130th Legislature

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2, 2022 TO APRIL 8, 2022 AS THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

Adjournment Order - Adjourned Sine a Die

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

Joint Order, Authorizing Temporary Procedures for the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature To Ensure the Safe, Accountable and Transparent Operation of the Legislature during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sponsor: Nathan Libby

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Increase MaineCare Reimbursement Rates for Targeted Case Management Services and To Expand Eligibility for Targeted Case Management Services for Adults with Substance Use Disorder

Sponsor: Paul Stearns

Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-term Care Facilities

Sponsor: David McCrea

An Act Concerning Nondisclosure Agreements in Employment

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Support Child Care Providers and School Readiness through Tax Credits

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Employees Who Work for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Sponsor: Craig Hickman

An Act To Establish the Career Advancement and Navigation Initiative in the Department of Education To Lower Barriers to Career Advancement

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

Joint Order, Establishing the Task Force on Early Childhood in Maine

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Post-conviction Review in Order To Facilitate the Fair Hearing of All Newly Discovered Evidence

Sponsor: Jeffrey Evangelos

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Study the Use of Homework in Public Schools

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Establish a Presumption of Entitlement to Counsel for a Person Who Is the Subject of an Adult Guardianship, Conservatorship or Other Protective Arrangement Proceeding

Sponsor: Barbara Cardone

An Act To Clarify Safety Issues in Schools with Respect to Health-related States of Emergency

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act Regarding Penalties for Early Retirement for Certain Members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

Sponsor: Donna Doore

An Act To Improve Intensive Behavioral Health and Public Safety Case Management Services

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Retirement Benefit Reductions for Certain Employees Currently Included in the 1998 Special Plan

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Support the Fidelity and Sustainability of Assertive Community Treatment

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act To Establish Ongoing Absentee Voting

Sponsor: Ryan Fecteau

An Act To Increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine

Sponsor: William Tuell

An Act To Require Training in Racial Issues, Racial Justice and Social Issues at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and To Establish Additional Requirements for Law Enforcement Officers and Candidates

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development To Create and Share Measures of Progress

Sponsor: Traci Gere

An Act To Increase Accountability for Wage Violations

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Exempt Trailers Sold to Out-of-state Entities from Sales and Use Tax

Sponsor: David Miramant

An Act To Combat Hunger by Creating an Income Tax Credit of up to $5,000 Annually for Businesses Engaged in Food Production for Donations to Tax-exempt Organizations

Sponsor: Tiffany Roberts-Lovell

Resolve, To Change the Educational Requirements of Behavioral Health Professionals Providing Services for Children

Sponsor: Suzanne Salisbury

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Survey State-contracted Providers of Therapeutic Foster Care in the State about Their Liability Insurance Needs

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development To Create and Administer a Fund To Provide Seasonal and Tourism Industry Recovery Grants

Sponsor: Joseph Rafferty

An Act To Increase Timely Access to Mental Health Services by Increasing MaineCare Reimbursement Rates

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Increase the State's Share of the Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Create a Right to Privacy

Sponsor: Margaret O'Neil

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Juvenile Justice System Assessment and Reinvestment Task Force

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Explicitly Prohibit Discrimination Based on the Sex of an Individual

Sponsor: Lois Galgay Reckitt

An Act To Require Certain Schools To Provide Menstrual Products

Sponsor: Denise Tepler

An Act To Increase the Amount to Which a State Employee or Teacher Retiree's Cost-of-living Adjustment Is Applied from $20,000 to the Retiree's Actual Retirement Benefit

Sponsor: Richard Pickett

An Act To Provide Electronic Access to Confidential Juror Information

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

Resolve, To Study Best Practices and Different Area Needs for Development of Affordable Homes and Expanding Home Ownership in Maine Communities

Sponsor: Traci Gere

An Act To Address the Shortage of Direct Care Workers for Children with Disabilities in Maine

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Prohibit the Consideration of a People's Veto at a Presidential Primary

Sponsor: Patrick Corey

An Act To Set a Minimum Wage for School Support Staff

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Align Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Funding with Recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sponsor: Joyce McCreight

An Act To End the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

An Act To Assist Public School Students and Families Who Are Homeless

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study Long-term Care Workforce Issues

Sponsor: Jessica Fay

An Act To Temporarily Waive Renewal Fees for On-premises Retail Liquor Licenses

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Improve the Health of Maine Residents by Closing Coverage Gaps in the MaineCare Program and the Children's Health Insurance Program

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Provide Safe Gear for Female Firefighters

Sponsor: Amy Roeder

An Act To Establish the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Testing Reimbursement Fund for the Purpose of Testing Residential Property Wells

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act To Increase Faculty in Nursing Education Programs by Amending the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

An Act To Provide Equity in the State Income Tax Deduction for Certain Public Employees Retirement System Pensions

Sponsor: Janice Dodge

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Working Group To Review the Process for Ongoing Review of Tax Expenditures by the Legislature

An Act To Enhance Use of Critical Incident Stress Management Teams for Firefighters and for Employees and Members of a Public Safety Agency, a Fire Department or an Agency Involved in Emergency Care or Response

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Establish the Trust for a Healthy Maine

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Expand the MaineCare Program To Cover All Citizens of the State

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

Resolve, To Ensure Support for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism with High Behavioral Need

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

An Act To Serve the Public Interest, Promote Journalism and Save Jobs by Restoring the Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Publications

Sponsor: Christopher Babbidge

Resolve, To Create the Family Caregiver Grant Pilot Program

Sponsor: Kristen Cloutier

An Act To Establish the Maine Community College System Pell Grant Match Program

Sponsor: Edward Crockett

An Act To Update the Regulation of Public Utility Monopolies

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Review State Lands and Waterways That Have Sacred, Traditional or Other Significance to the Wabanaki Tribes

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Increase Funding for the St. Croix International Waterway Commission

Sponsor: Marianne Moore

An Act To Strengthen Maine's Agriculture, Food and Forest Economy

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Protect Drinking Water for Maine Residents

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act Regarding the Authority of Municipalities To Regulate Timber Harvesting

Resolve, To Require the Revisor of Statutes To Compile a List of Mandatory Minimum Sentences Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 5, 2022 AS MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS AWARENESS DAY

Sponsor: Rena Newell

An Act To Prohibit Prior Authorization Requirements and Step Therapy Protocols for Medications Addressing Serious Mental Illness for MaineCare Recipients

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act To Make Donated Medicines Available to Maine Patients at an Affordable Cost

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

Resolve, To Require the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the Department of Public Safety To Develop Short-term and Long-term Plans for Security Screenings in the Burton M. Cross Building and the State House

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Include Certain Mental Health Workers under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Accelerate Weatherization Efforts in the State

Sponsor: Christopher Kessler

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 60: New School Siting Approval, Portions of Chapter 61: State Board of Education Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects and Portions of Chapter 125: Basic School Approval Standards: Public Schools and School Administrative Units, Major Substantive Rules of the Department of Education and State Board of Education

Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development To Create a Program and Fund To Provide Grants To Movie and Stage Theaters and Music Venues

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Support the Operations of Youth Shelters in Maine

Sponsor: Nathan Libby

An Act To Strengthen the Governance of the University of Maine System

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 26: Producer Margins, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Milk Commission

An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses under the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Laws and Motor Vehicle Laws and Increase the Efficiency of the Criminal Justice System

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

Resolve, To Restore the MaineCare Nursing Facility COVID-19 Temporary Rate Increase

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

An Act To Provide Services to Maine's Most Vulnerable Citizens by Eliminating the Waiting Lists for Certain MaineCare Services

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

An Act To Restructure the Taxation of Adult Use Marijuana

Sponsor: Joseph Perry

An Act To Improve the Laws Governing Hemp by Bringing Them into Compliance with Federal Law

An Act To Address the Economic Impact of Federal Closures on Maine's Fixed Gear Fishing Industry

Sponsor: Holly Stover

An Act To Provide Funding for the Provision of Services According to the So-called Intensive Care Coordination Using High Fidelity Wraparound Model

