126th Legislature

Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Create a Pilot Program To Support the State's Small Food Processors

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

An Act Expanding Access to Early Postsecondary Education

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act To Fund the Maine HIV Prevention Education Program within the Department of Education

Sponsor: Jane Pringle

An Act To Enhance the Availability of Special Restricted Licenses in Cases of Medical Need

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

An Act To Improve the Accuracy of Fuel Tax Reporting

Sponsor: Michael Thibodeau

Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development To Report on the Use of Funds Appropriated To Support the Code Enforcement Officer Training and Certification Program

Sponsor: Michael Carey

An Act To Remove Medical and Dental Expenses from the Itemized Deduction Cap

Sponsor: Gary Knight

An Act To Permit a Student Holding a Degree from a Non-Maine Institution To Participate in the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program

Sponsor: Catherine Nadeau

Resolve, Directing the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System To Study the Establishment of a Pilot Program Based on Oregon's "Pay Forward, Pay Back" Model of Funding Public Postsecondary Education

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act To Ensure That Large Public Utility Reorganizations Advance the Economic Development and Information Access Goals of the State

Sponsor: Barry Hobbins

An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee

Resolve, To Establish the Blue Ribbon Commission on Independent Living and Disability

Sponsor: Matthew Peterson

An Act Regarding the Issuance of a Permit To Carry a Concealed Handgun

Sponsor: Timothy Marks

An Act To Correct an Error in the Laws To Assist Victims of Human Trafficking

Sponsor: Mark Dion

Resolve, Directing the Workers' Compensation Board To Further Study Improving Protections for Injured Workers Whose Employers Have Wrongfully Not Secured Workers' Compensation Insurance

An Act To Require Health Insurers To Provide Coverage for Human Leukocyte Antigen Testing To Establish Bone Marrow Donor Transplantation Suitability

Sponsor: Helen Rankin

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine Small Business and Job Creation

Resolve, To Eliminate Financial Inequality in MaineCare Reimbursement for Community-based Behavioral Health Services

Sponsor: Linda Sanborn

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 201: Provider of Last Resort Service Quality, a Major Substantive Rule of the Public Utilities Commission

An Act To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Report Annually on Investigations and Prosecutions of False Claims Made under the MaineCare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Food Supplement Programs

Sponsor: Andrew Gattine

Resolve, To Improve Early Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcomes for Youth and Young Adults with, or at Risk for, Serious Mental Health Conditions

Sponsor: Anne Graham

An Act To Enhance Efforts To Use Locally Produced Food in Schools

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

An Act To Achieve the Savings Required under Part F of the Biennial Budget and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law for Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015

An Act To Address Recommendations from the Report by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Regarding the Public Utilities Commission

Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Strengthen the Adequacy and Equity of Certain Cost Components of the School Funding Formula

An Act To Permit a School Administrative Unit Discretion Concerning Participation of Students from Charter Schools in School Extracurricular and Interscholastic Activities

Sponsor: Matthew Moonen

Resolve, Directing a Study of Social Media Privacy in School and in the Workplace

Sponsor: Michael Mcclellan

Resolve, To Study the Design and Implementation of Options for a Universal Health Care Plan in the State That Is in Compliance with the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles Priest

An Act To Clarify Telecommunications Regulation Reform

An Act To Expand MaineCare for Veterans and Low-income Residents

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Resolve, To Develop a Process for Tax Expenditure Review

Sponsor: Margaret Rotundo

An Act To Improve the Regional Economic Development Revolving Loan Program

Sponsor: Seth Berry

Resolve, Regarding Metallic Mineral Exploration, Advanced Exploration and Mining

An Act To Improve Maine's Tax Laws

Sponsor: Adam Goode

An Act To Establish the Maine Length of Service Award Program

Sponsor: Joyce Maker

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Ensure Clean Water and Safe Communities

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Growth of and To Build Infrastructure for the Marine Sector of the State's Economy

An Act To Increase Employment Opportunities for Veterans

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create an Animal and Plant Disease and Insect Control Facility Administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

Resolve, To Require a Study of the Payment of Motor Vehicle Excise Tax by Public Utilities

Sponsor: Lance Harvell

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Implement the Riverfront Island Master Plan

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Human Health Research in Maine

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Appropriate Funds for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, Code Enforcement Officer Training, Increased Enforcement of Tax Collection, Water Quality Control, Clinical Staff at the Maine State Prison and HIV Prevention Education

Sponsor: Mark Dion

An Act To Restore MaineCare Coverage for Ambulatory Surgical Center Services

Sponsor: Janice Cooper

An Act Requiring a Dynamic Fiscal Analysis of Changes to Visual Media Production Tax Credits and Reimbursements

Sponsor: Gary Knight

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Biomedical Research in Maine

Sponsor: Mark Eves

An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine

An Act To Provide Funding for the Veterans Treatment Courts

Sponsor: Lori Fowle

An Act To Exempt the Sale of the United States Flag from the Sales Tax

Sponsor: Stanley Short

An Act To Create a Cold Case Homicide Unit in the Department of the Attorney General

Sponsor: Stephen Stanley

An Act To Expand Services to Persons Who Are Disabled or Elderly on Wait Lists by Reducing Revenue Sharing

Sponsor: Bernard Ayotte

An Act To Facilitate Informed Planning for Higher Education and Careers

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Exempt from Sales and Use Tax Sales of Publications To Be Distributed without Charge and Printed Materials Included in Publications

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Substance Abuse Services Commission with Regard to the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program

An Act To Facilitate Children's Testimony

Sponsor: Thomas Tyler

An Act To Increase the Base for the Cost-of-living Increase for Retired State Employees and Teachers

Sponsor: Roger Sherman

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Report Defining Cost Responsibility for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students Receiving Services from the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

An Act To Provide for Temporary Commissioners at the Public Utilities Commission

Sponsor: Diane Russell

An Act Regarding Compensation for the Panel of Mediators

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act To Change Compensation for Career and Technical Education Region Cooperative Board Meeting Attendance

Sponsor: Ralph Chapman

Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study College Affordability and College Completion

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Poultry Processing

Sponsor: James Dill

Resolve, Directing the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Convey the Chesuncook Community Church Building in Chesuncook Township to the Greenville Union Evangelical Church

Sponsor: Peter Johnson

An Act To Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Residents

Sponsor: Mark Eves

An Act To Clarify When Bonds May Be Issued

Sponsor: Michael Carey

An Act To Improve Maine's Economy and Energy Security with Cost-effective Technologies

Sponsor: Terry Morrison

An Act To Clarify What Constitutes a Contribution to a Candidate

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

Resolve, To Require New Contracts for MaineCare Nonemergency Transportation

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Authorize a Matching General Fund Bond Issue for Improvements to the Seven Community College Campuses

Sponsor: Richard Campbell

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Construct a Facility To Assist Maine Agriculture in Control of Animal and Plant Diagnostics

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Transportation, Broadband Infrastructure, Downtown Revitalization, Land for Maine's Future Board and Training Facilities for Tourism-related Training in Labor Market Areas with Higher-than-average Unemployment

Sponsor: Colleen Lachowicz

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Rail Lines in Western Maine

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Improve Access to Home-based and Community-based Care in the MaineCare Program

Sponsor: Justin Chenette

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Reduce Energy Costs by Weatherizing and Upgrading the Energy Efficiency of Maine Homes and Businesses and To Create Jobs by Providing for a Trained Workforce for Maine's Energy Future

Sponsor: Roberta Beavers

An Act To Provide Assistance to Maine's Dairy Farms

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act To Allow a Person Who Is 21 Years of Age or Older To Expunge Certain Criminal Convictions

Sponsor: Joan Welsh

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Weatherization Rebates for Veterans and Persons Eligible for Social Security

Sponsor: Diane Russell

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Expand Public Water Infrastructure to Areas with Contaminated Well Water

Sponsor: Michael Shaw

An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Exemption to Incorporated Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations

Sponsor: Stanley Gerzofsky

An Act To Restore Maine's Groundfishing Industry

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

An Act To Amend the Social Work Education Loan Repayment Program

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act To Improve MaineCare Nursing Home Reimbursement To Preserve Access and Promote Quality

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

An Act To Allow Signs for Areas of Local, Regional and Statewide Interest on the Interstate System

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund the Construction of a New State Archives Facility

