Directory of Papers
LD 1 - 199

LD 1, SP0010

An Act To Stimulate Capital Investment for Innovative Businesses in Maine

LD 2, SP0011

An Act To Provide Rule-making Authority to the Maine Library Commission

LD 3, SP0012

An Act To Designate Registered Voters Not Enrolled in a Political Party as Independent Voters

LD 4, SP0013

An Act To Remove the Age Restriction for Serving as a Corporator of a Mutual Financial Institution

LD 5, SP0014

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Liquor Licenses

LD 6, SP0015

An Act To Establish a Distracted Driver Law

LD 7, SP0016

An Act To Amend the Instruction Permit Process

LD 8, SP0017

An Act To Deter Road Rage

LD 9, HP0004

An Act To Prohibit the Force-feeding of Birds

LD 10, HP0005

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Drinking Water Programs

LD 11, HP0006

Resolve, To Encourage the Preservation of Dark Skies

LD 12, HP0007

Resolve, Directing the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation To Amend Its Rules Governing Pastoral Counselors

LD 13, HP0008

An Act To Expand the Diagnostic Functions of Independent Practice Dental Hygienists

LD 14, HP0009

An Act To Prohibit Air Bag Fraud

LD 15, HP0010

An Act To Prohibit the Sale of a Road Sign Originally Placed by the State, a County or a Municipality

LD 16, HP0011

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

LD 17, HP0012

An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Energy Drinks to Minors

LD 18, HP0013

An Act To Ensure Access to MaineCare Services

LD 19, HP0014

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Public Rest Rooms

LD 20, HP0015

An Act To Require Insurance Companies To Cover the Cost of Prosthetics

LD 21, HP0016

An Act To Encourage the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders

LD 22, HP0017

Resolve, To Establish a Study Commission To Develop Legislation Designed To Prevent Domestic Violence and Abuse

LD 23, HP0018

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Powers of Attorney

LD 24, HP0019

An Act To Prevent Domestic Violence and Abuse

LD 25, HP0020

An Act To Protect Child Victims of Sexual Abuse

LD 26, HP0021

An Act To Allow the Spouse of a Retired Public Employee a Second Chance To Be Enrolled under the Retiree's Insurance Plan

LD 27, HP0022

An Act To Amend the Definition of Employment for Purposes of Unemployment Compensation

LD 28, HP0023

An Act To Promote the Integrity of Citizens' Initiatives

LD 29, HP0024

An Act To Amend the Landlord and Tenant Laws as They Pertain to Interest Paid on Mobile Home Park Tenant Security Deposits

LD 30, HP0025

An Act To Establish Native American Veterans Day

LD 31, HP0026

An Act To Amend the Legislative Term Limit Laws

LD 32, HP0027

An Act To Clarify the Disposition of Fines from Maine's Soft-shelled Clam Laws

LD 33, HP0028

An Act To Change the Name of Township 16, Range 4, WELS, to Madawaska Lake

LD 34, HP0029

An Act To Clarify the Election of Municipal Charter Commission Members

LD 35, HP0030

An Act To Require Municipalities To Enforce the Collection of the State Excise Tax on Motor Vehicles, Aircraft and Watercraft Owned by Maine Residents and Registered outside the State

LD 36, HP0031

An Act To Reopen Certain Rest Stops on Route 1

LD 37, HP0032

An Act To Allow a Weight Tolerance for Vehicle Auxiliary Power Units

LD 38, HP0033

An Act To Allow the Use of Only 2 Studded Tires on Front-wheel-drive Vehicles

LD 39, HP0034

An Act To Enhance Motorcycle Safety

LD 40, HP0035

An Act To Prohibit Certain Uses of Cellular Telephones and Handheld Electronic Devices while Operating a Motor Vehicle

LD 41, HP0036

An Act To Prohibit the Use of a Handheld Cellular Telephone While Operating a Motor Vehicle

