Public hearings and work sessions for the 132nd Legislature for the next 5 days. | |||
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 14 | An Act to Provide Indigenous Peoples Free Access to State Parks | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 124 | An Act to Protect the Right to Food | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 261 | An Act Regarding the Authority of Municipalities to Regulate Timber Harvesting | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
Appropriations and Financial Affairs | |||
LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & LAB | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & JUD | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HHS | Feb 11, 2025, 3:00p | State House, Room 228 |
LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HHS | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 228 |
LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HHS | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HHS | Feb 13, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 228 |
LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HHS | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
Criminal Justice and Public Safety | |||
LD 176 | An Act to Establish a Regional Ambulance Service in Southern Penobscot County | Feb 10, 2025, 10:30a | State House, Room 436 |
LD 245 | An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Emergency Medical Services in the State | Feb 10, 2025, 10:30a | State House, Room 436 |
LD 96 | An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Law Governing Mandatory Driver's License Suspension for Refusing Testing for Drugs or a Combination of Drugs and ... | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
LD 244 | An Act to Provide Safe, Short-term Housing to Indigent Individuals Recently Released from Correctional Facilities | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
LD 268 | An Act to Restore Sentencing Discretion to the Judiciary by Removing Mandatory Minimum Sentences of Incarceration | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 120 | An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | Feb 12, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
LD 172 | An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons | Feb 12, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
LD 224 | An Act to Expand the Definition of "Terrorism" in the Laws Governing the Maine Emergency Management Agency | Feb 12, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
LD 59 | An Act to Ban the Drug Tianeptine | Feb 12, 2025, 2:00p | State House, Room 436 |
LD 121 | An Act to Include Brush and Yard Debris in the Definition of "Litter" | Feb 12, 2025, 2:00p | State House, Room 436 |
Education and Cultural Affairs | |||
LD 22 | An Act to Update the Laws Governing Education in the Unorganized Territory | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
LD 31 | An Act Regarding School Enrollment for Military-connected Students | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
LD 109 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Com... | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
Energy, Utilities and Technology | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 293 | An Act to Eliminate the Debt Limit of the Boothbay Region Water District | Feb 13, 2025, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
LD 342 | An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard | Feb 13, 2025, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
LD 343 | An Act to Direct the Public Utilities Commission to Seek Informational Bids Regarding Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in the State | Feb 13, 2025, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 114 | An Act to Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
LD 186 | An Act to Clarify the Public Utilities Commission's Authority to Establish Time-of-use Pricing for Standard-offer Service | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
LD 241 | An Act to Authorize the Public Utilities Commission to Approve Rate Adjustments for Low-income Water Utility Ratepayers | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
Environment and Natural Resources | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 296 | An Act to Appropriate Funds to the Department of Environmental Protection, Lake Water Quality Restoration and Protection Fund | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
LD 317 | An Act to Enact the Safe Cosmetics Act | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 65 | An Act to Update the Definition of "Coastal Wetlands" Under the Natural Resources Protection Act | Feb 12, 2025, 12:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
LD 92 | An Act Regarding the Management of the Waste Components of a Solar Energy Development upon Decommissioning | Feb 12, 2025, 12:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
LD 138 | An Act to Exempt Airports from Certain State Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat Protections | Feb 12, 2025, 12:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 270 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 850: Health Plan Accountability, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Professional and Fin... | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 310 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 100: Enforcement Procedures, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Health Data Organization | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 314 | An Act to Establish Consumer Protections Regarding Small Dollar Loans | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 105 | An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living in Maine to Establish a Sponsorship Program for Internatio... | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 107 | An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Biomarker Testing | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 142 | An Act to Prohibit Financial Institutions from Charging Multiple Fees for Attempted Withdrawals Involving Insufficient Funds | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 163 | An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives and Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 178 | An Act Regarding Coverage for Step Therapy for Advanced Metastatic Cancer | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 201 | An Act to Establish a Limit on the Interest Rate Charged for Revolving Loans | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 238 | An Act to Protect Emergency Medical Services Persons' Right to Work in Multiple Health Care Settings | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