Sponsor: Brian Bolduc

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Expand Nursing Programs at Maine's Seven Community Colleges

Sponsor: Anne Haskell

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Reduce the Cost of Shipping for Maine Businesses, Attract Tourists and Facilitate the Development of Commuter Rail Transportation

Sponsor: Edward Mazurek

An Act To Improve Educational Outcomes for Students in Poverty in Maine's Public Schools

Sponsor: Geoffrey Gratwick

An Act To Require the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Make Public Declarations following a Determination of a Campaign Statement's Falsity

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Provide Fiscal Predictability to the MaineCare Program and Health Security to Maine People

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act To Improve Business Certainty for Providers of Quality Child Care

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study Transparency, Costs and Accountability of Health Care System Financing

An Act To Fund Merit and Longevity Pay for Executive, Judicial and Legislative Branch Employees Pursuant to a Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Laws

Sponsor: David Dutremble

An Act To Further the Implementation of the Rockweed Fishery Management Plan

An Act To Amend the Expedited Permitting Area for Wind Energy Development under the Jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission

Sponsor: Larry Dunphy

An Act To Standardize and Simplify the Process for Employers To Provide a Drug-free Workplace

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act To Prohibit Motorized Recreational Gold Prospecting in Class AA Waters and Certain Atlantic Salmon and Brook Trout Habitats

Sponsor: James Boyle

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Sponsor: James Gillway

An Act To Assist Electric Utility Ratepayers

Sponsor: John Cleveland

An Act To Clarify and Update a Nurse's Authority To Administer Medication

Sponsor: Christopher Johnson

An Act To Increase Local Responsibility for General Assistance

Sponsor: Heather Sirocki

An Act To Allow Property Maintenance Activities notwithstanding a Consent Agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Create the Aging in Place Program

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act To Strengthen the Maine Clean Election Act

Sponsor: Edward Youngblood

An Act To Promote New Models of Mobility and Access to Transportation

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

An Act To Expand Affordable Heating Investments with Maine's Public Resources

Sponsor: Edward Youngblood

An Act Relating to Exemption from Immunization for Schoolchildren

Sponsor: Anne Graham

An Act To Increase Mileage Reimbursement and Compensation for Jurors

Sponsor: Joseph Brooks

An Act To Support the Maine Lobster Industry

Sponsor: Jeffrey Evangelos

An Act To Raise the Maximum 529 Plan Contribution Tax Deduction

Sponsor: Edward Mazurek

An Act To Repeal the 2-year Limit on Methadone and Suboxone Treatments under MaineCare

Sponsor: Katherine Cassidy

An Act To Promote Fairness in the Sales Tax Exemption for Vehicles Used in Interstate Commerce

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Establish the Commission on Promoting Manufacturing in Maine

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Amend the Outcome-based Forestry Experiment Laws

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

An Act To Protect the Public from Mosquito-borne Diseases

An Act To Establish Guidelines for the Stocking and Administration of Epinephrine Autoinjectors in Schools

Sponsor: Matthew Peterson

An Act To Hold an Advisory Referendum on Tax Reform

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Require the Licensure of Scrap Metal Recyclers and Mobile Scrap Metal Dealers

Sponsor: Thomas Longstaff

An Act To Facilitate Public Records Requests to State Agencies

An Act To Protect the State's Authority in Issues Concerning Federal Relicensing of Dams Located in the State

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

Resolve, To Support Homeless Youth Shelters

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Clarify the Law Governing the Maintenance of Veterans' Grave Sites

Sponsor: Christopher Johnson

An Act To Amend the Reporting Requirements for the Business Equipment Tax Exemption

Sponsor: Anne Haskell

Resolve, To Strengthen the Protection of Children from Abuse and Neglect

Sponsor: Richard Farnsworth

An Act To Improve the Availability of Mail-in Rebates in the State

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Return Local Revenue Sharing to Full Funding

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act To Include Natural Gas Expansion in the State Energy Plan

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions

An Act To Amend Laws Relating to Health Care Data

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

An Act To Authorize Municipalities To Impose Service Charges on Tax-exempt Property Owned by Certain Nonprofit Organizations

Sponsor: Kathleen Chase

An Act To Clarify the Confidentiality of Wood Processor Report Information

Sponsor: Brian Langley

An Act To Improve the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program

Sponsor: Adam Goode

An Act To Amend the Composition and Duties of the Maine Children's Growth Council

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

An Act To Remove the 100-megawatt Limit on Renewable Sources of Energy

Sponsor: Edward Youngblood

An Act To Strengthen Disclosure about Provider Networks in Health Insurance Plans to Consumers and Providers

Sponsor: Paul McGowan

An Act To Increase Gaming Opportunities for Charitable Fraternal and Veterans' Organizations

Sponsor: John Patrick

An Act To Protect Maine's Scenic Character

Sponsor: Terry Hayes

An Act To Make Consistent the Sales and Use Tax Imposed on Various Fuels Used To Heat Buildings for Human Habitation

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act Concerning High-stakes Beano

Sponsor: W. Mitchell

An Act To Support Municipal Volunteers

Sponsor: Mark Eves

An Act To Make Changes to and Clarify Maine Traveler Information Services Laws

Sponsor: Charles Theriault

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Amend MaineCare Rules as They Pertain to the Delivery of Covered Services via Telecommunications Technology

Sponsor: Carol McElwee

An Act To Clarify the Enforcement Provisions Relating to Motor Carrier Registration

An Act To Create Parity for Proprietary Information Submitted to the Department of Marine Resources

Sponsor: Roberta Beavers

An Act Concerning Pricing Disclosure Requirements and Oversight of Pharmacy Benefits Managers

Sponsor: Henry Beck

Resolve, To Require the Installation of a Fence on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge

Sponsor: Joseph Brooks

An Act To Require a Timely Response by a Gas Company to a Municipal Request for Service Expansion

Sponsor: Geoffrey Gratwick

An Act To Extend the Date for a Business in a Tier 2 Location To Qualify for Pine Tree Development Zone Benefits

Sponsor: James Boyle

An Act To Amend Maine's Aquaculture Laws

Sponsor: Michael Devin

An Act Relating to Nursing Facility and Inpatient Hospice Patients and Medical Marijuana Use

Sponsor: Colleen Lachowicz

An Act To Protect Areas in Which Shellfish Conservation Gear Has Been Placed for Predator Control and Habitat Enhancement Purposes and Establish a Municipal Predator Control Pilot Program

Sponsor: Stanley Gerzofsky

An Act To Restore Funding in the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund through Alternative Sources

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government To Address Supplemental Funding Needs Projected for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014 and To Adjust Funding for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015

Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management To Request the Federal Government To Recognize Environmental Hazards at the Military Training Center in Gagetown, New Brunswick and the Resulting Health Risks and Disabilities Suffered by Certain Members of the Maine National Guard

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Further Protect Patient Access to Safe Medical Marijuana by Allowing Dispensaries To Purchase Excess Marijuana from Other Dispensaries

Sponsor: Deborah Sanderson

An Act To Make Technical Changes to Marine Resources Laws

Sponsor: Windol Weaver

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Review Committee Established To Examine the Impact of Unfunded Education Mandates and Other Regulatory Burdens

An Act To Make Available to the Public Certain Information Concerning the Alcohol Content of Malt Liquor, Wine and Spirits

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Make Technical Amendments to the Criminal History Record Information Act and the Intelligence and Investigative Record Information Act and a Related Provision in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A

An Act Regarding Fishways

Sponsor: Lori Fowle

An Act To Establish Advance Deposit Wagering for Harness Racing

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Improve Hospital-based Behavioral Health Treatment for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism

Sponsor: Richard Farnsworth

Resolve, To Continue Consultation and Conditions Prerequisite to the Sale or Lease of Certain Real Property in Hallowell

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

An Act To Amend the Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Laws To Exclude Subsurface Waste Water Disposal Systems, Geothermal Heat Exchange Wells and Wells or Water Wells from the Definition of "Structure"

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act Regarding Appointments of Certain Positions in the Department of Corrections

Sponsor: Mark Dion

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 33: Agricultural Development Grant Program, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

An Act To Protect the Integrity of Funding for Harness Racing Purses

Sponsor: Donald Marean

An Act To Allow the City of Saco To Stabilize the Coastline and Coastal Sand Dune System Adjacent to the Saco River

Sponsor: Linda Valentino

An Act To Expand and Improve Employment Opportunities in the State

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Ensure Efficiency in the Unemployment Insurance System

Sponsor: Erin Herbig

An Act To Establish the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff

Sponsor: Christopher Johnson

An Act To Increase the Use of Dental Services by MaineCare-eligible Children

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Provider Profiling Program

Sponsor: Dawn Hill

An Act Concerning Maine's Elver Fishery

Sponsor: Walter Kumiega

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Gambling and Criminal History Record Checks

Sponsor: Michael Beaulieu

An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids for Adults

Sponsor: Linda Valentino

An Act Regarding the Laws Governing Liquor Licensing and Enforcement

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Strengthen Enforcement Standards for Potatoes

Sponsor: Robert Saucier

An Act To Increase Safety for Victims of Domestic Violence and Victims of Sexual Assault

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Clarify Disclosure Requirements for Political Statements Broadcast by Radio

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Firefighter Absence from Work for Emergency Response

Sponsor: Wayne Parry

An Act To Improve Enforcement of Marine Resources Laws

Sponsor: Peter Doak

Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor To Convey the Interest of the State in Certain Real Estate in the Unorganized Territory

Sponsor: Anne Haskell

Resolve, Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission To Study the Incidence of and Mortality Related to Cancer

An Act To Redesign Maine's School Funding Model

Sponsor: Christopher Johnson

An Act To Ensure That Legislators Share the Sacrifice with Civil Servants in the Event of a State Government Shutdown

Sponsor: Diane Russell

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 4: Maine Motor Carrier Safety Regulation, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police

An Act To Allow an Earlier Implementation Date for an Architectural Paint Stewardship Program

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 32: Allowances for Waiver Services for Children with Intellectual Disabilities or Pervasive Developmental Disorders, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services

An Act To Clarify the Use of the Term "Civil Violation" in the Motor Vehicle Statutes

An Act To Delay Implementation of Reformulated Gasoline Requirements in Maine

An Act To Prohibit Possession of a Replica or Simulated Firearm on or near School Property

Sponsor: Dawn Hill

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Review the Use of Restraint and Seclusion at Mental Health Institutes

Sponsor: Heather Sirocki

An Act To Amend the Operating-under-the-influence Laws

Sponsor: Robert Nutting

An Act To Ensure That Local Businesses Are Notified of Construction Projects

Sponsor: Russell Werts

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 13: Fees for Boxing Events and Authorized Participants, a Major Substantive Rule of the Combat Sports Authority of Maine

An Act To Implement the Solid Waste Management Hierarchy

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Amend the Process Controlling the Transfer of a Student between School Administrative Units

Sponsor: Brian Hubbell

An Act To Amend Maine's Emergency Management Laws

Sponsor: Gary Plummer

An Act To Ensure Equitable Support for Long-term Energy Contracts

Sponsor: Edward Youngblood

An Act To Make Technical Corrections to the Maine Consumer Credit Code To Facilitate the Multistate Licensing Process

Sponsor: Rodney Whittemore

An Act To Simplify the Audit Procedures of the Maine Rural Development Authority

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act To Make Minor Technical Changes to the Laws Governing the Department of Labor

Sponsor: Amy Volk

An Act To Increase Transparency of Administration Costs within the University of Maine System

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Amend the Work-sharing Program To Conform with Federal Law

Sponsor: John Patrick

An Act To Restrict the Sale, Purchase and Use of Fireworks in the State

Sponsor: Michel Lajoie

An Act To Amend the Territory of the Bayville Village Corporation

Sponsor: Roger Katz

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 20: Special Provisions, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

An Act To Provide Property Tax Relief to Persons Receiving Long-term Care

Sponsor: Charles Harlow

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 51: Notice of Aerial Pesticide Application, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

An Act To Further Reduce Student Hunger

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 29: Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autistic Disorder, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services

An Act To Temporarily Ban the Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides

Sponsor: Brian Jones

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 22: Standards for Outdoor Application of Pesticides by Powered Equipment in Order To Minimize Off-Target Deposition, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

An Act To Establish an Education and Skills Training Tax Credit for Veterans

Sponsor: Anne-Marie Mastraccio

An Act To Amend the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act

Sponsor: James Boyle

Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Health and Human Services To Advance the Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs To Protect Health Care Personnel

Sponsor: Jane Pringle

An Act To Amend the Municipal Hardship or Poverty Tax Abatement Law To Reflect the Replacement of the Circuitbreaker Program

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Ensure Consumer Choice in the Purchase of Prescription Drugs

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Eliminate the Opt-out Charges for Smart Meters

Sponsor: Roberta Beavers

An Act To Amend the Reporting Requirements of the Workers' Compensation Management Fund

Sponsor: Joyce Fitzpatrick

An Act To Amend the Maine Insurance Code To Ensure Fair and Reasonable Coverage and Reimbursement of Chiropractic Services

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

An Act To Repeal the Bonding Authority of the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority

Sponsor: Heather Sirocki

An Act To Amend Setback Requirements and Standards Related to Species Migration under the Laws Regulating Development near Vernal Pools

Sponsor: Richard Campbell

An Act To Reduce the Property Tax Burden and Improve the Circuitbreaker Program

Sponsor: Christine Powers

An Act To Create the Lisbon Water District

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Enable Small-scale Cooperative Management of Sea Urchin Resources

Sponsor: Michael Devin

An Act To Strengthen the Teaching of Writing and Mathematics and Improve Maine High School Graduates' College and Career Readiness

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act To Alter the Distribution of Maine Clean Election Act Funds

Sponsor: Michael Carey

An Act To Facilitate Regional Transit

Sponsor: Ann Peoples

An Act To Provide Needed Psychiatric Hospitalization for Persons with Mental Illness

Sponsor: Mark Dion

An Act Regarding the Implementation of the Quality Assurance Program for Public Safety Answering Points

Sponsor: Roberta Beavers

An Act To Create a Public Option Pension System

Sponsor: Diane Russell

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Retirement under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

Sponsor: Craig Hickman

An Act Regarding Sexually Explicit Text Messaging by Minors

Sponsor: Anne-Marie Mastraccio

Resolve, To Expand Economic Development in the Town of Orrington by Releasing Certain Riverfront Land from State-imposed Environmental Restrictions

Sponsor: Richard Campbell

Resolve, To Require the Emergency Services Communication Bureau To Expand the Existing Quality Assurance System

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Promote Greater Flexibility in the Provision of Long-term Care Services

Sponsor: Brian Hubbell

An Act To Establish in Law a Method for Alternative Certification of Teachers

Sponsor: Garrett Mason

Resolve, To Enhance Economic Development by Encouraging Businesses Adjacent to Electric Power Generators To Obtain Power Directly

Sponsor: Richard Campbell

An Act To Clarify, Streamline and Promote Fair Animal Welfare Laws

Sponsor: Paul Davis

An Act To Establish a Comprehensive Hunting and Fishing License

Sponsor: Dennis Keschl

An Act To Increase the Use of Long-term Care Insurance

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Ensure Transparency and Accountability in Decisions by the Department of Environmental Protection

Sponsor: Gay Grant

An Act To Clarify Voting Procedures for Standard Water Districts

Sponsor: Barry Hobbins

An Act To Correct Minor Technical Errors and Inconsistencies in the Unified Budget Bill

An Act To Streamline Gaming Laws

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Limitation on County Assessments

Sponsor: Roger Jackson

An Act To Expand Access to Early Postsecondary Education

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act To License Home Building and Improvement Contractors

Sponsor: John Patrick

An Act To Prevent Fish Kills and To Allow for Recreational Use of Sebago Lake

Sponsor: Michael Shaw

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Nursing Education To Enhance Economic Development

Sponsor: Bruce Macdonald

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Funds for a Public-private Partnership for a New Science Facility at the Maine Maritime Academy

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in the Maine Community College System

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Restore Eligibility and Funding for Drug Programs for the Elderly and Disabled

Sponsor: John Tuttle

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Reduce and Limit the Adult Developmental Services Waiting Lists by Implementing a More Efficient, Responsive and Individualized Model of Service Delivery

Sponsor: Peter Stuckey

An Act To Provide Home and Community Services for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism

Sponsor: Patrick Flood

An Act To Promote Industrial Hemp

Sponsor: Lance Harvell

Resolve, To Create a Working Group To Survey Maine Schools on the Costs and Benefits of Contracting for Energy Conservation Improvements

Sponsor: Jeffery Gifford

An Act To Protect Maine Communities by Prohibiting Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption and the Transport of Horses for Slaughter

Sponsor: Gary Knight

Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study Long-term Care Facilities

Sponsor: David C. Burns

An Act To Fund the Agreement with Certain Judicial Department Employees

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Fund Agreements with Certain State Employee Unions and Ensure Equitable Treatment for Other State Employees

Sponsor: Michael Thibodeau

An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine

An Act Regarding School Budgets

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

Resolve, Regarding Memorial Plaques Honoring Vietnam Veterans near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Maximize Funds Available To Provide Oral Health Care Services to Persons with Developmental, Behavioral or Other Severely Disabling Conditions Requiring Specialized and Time-intensive Oral Health Care

Sponsor: Mark Eves

An Act Regarding School Administrator Effectiveness

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Restore Consumer Rate Review for Health Insurance Plans in the Individual Market

Sponsor: Nathan Libby

An Act To Protect the Privacy of Citizens from Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Use

Sponsor: John Patrick

An Act To Restrict a Health Insurance Carrier to Rating on the Basis of One Geographic Area

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Provide Local Sales Tax Increment Disbursements

Sponsor: Kathleen Chase

Resolve, To Establish MaineCare Eligibility for Young Adults Who Were Formerly in Foster Care

Sponsor: Ann Dorney

An Act To Require a Warrant To Obtain the Location Information of a Cell Phone or Other Electronic Device

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act Regarding the Administration and Financial Transparency of the Citizen Trade Policy Commission

Sponsor: Joyce Maker

An Act To Achieve Economic Growth by Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and To Meet Workforce Needs

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Hospital and Therapeutic Leave Days for MaineCare Recipients

Sponsor: Deborah Sanderson

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 17: Rules Regarding Proof of Ownership and Recruitment by Employers Employing Foreign Laborers To Operate Logging Equipment, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Labor

An Act To Provide Flexibility in the State Prevailing Wage and Benefit Rates

Sponsor: Jennifer DeChant

Resolve, To Create the Commission on Statewide Food Sustainability

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

An Act To Protect Earned Pay

Sponsor: Erin Herbig

An Act Regarding School Construction

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

An Act To Provide Full-day Kindergarten Programs

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act Related to Public Funding of Charter Schools

Sponsor: Karen Kusiak

An Act Providing for the Prescribing and Administering of Naloxone

Sponsor: Ann Dorney

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Students Experiencing Education Disruption

Sponsor: Brian Langley

An Act To Lower Costs to Municipalities and Reduce Energy Consumption through Increased Competition in the Municipal Street Light Market

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act To Amend Standards for Participation in Certain Public School Services by Students Who Are Homeschooled

Sponsor: Eleanor Espling

An Act To Amend the Retirement Laws Pertaining to Participating Local Districts

Sponsor: Margaret Rotundo

An Act To Further Energy Independence for the State

Sponsor: Paul McGowan

Resolve, To Create a Task Force on Maine's Ethics and Transparency Laws

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Sustain Emergency Medical Services throughout the State

Sponsor: John Tuttle

Resolve, To Establish the Task Force on Independence from Public Assistance

Sponsor: Melvin Newendyke

An Act To Promote the Maine Economy and Support Maine's Sporting Camp Tradition

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Complimentary Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Licenses for Disabled Veterans

Sponsor: Corey Wilson

An Act To Expand the Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Public Libraries To Include Sales by Those Libraries or Their Supporting Organizations

Sponsor: Ryan Tipping-Spitz

An Act To Improve Laws Governing Financial Disclosure by Legislators and Certain Public Employees and Public Access to Information Disclosed

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act Relating to the Unlawful Cutting of Trees

Sponsor: Brian Langley

Resolve, To Establish the Task Force To Study Issues Associated with Implementation of a Virtual Legislature

Sponsor: Alan Casavant

An Act To Exempt from Sales Tax the Sales of Adaptive Equipment To Make a Vehicle Handicapped Accessible

Sponsor: Robert Saucier

An Act To Sustain Maine's Aviation Industry by Extending the Exemption from Sales and Use Tax for Aircraft and Parts

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Laws

Sponsor: Michael Shaw

An Act To Address Maine's Immediate Workforce Needs

Sponsor: Brian Langley

An Act To Allow Cooperative Housing Owners Who Are Blind To Qualify for the Property Tax Exemption

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act To Promote and Expand Awareness of the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit

Sponsor: Gay Grant

An Act To Extend the Statute of Limitations on Certain Sex Crimes

Sponsor: Stanley Gerzofsky

An Act To Make Permanent the Reciprocal Agreement between Maine and Other States Regarding a Snowmobile Weekend

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Provide Transparency in Fund-raising by and Lobbying of a Governor-elect

An Act To Prevent the Double Funding of Certain MaineCare Costs

Sponsor: Dawn Hill

An Act To Protect Cellular Telephone Privacy

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act To Reduce Energy Costs, Increase Energy Efficiency, Promote Electric System Reliability and Protect the Environment

An Act To Enhance Voter Registration for Persons with Disabilities

Sponsor: John Patrick

An Act To Protect Working Mothers Who Breast-feed

Sponsor: Anne Graham

Resolve, Directing All Relevant Agencies of State Government To Work in Concert with a Plan To End and Prevent Homelessness To Ensure That Resources Are Available To End Homelessness in the State

Sponsor: Sheryl Briggs

Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Study the Effectiveness of Professional Development Services Provided to Child Care Providers and Referral Services Provided to Parents in Need of Child Care

Sponsor: Walter Kumiega

An Act To Restore Uniformity to the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code

Sponsor: Anne Graham

An Act Regarding Penalties for Campaign Finance Reporting Violations and Late Filing by Political Action Committees and Ballot Question Committees

Sponsor: Michael Carey

An Act To Change Document Filing and Copying Fees for County Registries of Deeds

Sponsor: Terry Morrison

An Act To Amend the Appointment Process for the Maine Charter School Commission

Sponsor: Victoria Kornfield

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Economic and Community Development To Adopt Certain Eligibility Requirements Regarding Community Development Block Grants

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation To Convene a Stakeholder Group To Review Changes in Federal and State Regulations and Rules Governing Compounding Pharmacies

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

Resolve, Regarding Safer Workplaces for Home Care and Home Health Workers

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Allow Ignition Interlock Devices on Vehicles Operated by First-time Offenders of Operating Under the Influence

Sponsor: Robert Nutting

An Act To Strengthen the State's Wholesale Liquor Business

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act To Improve the Return to the State on the Sale of Spirits and To Provide a Source of Payment for Maine's Hospitals

Sponsor: Patrick Flood

An Act To Require the Membership of the State Workforce Investment Board To Include Representatives of the Local Workforce Investment Boards

Sponsor: John Patrick

Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Request a Waiver To Prohibit the Use of Food Supplement Benefits for the Purchase of Taxable Food Items

Sponsor: Roger Katz

Resolve, To Encourage the Use of Career Interest and Aptitude Tests in Higher Education

Sponsor: Andrea Boland

An Act To Increase Access to Health Coverage and Qualify Maine for Federal Funding

Sponsor: Linda Sanborn

An Act To Expand School Choice for Maine Students

Sponsor: Garrett Mason

An Act To Amend the Law Governing Provider Contracts with Insurance Companies

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Secession from a Municipality

Sponsor: Charles Theriault

An Act To Protect Charter Schools by Requiring Them To Be Operated as Nonprofit Organizations

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Amend the Health Plan Improvement Law Regarding Prescription Drug Step Therapy and Prior Authorization

Sponsor: Geoffrey Gratwick

An Act To Establish Fees under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act

Sponsor: Deborah Sanderson

An Act To Update the Polygraph Examiner Licensing Laws

Sponsor: Anne Haskell

An Act To Protect Newborn Infants from Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Sponsor: Henry Beck

An Act To Create an Educational Collaborative Partnership To Implement a Program That Enables Career and Technical Education Students To Earn College Credits while Attending High School

