Directory of Papers
LD 1400 - 1599

LD 1400, HP0996

Resolve, Directing the Attorney General To Confer with Tribal Governments To Establish Procedures Regarding the Tribal Provisions of the Federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994

LD 1401, HP0997

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

LD 1402, HP0998

An Act To Amend the Taxes Imposed on Alcohol and Lodging

LD 1403, HP0999

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

LD 1404, HP1000

An Act To Ensure the Integrity of Maine's Medical Marijuana Program

LD 1405, HP1001

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

LD 1406, HP1002

An Act To Reduce Youth Smoking and Improve Public Health by Increasing Revenue from the Cigarette Tax to the Fund for a Healthy Maine and To Pay Debts Owed to Health Care Providers

LD 1407, HP1003

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

LD 1408, HP1004

An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Secession by a Municipality from a County

LD 1409, HP1005

An Act To Promote Tourism and Foster Economic Development

LD 1410, SP0504

An Act To Update the Fair Credit Reporting Act Consistent with Federal Law

LD 1411, SP0505

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

LD 1412, SP0506

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

LD 1413, SP0507

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

LD 1414, SP0508

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

LD 1415, SP0509

Resolve, To Allow Licensed Clubs To Allow Their Members To Purchase Tickets to a Scheduled Function at the Time of the Function

LD 1416, SP0510

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

LD 1417, SP0511

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Certain Human Services Licensing and Certification Requirements

LD 1418, HP1006

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

LD 1419, HP1007

An Act To Allow a Setoff of a Third-party Bailor's Property under Certain Conditions

LD 1420, HP1008

An Act To Return to Building Code Requirements in Effect Prior to the Adoption of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code

LD 1421, HP1009

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

LD 1422, HP1010

An Act To Establish a Nonpartisan Primary and a Presidential Primary Election System and Instant Run-off Voting for State and Federal Candidates

LD 1423, HP1011

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

LD 1424, HP1012

An Act To Increase Mileage Reimbursement and Compensation for Jurors

LD 1425, HP1013

An Act To Create Affordable Heating Options for Maine Residents and Reduce Business Energy Costs

LD 1426, SP0512

An Act To Improve Maine's Economy and Lower Energy Costs through Energy Efficiency

LD 1427, SP0513

An Act To Establish a Resource and Development Coordinating Council

LD 1428, SP0514

An Act To Protect Religious Freedom

LD 1429, SP0515

An Act To Allow School Administrative Units To Establish Rules, Procedures and Guidelines for Properly Trained Staff To Carry a Concealed Handgun on School Property while Acting in Their Official Capacities

LD 1430, SP0516

An Act To Clarify the Permitted Use of Aquatic Pesticides

LD 1431, SP0517

An Act To Support School Nutrition and Expand the Local Foods Economy

LD 1432, SP0518

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

LD 1433, HP1022

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Mental Responsibility for Criminal Conduct

LD 1434, HP1023

An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing Noise from Wind Turbines

LD 1435, HP1024

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

LD 1436, HP1025

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

LD 1437, HP1026

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

LD 1438, HP1032

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

LD 1439, HP1033

An Act To Repeal Certain Maine Criminal Code Provisions Addressing So-called Bath Salts Containing Synthetic Hallucinogenic Drugs and Instead To Define Them as Schedule W Drugs

LD 1440, HP1034

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

LD 1441, HP1035

An Act To Align the Formation of Governing Boards of Career and Technical Education Regions with That of Other Public Schools

LD 1442, HP1036

An Act To Establish a Pilot Natural Gas Utility District in Maine

LD 1443, HP1037

An Act To Make Convicted Drug Felons Ineligible for TANF Assistance

LD 1444, HP1038

An Act Relating to Title Insurers Issuing Closing or Settlement Protection

LD 1445, HP1039

An Act To Facilitate Children's Testimony

LD 1446, SP0528

An Act To Review Tax Expenditures on a Revolving Basis

LD 1447, SP0529

An Act To Grow the Maine Economy by Promoting Maine's Small Breweries and Wineries

