| Public hearings and work sessions for the 130th Legislature for the next 5 days. |
| Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 125 | An Act To Prohibit the Aerial Spraying of Glyphosate and Other Synthetic Herbicides for the Purpose of Silviculture | Mar 2, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 316 | An Act To Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos | Mar 2, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 324 | An Act To Limit Public Land Ownership in Maine | Mar 4, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 437 | An Act To Establish the Maine Healthy Soils Program | Mar 4, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 457 | An Act To Provide Free State Park Passes to Persons with Disabilities | Mar 4, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 155 | Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 207 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 1: Fee Schedule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forest... | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| Appropriations and Financial Affairs |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 1, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 2, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 2, 2021, 3:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 3, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 4, 2021, 3:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 5, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of t... | Mar 5, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 242 | An Act To Support the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 271 | An Act To Recruit and Retain Department of Corrections Facilities Support Staff | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 369 | An Act To Criminalize Recording an Incident in Progress but Failing To Report the Incident Immediately to the Appropriate Authority | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 417 | An Act To Protect Maine's Drivers from Pretextual Traffic Stops | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 419 | An Act Regarding Participation in Public Works Projects by Pretrial Inmates | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 346 | An Act Requiring the Use of Propane and Natural Gas Detectors | Mar 1, 2021, 10:05a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 28 | An Act To Create an Alert System To Notify the Public When a Person with an Intellectual or Developmental Disability Is Missing | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 436 |
| Education and Cultural Affairs |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 277 | An Act To Discontinue the Use of the SAT in Maine Schools | Mar 3, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 380 | An Act To Change the Statutory Cap on Virtual Public Charter School Enrollment | Mar 3, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 430 | An Act To Provide for School Choice and Online Learning Opportunities in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic | Mar 3, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 440 | An Act To Conserve the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark | Mar 3, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 70 | An Act To Allow a Parent or Guardian of a Student Who Has Been Affected by COVID-19 To Keep the Student in the Student's Current Grade Level | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 261 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Study Truancy Trends in the State and Develop Recommendations for Increasing Student Attendance and Reducing T... | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 325 | An Act To Expand the Definition of "Education Disruption" To Include States of Emergency That Limit Students' Access to On-site Education for Longer Than 15 Sch... | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| Energy, Utilities and Technology |
| LD 9 | An Act To Promote Renewable Energy by Authorizing a Power-to-fuel Pilot Program | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 82 | Resolve, To Provide for Participation of the State in the Planning and Negotiations for the Atlantic Loop Energy Project | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 143 | An Act To Make the Arrearage Management Program Permanent | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 256 | An Act To Adjust Sewer and Wastewater Lien Fees | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 170 | An Act Pertaining to Transmission Lines Not Needed for Reliability or Local Generation | Mar 4, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 251 | An Act Regarding Public Utility Assessments, Fees and Penalties | Mar 4, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 285 | An Act To Protect Utility Customers from Investor Risk for Costs Incurred Due to a Disaster | Mar 4, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 340 | An Act To Allow for the Establishment of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs | Mar 4, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 347 | An Act To Facilitate Maine's Climate Goals by Encouraging Use of Electric Vehicles | Mar 4, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| Environment and Natural Resources |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 67 | An Act To Assist in the Restoration of Atlantic Salmon | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 69 | An Act To Reduce Duplicative Permitting Review for Projects under the Site Location of Development Laws | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 436 | An Act Regarding the Authority of the Department of Environmental Protection Regarding Applications, Permits and Fines | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 390 | An Act Regarding the Mapping of Shoreland Zones | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 39 | An Act To Remove the Plastic Bag Ban | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 108 | An Act To Improve Public Safety by Repealing the Single-use Plastic Carry-out Bag Ban | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 244 | An Act To Repeal Maine's Single-use Plastic Bag Law | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| Health and Human Services |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 121 | An Act To Require a Background Check for High-risk Health Care Providers under the MaineCare Program | Mar 2, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 330 | An Act To Prevent Accidental Overdoses by Establishing