Sponsor: Patricia Hymanson

An Act To Expand Nursing Education Programs

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study Strategies To Assist Working-class Families in Building Wealth and Achieving Upward Mobility

Sponsor: Morgan Rielly

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Study Disciplinary Policies

Sponsor: Sophia Warren

An Act To Assist Nursing Homes in the Management of Facility Beds

Sponsor: Anne Perry

An Act To Build a Child Care System by Recruiting and Retaining Maine's Early Childhood Educators Workforce

Sponsor: Ryan Fecteau

Resolve, To Encourage Employment in the Direct Care Workforce

Sponsor: Jessica Fay

An Act To Provide for Exemption from the Sales Tax for Menstrual Products

Sponsor: Denise Tepler

An Act To Require a Portion of Estate Tax Revenue To Be Transferred to the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund for the Creation of New Affordable Housing for Low-income Households

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

Resolve, Establishing the Working Group To Review and Recommend Improvements to the Seed Capital Investment Tax Credit

Sponsor: Glenn Curry

An Act To Address Employee Retention at the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and the Computer Crimes Unit in the Department of Public Safety

Sponsor: William Diamond

Resolve, To Reestablish the Commission To Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act Making Certain Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

Resolve, To Establish the Task Force To Study the Process for Bringing Criminal Cases in Situations of Violence against Health Care Workers

Sponsor: Walter Riseman

An Act To Provide Climate Change Transition Assistance for Maine's Energy-intensive Businesses

Sponsor: Nathan Wadsworth

An Act To Amend the General Assistance Laws Governing Reimbursement

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

An Act To Increase Maine's Veterinary Workforce

Sponsor: Jessica Fay

An Act To Establish the Maine Emergency Medical Services Community Grant Program

Sponsor: Glenn Curry

An Act To Improve the Quality and Affordability of Primary Health Care Provided by Federally Qualified Health Centers

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act Concerning MaineCare Coverage for Donor Breast Milk

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Fire Stations

Sponsor: Edward Crockett

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Gambling Control Board

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Ensure Appropriate Placement of Defendants with Mental Illness and Intellectual Disabilities

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

Resolve, To Establish the Committee To Study Court-ordered Treatment for Substance Use Disorder

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act To Establish a Conditional Presumption of Compensability for Certain Employees in Cases of Impairment from Hypertension or Heart Disease

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act Making Certain Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government

Sponsor: Teresa Pierce

An Act To Maximize Health Care Coverage for the Uninsured through Easy Enrollment in the MaineCare Program or in a Qualified Health Plan in the Marketplace

Sponsor: Richard Evans

An Act To Implement Recommendations Regarding the Incorporation of Equity Considerations in Regulatory Decision Making

An Act To Require Health Insurance Carriers and Pharmacy Benefits Managers To Appropriately Account for Cost-sharing Amounts Paid on Behalf of Insureds

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

An Act To Allow Unorganized Territory School Staff To Receive Annualized Pay

Sponsor: Michelle Dunphy

An Act To Establish a Fund for Farmers Adversely Affected by Drought Conditions

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Promote Weatherization in the Buildings Sector by Extending the Sunset Date for the Historic Property Rehabilitation Tax Credit

Sponsor: Nathan Libby

An Act To Establish a Statewide Electronic Warrant System

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

An Act To Establish Open Primaries

Sponsor: Chloe Maxmin

An Act To Protect the Reproductive Rights and Freedoms of Maine People

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Complete the Renovation of a Wharf and Bulkhead in Portland for Marine Research

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Strengthen Maine's Health Care Workforce

Sponsor: Teresa Pierce

Resolve, To Amend MaineCare Reimbursement Provisions Governing Supplemental Payments to Nursing Facilities with High MaineCare Use

Sponsor: Jeffrey Timberlake

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund the Transition from a Fossil Fuel-based to an Electrical Energy Economy

Sponsor: Sophia Warren

Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Program To Encourage Climate Education in Maine Public Schools

Sponsor: Lydia Blume

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Accelerate Weatherization Efforts in the State

Sponsor: Christopher Kessler

Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Develop a Pilot Program To Provide Legal Representation to Families in the Child Protection System

Sponsor: Holly Stover

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support a Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Sponsor: Ryan Fecteau

An Act To Create the Maine Generation Authority

Sponsor: Nicole Grohoski

An Act To Implement Maine's Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030

Sponsor: William Pluecker

Resolve, To Establish the Advisory Panel To Better Understand and Make Recommendations Regarding the Implications of Genome-editing Technology for the Citizens of the State

Sponsor: Samuel Zager

An Act To Stabilize Property Taxes for Individuals 65 Years of Age or Older Who Own a Homestead for at Least 10 Years

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

Resolve, Directing the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations To Evaluate Direct-to-consumer Wine and Spirits Sales

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

Resolve, To Improve Access to Bariatric Care

Sponsor: Anne Perry

An Act To Strengthen Maine's Good Samaritan Laws Concerning Drug-related Medical Assistance

Sponsor: Chloe Maxmin

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create Energy-efficient and Affordable Homes for Maine People

Sponsor: Victoria Doudera

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Portland Harbor Commercial Revitalization Project's Confined Aquatic Disposal Cell and Dredging Projects

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Promote Energy-efficient Affordable Housing

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Promote Labor Education through the University of Maine System

Sponsor: Ryan Fecteau

An Act To Include Certain Employees in the Bureau of Forestry's Forest Protection Unit in the Laws Concerning Cancer Suffered by Firefighters

Sponsor: Scott Cyrway

An Act To Strengthen Maine's Economy

Sponsor: Teresa Pierce

An Act Related to the Electronic Registration and Tagging of Turkey

An Act To Authorize Certain Off-premises Sales of Adult Use Marijuana Products

Sponsor: Kathleen Dillingham

An Act To Establish the Hospital System Loan Fund Program

Sponsor: Anne Carney

An Act To Enhance and Improve the Maine Developmental Services Oversight and Advisory Board

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act Regarding Expanding Access to Free School Meals

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Amend the Sales Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Housing Development Organizations

Sponsor: Traci Gere

JOINT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MAY 2022 AS AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH

Sponsor: Patrick Corey

An Act To Create a Legal Defense Fund for the Maine Lobster Industry

Sponsor: William Faulkingham

An Act To Strengthen the Ability of Public Employers and Teacher's Unions To Negotiate

Sponsor: David McCrea

Resolve, To Reestablish the Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education System

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act Concerning Sexual Misconduct on College Campuses

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act Regarding Criminal Services for Juveniles

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

An Act To Establish a Program To Assist Regional Firefighter Training Programs, To Provide Tax Credits to Businesses That Employ Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons and To Provide Benefits to Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers

Sponsor: Jeffery Hanley

An Act To Make Technical Corrections to the Maine Juvenile Code

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Targeted Food Processing Infrastructure

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Clarify Health Insurance Coverage for Postpartum Care

Sponsor: Anne Carney

An Act To Enact the Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act and the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act

Sponsor: Stephen Moriarty

An Act To Attract and Retain Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Personnel through the Maine Length of Service Award Program

Sponsor: Timothy Theriault

An Act To Expand the Statewide Voluntary Early Childhood Consultation Program

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

An Act To Enhance Tribal-State Collaboration, To Revise the Tax Laws Regarding the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation and To Authorize Casinos, Off-track Betting Facilities, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Certain Commercial Tracks To Conduct Sports Wagering

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Improve the Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund and Agricultural Development Grant

Sponsor: William Pluecker

JOINT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING JUNE 27, 2022 AS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURY AWARENESS DAY AND JUNE AS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURY AWARENESS MONTH

Sponsor: Dustin White

Joint Order, To Recall L.D. 1862 from the Governor's Desk

Sponsor: Chloe Maxmin

Joint Order, To Extend the Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature by 2 Days

Sponsor: Michelle Dunphy

An Act To Reduce Volatility in the Net Energy Billing Program and To Define "Competitive Electricity Provider"

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

Adjournment Order - Adjourned until the call of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Correct Errors, Inconsistencies and Conflicts in and To Revise the State's Liquor Laws