Sponsor: Brian Langley

An Act To Promote Small-scale Poultry Farming

Sponsor: Walter Kumiega

JOINT RESOLUTION CONCERNING A PROPOSED EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

JOINT RESOLUTION OF GREETING TO THE DAIL EIREANN, THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE IRISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE OF MAINE AND TO THE UNITED STATES

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Clarify Transparency of Medical Provider Profiling Programs Used by Insurance Companies and Other Providers of Health Insurance

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

An Act To Improve Wind Energy Development Permitting

Sponsor: Roberta Beavers

Resolve, Approving the 2013 Draft and Arrangement of the Constitution of Maine Made by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court and Providing for Its Publication and Distribution

An Act To Amend the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act with Regard to Excess Prepared Marijuana

Sponsor: Craig Hickman

An Act Relating to the Sales Tax Exemption on Depreciable Equipment Used in Commercial Wood Harvesting

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Ensure Accountability of Guardians Ad Litem and Parenting Coordinators

Sponsor: Lisa Villa

An Act To Prohibit the Placement of Cameras and Electronic Surveillance Equipment on Private Property without the Written Permission of the Landowner

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act Regarding Municipal General Assistance

Sponsor: Garrett Mason

An Act To Connect the Citizens of the State to the State's Natural Resources by Establishing Standards for Relief from Regulatory Burdens

Sponsor: Ronald Collins

An Act To Clarify the Criteria of the Health Professions Loan Program as It Affects Physicians Practicing Neurology-psychiatry

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Department of Environmental Protection Concerning Product Stewardship in Maine

Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation To Convene a Working Group To Consider Reforms of the Practices of the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board

Sponsor: Deborah Sanderson

An Act To Facilitate the Personal Importation of Prescription Drugs from International Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Awarding a High School Diploma to Veterans

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

Resolve, To Amend the Rules Governing Events at Clubs with a License To Sell Alcohol for On-premises Consumption with Catering Privileges

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Amend Licensing Requirements for Professional Engineers

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act To Clarify and Correct Provisions of the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act

Sponsor: Mark Dion

An Act To Restore Funding for Head Start

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations 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, 2013

Sponsor: Michael Thibodeau

An Act To Make Technical Changes to Maine's Marine Resources Laws and Elver Enforcement Mechanisms

Sponsor: Christopher Johnson

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council

Sponsor: Anne Haskell

An Act To Ensure the Integrity of Neuropsychological and Psychological Testing Materials and Data

Sponsor: Richard Farnsworth

An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission Relative to the Maine Bail Code, Statutory Post-conviction Review, the Maine Criminal Code and a Related Statute

An Act To Prohibit Sale or Possession of Synthetic Cannabinoids

Sponsor: Adam Goode

An Act To Create a Gambling Offset To Enhance the Collection of Child Support

Sponsor: Stacey Guerin

An Act To Strengthen the Consent Laws for Abortions Performed on Minors and Incapacitated Persons

Sponsor: Paul Davis

An Act To Prohibit the Sale of High-caffeine Energy Drinks to Persons under 18 Years of Age

Sponsor: Katherine Cassidy

An Act To Allow Removal of Trees for Shoreline Stabilization Adjacent to Coastal Wetlands under the Natural Resources Protection Act

Sponsor: Richard Campbell

An Act To Inform Persons of the Options for the Treatment of Lyme Disease

Sponsor: Sheryl Briggs

An Act To Require Notice to and Input from Municipalities in Which Certain Group Homes Are Located

Sponsor: Corey Wilson

An Act To Amend the Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Laws

Sponsor: Roger Sherman

An Act Regarding the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Licensure of Physicians and Physician Assistants

Sponsor: Amy Volk

An Act To Strengthen the Fishing Laws

Sponsor: Eleanor Espling

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Decision-making Authority Regarding Energy Infrastructure Corridors

Sponsor: Lance Harvell

An Act To Require the Use of Preapproved Subcontractors for Publicly Funded Construction Projects

Sponsor: Jennifer DeChant

An Act To Allow a Person To Rent a Slaughterhouse for the Slaughtering and Processing of Poultry

Sponsor: Jeffrey Timberlake

An Act To Allow a Person To Hunt with a Crossbow during the Archery-only Deer Season

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Modernize the State's Legal Notice Requirements

Sponsor: Margaret Rotundo

An Act Concerning Liquor Licensing Laws for Holders of 2 Licenses

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act To Support Maine Businesses by Authorizing Certain Brewing Partnerships

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Sell or Lease the Interests of the State in Certain Real Property Located in Bangor, Boothbay Harbor and Hallowell

Sponsor: Terry Hayes

An Act To Improve Professional Training for Licensed Mental Health Clinicians

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Public Records

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act To Promote the Production of Maine Beverages

Sponsor: Brian Jones

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee and the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Regarding Child Development Services

An Act Regarding the Requirement That an Address Be Provided in Disclaimers on Political Radio Advertisements

Sponsor: Matthew Moonen

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Prosecution of Individuals Possessing a Controlled Substance under Certain Circumstances

Sponsor: Ann Dorney

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Increase the Lengths of Terms of Members of the Legislature

Sponsor: John Schneck

An Act To Encourage School Administrative Units To Increase Their Energy Savings

Sponsor: Ann Dorney

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Animal Trespass

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Establish Ranked-choice Voting in the State

Sponsor: Richard Woodbury

An Act To Reform Maine's Whitewater Rafting Laws

Sponsor: David Dutremble

An Act To Help Maine Residents Receive Private Health Care Insurance

Sponsor: Wayne Parry

An Act To Provide Clarity and Consistency in Routine Public Health Licensing Activities

Sponsor: Richard Farnsworth

An Act To Repeal the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

An Act To Allow Boards and Associations of Lakes and Ponds To Stock Fish

Sponsor: Garrett Mason

An Act To Allocate Net Revenue from Energy Corridor Leases on the Maine Turnpike for Purposes of Energy and Environmental Conservation

Sponsor: Barry Hobbins

An Act To Amend the Law Governing Appeals of Final Agency Action on Applications Concerning Wind Energy Development

Sponsor: Linda Valentino

An Act To Ensure Maine's Preparedness for Hazardous Oil Spills

Sponsor: Ryan Tipping-Spitz

An Act To Ensure That the Standard of a Student's Best Interest Is Applied to Superintendent Agreements for Transfer Students

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Unicameral Legislature

Sponsor: Linda Valentino

An Act To Create the Maine Online Privacy Protection Act

Sponsor: Diane Russell

An Act To Revise the Laws Concerning Criminal History Record Information and Intelligence and Investigative Information

An Act To Allow Further Review of the Report Defining Cost Responsibility for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students Receiving Services from the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

An Act Relating to Radon Testing and Disclosure to Tenants

Sponsor: Rodney Whittemore

An Act To Provide Consistency in the Regulation of Motorized Recreational Gold Prospecting

Sponsor: Russell Black

An Act To Clarify Solid Waste Policy Relating to State-owned Disposal Facilities

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Protect Maine's Environment and Natural Resources Jeopardized by Mining

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Strengthen the Laws Governing Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse or Neglect

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

An Act To Establish Uniform Quorum, Meeting and Chair Requirements for Professional and Occupational Licensing Boards

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act To Eliminate the Constituent Services Allowance for Legislators

Sponsor: Justin Chenette

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING APPLICATION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Sponsor: Ralph Chapman

An Act To Ensure Safe School Grounds

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

An Act To Hold Harmless a Municipality For Volunteer or Unpaid Labor

Sponsor: Gary Knight

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require That the Attorney General Be Elected by Popular Vote

Sponsor: Roger Sherman

An Act To Support Maine Businesses through State Purchasing

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act Concerning the Ability of Off-premises Liquor Licensees To Dispense Liquor in Sealed Refillable Containers

Sponsor: Geoffrey Gratwick

An Act To Make Supplemental Allocations from the Highway Fund for the Expenditures of State Government Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013

Sponsor: Charles Theriault

An Act To Prohibit the Use of Eminent Domain in Certain Public-Private Partnerships

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Make Statutory Changes To Address Certain Conflicting Requirements of the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct and the Federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 Regarding Maine's Protection and Advocacy Agency

Sponsor: Charles Priest

Resolve, To Establish the Task Force on Milk Tier Pricing

Sponsor: Russell Black

Resolve, Regarding Pesticide Applications and Public Notification in Schools

Resolve, To Review and Make Recommendations on Appropriate Prescribing of Certain Medications for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder That Are Reimbursed under the MaineCare Program