LD 1448, SP0530

An Act To Preserve Marine Resources Licenses for Active Duty Service Members

LD 1449, SP0531

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

LD 1450, SP0532

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

LD 1451, SP0535

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

LD 1452, SP0536

An Act To Allow Municipalities with Shellfish Conservation Ordinances To Request Permission To Prohibit Marine Worm Harvesting

LD 1453, SP0537

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

LD 1454, SP0538

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

LD 1455, SP0539

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

LD 1456, HP1041

An Act To Promote Local or Community-based Generation Projects

LD 1457, HP1042

An Act To Amend the Charter of the South Berwick Sewer District

LD 1458, HP1043

An Act To Enact the Maine Small Business Investment Protection Act

LD 1459, HP1044

Resolve, Directing the Maine Library of Geographic Information Board To Convene a Stakeholder Group To Study the Feasibility of Using Maine's GeoLibrary GeoPortal for a Pilot Project That Involves Geographic Information Systems Trail Mapping

LD 1460, HP1045

An Act To Update and Clarify the Laws Governing the Operation of Bicycles on Public Roadways

LD 1461, HP1046

An Act To Require the State To Divest Itself of Assets Invested in the Fossil Fuel Industry

LD 1462, HP1047

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

LD 1463, HP1048

An Act To Examine Best Practices Relating to Tax Expenditures

LD 1464, HP1049

An Act To Streamline the Laws Related to Transportation

LD 1465, HP1050

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

LD 1466, SP0540

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

LD 1467, SP0541

Resolve, To Establish a Demonstration Project To Promote Economic Development in the Forest Products Industry

LD 1468, SP0542

An Act To Establish the High-efficiency Biomass Pellet Boiler Rebate Program and the Home Heating Conversion Fund

LD 1469, SP0543

An Act To Ensure Ethical Standards for Court Reporters

LD 1470, HP1051

An Act To Develop Juvenile Assessment Centers

LD 1471, HP1052

An Act Authorizing the Board of Environmental Protection To Modify a License for a Wind Energy Development

LD 1472, HP1053

An Act To Provide for Economic Development with Offshore Wind Power and To Reduce Energy Costs, Increase Energy Efficiency, Promote Electric System Reliability and Protect the Environment

LD 1473, HP1054

An Act To Create a Public Option Pension System

LD 1474, HP1055

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

LD 1475, HP1056

An Act To Improve Citizen Access to Legal Representation

LD 1476, HP1057

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

LD 1477, HP1058

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

LD 1478, HP1059

An Act To Avoid Potential Loss of Revenue by Municipalities and the Unorganized Territory from Donated Property

LD 1479, HP1060

An Act To Clarify Telecommunications Regulation Reform

LD 1480, HP1061

An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, Highway Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015

LD 1481, HP1062

An Act To Ensure the Success of Maine Students

LD 1482, SP0544

An Act To Amend the Motor Vehicle Franchise Laws

LD 1483, SP0545

An Act To Promote and Enhance State Policy To Preserve and Support Existing Methods of Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste

LD 1484, HP1065

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

LD 1485, HP1066

An Act Relating to Insurance Company Formation and Dissolution

LD 1486, HP1068

An Act To Reduce the Use of Hospital Emergency Departments for Preventable Oral Health Conditions

LD 1487, SP0552

An Act To Implement Managed Care in the MaineCare Program

LD 1488, SP0553

An Act To Create a Tax Expenditures Budget Process

LD 1489, SP0554

An Act To Address Maine's Immediate Workforce Needs

LD 1490, SP0555

An Act To Amend the Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Laws

LD 1491, SP0556

An Act To Strengthen the Laws Regarding Certain Crimes Committed by a Person in a Position of Authority