LD 239 | An Act to Allow Retail Pharmacies to Operate Remote Dispensing Sites in Rural Areas | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
Housing and Economic Development | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 1 | An Act to Increase Storm Preparedness for Maine's Communities, Homes and Infrastructure | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 188 | An Act to Permit the Sale of Motor Vehicles on Sundays | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 271 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 12: Fees for Kickboxing Contests and Authorized Participants, a Major Substantive Rule of the Combat Sports Au... | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 272 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 2: Fees for Muay Thai Contests and Authorized Participants, a Major Substantive Rule of the Combat Sports Auth... | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 277 | An Act to Repeal the Law Prohibiting Places of Business from Being Open to the Public on Sunday | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 195 | An Act to Create the Small Business Capital Savings Account Program | Feb 13, 2025, 1:30p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 153 | An Act to Prohibit the Unauthorized Mooring of Watercraft | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 173 | An Act to Exempt Certain Watercraft from Registration Requirements | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 27 | An Act to Amend and Simplify Certain Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Licensing and Permitting Laws | Feb 10, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 47 | An Act to Provide an Exception to a Fishing Prohibition near the Crooked Brook Dam | Feb 10, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 157 | An Act to Amend Certain Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Laws | Feb 10, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
Public Hearings | |||
LD 171 | An Act to Enhance Protections Regarding Invasive Aquatic Plant Infestations in Inland Waters of the State | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 205 | An Act to Amend the Bag Limit for Turkey | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 6 | An Act to Allow Persons to Label Their Wild Animal Traps with Their Online Identification Number Issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | Feb 12, 2025, 3:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
LD 76 | An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime | Feb 12, 2025, 3:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
Judiciary | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 374 | An Act to Provide Comparable Compensation and Benefits for Deputy and Assistant District Attorneys, Assistant Attorneys General and Public Defenders | Feb 11, 2025, 3:00p | State House, Room 438 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 16 | An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | Feb 11, 2025, 3:30p | State House, Room 438 |
LD 20 | An Act Regarding the First Judicial District and the District Court Locations in the Judicial Divisions of Androscoggin and Western Aroostook | Feb 11, 2025, 3:30p | State House, Room 438 |
Public Hearings | |||
LD 184 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Foreclosure Process | Feb 12, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
LD 259 | An Act to Establish the Criminal Records Review Commission in Statute | Feb 12, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
LD 353 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Recommend Methods for Preventing Deed Fraud in the State | Feb 12, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
LD 127 | An Act to Strengthen Legislative Oversight of Government Agencies and Programs by Reaffirming the Legislature's Access to Confidential Records | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
LD 196 | An Act Regarding Documents Obtained by Subpoena by the Government Oversight Committee | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
LD 227 | An Act Regarding Liability for Acts of Violence Occurring in the State House or Legislative Space in the Burton M. Cross Building | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
LD 132 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Constitution of Maine | Feb 13, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
LD 246 | An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers | Feb 13, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
LD 332 | An Act to Establish Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Gross Sexual Assaults Against Children and Aggravated Sex Trafficking of Children | Feb 13, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
LD 251 | An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Information of Individual Customers of a Public Utility | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
LD 267 | An Act Regarding the Remote Appearance of Counsel in Pretrial Nontestimonial Criminal Matters | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
LD 338 | An Act to Increase the Size and Balance of Jury Pools | Feb 13, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
Labor | |||
LD 66 | An Act to Expand Access to the Maine Wage Assurance Fund | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 202 |