LD 42, HP0037

An Act To Increase the Time Period for Motor Vehicle Inspections to 2 Years

LD 43, HP0038

An Act To Promote Consumer Fairness in Alternative Energy

LD 44, HP0039

An Act To Require Transmission Lines To Be Placed Underground near Certain Facilities

LD 45, HP0040

An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2009

LD 46, SP0018

An Act To Allow Nonmember Directors To Serve on the Board of Cooperative Agricultural Associations

LD 47, SP0019

An Act To Allow the Town of Baldwin To Be Eligible for Full Pine Tree Development Zone Benefits

LD 48, HP0041

Resolve, To Delay the Sustainability of the Highway Fund

LD 49, HP0042

An Act To Require the Secretary of State To Provide Notice of License Revocation or Suspension by Certified Mail

LD 50, HP0043

An Act To Clarify the Definition of Hard Cider for the Purposes of the Returnable Container Law

LD 51, HP0044

An Act To Allow Military Personnel Living in Maine To Benefit under the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption

LD 52, HP0045

An Act To Require Unredeemed Beverage Container Deposits To Be Provided to the State

LD 53, HP0046

An Act To Permit the Use of a Common Flue for Oil and Solid Fuel Burning Equipment

LD 54, HP0047

An Act To Change the Coyote Night Hunting Season

LD 55, HP0048

An Act To Prohibit the Commercial Sale of Water by a Water District

LD 56, HP0049

An Act To Join the Interstate Compact on the National Popular Vote

LD 57, HP0050

An Act To Exempt Small Privately Owned Windmills from the Property Tax

LD 58, HP0051

Resolve, To Suspend Certain Maine State Housing Authority Rules for Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program Grant Applications

LD 59, HP0052

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Confidentiality of Correctional Facility Plans

LD 60, HP0053

Resolve, To Rename the Father Curran Bridge in Augusta

LD 61, HP0054

An Act To Make Supplemental Allocations from the Highway Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2009

LD 62, HP0055

An Act To Ensure an Adequate Time Frame within Which To Rebuild a Home

LD 63, HP0056

An Act To Reduce Registration Fees for Certain Generators of Biomedical Waste

LD 64, SP0023

An Act To Amend the Requirements for the Livable Wage Report

LD 65, SP0024

An Act To Increase the Ability of the Maine Wage Assurance Fund To Pay Unpaid Workers

LD 66, SP0025

An Act To Amend Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species List by Removing the Bald Eagle

LD 67, SP0026

An Act To Protect Beaches in Maine's State Parks

LD 68, SP0027

An Act Regarding the Composition of the Board of Pesticides Control

LD 69, HP0058

An Act To Provide a Reward for Information Regarding the Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer

LD 70, HP0059

An Act To Amend the Length Limits on Fish Caught on the Inland Waters

LD 71, HP0060

An Act To Raise the Property Tax Exemption for Veterans

LD 72, HP0061

An Act Regarding the Tax on Fuel Used for Commercial Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

LD 73, HP0062

An Act To Protect the Right To Use Solar Energy

LD 74, HP0064

Resolve, To Review and Update Sales Tax Exemptions for Products Purchased for Agricultural Use

LD 75, HP0065

Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources To Streamline Agricultural Regulation

LD 76, HP0066

Resolve, To Study the Feasibility of Expanding the Curriculum of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

LD 77, HP0067

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 181: Child Development Services System: Regional Provider Advisory Boards, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

LD 78, HP0068

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 182: Formula for Distribution of Funds to Child Developmental Services Regional Sites, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

LD 79, HP0069

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 61: State Board of Education Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

LD 80, HP0070

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 33: Rules for the Certification of Family Child Care Providers, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services

LD 81, HP0071

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 10: Exemptions to the Ban on Flavored Cigarettes and Cigars, a Major Substantive Rule of the Office of the Attorney General

LD 82, SP0031

An Act To Create a Penalty for Harvesting Scallops in a Conservation Area

LD 83, SP0032

An Act To Increase the Percentage of Retired Teachers' Health Insurance Paid by the State