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act Concerning Equity in Renewable Energy Projects and Workforce Development

Sponsor: Scott Cuddy

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Secretary of State Regarding Notarial Acts

An Act To Reorganize the Provision of Services for Infants, Toddlers and Children with Disabilities from Birth to 6 Years of Age and Extend the Age of Eligibility under the Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 22 Years of Age

An Act Regarding the Development of Comprehensive River Resource Management Plans

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Expand the Address Confidentiality Program to Victims of Certain Human Trafficking Crimes

Sponsor: William Diamond

An Act To Maintain a Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program for Maine's Incarcerated Population

Joint Order, To Extend the Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature for up to 2 Days

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2022 AS SECOND CHANCE MONTH

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

JOINT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING APRIL 17-23, 2022 AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RECOGNITION WEEK

Sponsor: Joseph Rafferty

Joint Order, To Recall from the Governor's Desk to the House L.D. 906, An Act To Provide Passamaquoddy Tribal Members Access to Clean Drinking Water

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Allow Internet Payment for Tickets and Chances for Raffles Held by Nonprofit Organizations and Other Eligible Organizations and To Require the Gambling Control Unit To Adopt Certain Rules

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Ensure Safe Entry and Access for People Seeking Health Care and Other Constitutional Rights

Sponsor: Joyce McCreight

An Act To Prohibit Discrimination in Employment and School Based on Hair Texture or Hairstyle

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 11, 2022 AS NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2022 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Amend the Maine Food Sovereignty Act and To Recognize the Maine Food Sovereignty Act in Plantations and Unorganized Territories

Sponsor: William Pluecker

An Act To Ensure Access to All Paths to Recovery for Persons Affected by Opioids Using Money Obtained through Litigation against Opioid Manufacturers

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

Resolve, To Direct the Office of the Public Advocate To Study Reforming Maine's System of Retail Electricity Supply To Provide More Options to Maine Customers and Support Maine's Climate Goals

Sponsor: Nicole Grohoski

An Act To Establish Limits on the Number of Hours Worked by and Workloads of Child Protective Services Caseworkers in the Department of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act To Promote Equity and Increase Opportunities in the Cannabis Industry by Reducing Restrictions Related to Convictions for Drug Offenses and To Replace the Term "Marijuana" with the Term "Cannabis" in the Maine Revised Statutes

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act Relating to the Valuation of Improved Real Property

Sponsor: Ann Matlack

Resolve, Concerning Training and Assessments Related to Protection from Substantial Threats

Sponsor: Richard Evans

An Act To Improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and To Improve the So-called Leveraging Investments so Families Can Thrive Report

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

Resolve, Directing the Public Higher Education Systems Coordinating Committee To Convene a Stakeholder Group To Study Equity in and Access to Early College Programs

Sponsor: Margaret O'Neil

An Act To Facilitate a Grade 9 to 16 School Project

Sponsor: Paul Stearns

An Act To Update and Clarify the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act

Sponsor: Lynne Williams

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 1, 2022 TO MAY 7, 2022 AS MAINE HOME EDUCATION WEEK

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Amend the Judicial Districts and Divisions for York County

Sponsor: Donna Bailey

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2022 AS CYSTIC FIBROSIS AWARENESS MONTH

Sponsor: Anne Carney

An Act To Create the Electric Ratepayer Advisory Council

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ENACT THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT OF 2021

Sponsor: Kimberley Rosen

An Act To Create a Logging Dispute Resolution Board and To Require Proof of Ownership Documents To Be Available within 14 Days of Request

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Resolve, Directing Maine Revenue Services To Review and Report Regarding Worldwide Combined Reporting of Certain Corporations for Income Tax Purposes

Sponsor: Denise Tepler

An Act To Make Changes to the Laws Regarding Licensure of Certain Individuals from Other Jurisdictions

Sponsor: Tiffany Roberts-Lovell

An Act To Improve the Safety of Prisoners and Jail Staff by Limiting Work Hours of Jail Employees

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Allow the Annexation of Certain Lands by Columbia Falls

Sponsor: Marianne Moore

An Act To Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public

An Act To Make Individual and Small Group Health Insurance More Affordable in Certain High-premium Counties

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act To Amend the Maine Parentage Act with Regard to Presumed Parentage

Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor To Convene a Stakeholder Group To Examine Workforce Development Issues in the Hospitality and Food and Beverage Industries

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act Relating to the Hunting of Antlerless Deer

Sponsor: Scott Landry

An Act To Include within the Definitions of "Public Employee" and "Judicial Employee" Those Who Have Been Employed for Less Than 6 Months

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act Regarding the Powers of the Efficiency Maine Trust and the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator

Sponsor: Mark Lawrence

An Act To Amend the Tax Laws of the State

Sponsor: Maureen Terry

An Act To Support Municipal Broadband Infrastructure through Incentives and Competition

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Support Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act To Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes

Sponsor: Maureen Terry

An Act To Ensure Legislative Review of Rules for Maine's Medical Use of Marijuana Act

Sponsor: Chloe Maxmin

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Remote Participation

Resolve, Regarding MaineCare Funding for Maine Schools

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

An Act To Improve Boating Safety on Maine Waters

Sponsor: Jessica Fay

An Act To Establish the Maine Space Corporation

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2, 2022 TO APRIL 8, 2022 AS THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Improve Children's Mental Health by Requiring Insurance Coverage for Certain Mental Health Treatment

Sponsor: Denise Tepler

An Act Regarding Reporting on Spending for Behavioral Health Care Services and To Clarify Requirements for Credentialing by Health Insurance Carriers

Sponsor: Samuel Zager

Resolve, To Authorize the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Enter into a Lease with Christian Camps and Conferences for a Parcel of Land Located in Somerset County

Sponsor: Bradlee Farrin

Resolve, Directing the Maine Connectivity Authority To Take Further Actions To Bring High-speed Broadband to Unserved Areas

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

Resolve, To Authorize the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Enter into a Lease with Aroostook Technologies, Inc. for a Parcel of Land in Township 11, Range 4 WELS

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act To Make Certain Traffic Infractions Secondary Offenses

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 97: Private Non-Medical Institution Services, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 9: Rules Governing Administrative Civil Money Penalties for Labor Law Violations, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards

An Act To Increase the Waste Handling Fee Imposed on the Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste

Sponsor: Genevieve McDonald

Resolve, Clarifying the Conveyance of Land to the Passamaquoddy Tribe in the Town of Meddybemps

Sponsor: Rena Newell

Joint Order, To Recall from the Governor's Desk to the Senate L.D. 1744, An Act To Increase Funding for the Animal Welfare Fund by Increasing Certain Fees

Sponsor: James Dill

JOINT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Make MaineCare Rules Pertaining to Global Home and Community-based Services Waiver Programs and Person-centered Planning and Settings Major Substantive Rules

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

Resolve, Changing the Identifying and Reporting Responsibilities and Extending the Reporting Deadline for the Identification of Places in the State with Offensive Names

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Establish the Safe Homes Program

Sponsor: Susan Deschambault

An Act Regarding the Treatment of Vacation Time upon the Cessation of Employment

Sponsor: Amy Roeder

An Act To Implement Agency Recommendations Relating to Sea Level Rise and Climate Resilience Provided Pursuant to Resolve 2021, Chapter 67

Joint Order, To Recall from the Governor's Desk to the House L.D. 1758, An Act Regarding Access to Telehealth Behavioral Health Services during Public Health Emergencies

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Exceptions Related to Research and Aquaculture Leases

An Act To Prevent Power Line Electrocutions

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Amend the Enforcement Provisions of the Law Governing Earned Paid Leave

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Protect Public Election Officials

Sponsor: Bruce White

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 1: Adult Use Marijuana Program Rule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Marijuana Policy

Resolve, To Review Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Spending

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Issuance of Bonds

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Prohibit a Public Utility from Terminating or Disconnecting Service to a Public Safety Facility without Advance Notice and Approval