a Protocol for Prescription Drug Recovery | Mar 2, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 335 | An Act To Clarify Requirements for Criminal History Record Checks Pursuant to the Federal Family First Prevention Services Act | Mar 2, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 396 | An Act To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Provide Assistance with Applications for Basic Necessities To Prevent Children Being Removed fr... | Mar 2, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 38 | An Act To Clarify the Timing of an Appeal of a Finding Regarding Involuntary Mental Health Treatment at a Designated Nonstate Mental Health Institution | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 269 | An Act To Prohibit Smoking in Bus Shelters | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 450 | An Act To Promote the Education of Patients by Primary Care and Urgent Care Physicians Regarding the Bone Marrow Transplant List | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 461 | An Act To Allow the Reduction of a MaineCare Lien | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 1 | An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights | Mar 2, 2021, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 254 | An Act To Allow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists To Bill for Their Services | Mar 2, 2021, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 274 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Health Data Organization To Determine the Best Methods and Definitions To Use in Collecting Data To Better Understand Racial and Et... | Mar 2, 2021, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 172 | An Act To Improve Prescription Information Access | Mar 4, 2021, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 295 | An Act To Repeal Restrictions That Prohibit Certain Advanced Practice Registered Nurses from Providing Essential Health Care Services | Mar 4, 2021, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 394 | An Act To Protect Maine's Loons and Other Wildlife in the Issuance of a Permit To Hold a Regatta, Race or Boat or Water-ski Exhibition | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 404 | An Act To Preserve Deer Habitat | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 433 | An Act To Allow Winners of Moose Permits To Sell Subpermittee Selections | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 445 | An Act To Allow Deer Baiting by Hunters | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 88 | An Act To Amend Maine's Wildlife Laws Regarding Species of Special Concern | Mar 1, 2021, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 184 | An Act To Minimize the Propagation of Invasive Aquatic Plants | Mar 1, 2021, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 116 | An Act To Allow the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Authorize the Hunting of Antlerless Deer without a Permit in Certain Areas | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 212 | An Act To Support Senior Hunting by Allowing Lifetime Licensed Hunters over 65 Years of Age To Automatically Receive an Antlerless Deer Permit | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 294 | An Act To Simplify the Any-deer Permit Distribution System by Including the Ability To Purchase Additional Permits | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 88 | An Act To Amend Maine's Wildlife Laws Regarding Species of Special Concern | Mar 3, 2021, 10:01a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 374 | An Act To Allow Veterans, Active Duty Service Members and Their Spouses To Apply for Temporary Occupational Licenses and Certifications | Mar 2, 2021, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 459 | An Act To Change the Licensing Authority for Tattoo Artists | Mar 2, 2021, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 18 | An Act To Clarify the American Sign Language Interpreters Licensing Laws | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 171 | An Act To Enable Out-of-state Certified Public Accountancy Firms To Provide Services in Maine on the Basis of Substantial Equivalency | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 273 | An Act To Sustain the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 292 | An Act To Increase the Minimum Grant Amount under the Maine State Grant Program | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| Judiciary |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 411 | An Act To Ensure Fair Judicial Outcomes | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 448 | An Act Regarding Recording of Witness Interviews | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 478 | An Act To Establish a Fund To Compensate Unjustly Incarcerated Persons | Mar 2, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 402 | An Act To Protect an Individual's Personal Data | Mar 4, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 480 | 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 Arrang... | Mar 4, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 192 | An Act To Define the Responsibilities of Residential Property Owners for the Maintenance and Repair of Private Roads | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 222 | An Act To Update the Maine Parentage Act | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 237 | An Act To Allow Veterans To Opt Out of Jury Duty | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 272 | An Act To Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 310 | An Act To Establish Equitable Education Requirements for Judges | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 355 | An Act To Require Pest Disclosure in All Real Estate Transactions | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 420 | An Act To Amend the Maine Revised Unclaimed Property Act | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 422 | An Act To Enact the Maine Uniform Trust Decanting Act | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| Labor and Housing |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 447 | An Act To Require Equivalent Paid Parental Leave for All Parents Employed by Companies Offering Paid Parental Leave | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 449 | An Act To Strengthen the Ability of Public Employers and Unions To Negotiate | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 467 | An Act To Support E-9-1-1 Dispatchers and Corrections Officers Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 469 | An Act To Ensure Safety across Maine's Construction Industry | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 425 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor To Establish a State Unemployment Program for Self-employed Workers and Independent Contractors | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 473 | An Act To Create the Maine Rental Assistance and Voucher Guarantee Program | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| Marine Resources |