LD 84, SP0033

An Act To Ensure Fair Pay

LD 85, SP0034

An Act To Simplify and Consolidate Maine's Fishing Laws and Rules

LD 86, SP0035

An Act To Conform the Maine Tax Laws for 2008 to the United States Internal Revenue Code

LD 87, SP0036

An Act To Allow the Same Homestead and Veterans' Exemptions to a Person Who Has a Life Lease as Are Allowed to Those Who Have a Life Estate

LD 88, SP0037

An Act To Permit Personal Watercraft on Lake St. George in Liberty

LD 89, SP0038

An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Informal Conferences as Part of the Board of Licensure in Medicine's Disciplinary Proceedings

LD 90, SP0039

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

LD 91, HP0075

An Act To Fund the Maine Downtown Center

LD 92, HP0076

An Act Pertaining to the Quality Child Care Education Scholarship Fund

LD 93, HP0077

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Construction Contracts

LD 94, HP0078

An Act To Authorize the State Board of Nursing To Request Mental and Physical Examinations and To Establish a Nurse Health Program

LD 95, HP0079

An Act To Eliminate Penalties for Nonconforming School Administrative Units

LD 96, HP0080

An Act To Authorize the Implementation of Modified School Year Calendars

LD 97, HP0081

Resolve, Directing the Maine Community College System, the University of Maine System and the Department of Education To Develop a Plan To Enable High School Students To Achieve a Seamless Transition to Higher Education

LD 98, HP0082

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services To Require the Teaching of Mental Health Awareness in Middle Schools Based on a National Curriculum

LD 99, HP0083

An Act To Allow Authorization for the Release of HIV Information on a General Medical Information Release Form

LD 100, HP0084

An Act To Improve Oral Health Care for Maine's Children

LD 101, HP0085

An Act To Extend the Operation of the Maine Health Data Processing Center and To Amend the Maine Health Data Organization Statutes

LD 102, HP0086

An Act To Exempt a Door Prize Awarded at a Fishing Tournament from Being Classified as a Game of Chance

LD 103, HP0087

An Act To Ensure Protection from Harassment for Purchasers of Real Property through Auction

LD 104, HP0088

An Act To Fund Fully the Purchase of Military Time

LD 105, HP0089

An Act To Increase the Allowable Contributions to Traditionally Funded Campaigns

LD 106, HP0090

An Act To Prohibit Constitutional Officers from Endorsing Candidates for the Legislature

LD 107, HP0091

An Act To Change the Classification of Man-made Wetlands

LD 108, HP0092

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Change the Terms for State Senators and Members of the House of Representatives to 4 Years

LD 109, HP0093

An Act To Exempt Residential Electricity from Sales Tax

LD 110, HP0094

An Act To Allow School Buses To Travel at the Posted Speed Limit on the Interstate and the Maine Turnpike

LD 111, HP0095

Resolve, To Name Part of Route 16 the Alton E. Worcester Highway

LD 112, HP0096

An Act To Prohibit the Use of Handheld Cellular Telephones while Driving

LD 113, HP0097

An Act Regarding Construction and Excavation near Burial Sites

LD 114, HP0098

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Overnight Parking of Recreational Vehicles

LD 115, HP0099

An Act To Repeal the Laws Governing Consolidation of School Administrative Units

LD 116, HP0101

An Act To Allow Political Signs on Private Property Only

LD 117, HP0102

Resolve, To Facilitate the Creation of a Memorial for the Families and Friends of Children Who Have Died by Violence

LD 118, SP0040

An Act To Further Facilitate the Provision of Educational Loans for Maine Students and Families

LD 119, SP0041

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Public Water System Operation Fees

LD 120, SP0043

An Act To Clarify the Criteria for Provision of Assistance to Low-income Customers of Natural Gas Companies

LD 121, HP0103

An Act To Reduce the Length of the Legislative Sessions

LD 122, HP0104

An Act To Correct the Law Concerning Private Investigators' License Qualifications