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act Regarding Pet Insurance

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

An Act To Improve Maritime Education in Maine

Sponsor: Scott Cuddy

An Act To Give Municipalities More Options in Municipal Elections

Sponsor: Seth Berry

Resolve, To Increase Oversight of the Child Welfare System

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Amend Laws Affecting Sex Offenders and Petitions for the Determination of Parental Rights and Responsibilities

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, a Major Substantive Rule of the State Board of Education

An Act To Allow Pharmacists To Dispense an Emergency Supply of Chronic Maintenance Drugs

Sponsor: Amy Roeder

An Act To Equalize Sales Tax Treatment of Certain Vehicles

Sponsor: Joseph Perry

An Act To Protect School Administration Officials from Harassment and Abuse

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

Resolve, To Study Maine's Motor Vehicle Inspection Program

Sponsor: Richard Cebra

An Act Concerning Winter Maintenance on Private Roads in the Town of Windham

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Issuance of Bonds

Sponsor: David Miramant

An Act To Update Statutory References to Building Code Standards for Public Improvements

Sponsor: Mark Bryant

Resolve, Directing the Maine Human Rights Commission To Extend Its Pilot Program To Investigate and Report on Incidents of Harassment Due to Housing Status, Lack of Employment and Other Issues

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Length of Service Award Program

Sponsor: Timothy Theriault

An Act To Codify the Senate and House Legislative Districts, the Congressional Districts and the County Commissioner Districts as Enacted by the Legislature

An Act To Create Higher Standards for State-owned and State-managed Land for Deer Management

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

Sponsor: Stephen Moriarty

An Act To Coordinate Marine Port Development

Sponsor: Roland Martin

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Review the Requirements for Certification of Micropigmentation Practitioners

Sponsor: Kathleen Dillingham

An Act To Amend the Requirements of the Reorganization Plan for the Formation of Regional School Units

Sponsor: Paul Stearns

An Act To Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2023

An Act To Fix Inconsistencies within the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2013

An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards and To Reclassify Certain Waters of the State

An Act To Amend the Charter of the Gray Water District

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

An Act To Establish the Securities Restitution Assistance Fund for Victims of Securities Violations

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Make Technical Changes to Maine Tax Laws

Sponsor: Maureen Terry

An Act To Increase the Availability of Assertive Community Treatment Services

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Expiration of Disability Plates and Placards and Fees for Recycler Licenses

Sponsor: Richard Evans

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 33: Family Child Care Provider Licensing Rule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 40: Rule for Medication Administration in Maine Schools, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

An Act Related to Oversized All-terrain Vehicles

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Enact the Interstate Counseling Compact To Address Inequities in Access to Clinical Counseling Services and Increase Maine's Provider Workforce

Sponsor: Joyce McCreight

An Act To Allow the Secretary of State To Use an Electronic Lien Titling Program for the Purposes of the Maine Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act

Sponsor: Michael Perkins

An Act To Make Changes to the Laws Governing the Child Welfare Services Ombudsman Program

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Allow Wine Retailers with 2 or More Licensed Facilities To Freely Transfer Wine between Approved Facilities

Sponsor: Edward Crockett

An Act To Protect Funding for Health Care for Retired Teachers by Establishing an Investment Trust Fund

Sponsor: Janice Dodge

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAINE'S REALTORS

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Modify the Reporting Requirements for Major Contributors to Ballot Question Campaigns and To Make a Technical Change to the Campaign Finance Laws

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Maintain Consistency among Maine's Nondiscrimination Statutes

Sponsor: Anne Carney

Resolve, Authorizing the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Authorize Additional Construction and Installations Related to a Telecommunications Tower on Bald Mountain in the Town of Rangeley

Sponsor: Russell Black

An Act Concerning Advanced Refrigeration Technology

Sponsor: Peter Lyford

An Act To Provide Assistance to Law Enforcement Officers To Allow Them To Protect the Residents of the State

Sponsor: Jeffrey Timberlake

An Act To Update the Designation of Vietnam War Remembrance Day

Sponsor: Craig Hickman

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 3/15/22

An Act To Ensure Health Insurance Coverage for Certain Adults with Disabilities

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Transfer the St. Francis Water District to the Town of St. Francis and To Repeal the St. Francis Water District Charter

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Resolve, To Study the Impacts of Consumer Fireworks Use

Sponsor: Scott Cyrway

An Act To Enhance the Ecological Reserve System

Sponsor: Nicole Grohoski

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bill 3/17/22

An Act To Achieve Carbon Neutrality in Maine by the Year 2045

Sponsor: Michelle Dunphy

An Act To Prohibit Invasion of Privacy on Private Property by Cameras

Sponsor: Susan Deschambault

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Labor and Housing

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Convene a Study Group To Examine Bridge Safety

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Facilitate Net Energy Billing

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

Joint Order, Establishing the Apportionment Commission To Reapportion Maine's Congressional Districts

Sponsor: Michelle Dunphy

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 2/28/22

An Act To Ensure Fairness of Representation in Insurance Disputes

Sponsor: John Martin

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Construction of a Convention Center in Portland, Improvements to the Augusta Civic Center and a Competitive Grant Program for Capital Improvements to Public Venues across the State

Sponsor: Kyle Bailey

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Recapitalize the School Revolving Renovation Fund

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Stimulate Investment in Innovation by Maine Businesses To Produce Nationally and Globally Competitive Products and Services

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Sponsor: Margaret O'Neil

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Strengthen University of Maine System Workforce Education and Innovation

Sponsor: Teresa Pierce

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ON ITS BEING DESIGNATED A NATIONAL R1 RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

Sponsor: Richard Bennett

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Reduce Homeowner and Municipal Energy Bills through Increased Efficiency and Weatherization Projects

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote Land Conservation, Working Waterfronts, Water Access and Outdoor Recreation

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade and Replace Infrastructure of the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation

Sponsor: Donna Bailey

An Act To Promote Research and Development in the State by Increasing and Marketing the Research Expense Tax Credit

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Ensure That Building Codes Allow the Installation and Use of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Products and Equipment That Use Certain Federally Regulated Refrigerants

Sponsor: Jeffrey Timberlake

An Act To Prohibit Discriminatory Practices Related to the 340B Drug Pricing Program

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Protect Consumers' Privacy by Giving Them Greater Control of Their Data and To Establish Consumer Protections Regarding Small Dollar Loans

Sponsor: Joseph Rafferty

An Act To Require Legislative Approval for Certain Leases of Public Lands

Sponsor: Russell Black

Resolve, Authorizing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Convey Certain Land in Penobscot County

Sponsor: John Martin

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote the Conservation of Land, Working Waterfronts, Water Access and Outdoor Recreation

Sponsor: Patrick Corey

Resolve, To Require the Attorney General To Provide an Update on Maine's Implementation of the Federal Law Called "Savanna's Act"

Sponsor: Rena Newell

An Act To Extend the Changes to the Liquor Laws Made by Public Law 2021, Chapters 3 and 91

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Provide Student Loan Debt Relief

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Require Appropriate Coverage of and Cost-sharing for Generic Drugs and Biosimilars

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Correct the Year of the Expiration of the Terms of 2 County Commissioners in Sagadahoc County

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

An Act To Amend the Charter of the Ogunquit Sewer District

Sponsor: Mark Lawrence

An Act To Ensure Equitable Geographic Access to Long-term Care Services in the Department of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Resolve, To Rename Bridges in the Town of Milo for Veterans Who Died during the Vietnam War

Sponsor: Paul Davis

An Act To Amend Maine's Financial Institution Merger Statutes and Modernize Certain Sections of Title 9-B

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

An Act Clarifying the Rights to Legal Representation and To Communicate with Others for Individuals Subject to Guardianship

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Provide Insurance Coverage for a Beneficiary on a Transfer on Death Deed

Sponsor: Donna Bailey

An Act To Ensure Equity in the Clean Energy Economy by Providing a Limited Tax Exemption for Certain Clean Energy Infrastructure Projects

Sponsor: Chloe Maxmin

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Update the Rights of Recipients of Mental Health Services