LD 82 | An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws by Extending Indefinitely the Presumption Applying to Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dis... | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 202 |
LD 87 | An Act Regarding the State Workforce Board | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 202 |
LD 111 | An Act to Increase the State's Share of Retired Teacher Health Insurance | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
LD 137 | An Act to Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan to Include Employees Who Work for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
LD 187 | An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
LD 240 | An Act to Create Consistency in Retirement Service Benefits Deferral Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
Marine Resources | |||
Work Sessions | |||
LD 64 | An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License | Feb 13, 2025, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
LD 144 | An Act to Create a Limited Retail Seafood Harvester Certificate | Feb 13, 2025, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
State and Local Government | |||
Public Hearings | |||
LD 50 | An Act to Provide the Right of First Refusal to Towns in Which the University of Maine System and Similar Quasi-independent State Entities Are Selling Property | Feb 10, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 53 | An Act to Establish the November General Election Day as a State Holiday | Feb 10, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 100 | An Act to Increase the Expenditure Limit for the Informal Bidding Process for the Selection of Professional, Architect and Engineer Services | Feb 10, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 129 | An Act to Amend the Law Governing Dedimus Justices | Feb 10, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 135 | An Act to Provide Compensation to Members of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women to Enhance Equitable Commission Participation from Across the State | Feb 10, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 136 | An Act to Transfer the Responsibility for Tax Expenditure Review from the Government Oversight Committee to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 216 | An Act to Change the Statutory Adjournment Date for the Second Regular Session of the Legislature | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 236 | An Act to Provide Legislative Oversight of the Rule-making Petition Process | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
LD 247 | An Act Regarding Recommendations for Changing Place Names in the State | Feb 12, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
Taxation | |||
LD 283 | An Act to Expand Local Revenues by Including Meals and Lodging Sales Tax Revenue Under the State-Municipal Revenue Sharing Program | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
LD 326 | An Act to Increase the Property Tax Exemption Provided to Individuals Who Are Legally Blind | Feb 11, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 41 | Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor to Convey the Interest of the State in Certain Real Estate in the Unorganized Territory | Feb 11, 2025, 2:00p | State House, Room 127 |
LD 68 | An Act to Amend the State Tax Laws | Feb 11, 2025, 2:00p | State House, Room 127 |
Public Hearings | |||
LD 256 | An Act to Establish a Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Certain School Supplies for the Month of August | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
LD 278 | An Act to Eliminate the Tobacco Products Tax on Certain Products That Contain Nicotine | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
LD 291 | An Act to Eliminate the Lodging Tax on Campground Sites and Revert to Using the Current Sales Tax | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
LD 372 | An Act to Protect Maine People from Inflation by Exempting Gold and Silver Coins and Bullion from the State Sales and Use Tax | Feb 12, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
Veterans and Legal Affairs | |||
LD 33 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Fantasy Contests | Feb 10, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
LD 309 | An Act to Allow a Political Party to Determine How That Party's Nominee Is Selected in a Primary Election | Feb 10, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
LD 313 | An Act to Improve Voter Confidence in Electronic Ballot Counting by Requiring Ballots to Contain Unique Identifiers | Feb 10, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
LD 349 | An Act to Repeal the Laws That Allow Same-day Voter Registration | Feb 10, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
Work Sessions | |||
LD 9 | An Act Regarding Campaign Finance Disclosure | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 437 |
LD 13 | An Act to Provide Funds Necessary for the Production and Delivery of Election Materials by the Secretary of State and to Reconvene the Working Group to Study Po... | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 437 |
LD 158 | An Act to Direct the Secretary of State to Establish a Date Each Year for Voting by Absentee Ballot | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 437 |
LD 199 | An Act to Change the Limits on Candidates' Communications with Voters at the Polls | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 437 |
LD 207 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Qualifying Contributions of Cash Under the Maine Clean Election Act | Feb 10, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 437 |
Public Hearings | |||
LD 177 | An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing | Feb 12, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
LD 265 | An Act to Prohibit the Maine National Guard from Combat Deployment Absent an Act of the United States Congress | Feb 12, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
LD 347 | An Act to Provide Qualifying Municipalities a Percentage of Adult Use Cannabis Sales Tax and Excise Tax Revenue | Feb 12, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |