32. The Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary Full Summary |
JUD JUD |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 111 (5/23) | ||||
| Resolve, To Expand The Recipients Of The Report On The Public Safety Health And Wellness Grant Pilot Program And Authorize Legislation To Be Submitted In Response To The Report (HP 1225) | Barbara BAGSHAW of Windham | This resolve requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to establish the firefighter early detection cancer screening pilot program. | HCIFS |
Became Law without Governor's Signature Resolve Chapter 91 (6/19) | |||
| An Act To Increase Penalties For Human Trafficking Offenses (HP 1248) | Reagan PAUL of Winterport | This bill increases the penalties for sex trafficking and aggravated sex trafficking and provides mandatory minimum jail sentences and mandatory fines for these offenses. It provides additional jail time for these offenses when committed on the premises or within 1,000 feet of certain places, including Full Summary |
JUD |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 387 (6/20) | |||
| Resolve, To Increase The Number Of Kennebec County Commissioners (HP 1255) | Randall GREENWOOD of Wales | This resolve proposes a referendum to increase the number of commissioners for Kennebec County from 3 to 5. The resolve will put the question out to the voters of Kennebec County in November 2026. | SLG |
Accepted Minority (ONTP) Report, Jun 2, 2025 (6/2) | |||
| Resolve, To Provide A Comprehensive Analysis Of Criminal Legal System Data (SP 750) | Rachel TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland | This resolve directs the Department of Public Safety to commission an independent study by contracting with an entity outside of State Government that will provide an analysis of the ways in which public entities in Maine with involvement in the criminal legal system currently collect Full Summary |
CJPS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | |||
| Resolve, To Study Pathways For Tribal Law Enforcement Officers To Receive A Waiver For The Maine Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement Training Requirement (HP 1294) | Aaron DANA of the Passamaquoddy Tribe | This bill requires law enforcement officers employed by tribal governments to complete the same training that is required for other law enforcement officers. | CJPS |
Signed by the Governor Resolve Chapter 83 (6/17) | |||
| An Act To Implement Recommendations Of The Commission To Examine Reestablishing Parole (HP 1300) | Nina MILLIKEN of Blue Hill | This bill implements the recommendations of the Commission to Examine Reestablishing Parole, as established by Resolve 2021, chapter 126. Part A of this bill renames the State Parole Board the Maine Parole Board and increases the membership of the board from 5 to 7 members Full Summary |
JUD |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25) | |||
| An Act To Authorize The Inclusion Of Additional Counties In The Lincoln And Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority (SP 757) | Glenn CURRY of Waldo | This bill permits the multicounty jail authority to add additional counties to the jail authority. A county that wishes to join the jail authority must hold a public hearing on the matter. If the commissioners of the county wish to join the jail authority, they Full Summary |
CJPS |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, May 20, 2025 (5/20) | |||
| Resolve, To Establish A Task Force To Create A Court Navigation Program Plan (SP 772) | Rachel TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland | This resolve directs the University of Maine System to convene a task force to create a court navigation program plan. In developing the plan, the task force must examine court navigation programs nationwide and recommend a model for a court navigation program for use in Full Summary |
JUD |
FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. (6/16) | |||
| An Act To Protect Workers In This State By Clarifying The Relationship Of State And Local Law Enforcement Agencies With Federal Immigration Authorities (HP 1315) | Deqa DHALAC of South Portland | 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 Full Summary |
JUD |
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 634 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 (6/18) | |||
| An Act Regarding Government Liability Related To Sexual Acts Toward Minors (HP 1321) | Lori GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach | This bill adds an exception to immunity for governmental entities to provide that the State and a political subdivision of the State, including a city, town, county or school district, is liable for intentional and negligent acts or omissions relating to an employee or an Full Summary |
JUD |
Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Jun 9, 2025 (6/9) | |||
| An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Emergency Medical Services' Board And The Blue Ribbon Commission To Study Emergency Medical Services In The State (SP 776) | Joseph BALDACCI of Penobscot | This bill directs the Emergency Medical Services' Board, by majority vote and in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee, to appoint the Emergency Medical Services Licensing Board to carry out the licensing of emergency medical services persons and emergency medical Full Summary |
CJPS |
Enacted, Jul 1, 2025; Governor's Action: Signed, Jul 1, 2025 (7/1) |