Sponsor: Holly Stover

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Education Service Centers

Sponsor: John Martin

An Act To Support Frontline Health Care Workers by Waiving Professional Licensing Fees

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 2/22/22

An Act Regarding Point-of-dispensing Sites for Immunizations against COVID-19

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

JOINT RULE 308.2 LETTER, LD 2007

An Act To Enhance the Child Welfare Ombudsman Program

Sponsor: Glenn Curry

An Act To Reclassify Part of the Androscoggin River to Class B

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act

Sponsor: Jeffrey Evangelos

An Act To Require Registration by General Contractors for Home Improvement and Construction

An Act To Support Statewide Economic Recovery through Strategic Investments

Sponsor: Tiffany Roberts-Lovell

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Small Enterprise Growth Program

Sponsor: Tiffany Roberts-Lovell

An Act Regarding the Sale and Use of Consumer Fireworks

Sponsor: Kristen Cloutier

Joint Order, Authorizing the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation To Report Out a Bill Related to Recommendations from the Motor Vehicle Inspection Working Group Organized by the Department of Public Safety

Sponsor: William Diamond

An Act To Provide Funding for the Reconstruction of Route 161 from Fort Kent to Caribou

Sponsor: John Martin

An Act To Modernize Funding of Publicly Funded Tuition Students Attending Career and Technical Education Programs

Sponsor: Chloe Maxmin

An Act To Improve and Update Maine's Tax Laws

Sponsor: Seth Berry

Resolve, To Create the Commission To Examine Reestablishing Parole

Sponsor: Jeffrey Evangelos

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASHLEY BRYAN

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Provide Licensed Assisted Living and Nursing Facilities Levels of Care for Incarcerated Persons

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

An Act To Remove Watson's Bridge in the Town of Littleton from the List of Historic Bridges for Which the State Is Responsible for Maintenance and Rehabilitation

Sponsor: Roland Martin

Adjournment Order - Adjourned until the call of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Expand the Rights of Public Sector Employees

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

JOINT RULE 308.2 LETTER, LD 1953, 1955, 1954, 1952

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2, 2022 AS SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY AWARENESS DAY

Sponsor: Anne Carney

JOINT RULE 308.2 LETTER, LD 1962, 1959, 1960, 1961

An Act To Institute a State Tax Amnesty Program To Increase General Revenue Collections

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

An Act Regarding the Retirement of Law Enforcement Officers under the Participating Local District Retirement Program

Sponsor: Paul Davis

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

Sponsor: Maureen Terry

An Act To Allow Bars with an Occupancy of 30 or Fewer Persons To Have Only One Bathroom

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Facilitate the Conversion of Children's Private Nonmedical Institutions to Qualified Residential Treatment Programs as Required by Federal Law

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Adolescents

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 2/1/22

JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2022 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Advance Maine's Economic Growth by Investing in Innovative, Next-generation Technology and Research

Sponsor: Amanda Collamore

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 2/3/22

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 2/2/22

An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To Organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bill 1/12/22

An Act To Protect Maine's Air Quality by Strengthening Requirements for Air Emissions Licensing

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bill 1/19/22

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 1/20/22

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 1/10/22

An Act To Remove the Party Designation from Return Envelopes for Absentee Ballots for the General Election

Sponsor: Shelley Rudnicki

Adjournment Order - Adjourned until the call of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act Regarding High-impact Electric Transmission Lines

Sponsor: Mark Lawrence

Resolve, To Provide for Participation of the State in the Planning and Negotiations for the Atlantic Loop Energy Project

Sponsor: Christopher Kessler

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 11/30/21

JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

JOINT RULE 308.2 LETTER, LD 1789, 1781, 1787, 1790, 1791, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1788, 1782, 1784

Communication, Clerk of the House, Joint Rule 308.2 letter reference bills 12/7/21

An Act Regarding the Apportionment of the Franklin County Commissioner Districts

Sponsor: Michelle Dunphy

Joint Order, To Recall from the Governor's Desk to the House L.D. 842, An Act To Reestablish Parole

Sponsor: Jeffrey Evangelos

JOINT RULE 308.2 LETTER, LD 1744, 1747, 1748, 1755, 1752, 1746, 1753, 1742, 1749, 1743, 1745, 1750, 1751, 1754

An Act To Reapportion the Districts of the State Senate

JOINT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING REGRET OVER THE LINE-OF-DUTY DEATH OF HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY LUKE GROSS

Sponsor: Genevieve McDonald

An Act To Reapportion the Districts of the State House of Representatives

Resolve, To Create the Commission To Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Clarify the Definition of "Qualified Investment" for Purposes of the Income Tax Credit for Paper Manufacturing Facility Investment

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Establish A Maine Pesticide Sales and Use Registry

Sponsor: Laurie Osher

An Act To Improve Public Sector Labor Relations by Amending the Laws Governing Arbitration under Certain Public Employees Labor Relations Laws

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

JOINT RESOLUTION, RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY ON JULY 24, 2021

Sponsor: Joseph Perry

An Act To Create the Pine Tree Power Company, a Nonprofit Utility, To Deliver Lower Rates, Reliability and Local Control for Maine Energy Independence

Sponsor: Seth Berry

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Regarding Early Voting

Sponsor: Stephen Moriarty

Resolve, To Create the Criminal Records Review Committee

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act Concerning Climate and Community Investment Projects

Sponsor: Scott Cuddy

An Act To Prevent Excessive Prices for Prescription Drugs

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Joint Order, Carrying Over Certain Matters from the First Special Session of the 130th Legislature

Sponsor: Michelle Dunphy

Resolve, To Study the Establishment of the Office of the Education Ombudsman

Sponsor: Traci Gere

An Act To Protect Maine Consumers from Unsupported Price Increases on Prescription Medicines

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees

Sponsor: Sawin Millett

JOINT RESOLUTION, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE USE OF PUBLIC LAND LEASED BY THE STATE

Sponsor: Richard Bennett

Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study the Reduction of Unfunded and Outdated Municipal Mandates

Sponsor: William Tuell

An Act Regarding Registered Dispensaries and Rules under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act and the Definition of "Resident" in the Marijuana Legalization Act

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study the Impact of Various Types of Taxes on Various Populations in the State

Sponsor: Grayson Lookner

An Act To Increase Investment Caps in the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program

Sponsor: Bradlee Farrin

An Act To Support the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission

Sponsor: Scott Cyrway

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Erect and Maintain Markers To Commemorate and Recognize the Lafayette Trail

Sponsor: Susan Deschambault

An Act To Change the Compensation Structure of the Maine Labor Relations Board and the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act To Lower Health Care Costs through the Establishment of the Office of Affordable Health Care

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Discontinue the Use of the SAT in Maine Schools

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

Resolve, To Increase Certain Chiropractic Reimbursement Rates under the MaineCare Program

Sponsor: Mark Lawrence

An Act To Preserve Deer Habitat

Sponsor: Chris Johansen

An Act To Provide a Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Certain Nonprofit Cemeteries

Sponsor: Joseph Underwood

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Establish the Process for Transitioning the Provision of Early Childhood Special Education Services for Children with Disabilities from 4 Years of Age to under 6 Years of Age from the Regional Child Development Services System to School Administrative Units

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Certain Judicial Department Employees

Sponsor: Anne Carney

An Act To Support Children's Healthy Development and School Success

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Protect the Constitutional Rights of Indigent Defendants

An Act To Improve the Provision of Indigent Legal Services

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money

Sponsor: Nicole Grohoski

An Act To Investigate Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Contamination of Land and Groundwater

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Fund the State's Free Health Clinics

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

An Act To Establish the Maine Workforce, Research, Development and Student Achievement Institute

Sponsor: Glenn Curry

An Act To Improve Investigations of Child Sexual Abuse

Sponsor: Genevieve McDonald

Resolve, To Provide Add-on Payments for Ambulance Services Reimbursed by the MaineCare Program and To Increase Reimbursement Rates for Physical Therapy under the MaineCare Program