LD 1492, SP0557

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Strengthen Maine's Economy and Communities

LD 1493, HP1070

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

LD 1494, HP1071

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

LD 1495, HP1072

An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to Employee Health Insurance

LD 1496, HP1073

An Act To Modernize and Simplify the Tax Code

LD 1497, HP1074

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

LD 1498, SP0559

An Act To Amend the Labor Laws as They Relate to Payment for Required Medical Examinations

LD 1499, SP0560

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

LD 1500, SP0561

An Act Regarding the Cost of Copies of Medical Records

LD 1501, HP1075

An Act To Apply the Precautionary Principle to Decision Making in Certain State Agencies

LD 1502, HP1076

An Act To Expand Student Access to Certain Career Information and Opportunities

LD 1503, HP1077

An Act To Ensure Student Access to Postsecondary Military Options

LD 1504, SP0562

Resolve, Directing the Adjutant General of the State To Ensure the Maine Code of Military Justice Addresses Sexual Trauma in the Military

LD 1505, SP0563

An Act Regarding Insured Value Factor Payments for Public Tuition Students Attending a Private School

LD 1506, SP0564

An Act To Require Disclosures by 3rd-party Vendors Contracted To Perform Fund-raising

LD 1507, SP0565

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

LD 1508, HP1078

An Act To Create a Public State Bank

LD 1509, HP1079

An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015

LD 1510, HP1085

An Act To Ensure Statewide School Accountability and Improvement

LD 1511, SP0566

An Act Regarding Coordinated Access to Public Records of State Agencies

LD 1512, SP0568

An Act To Increase Funding for Start-ups

LD 1513, SP0569

Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor To Support the Statewide Coordinated Services District System

LD 1514, SP0572

An Act To Reform the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

LD 1515, HP1087

An Act To Increase the Availability of Mental Health Services

LD 1516, HP1089

An Act To Allow Certain Military Personnel To Administer Oaths and Perform the Duties of a Notary Public

LD 1517, HP1090

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

LD 1518, SP0573

An Act Concerning Liquor Licensing Laws for Holders of 2 Licenses

LD 1519, SP0574

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

LD 1520, HP1091

An Act To Allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate Slot Machines in Washington County in Conjunction with High-stakes Beano

LD 1521, HP1092

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

LD 1522, HP1093

An Act To Protect Children from Exposure on the Internet without Parental Consent

LD 1523, HP1094

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

LD 1524, HP1095

An Act To Address the Burden Placed on Students as a Result of Requirements To Take Remedial Courses

LD 1525, HP1098

An Act To Streamline Billing for Mental Health Services

LD 1526, HP1099

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

LD 1527, HP1100

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

LD 1528, HP1101

Resolve, To Provide for Livable, Affordable Neighborhoods

LD 1529, SP0576

An Act To Expand School Choice for Maine Students

LD 1530, SP0577

An Act To Establish a Process for the Implementation of Universal Voluntary Prekindergarten Education

LD 1531, SP0578

An Act To Maintain Access to Safe Medical Marijuana

LD 1532, SP0579

An Act To Provide Model Language for Standard Sewer District Charters

LD 1533, SP0580

An Act To Amend the Maine Online Learning Program

LD 1534, SP0581

An Act To Allow a Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Credit for a Vehicle No Longer in Use

LD 1535, HP1102

An Act To Provide Maine's Businesses Tax Relief for Destroyed or Stolen Products

LD 1536, HP1103

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

LD 1537, HP1105

An Act To Promote the Delivery of Natural Gas to Central Maine

LD 1538, HP1106

Resolve, To Establish a Task Force on Poverty and Personal Responsibility

LD 1539, SP0584

Resolve, To Restore the Integrity of the State Pay System

LD 1540, SP0585

An Act To Fix and Improve the System Used To Evaluate or Rate Public Schools in Maine

LD 1541, HP1108

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

LD 1542, HP1109

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 180: Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth Systems, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