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

An Act To Facilitate Veterans' and Their Spouses' Access to Employment, Education and Training

Sponsor: Anne Graham

An Act To Streamline the Charitable Solicitations Act

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act To Restore to Jimmy J. Soucy the Right To Maintain Existing Structures on Property in Sinclair

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Update the Maine Insurance Code To Maintain Conformance with Uniform National Standards

Sponsor: Richard Woodbury

An Act To Improve Care Coordination for Persons with Mental Illness

Sponsor: Jane Pringle

An Act To Require Public Disclosure of Health Care Prices

Sponsor: Richard Woodbury

An Act Regarding Working Waterfront Projects

Sponsor: Joan Welsh

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Convene a Task Force To Study Issues Concerning Private Railroad Crossings

Sponsor: Dennis Keschl

JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO OPPOSE SECTION 8 OF H.R. 1919, AN ACT TO AMEND THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Exempt Agriculture, Timber Harvesting and Public Employees from Certain Oversight in Shoreland Areas

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation To Ensure Conformity with the Federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Patrick

Resolve, To Place a Temporary Suspension on Permitting of Certain Expedited Grid-scale Wind Energy Developments

Sponsor: Bryan Kaenrath

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 2: Rules Concerning the Processing of Applications and Other Administrative Matters, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection

An Act To Prohibit the Unauthorized Harvesting of Wild Mushrooms and Fiddleheads

Sponsor: Russell Black

An Act To Provide a Uniform Process for the Use of Orders Awarding Parental Rights and Responsibilities To Dispose of a Child Protective Case

Sponsor: Aaron Frey

An Act To Facilitate the Use of Electronic Monitoring

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

Resolve, Authorizing the Sale of the Guy P. Gannett House in Augusta for Use as a Museum

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act To Make Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of Environmental Protection

Sponsor: Joan Welsh

An Act To Amend Public Access Laws To Improve Accountability for Public Funds by Making Public the Board Meetings of Hospitals Receiving Significant State Funding

Sponsor: Charles Priest

JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE USE OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

An Act To Prohibit the Sharing of Certain Personal Information by the Department of the Secretary of State

Sponsor: Stacey Guerin

An Act To Establish the Forensic Advisory Committee

Sponsor: Victoria Kornfield

An Act To Establish Hospital Administrative District No. 5, a Regional Hospital Administrative District in Lincoln County

Sponsor: Bruce Macdonald

An Act To Reduce the Licensing Fee for Certain Tournament Games

Sponsor: John Patrick

An Act To Amend the Laws on Extended Warranties for Used Cars To Make Terms of Coverage Transparent

Sponsor: Corey Wilson

An Act To Include a Representative of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs in the House of Representatives

Sponsor: Alexander Willette

An Act To Encourage Financing of Manufactured Housing for the Workforce

Sponsor: Amy Volk

Resolve, To Allow York County To Renegotiate with the Department of Health and Human Services a Decision Regarding Transportation Services

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Establish Minimum Fuel Economy Standards for State Vehicles

Sponsor: Deane Rykerson

An Act To Fairly Distribute the Debt Burden between the State and County Correctional Functions

Sponsor: Bruce Macdonald

An Act Relating to Insurance Company Formation and Dissolution

Sponsor: Joyce Fitzpatrick

Resolve, Authorizing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Division of Parks and Public Lands To Convey Certain Lands and Enter into Certain Leases with the Federal Government

Sponsor: James Dill

An Act Relating to Title Insurers Issuing Closing or Settlement Protection

Sponsor: Henry Beck

An Act To Protect Local Communities When a Mining Project Is Terminated

Sponsor: Charles Kruger

An Act To Require Public Schools To Offer Instruction Related to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator

Sponsor: Anne Graham

An Act To Improve Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers and Other Public School Employees

Sponsor: Emily Cain

An Act To Remove a Conflict in the Law Restricting the Sale or Purchase of Targeted Methamphetamine Precursors

Sponsor: Alexander Willette

An Act To Amend the Requirements for the Reporting of New Hires

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

An Act To Develop a Grant Program To Establish a Teacher-led School Model

Sponsor: Matthew Moonen

An Act To Make Veterans' Property Tax Exemption Applications Confidential

Sponsor: Sheryl Briggs

An Act To Create Uniform Claims Paying Practices in Long-term Care Insurance Policies

Sponsor: Brian Langley

An Act To Provide Guidance for the Development of Marine Fisheries Management Plans

Sponsor: Michael Devin

An Act To Require Health Insurers To Provide Coverage for Nutritional Wellness and Illness Prevention Measures and Products

Sponsor: Andrea Boland

An Act Regarding the Law Pertaining to the Confidentiality of Enhanced 9-1-1 System Information and Records

Sponsor: David C. Burns

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Gambling

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Repeal the Restriction on Employers Regarding Firearms Kept in an Employee's Vehicle

Sponsor: Stanley Gerzofsky

An Act To Ensure the Authenticity of Items Reported To Have Been Crafted by Native Americans

Sponsor: Madonna Soctomah

An Act To Reapportion the Districts of the State Senate, State House of Representatives and County Commissioners

An Act To Establish the Mobile Crime Laboratory Fund

Sponsor: Stanley Gerzofsky

An Act Regarding Reconstruction of Residential Structures on Sand Dunes

Sponsor: Seth Goodall

An Act Regarding Subrogation of Medical Payments Coverage

Sponsor: Henry Beck

An Act To Regulate Meteorological Data-gathering Towers in Maine

Sponsor: Larry Dunphy

An Act To Encourage Transparency in the Disclosing of the Ingredients in Vaccinations for Children

Sponsor: Andrea Boland

An Act To Include Useful Thermal Energy as a Renewable Energy Source

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act Regarding Contract Indemnification

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State, Attorney General and Treasurer of State

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act Concerning the Collection of Sales Tax by Any Businesses Making Sales to Persons in Maine

Sponsor: Gary Knight

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Weight Tolerance for Certain Vehicles

Sponsor: Alexander Willette

An Act To Amend the Motor Fuel Distribution and Sales Act

Sponsor: John Tuttle

Resolve, To Allow the Use of Live Bait When Ice Fishing in Certain Waters of the State

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act Regarding the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association

Sponsor: Rodney Whittemore

An Act To Increase the Monetary Limit for Card Games

Sponsor: Roger Katz

An Act To Clarify the Law Regarding Advertising Signs outside Premises Licensed To Sell Alcohol

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Protect Local Input in Economic Development and Redevelopment Efforts

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Increase Public Awareness Regarding School Budget Elections

Sponsor: Michael Mcclellan

JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE TO THE HOULTON BAND OF MALISEET INDIANS JUST AND EQUITABLE COMPENSATION COMPARABLE TO THE SETTLEMENT PROVIDED TO THE PENOBSCOT NATION AND THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE

Sponsor: Henry John Bear

An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to Employee Health Insurance

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Improve Maine's Charter School Laws

Sponsor: Garrett Mason

An Act Criminalizing Trafficking in Contraband in State Hospitals Serving Adults

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Allow Crossbow Hunting during Muzzle-loading Season

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

Resolve, Directing the Workers' Compensation Board To Study the Issue of Addressing Psychological and Physical Harm to Employees Due to Abusive Work Environments

Sponsor: Sara Gideon

An Act To Reduce the Number of Labels of Wine a Retailer Must Stock To Conduct a Wine Tasting

Sponsor: Anne Haskell

An Act To Make Records of External Review Proceedings Overseen by the Bureau of Insurance Confidential

Sponsor: Geoffrey Gratwick

An Act To Protect Public Health by Regulating Excessive Wood Smoke as a Nuisance

Sponsor: Linda Sanborn

An Act To Provide Clarity to Priority Chemical Reporting Requirements

Sponsor: James Hamper

An Act To Avoid Conflicts of Interest in State Government Labor Relations

Sponsor: Amy Volk

Resolve, Regarding Temporary Campgrounds

Sponsor: Garrett Mason

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Petition the Department of Marine Resources To Establish Dive-only Areas for Scallops in Mooring Fields

Sponsor: Brian Langley

An Act To Establish a People's Veto Process for Actions of County Commissioners

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Increase Access to Natural Gas