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

Resolve, Regarding Reimbursement for Providing Inpatient Care to Individuals with Acute Mental Health Care Needs

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

An Act To Prevent Discrimination against Domestic Violence Victims

Sponsor: Donna Bailey

An Act To Include Career and Technical Education Teachers in the Minimum $40,000 Salary Initiative

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Authorize a Monument to the Victims of and First Responders to COVID-19

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Update the Voter Registration Process

Sponsor: Teresa Pierce

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Retirement Benefit Reductions for Corrections Officers Currently Included in the 1998 Special Plan

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Establish a Sales Tax Exemption for the Purchase of Firearm Safety Devices

Sponsor: Patrick Corey

An Act To Make Possession of Scheduled Drugs for Personal Use a Civil Penalty

Sponsor: Anne Perry

An Act To Implement the Attorney General's Recommendations on Data Collection in Order To Eliminate Profiling in Maine

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Advance Palliative Care Utilization in the State

Sponsor: Margaret Craven

An Act To Improve Maine's Tax Laws by Providing a Property Tax Exemption for Central Labor Councils

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

Resolve, To Establish a Task Force To Study the Coordination of Services and Expansion of Educational Programs and Vocational Opportunities for Young Adults with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Acquired Brain Injury

Sponsor: Sarah Pebworth

An Act To Expand Access to Certified Substance Use Disorder Recovery Residence Services

Sponsor: Justin Fecteau

An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Program

Sponsor: Jessica Fay

An Act To Establish Appliance Energy and Water Standards

Sponsor: William Pluecker

An Act To Provide Women Access to Affordable Postpartum Care

Sponsor: Anne Carney

An Act To Reduce Lung Cancer Rates in Maine by Creating a Voluntary Radon Testing and Mitigation Program for Landlords, Homeowners and Home Builders

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

Resolve, Establishing a Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder Treatment Pilot Program for Maine's Incarcerated Population

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

Resolve, To Eliminate the Asset Test for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Encourage the Purchase of Local Foods for Public Schools

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Support Farms and Address Food Insecurity

Sponsor: William Pluecker

An Act Regarding Motor Vehicle Registration Violations

Sponsor: Kristen Cloutier

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Employer Recovery of Overcompensation Paid to an Employee

Sponsor: Donna Doore

An Act To Improve Health Care Data Analysis

Sponsor: Anne Perry

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services To Study a Centralized Billing Process for Developmental and School-based Services Covered by the MaineCare Program and Other Insurers and Report on Updates to the Child Find Process

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

An Act To Restore Eelgrass Mapping and Enhance Salt Marsh Vegetation Mapping in the State

Sponsor: Joyce McCreight

Resolve, To Ensure That Access to Oral and Facial Ambulatory Surgical Centers in Maine Remains Viable

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

Joint Order, To Recall L.D. 954 from the Governor's Desk to the Senate

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

An Act To Strengthen Protections against Civil Asset Forfeiture

Sponsor: William Faulkingham

An Act To Divert Young Adults from the Adult Criminal Justice System

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A FEDERAL WAIVER PROCESS FOR STATES TO ESTABLISH A UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE PLAN

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

An Act To Limit Reincarceration for Persons on Probation

Sponsor: Joyce McCreight

An Act Regarding the Maine Criminal Code and a Period of Suspension under the Motor Vehicle Statutes

An Act To Prohibit the Aerial Spraying of Glyphosate and Other Synthetic Herbicides for the Purpose of Silviculture

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Resolve, To Place a Temporary Moratorium on the Approval of Any New Motor Vehicle Registration Plates and Initiate a Registration Plate Working Group

Sponsor: William Diamond

An Act To Amend Maine's Harness Racing Laws Regarding Race Dates and Pari-mutuel Pools

Sponsor: Theodore Kryzak

An Act To Promote Transparency in Nonconsensual Towing and Roadside Assistance

Sponsor: Mark Bryant

An Act To Ensure Parents' Access to Their Minor and Adult Children with Special Needs

Sponsor: Michael Lemelin

An Act Relating to Fair Chance in Employment

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Establish a Moratorium on Offshore Wind Power Projects in Maine's Territorial Waters

Sponsor: Mark Lawrence

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Committee To Study the Feasibility of Creating Basic Income Security

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

JOINT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE HOPE FOR A SWIFT CONCLUSION TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MAINE SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

Resolve, To Develop a Plan To Close the Long Creek Youth Development Center and Redirect Funding to Community Integration Services for Adjudicated Youth

Sponsor: Grayson Lookner

An Act To Remove Punishments for Sex Selling and Decrease Demand by Increasing Penalties for Sex Buying

Sponsor: Lois Galgay Reckitt

An Act To Require Responsible Contracting Practices for Public Construction Projects

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Encourage Research To Support the Maine Offshore Wind Industry

Sponsor: Mark Lawrence

Resolve, To Create the Working Group To Design Jail Resource Navigator Services for Maine County Jails

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act To Amend the Child Endangerment Laws To Include Certain Unauthorized Access to a Loaded Firearm

Sponsor: Victoria Doudera

Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Identify Places with Offensive Names and Methods of Changing Those Names

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Adopt the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

An Act Regarding the Review of Law Enforcement Use of Deadly Force

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Amend the Laws Prohibiting Teachers, Employees and Other Officials from Engaging in Sexual Activity with Students

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act Authorizing the Attorney General To Enter into Contingent Fee Agreements

Sponsor: Anne Carney

An Act To Clarify the Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services during a Public Health Emergency

Sponsor: Michele Meyer

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require the Popular Election of Maine Constitutional Officers

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

An Act Regarding Courts' Authority To Protect Children When a Parent Has Been Awarded Sole Parental Rights and Responsibilities

Adjournment Order - Adjourned until the call of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Stop Social Media Censorship

Sponsor: Heidi Sampson

An Act To Increase the Protection of Children from Domestic Abuse and Violence

Sponsor: William Diamond

An Act To Support Universal Health Care

Sponsor: Heidi Brooks

An Act To Improve Consistency in Terminology and within the Maine Human Rights Act

Sponsor: Craig Hickman

An Act To Require Prompt and Effective Use of the Renewable Energy Resources of Northern Maine

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act To Establish Protections for Private Student Loan Borrowers and a Registry of Lenders

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act Regarding Travel Insurance in the Maine Insurance Code

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

An Act To Promote Individual Retirement Savings through a Public-Private Partnership

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Improve Accountability in Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting

Sponsor: John Andrews

Resolve, To Convene a Working Group To Study Possible Solutions for Families Facing Emergency Child Custody Situations

Sponsor: Marianne Moore

An Act Concerning Informed Consent of Minors' Authority to Release Health Care Information

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

An Act To Limit Access to Juvenile Case Records and Protect the Confidentiality of Juvenile History Record Information

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act Regarding School Discipline for Maine's Youngest Children

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

An Act To Amend the State's Electronic Waste Recycling Law

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act To Protect Women's Single-sex Shelters

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

Resolve, Directing the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations To Examine Restorative Justice

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Facilitate Children's Testimony in Certain Sex Crime Cases

Sponsor: Genevieve McDonald

An Act To Require Due Process in Asset Seizure

Sponsor: John Andrews

An Act To Ensure That Children Receive Behavioral Health Services

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Advance Energy Storage in Maine

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Provide the Right to Counsel for Juveniles and Improve Due Process for Juveniles

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

An Act To Reauthorize a 3 Percent Tax on Income over $200,000 To Lift All Maine Workers out of Poverty

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act Regarding the Licensing of Persons To Conduct Advance Deposit Wagering

Sponsor: Sawin Millett

An Act To Provide Greater Access to Treatment for Serious Mental Illness by Restricting Prescription Drug Utilization Management by an Insurance Carrier

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act Regarding Telehealth Regulations

Sponsor: Heather Sanborn

An Act To Remove Coverage under the MaineCare Program for Abortions Not Covered by Medicaid

Sponsor: Kathy Javner

An Act To Require Certain Medical Providers To Administer Ultrasounds and Provide Information to Certain Pregnant Patients