LD 123, SP0045

An Act Regarding the Electronic Submission of Filings

LD 124, HP0108

An Act To Remove Game Sanctuary Status for Certain Lands in the Town of Orrington

LD 125, HP0109

Resolve, To Establish the Blue Ribbon Commission To Study the Functions and Operations of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

LD 126, HP0110

An Act To Amend Certain Laws Affecting Transportation

LD 127, HP0111

An Act To Prohibit Telephone Line-item Charges Not Representing Services Requested by the Customer or Required by Law

LD 128, HP0112

An Act To Require the Teaching of Agricultural Studies in Maine's Schools

LD 129, SP0048

Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State To Conduct a Pilot Program for Early Voting for the November 2009 Election

LD 130, SP0049

An Act To Allow a Municipality Greater Flexibility To Disburse State Fees

LD 131, SP0050

An Act To Amend the Charter of the Athens Standard Water District

LD 132, SP0051

An Act To Clarify Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Laws for Youth

LD 133, SP0052

An Act To Allow a Duplicate Vanity License Plate in a Different Classification of Plate

LD 134, HP0113

An Act To Amend the Occupancy Limits for Campsites in the Unorganized Territories

LD 135, HP0114

An Act To Increase Mileage Reimbursement for Jurors

LD 136, HP0115

An Act To Require the Provision of Unstructured Recess Time for Elementary School Students

LD 137, HP0116

Resolve, To Authorize a Trail To Be Built Connecting the Cascade Falls Trail with the Eastern Trail

LD 138, HP0117

An Act Regarding the Placement of Bait To Attract Wild Animals or Birds for Hunting

LD 139, HP0118

An Act To Require a Guide License for Certain Outdoor Activities

LD 140, HP0119

An Act To Prohibit a Maine Clean Election Act Candidate from Participating in Political Action Committee Funding

LD 141, HP0120

An Act To Allow a Person 65 Years of Age or Older To Obtain a Lobster License without Completing the Apprentice Program

LD 142, HP0121

An Act To Revise the Boundary between the City of Waterville and the Town of Oakland

LD 143, HP0122

An Act To Amend the Process for Secession from a County by a Municipality

LD 144, HP0123

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Reduce the Size of the Legislature

LD 145, HP0124

An Act To Require the Secretary of State To Notify Vehicle Owners of Impending Registration Expiration

LD 146, HP0125

An Act To Require Telephone Directories To Include Cellular Telephone Numbers for Businesses

LD 147, HP0126

An Act To Facilitate the Protection of Electric Utility Consumer Interests in Public Utility Commission Cases Involving the Construction, Rebuilding or Relocating of Transmission Lines

LD 148, HP0127

An Act To Provide Notice of Foreclosures to Tenants

LD 149, HP0128

An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to the Maine Jobs Council

LD 150, HP0129

An Act To Allow Voters To Choose Ongoing Absentee Voter Status

LD 151, HP0130

An Act To Amend the Alewife Fishing Laws

LD 152, HP0131

An Act Relating to Autocycles

LD 153, HP0132

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Land for Maine's Future Board

LD 154, HP0133

An Act To Enhance the Safety of Forestry Workers and Contracted Farm Workers

LD 155, HP0134

An Act To Ban Smoking on Public Beaches and in Public Parks

LD 156, HP0135

An Act To Protect Consumers from the Unlicensed Practice of a Trade or Profession

LD 157, HP0136

An Act To Enhance Oversight of Fraternal Benefit Societies

LD 158, HP0137

An Act To Allow an Alternative Organizational Structure To Act as a Fiscal Agent for Each Member or Municipality in That Alternative Organizational Structure

LD 159, HP0138

An Act To Provide an Administrative Structure for a School Administrative Unit That Does Not Join a Regional School Unit or an Alternative Organizational Structure

LD 160, HP0139

An Act To Require the Department of Education To Provide an Accounting of School Subsidy Based on Individual Members in a Regional School Unit or Alternative Organizational Structure