Sponsor: Larry Dunphy

JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN APRIL AS EVERYONE MATTERS DAY

Sponsor: Scott Hamann

An Act To Include Debt Service for Local School Construction Projects in the Required Local Share of Education Funding

Sponsor: Nathan Libby

An Act To Amend the Authorized Hours during Which Liquor May Be Sold and Purchased

Sponsor: Paul Gilbert

An Act To Give Retroactive Effect to the State Employee Health Commission's Reconsideration of Hospital Ratings

Sponsor: David C. Burns

An Act Concerning Fertilizer and Lime Products

Sponsor: Dean Cray

An Act Regarding Cyberbullying

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

An Act Requiring the Labeling of Food Packaging That Contains Bisphenol A

Sponsor: Michael Devin

An Act To Designate Election Day as an Official State Holiday

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Prohibit Coal Tar Pavement Products

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding a Concealed Handgun Permit

Sponsor: Timothy Marks

An Act To Establish the Computer Crimes Unit Fund and Authorize the Department of Public Safety To Accept Donations for the Fund

Sponsor: Stanley Gerzofsky

An Act To Encourage Alternative Forms of Treatment for Opiate or Opioid Addiction by Prohibiting MaineCare Coverage for Medication-assisted Treatment for Addiction

Sponsor: Lawrence Lockman

Resolve, To Ensure Landfill Capacity and Promote Recycling

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Update and Revise the Laws Governing the Maine Arts Commission

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Grant the Commissioner of Health and Human Services and the Commissioner's Designees the Independent Authority To Issue Adjudicatory Subpoenas

Sponsor: James Hamper

An Act To Give Certain Landowners First Priority for Antlerless Deer Permits

Sponsor: Sheryl Briggs

An Act To Ensure the Success of Maine Students

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Update and Simplify Maine Gasoline Requirements

Sponsor: John Tuttle

Resolve, To Require the Public Utilities Commission To Amend Its Rules Regarding Net Energy Billing

Sponsor: Joan Welsh

An Act To Strengthen Maine's Hospitals, Increase Access to Health Care and Provide for a New Spirits Contract

An Act To Amend the Site Location of Development Laws

Sponsor: James Boyle

An Act To Revise the Maine Wild Mushroom Harvesting Certification Program

Sponsor: Heather Sirocki

An Act To Protect Public Health at Public Institutions of Higher Education

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Ensure Access to Information in the Property Tax Abatement Process

Sponsor: Peter Johnson

Resolve, Directing the Public Utilities Commission To Examine Measures To Mitigate the Effects of Geomagnetic Disturbances and Electromagnetic Pulse on the State's Transmission System

Sponsor: Andrea Boland

An Act To Recodify the Land Surveyor Licensing Laws

Sponsor: Erin Herbig

An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing the Rule-making Authority of the Maine Forest Service

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

Resolve, To Erect a State Monument to Franco-Americans

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Place Liens for Failure To Pay Storm Water Assessments

Sponsor: Matthew Moonen

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 4: Rules of Practice, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

An Act To Increase State Wildlife Revenues and Grow the Hunting and Fishing Industries

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Protect Title to Real and Personal Property of Public Employees and Public Officials

Sponsor: Anne Graham

An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of Law Affecting the Judicial Branch

Sponsor: Charles Priest

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Stock Ponds

Sponsor: Stephen Wood

An Act To Make Bylaws and Minutes of Board Meetings of Publicly Funded Hospitals Subject to the Freedom of Access Act

Sponsor: Bruce Macdonald

An Act To Repeal the Laws Establishing the Cumberland County Recreation Center and Transfer Authority to Cumberland County

Sponsor: Lisa Villa

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Access to Records Relating to Public-private Partnerships

An Act To Revise the Laws of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy

Sponsor: Gary Plummer

An Act Relating to Proof of Citizenship for Renewal of a Driver's License or Nondriver Identification Card

Sponsor: Robert Saucier

An Act To Facilitate Access to Information by Legislators

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Exceptions

An Act To Allow a Municipality To Prohibit a Sex Offender from Residing within 750 Feet of a Recreational Facility

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Ensure the Choice of a Pharmacy for Injured Employees under the Workers' Compensation Act of 1992

Sponsor: John Patrick

An Act To Prohibit the Enforcement of Federal Law Placing Restrictions on Firearms or Ammunition

Sponsor: David Johnson

Resolve, To Establish the Commuter and Passenger Rail Advisory Task Force

Sponsor: Arthur Verow

An Act To Improve Training Requirements for Obtaining a Concealed Handgun Permit

Sponsor: Peter Johnson

An Act To Expand the Season for Night Hunting of Coyotes

Sponsor: Russell Black

An Act To Allow a Person To Possess Small Game in Excess of That Person's Possession Limit

Sponsor: Stephen Wood

An Act To Impose a Duty To Warn and Protect on Mental Health Professionals

Sponsor: Jeffrey Evangelos

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 882: Designation of Bisphenol A as a Priority Chemical and Regulation of Bisphenol A in Children's Products, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection

An Act To Permit Tribal Members To Fish at Any Time for Sustenance

Sponsor: Henry John Bear

An Act To Create a Public State Bank

Sponsor: Diane Russell

An Act To Streamline Billing for Mental Health Services

Sponsor: Mark Eves

An Act To Increase the Transparency of Charges and Expenses of Hospitals That Receive State Funding

Sponsor: Geoffrey Gratwick

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Amend Its Rules Regarding Required Setback Distances for Beaver Traps

Sponsor: Alexander Willette

An Act To Increase Accountability and Efficiency of Independent Entities Involved in Separate Aspects of the State's Transportation Systems

Sponsor: Margaret Rotundo

An Act To Facilitate the Transition to a Standards-based Educational System

Sponsor: Karen Kusiak

An Act To Increase Food Sovereignty in Local Communities

Sponsor: Craig Hickman

An Act To Clarify Limitations on Homeowner's Insurance Policies Regarding Claims on Vacant Properties

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Study and Make Recommendations Regarding the Bear Hunting Season

Sponsor: Michael Shaw

An Act To Help Small Businesses and Promote Tourism by Allowing the Construction of a Deck over a River within a Downtown Revitalization Project

Sponsor: Wayne Parry

An Act To Nullify the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

Sponsor: Aaron Libby

An Act To Establish Maine Seniors Day

Sponsor: Richard Campbell

JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO ADOPT THE VETERANS REMEMBERED FLAG IN HONOR OF ALL VETERANS

Sponsor: Katherine Cassidy

An Act To Protect Farm Animals from Noise from the Discharge of Fireworks or Explosives

Sponsor: Elizabeth Dickerson

An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Scrap Metal Processors

Sponsor: Thomas Longstaff

An Act To Strengthen the Law Regarding Texting and Driving

Sponsor: Ann Peoples

Resolve, Directing the Board of Dental Examiners To Amend Its Rules To Improve Access to Oral Health Care in Maine

Sponsor: Linda Valentino

An Act To Amend the State General Permit Process for Tidal Power To Remove a Conflict with a Federal Permit Requirement

Sponsor: Michael Thibodeau

An Act To Ensure Compliance with the Laws Governing Elections

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Amend and Clarify Certain Education Laws

Sponsor: Peter Johnson

An Act To Encourage High School Students To Complete Community Service

Sponsor: Justin Chenette

An Act To Remove the Disqualification from Obtaining a Liquor License for a Law Enforcement Officer Who Does Not Directly Benefit Financially

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Amend the Charter of the Veazie Sewer District

Sponsor: Stacey Guerin

An Act To Enhance Transparency in Government by Implementing a Waiting Period for Legislators before They May Register as Lobbyists

Sponsor: Jarrod Crockett

An Act To Clarify When a Manufactured Home Becomes Residential Real Property

Sponsor: Charles Priest

Resolve, To Increase Awareness of Food Allergies in Public Schools

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

An Act To Amend the Workers' Compensation Self-insurance Laws

Sponsor: John Tuttle

Resolve, To Repeal the Requirement That the Department of Transportation Facilitate a Feasibility Study of an East-west Highway and Provide for Public Access to Certain Documents

Sponsor: Edward Mazurek

Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Develop Quantitative Odor Management Standards