Sponsor: Abigail Griffin

An Act To Discontinue the Use of the Terms "Handicap," "Handicapped" and "Hearing Impaired" in State Laws, Rules and Official Documents

Sponsor: Stanley Zeigler

An Act To Amend State Laws Relating to Net Energy Billing and the Procurement of Distributed Generation

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Protect Maine Electricity Customers from Threats of Disconnection in the Wintertime

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act To Create the Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program

Sponsor: Kyle Bailey

An Act To Clarify the Laws Concerning Off-track Betting Facility Licenses

Sponsor: Bruce White

An Act To Ensure Culturally Informed Programs and Services for Adjudicated Juveniles in the Custody of the Department of Corrections

Sponsor: Heidi Brooks

An Act To Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases That Involve Vulnerable Road Users

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Provide Campground Owners Limited Civil Liability from the Inherent Risks of Camping

Sponsor: Jeffrey Timberlake

Joint Order, To Recall from the Governor's Desk to the House L.D. 775, An Act To Include within the Definitions of "Public Employee" and "Judicial Employee" Those Who Have Been Employed for Less Than 6 Months

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

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

An Act To Excuse Certain Marketplace Sellers and Facilitators for Failing To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Taxes on Ammunition Sales

Sponsor: Paul Davis

An Act To Ensure Equitable Taxation of Off-track Betting Facilities

Sponsor: William Diamond

An Act To Support Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Prevent Homelessness by Establishing an Eviction Mediation Program

Sponsor: Anne Carney

An Act To Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Require That Private Schools That Enroll 60 Percent or More Publicly Funded Students Meet Certain Requirements

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Make Agricultural Workers and Other Workers Employees under the Wage and Hour Laws

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Enhance Tribal-State Collaboration in the Enforcement of Child Support

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act Regarding Recording of Witness Interviews

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Restrict the Collection of Surveillance Video, Information and Data Regarding Lawful Firearm Purchases

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

Joint Order, To Recall from the Governor's Desk to the House L.D. 1167, An Act Relating to Fair Chance in Employment

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

JOINT RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MARCH 25, 2021 AS THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE AND CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY IN GREECE AND THE UNITED STATES

Sponsor: Randall Greenwood

An Act To Protect Teachers' Privacy While Delivering Remote Instruction

Sponsor: Janice Dodge

Resolve, Regarding the Shore Damage Mitigation Project in Saco Bay

Sponsor: Lynn Copeland

An Act Regarding Deferred Disposition

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

JOINT RESOLUTION IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 215 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND ON THE GROUNDS OF THE KAMLOOPS INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Sponsor: Rena Newell

An Act To Increase the Value of Property Exempt from Attachment and Execution

Sponsor: Denise Tepler

An Act To Establish Medical Marijuana Cooperatives

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

Resolve, To Protect Consumers of Public Drinking Water by Establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels for Certain Substances and Contaminants

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act To Invest in Maine's Roads and Bridges

Sponsor: Benjamin Collings

An Act To Establish a Sales Tax Holiday To Help Maine Businesses Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sponsor: Joshua Morris

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

Sponsor: William Faulkingham

An Act Regarding the State Employee Health Commission

Sponsor: Richard Evans

An Act To End At-will Employment

Sponsor: Michael Sylvester

An Act To Require Consideration of Climate Impacts by the Public Utilities Commission and To Incorporate Equity Considerations in Decision Making by State Agencies

Sponsor: Victoria Doudera

An Act To Retroactively Grant Sick Leave Days to Public School Employees Affected by COVID-19

Sponsor: Bruce White

An Act To Establish the Accidental Drug Overdose Death Review Panel

Sponsor: Richard Evans

An Act Regarding Campaign Finance Reform

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require Constitutional Officers To Be Elected by Statewide Election

Sponsor: Jeffrey Timberlake

An Act Concerning Records of the Employment of Law Enforcement Officers and Corrections Officers

Sponsor: Patrick Corey

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

Sponsor: William Faulkingham

An Act To Expand the Crime of Violation of Privacy To Include Observing or Photographing Images Inside a Private Place That Would Not Ordinarily Be Visible Outside That Place

Sponsor: Stephen Moriarty

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Prohibit Firearms at Voting Places

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

An Act To Allow State Vehicles Assigned to Certain Maine Emergency Management Agency Employees To Be Used for Commuting

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

An Act To Establish the Maine Connectivity Authority

Sponsor: Richard Bennett

An Act To Require a Course Regarding the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Maine To Be Taught to High School Seniors

Sponsor: Richard Cebra

An Act To Require Instruction on the History of Genocide and the Holocaust

Sponsor: Justin Fecteau

An Act To Improve Information Sharing by Criminal Justice Agencies with Government Agencies Responsible for Investigating Child or Adult Abuse

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Curtail No-knock Warrants

Sponsor: Justin Fecteau

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

Sponsor: William Faulkingham

An Act To Expand the Disciplinary Authority of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy

Sponsor: David McCrea

An Act To End the Maine Information and Analysis Center Program

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

Joint Order To Recall from the Governor's Desk L.D. 1009, Resolve, To Create a Health Care Ombudsman Position To Serve in Maine's County Jails

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

Resolve, To Study Incentives for Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems

Sponsor: Kyle Bailey

An Act To Create Parity between Private Schools and Public Schools Regarding Career and Technical Education Tuition Rates

Sponsor: Margaret O'Neil

An Act To Preserve Fair Housing in Maine

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Authorize Remote Participation in Maine State Cultural Affairs Council Meetings

Sponsor: Anne Carney

Resolve, To Direct the Office of Marijuana Policy To Convene Stakeholder Meetings Regarding the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Program

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Release Annually Public Health Data Regarding Certain Fatalities and Hospitalizations

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Require Vehicle Safety within the Funeral Industry

Sponsor: Tavis Hasenfus

An Act To Promote Public Safety by Allowing Lighted Signs on Certain Vehicles

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act

Sponsor: Louis Luchini

An Act To Reform Payments to Legislators by Political Action Committees and Ballot Question Committees

Sponsor: Chloe Maxmin

An Act To Improve the Disability Retirement Program of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

Sponsor: David Miramant

An Act Regarding Controlled Entry Areas within Retail Marijuana Stores

Sponsor: Joseph Perry

An Act To Improve Affordable Housing Options and Services To Address Homelessness

Sponsor: Susan Deschambault

An Act To Improve Access to Certain Injectable Medications Approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Restrict Maine Law Enforcement Participation in Federal Firearm Confiscation or Buy-back Programs without Legislative Approval

Sponsor: Patrick Corey

An Act To Regulate Insurance Carrier Practice or Facility-wide Prepayment Review

Sponsor: Stacy Brenner

An Act To Provide Fairness in Communications from Pharmacy Benefits Managers

Sponsor: Denise Tepler

Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Gather Information Relating to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the State

Sponsor: William Pluecker

An Act Regarding Background Checks for the Sale of Firearms

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Review Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training and Other Professional Development for School Staff

Sponsor: Matthea Larsen Daughtry

An Act To Create the Belgrade Water District

Sponsor: Daniel Newman

An Act Regarding Career and Technical Education, Adult Education and Memoranda of Understanding with Community Colleges and the University of Maine System

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Increase the Availability of Health Care Services by Eliminating the Certificate of Need for All Health Care Services

Sponsor: Laurel Libby

An Act To Provide Equity in Access to Applications for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

An Act To Clarify All-terrain Vehicle Registration Requirements and Establish Regular Maintenance of Designated State-approved All-terrain Vehicle Trails

Sponsor: Timothy Theriault

An Act To Amend the Laws Banning Polystyrene Foam Regarding Packaging for Meat, Poultry, Fish, Seafood and Eggs

Sponsor: John Martin

An Act To Allow Certain Veterans' Organizations To Be Billed for Electricity Usage at the Same Rate as Residential Customers and To Require the Public Utilities Commission To Consider Rate Design Modifications

Sponsor: Nicole Grohoski

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Develop and Adopt an Active Transportation Plan