LD 1543, HP1110

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 3: Maine Clean Election Act and Related Provisions, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices

LD 1544, HP1113

An Act To Expand the Authority of Lobster Management Policy Councils To Address Entry into Lobster Management Zones and To Create a Temporary Medical Allowance

LD 1545, SP0588

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

LD 1546, SP0589

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

LD 1547, HP1114

An Act To Support Municipal Volunteers

LD 1548, SP0590

An Act To Support Maine Businesses by Authorizing Certain Brewing Partnerships

LD 1549, SP0591

An Act To Provide an Exemption for Incidentally Caught Lobsters

LD 1550, HP1117

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

LD 1551, SP0592

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

LD 1552, HP1119

Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Initiate a New Rate-setting Procedure for Preschool Services for Children with Disabilities under the MaineCare Program

LD 1553, SP0595

An Act To Maintain Competition among Electricity Suppliers Serving Northern Maine

LD 1554, HP1122

An Act To Increase International Cross-border Partnerships To Benefit Maine's Economy

LD 1555, SP0596

An Act To Strengthen Maine's Hospitals and To Provide for a New Spirits Contract

LD 1556, HP1124

Resolve, To Establish the Study Group To Examine the Issue of Medicaid Expansion

LD 1557, HP1126

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

LD 1558, HP1127

An Act To Provide Property Tax Relief by Expanding Gaming Opportunities

LD 1559, HP1128

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

LD 1560, SP0597

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

LD 1561, HP1131

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Secession from a Municipality

LD 1562, SP0601

An Act To Amend the Charter of the Alfred Water District

LD 1563, SP0604

An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013

LD 1564, SP0607

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

LD 1565, HP1135

An Act To Preserve Code Enforcement Officer Training and Certification

LD 1566, SP0608

An Act Regarding School Budgets

LD 1567, HP1137

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

LD 1568, HP1138

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

LD 1569, HP1139

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

LD 1570, SP0611

An Act To Delay the Implementation of Changes to the Business Equipment Tax Exemption

LD 1571, SP0612

An Act To Prevent the Double Funding of Certain MaineCare Costs

LD 1572, HP1141

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

LD 1573, SP0615

An Act To Extend the Authorization for the Maine Education Effectiveness Council

LD 1574, HP1143

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

LD 1575, SP0614

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

LD 1576, SP0617

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

LD 1577, HP1147

An Act To Fund the Agreement with Certain Judicial Department Employees

LD 1578, HP1149

An Act To Increase Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People

LD 1579, HP1150

An Act To Authorize Public Safety Personnel and Members of the Military To Wear Their Uniforms When Visiting Schools in Their Official Capacities

LD 1580, HP1151

An Act To Use the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center To Provide Inpatient Mental Health Services for Forensic Patients

LD 1581, HP1152

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

LD 1582, HP1153

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

LD 1583, HP1154

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

LD 1584, HP1155

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 21: Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autistic Disorder, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 1585, HP1156

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

LD 1586, HP1157

An Act To Strengthen Enforcement Standards for Potatoes

LD 1587, HP1158

An Act To Temporarily Ban the Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides

LD 1588, HP1159

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Maine Correctional Center

LD 1589, HP1160

An Act To Improve the Maine Sex Offender Registry

LD 1590, HP1161

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

LD 1591, HP1162

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

LD 1592, HP1163

An Act To Improve and Modernize the Authority of Local Health Inspectors

LD 1593, HP1164

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

LD 1594, HP1165

Resolve, To Review and Make Recommendations on Challenges, Gaps and Inefficiencies in Maine's Emergency Crisis Hotline and "Warm Line" Services

LD 1595, HP1166

An Act To Preserve Access to Nursing Home Care by Correcting Chronic Shortfalls in MaineCare Reimbursement

LD 1596, HP1167

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

LD 1597, HP1168

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

LD 1598, HP1169

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

LD 1599, HP1170

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