LD 161, HP0140

An Act To Amend the Special Education, School Health and School Nutrition Laws Regarding Scoliosis Screening, the School Lunch Program, Transitional Services, Gifted and Talented Education Programs and the Maine Mentoring Partnership Grant Program

LD 162, HP0141

An Act To Clarify Child Abuse and Neglect Information Disclosure

LD 163, HP0142

An Act To Require Health Care Practitioners To Distribute Free Samples of Medications in Certain Circumstances

LD 164, HP0143

An Act To Save Lives on Maine Waters

LD 165, HP0144

An Act To Supervise and Regulate Escrow Agents in Order To Protect Consumers

LD 166, HP0145

An Act To Exempt Persons 65 Years of Age or Older with Income below the Poverty Line from Property Taxes on Their Homes

LD 167, HP0146

An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Exemption for Used Goods Sold To Benefit Food Pantries

LD 168, SP0054

An Act To Provide Complimentary Hunting and Fishing Licenses to Resident Disabled Veterans Who Served in Support Units Outside of Combat Zones

LD 169, SP0055

An Act To Allow a Newly Licensed Driver To Transport a Foreign Exchange Student Who Lives with That Driver's Family

LD 170, SP0056

An Act To Ensure the Integrity of Harness Horse Racing Track Conditions

LD 171, SP0057

An Act To Extend the Season for Training Hunting Dogs

LD 172, SP0058

Resolve, Requiring the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Market Youth Fishing Day

LD 173, SP0059

An Act To Restore Funding for a Fish Hatchery in Northern Maine

LD 174, SP0060

An Act Regarding School Consolidation

LD 175, SP0061

An Act To Modify the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program

LD 176, SP0062

An Act To Equitably Adjust the Workers' Compensation Board's Assessment

LD 177, SP0063

An Act To Modify the Maine Dental Education Loan Program

LD 178, SP0064

An Act To Create the Support Animal Welfare Registration Plate

LD 179, SP0065

An Act To Clarify Expenditures and the Use of Department-generated Revenues within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

LD 180, SP0066

An Act To Make Technical Corrections to the Operating Under the Influence Laws

LD 181, SP0067

An Act To Conform Building Standards in the Unorganized Territories with Federal Emergency Management Agency Requirements

LD 182, HP0147

An Act To Prohibit Aerial Spraying of Pesticides near Buildings, Roads and Bodies of Water

LD 183, HP0148

An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Genetically Engineered Plants and Seeds

LD 184, HP0149

An Act To Allow a Cosmetologist, Barber, Manicurist or Aesthetician Licensee To Perform Services outside of the Primary Business Location

LD 185, HP0150

An Act To Ensure Public Safety during High-speed Chases by Law Enforcement Officers

LD 186, HP0151

An Act Pertaining to the Possession of Animal Fighting Paraphernalia

LD 187, HP0152

An Act To Require a Test for Operating Under the Influence for a Driver Involved in an Accident That Caused Bodily Injury

LD 188, HP0153

An Act To Establish a Moratorium on School Administrative Regionalization

LD 189, HP0154

An Act To Exempt School Union No. 60 from the Laws Requiring School Administrative Unit Consolidation

LD 190, HP0155

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Convene a Stakeholders Group To Analyze the School Funding Formula

LD 191, HP0156

An Act Regarding Insurance Copayments for Short-term Prescriptions

LD 192, HP0157

An Act To Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation

LD 193, HP0158

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Tournament Games

LD 194, HP0159

An Act To Require an Independent Audit of State Government Every 4 Years

LD 195, HP0160

An Act To Base the Excise Tax on Vehicles on a Percentage of the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price

LD 196, HP0161

An Act To Exempt Military Pensions from Income Tax

LD 197, HP0162

An Act To Provide Tax Relief to Workers Who Lose Their Jobs Due to Business Closure

LD 198, HP0163

An Act To Recouple Maine Estate Tax with the Federal Estate Tax

LD 199, HP0164

An Act To Facilitate Wind Power Siting