Sponsor: Arthur Bell

An Act To Update the Municipal Gigabit Broadband Network Access Fund

Sponsor: Seth Berry

An Act Regarding the Solicitation of Contracts for Distributed Resources That Use Renewable Energy

Sponsor: Steven Foster

Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions

Sponsor: Ryan Fecteau

An Act To Protect Minor Political Parties That Seek To Retain Qualified Party Status

Sponsor: Justin Fecteau

An Act To Provide for Judicial Review in Compliance with the Federal Family First Prevention Services Act

Sponsor: Thomas Harnett

An Act To Enact the Maine Uniform Trust Decanting Act

Resolve, To Establish the COVID-19 Review Commission

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

An Act To Allow a Qualifying Religious Organization To Self-insure for Automobile Insurance

Sponsor: Steven Foster

An Act To Amend the Marijuana Legalization Act

Sponsor: Teresa Pierce

An Act Authorizing an Increase to the Maximum Annual Fund Balance for Public School Districts

Sponsor: Nathan Carlow

An Act To Create Greater Accountability in the Office of County Sheriff

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

An Act To Amend the Teacher Certification Statutes

Sponsor: Michael Brennan

An Act To Ensure That Victims of Assault, Battery and False Imprisonment, Including Victims of Domestic Violence, Have Parity under Tort Law

Sponsor: Margaret O'Neil

An Act To Address Waste Associated with Solar Energy Equipment

Sponsor: Beth O'Connor

An Act To Direct the Department of Labor To Work with the Department of Education and Colleges and Universities and Career and Technical Education Centers To Develop a Preapprenticeship Program and Career Ladder for the Direct Care Workforce

Sponsor: Abigail Griffin

An Act To Exempt Certain Disabled Veterans from the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax

Sponsor: Heidi Brooks

An Act Regarding 2021 Municipal Elections and Town Meetings

Sponsor: Allison Hepler

Resolve, To Analyze the Impact of Sea Level Rise

Sponsor: Lydia Blume

An Act Concerning Marina-based Restaurants in the Shoreland Zone

Sponsor: Richard Cebra

An Act Regarding the Qualifications for Licensure as a Physician or Surgeon

Sponsor: Tavis Hasenfus

An Act To Amend the Length of Time and Circumstances for Which a Sheriff May Furlough Individuals Incarcerated in a County Jail

Sponsor: Danny Costain

Resolve, To Alleviate the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 and Public Health Outcomes

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

Adjournment Order - Adjourned until the call of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively

Sponsor: Eloise Vitelli

An Act To Support Maine Students Who Are Dependents of Current or Former Members of the Military

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

An Act Shielding Fire Departments That Install Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors from Liability

Sponsor: Sarah Pebworth

Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation To Develop Partnerships with Businesses, Unions and Educational Programs and Institutions To Provide Training and Transportation for Workers

Sponsor: Colleen Madigan

An Act To Establish More Transparency, Due Process, Education and Understanding between the Department of Health and Human Services and Certain Maine Businesses

Sponsor: Justin Fecteau

An Act To Allow Microgrids That Are in the Public Interest

Sponsor: Nicole Grohoski

An Act To Reduce the Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste

Sponsor: Ralph Tucker

An Act To Update and Improve the MaineEARNS Database and Reconvene the State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force

Sponsor: Matthew Pouliot

An Act To Improve the Efficiency of Certain Consumer Credit Protection Laws

Sponsor: Denise Tepler

An Act To Clarify Who Signs and Swears to a Certificate Stating the Results of a Breath-alcohol Test

Sponsor: Margaret O'Neil

An Act To Clarify the Qualifications and Oversight of Sheriffs

Sponsor: Richard Pickett

Resolve, To Automatically Seal the Criminal History Records Relating to Any Crimes Decriminalized in the 130th Legislature

Sponsor: Charlotte Warren

An Act To Enact the Campus Free Speech and Free Press Act

Sponsor: Lisa Keim

Resolve, To Require the Public Utilities Commission To Issue a Request for Information on a Statewide, Multiple-use Online Energy Data Platform

Sponsor: Christopher Kessler

An Act To Improve Home and Community-based Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, Brain Injury and Other Related Conditions

Sponsor: Rebecca Millett

Resolve, Directing the Maine State Housing Authority To Examine and Develop a Program Promoting Home Ownership by Reducing Education Debt

Sponsor: Troy Jackson

An Act Regarding Criminal Records

Sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross

An Act To Address Maine's Shortage of Behavioral Health Services for Minors

Sponsor: Joyce McCreight

An Act Regarding the Citizen Members and the Complaint Review Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy

Sponsor: Lois Galgay Reckitt

An Act To Clarify the Definition of "Mortgage Servicer" in the Laws Governing Mortgage Foreclosures

Sponsor: Donna Bailey

An Act To License Ambulance Drivers Who Are Not Licensed To Provide Emergency Medical Services

Sponsor: Genevieve McDonald

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Environmental Protection To Determine Staffing Needs To More Efficiently and Effectively Issue Decisions on New, Amendment and Minor Revision Applications

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

An Act To Increase the Maximum Pension Deduction for State Income Tax

Sponsor: Jeffery Hanley

An Act To Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females at Schools That Receive Federal Funding

Sponsor: Maryanne Kinney

Resolve, To Increase Collaboration between the Maine State Housing Authority and the Department of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: Victoria Morales

An Act To Prohibit the Reception of Foreign Waste Plastic in Maine Ports

Sponsor: William Faulkingham

An Act To Remove Barriers to Occupational Licensing Due to Criminal Records

Sponsor: Margaret O'Neil

An Act to Modify the Requirements for Political Action Committees and Ballot Question Committees

An Act To Promote Energy Production from Recyclable Plastics

Sponsor: William Faulkingham

An Act Directing the Maine State Housing Authority To Report on Emergency Rental Assistance Programs

Sponsor: Grayson Lookner

An Act Regarding Continuances for Protection from Abuse Hearings

Sponsor: Harold Stewart

An Act To Improve the Process of Disposal of Hospice Medications Used in the Home

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Increase Transparency of and Lower Health Care Costs

Sponsor: Joshua Morris

Resolve, To Conduct a Transit Propensity Study for Communities between Portland and Bangor

Sponsor: Joseph Baldacci

An Act To Require Third-party Certification for Persons Undertaking Corrosion Prevention and Mitigation Projects for Public Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructure and Bridges

Sponsor: Benjamin Chipman

An Act Requiring the Use of Propane and Natural Gas Detectors

Sponsor: Lois Galgay Reckitt

An Act To Protect Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions with Regard to Indoor Temperatures

Sponsor: Bruce White

An Act To Protect Children from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Sponsor: Lori Gramlich

An Act To Allow Employers To Shop for Competitive Health Plan Options

Sponsor: Joshua Morris

An Act To Protect Towing Operators Providing Emergency Assistance by Allowing the Use of a Flashing Green Light

Sponsor: Traci Gere

An Act Requiring Climate Impact Notes on Proposed Legislation and Agency Rules

Sponsor: Grayson Lookner

An Act To Allow People To Live in Tiny Homes as a Primary or Accessory Dwelling

Sponsor: David McCrea

An Act To Increase the Number of Lincolnville Sewer District Trustees from 3 to 5

Sponsor: Stanley Zeigler

An Act To Clarify the Timing of an Appeal of a Finding Regarding Involuntary Mental Health Treatment at a Designated Nonstate Mental Health Institution

Sponsor: Ned Claxton

An Act To Promote Outdoor Recreational Opportunities for Maine Students

Sponsor: Michelle Dunphy

An Act To Restore a School District's Ability To Authorize New Types of Schools and Programs

Sponsor: Heidi Sampson

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Develop a Comprehensive Statewide Strategic Plan To Serve Maine People with Behavioral Health Needs throughout Their Lifespans

Sponsor: Catherine Breen

Resolve, To Create a Stakeholder Group To Identify the Needs of Long-term Care Family Caregivers

Sponsor: Margaret Craven