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

Resolve, To Provide Consistency in Rules of the Department of Education Regarding Visual and Performing Arts Requirements for High School Graduation

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

JOINT RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL

Sponsor: Dale Crafts

An Act To Improve Organ Donation Awareness

Sponsor: Megan Rochelo

An Act To Require the Development of a Statewide Approach to Seaweed Management

Sponsor: Ellen Winchenbach

An Act To Establish Separate Geospatial Data Accounts for Use by the Maine Library of Geographic Information Board

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Create Fairness in Political Party Enrollment Deadlines

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Amend the Charter of the Ashland Water and Sewer District

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Prohibit the Taking or Possession of a Natural Resource That Is on the Land of Another

Sponsor: Walter Kumiega

An Act To Improve Oversight of Insurance Rates and Ensure Consistency with Federal Law

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Create a More Equitable, Transparent Resource Allocation System for Nursing Facilities Based on Residents' Needs

Sponsor: Peter Stuckey

An Act To Improve and Simplify the Application for Benefits under the Circuitbreaker Program

Sponsor: Peter Stuckey

An Act To Allow Consideration of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder at Sentencing in a Criminal Case

Sponsor: Roberta Beavers

An Act To Promote Excursion Passes by Amending the Law Governing Expiration Dates on Gift Obligations and Stored-value Cards Redeemable with Multiple Sellers

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

An Act To Protect Owners of Property in Foreclosure from Accumulation of Debts When Mortgagees Refuse To Complete the Foreclosure Process

Sponsor: Alan Casavant

An Act To Improve Citizen Access to Legal Representation

Sponsor: Alan Casavant

An Act To Provide an Income Tax Credit for a Qualified Conservation Contribution

Sponsor: Joan Welsh

An Act To Ensure the Accountability of Taxpayer Funds and State Collaboration, Planning and Oversight in the Implementation and Operation of a Health Exchange in Maine

Sponsor: Sharon Treat

An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to the Hunting of Bear

Sponsor: Charles Harlow

An Act To Impose Penalties for Residential Mortgage Loan Fraud and False Representation Concerning Title

Sponsor: Roberta Beavers

An Act To Allow Random Drug Testing for Recipients of Certain Public Benefits

Sponsor: Paulette Beaudoin

An Act To Protect the State's Native and Wild Brook Trout and Discourage Illegal Fish Introduction

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

An Act To Establish Trail Standards in Deer Wintering Areas

Sponsor: Larry Dunphy

An Act To Promote Regulatory Fairness

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Impose a Temporary One Percent Sales Tax for Education and Revenue Sharing

Sponsor: Sara Gideon

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Issuance of and Access to Birth Certificates and Certain Medical Information

Sponsor: Peter Kent

An Act To Preserve Lender Equity in the Foreclosure Process

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE TRAGIC INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION OF MAINE'S CITIZENS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AND REDEDICATING OURSELVES TO THE MAINE IDEALS OF TOLERANCE, INDEPENDENCE AND EQUALITY FOR ALL PERSONS

Sponsor: Justin Alfond

Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study the Creation of a State and Federal Fish and Wildlife Museum at the Massabesic Experimental Forest in Alfred and Lyman

Sponsor: John Tuttle

An Act To Improve the Safety of Workers Who Provide Direct Mental Health and Social Services

Sponsor: Colleen Lachowicz

Resolve, To Allow Use of Live Bait for Fishing in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and Fish River Waterway

Sponsor: Joseph Brooks

An Act To Limit Political Contributions by Public Employee Labor Unions

Sponsor: Peter Johnson

An Act To Amend the Process of Tenant Eviction

Sponsor: Alan Casavant

An Act To Provide for Alternatives for the Courts To Address Settlement of Fines in Certain Cases

Sponsor: Andre Cushing

An Act Regarding Corporate Income Tax Disclosure

Sponsor: Peter Stuckey

An Act To Ban the United Nations Agenda 21 in Maine

Sponsor: Ricky Long

An Act Regarding Responsibility of General Assistance for a Person Who Is Released from Prison

Sponsor: Geoffrey Gratwick

An Act To Prohibit Enforcement by a Federal or State Official or Others of the National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012

Sponsor: Aaron Libby

An Act To Promote the Sale of Maine Milk

Sponsor: Joseph Brooks

An Act To Release a Restriction on Former State Land in Passadumkeag Currently Owned by Dale Ross

Sponsor: Beth Turner

An Act Regarding Preneed Funeral Insurance

Sponsor: Henry Beck

An Act Regarding the Cost of Copies of Medical Records

An Act To Ensure the Effectiveness of Constitutional Officers

Sponsor: Christopher Johnson

An Act To Provide Funding to the Judicial Branch to Facilitate Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Sponsor: Paul Davis

An Act To Revise the Animal Welfare Laws

Sponsor: Jeffery Gifford

An Act To Ensure Equity in Funding to State Postsecondary Institutions of Higher Learning

Sponsor: Douglas Thomas

An Act To Update the Laws Governing Energy Efficiency Building Performance Standards

Sponsor: John Cleveland

An Act To Require Kayakers on Open Salt Water To Use a Personal Flotation Device

Sponsor: Richard Malaby

Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Review, Clarify and Update Its Rules Pertaining to the Maple Syrup Industry

Sponsor: Russell Black

An Act To Encourage the Use of Biofuels in the State

Sponsor: Thomas Saviello

An Act To Remove Obsolete Provisions of the Electric Industry Restructuring Laws

Sponsor: John Cleveland

An Act To Clarify the Authority and Responsibility of Forest Rangers

Sponsor: Jeffrey Timberlake

An Act To Revise the Maine Clean Election Act Regarding Participation in Political Action Committees

Sponsor: Justin Chenette

An Act Clarifying the Department of Environmental Protection's Authority Relating to Compensation for Development Activity under the Natural Resources Protection Act

Sponsor: Richard Campbell

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FRANCO-AMERICAN DAY

Sponsor: Charles Theriault

An Act To Increase Child Support Collections by Requiring the Interception of Certain Gambling Winnings

Sponsor: Stacey Guerin

An Act To Amend the Postgraduate Education Requirements for Physicians Who Have Completed an Accredited Residency Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Sponsor: Amy Volk

An Act To Require an Independent Analysis of the Impact of and a Review Process for an East-west Highway prior to Development

Sponsor: Ralph Chapman

An Act To Increase Access to Postsecondary Education for Maine's Children

Sponsor: Terry Hayes

An Act Regarding Mobile Home Ownership

Sponsor: Erin Herbig

An Act Regarding the Regulation of Consumer Finance Companies

Sponsor: Henry Beck

Resolve, Directing the Public Utilities Commission To Convene a Stakeholder Group To Study Reimbursement for Installation of Utility Poles

Sponsor: Jarrod Crockett

An Act To Amend the Bottle Redemption Laws

Sponsor: Roger Sherman

An Act To Create the Maine Education Investment Board

Sponsor: Mary Nelson

Resolve, Establishing the East-west Highway Study Commission To Oversee Further Study or Planning for an East-west Highway

Sponsor: Jeffrey Mccabe

An Act To Encourage Local Business Involvement in Local Schools

Sponsor: Michael Mcclellan

An Act Regarding Comparative Negligence

Sponsor: Henry Beck

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Sale of Firearms Carried by Maine State Police

Sponsor: Paulette Beaudoin

An Act To Facilitate a Pilot Program for Sunday Hunting for Residents Only

Sponsor: Kenneth Fredette

An Act To Streamline the Publication of Municipal Reports

Sponsor: Raymond Wallace

An Act Concerning Adverse Possession

Sponsor: Michael Beaulieu

An Act To Promote Healthy School Lighting

Sponsor: Andrea Boland

An Act To Prevent Fraudulent Trademark Registration

Sponsor: Melvin Newendyke

An Act Regarding Advertising of Maine Shellfish

Sponsor: Stanley Gerzofsky

An Act To Create a State-sponsored 401(k) Retirement Plan for Participation by Private Employers

Sponsor: Richard Woodbury

Resolve, Authorizing a Visual Impact Assessment of Roxbury Pond and Webb Lake

Sponsor: Sheryl Briggs

An Act To Strengthen Basic Telephone Service

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Develop a Rural Land Use Development Process

Sponsor: James Campbell

An Act To Increase the College Graduation Rate in Maine

Sponsor: James Boyle