| LD 342 | An Act To Establish a Permanent Appointment of a Member of the Wabanaki Tribes to the Marine Resources Advisory Council | Mar 2, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 454 | An Act To Ensure Equity in the Shellfish Depuration Compensation Process for Municipalities by Increasing the Rate of Reimbursement Paid to Municipalities | Mar 2, 2021, 9:00a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 338 | An Act To Amend the Law Governing the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative | Mar 2, 2021, 9:01a | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| State and Local Government |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 232 | An Act To Recognize "My Sweet Maine" as Maine's Song of the 21st Century | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 377 | An Act To Allow Public Members of the Maine-Canadian Legislative Advisory Commission To Receive Reimbursement for Travel Expenses | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 379 | An Act To Establish the Maine State Cemetery Commission | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 434 | An Act To Clarify the Bonding Authority of Counties for Capital Maintenance Projects | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 446 | An Act To Reestablish the State Planning Office | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 472 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 104: Certain Payments Not Immediate, a Major Substantive Rule of the Treasurer of State | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 153 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Change the Number of Legislators Required To Approve a Constitutional Amendment | Mar 1, 2021, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 158 | An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions | Mar 1, 2021, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 315 | Resolve, To Require State Departments To Report on Rule Changes within State Government since the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Mar 1, 2021, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 321 | An Act To Limit State Legislators to a Lifetime Total of 16 Years of Legislative Service | Mar 1, 2021, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| Taxation |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 141 | An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Tax Laws | Mar 2, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 412 | An Act To Authorize the Use of Tax Increment Financing Funds for Constructing or Renovating Municipal Offices and Other Buildings | Mar 2, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 418 | An Act To Create a Graduated Real Estate Transfer Tax | Mar 2, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 146 | Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor To Convey the Interest of the State in Certain Real Estate in the Unorganized Territory | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 179 | An Act To Exclude Energy Efficiency Improvements from Property Tax | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 188 | An Act Regarding the Transportation of Products in the Forest Products Industry | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 198 | An Act To Improve Maine's Tax Laws by Providing a Property Tax Exemption for Central Labor Councils | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 351 | An Act Regarding Municipal Valuation and State-owned Property | Mar 4, 2021, 9:30a | State House, Room 127 |
| Transportation |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 123 | An Act To Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2022 | Mar 2, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 571 | Resolve, To Name a Bridge in the Town of Veazie the Hayward Carl Spencer Memorial Bridge | Mar 2, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 126 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 186 | An Act To Allow Signs in a Public Right-of-way To Be Removed by the Landowner | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 252 | An Act To Expand Training Opportunities for Department of Transportation Workers | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 311 | An Act To Require Third-party Certification for Persons Undertaking Corrosion Prevention and Mitigation Projects for Public Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastr... | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 395 | An Act To Remove the Authorization for Temporary Signs To Be Placed in the Public Right-of-way | Mar 4, 2021, 1:00p | State House, Room 126 |
| Veterans and Legal Affairs |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 301 | An Act Regarding Adult Use Marijuana | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 353 | An Act To Establish Medical Marijuana Cooperatives | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 421 | An Act To Increase the Number of Plants a Medical Marijuana Caregiver May Cultivate | Mar 1, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 451 | An Act To Remove the Party Designation from Return Envelopes for Absentee Ballots for the General Election | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 456 | An Act To Protect Voter Identification by Prohibiting a Voter's Party Designation from Appearing on Absentee Ballot Envelopes | Mar 3, 2021, 10:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 107 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Specify the Qualifications of Electors | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 202 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Implement Ranked-choice Voting | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 307 | An Act To Expand the Market for Maine Liquor Manufacturers | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 407 | An Act To Improve Education Funding through Lottery Proceeds | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 413 | An Act To Apply the Same Auditing Standards to All Candidates and Political Action Committees | Mar 3, 2021, 11:00a | State House, Room 437 |
