Directory of Papers
LD 1400 - 1599

LD 1400, SP0521

An Act To Focus Energy Laws on Energy Cost

LD 1401, HP0950

An Act To Allow for and Regulate the Adult Use of Cannabis

LD 1402, HP0951

An Act To Reward Work Performed by Welfare Recipients

LD 1403, HP0952

An Act To Require Licensed Mental Health Professionals To Receive Training in Suicide Risk Assessment

LD 1404, SP0522

Resolve, Directing the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation To Conduct a Sunrise Review of the Proposal To License Court Reporters and Legal Recorders

LD 1405, SP0523

An Act To Amend the Licensing Laws of the Maine Fuel Board

LD 1406, SP0524

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study College Affordability and College Completion

LD 1407, HP0955

An Act To Require Screening and Testing for Illegal Substances of Beneficiaries under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

LD 1408, HP0957

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 21: Statewide Standards for Timber Harvesting and Related Activities in Shoreland Areas, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry

LD 1409, HP0958

An Act To Clarify and Simplify the Licensing and Registration Provisions of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Laws

LD 1410, SP0525

An Act To Strengthen Maine's Fisheries Laws

LD 1411, SP0526

An Act To Amend the Tax Laws

LD 1412, HP0959

An Act To Fund a Training Partnership between Riverview Psychiatric Center and the University of Maine at Augusta

LD 1413, HP0960

An Act To Allow a Victim of a Crime To Be Represented by an Attorney at a Sentencing Hearing

LD 1414, HP0961

An Act Regarding the Disposition of Certain Funds Received by the Attorney General Pursuant to a Court Order or Settlement

LD 1415, SP0530

An Act To Authorize Two General Fund Bond Issues To Improve Highways, Bridges and Multimodal Facilities

LD 1416, HP0962

An Act Regarding Interstate Shellfish Depuration

LD 1417, HP0964

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Change the Selection Process for the Attorney General

LD 1418, HP0965

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Provide for a Lieutenant Governor and Change the Line of Succession for Governor

LD 1419, HP0966

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Change the Selection Process for the Treasurer of State

LD 1420, SP0531

An Act Regarding Participation by Private School Students in Extracurricular and Interscholastic Activities at Public Schools

LD 1421, HP0967

An Act To Establish a Tax-free Savings Program for Individuals with Disabilities

LD 1422, HP0968

An Act To Allow Maine Residents To Personally Import Medications as Permitted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

LD 1423, SP0532

An Act To Expand Access to Workforce Development at Brunswick Landing

LD 1424, HP0970

Resolve, Authorizing Certain Land Transactions by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands

LD 1425, HP0971

An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Corporations and Limited Partnerships

LD 1426, HP0972

An Act Regarding the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers

LD 1427, SP0535

Resolve, Regarding the Department of Environmental Protection's Rule Chapter 500: Stormwater Management

LD 1428, HP0974

An Act To Establish the Forensic Treatment Fund To Establish a Behavioral Assessment and Safety Evaluation Unit

LD 1429, HP0975

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding On-premises and Off-premises Liquor Licenses

LD 1430, SP0538

An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red

LD 1431, SP0539

An Act To Help Facilitate New Career Opportunities and Attract Major Private Investment

LD 1432, HP0977

An Act To Consolidate the Investigation of Out-of-home Child Abuse and Neglect

LD 1433, SP0540

An Act To Create the Office of the Public Defender and Amend the Duties of the Commission on Indigent Legal Services

LD 1434, HP0978

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Law Enforcement's Access to, and Access to Information about, Certain Persons in Hospitals and Mental Health Facilities

LD 1435, HP0979

An Act Regarding Ethanol-free Motor Fuel

LD 1436, HP0980

An Act To Better Serve the Seasonal Tourist Market during the 2015 Summer Season and Early Autumn with a Pilot Program To Extend the Authorized Hours during Which Liquor May Be Served

LD 1437, HP0981

An Act To Establish Training Standards for Persons Investigating Domestic Abuse Complaints

LD 1438, HP0982

An Act To Include Bows and Crossbows as Dangerous Weapons for Purposes of Protection from Abuse Orders

LD 1439, SP0541

An Act To Establish a Secure Internet-based Background Check Center for Providers of Long-term Care, Child Care and In-home and Community-based Services

LD 1440, SP0542

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Department of Corrections

LD 1441, SP0543

An Act To Establish the Public Higher Education Systems Coordinating Committee

LD 1442, HP0985

An Act To Establish a Bag Limit for Brook Trout on Portions of Webster Stream in Piscataquis County

LD 1443, SP0544

An Act To Merge the Maine Educational Loan Authority with the Finance Authority of Maine

LD 1444, SP0545

An Act To Correct an Inconsistency in the So-called Dig Safe Law

LD 1445, SP0546

Resolve, Reauthorizing the Balance of the 2009 Bond Issue for an Offshore Wind Energy Demonstration Project

LD 1446, HP0990

An Act To Authorize a Casino To Benefit Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in the State

LD 1447, SP0547

An Act To Authorize Increased Borrowing by the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority To Support the Maine Correctional Center in South Windham

LD 1448, SP0548

An Act To Amend Education Laws

LD 1449, SP0552

An Act To Amend the State Election Laws

LD 1450, HP0993

An Act To Enact an Interim Budget

LD 1451, SP0553

An Act To Fund the Agreement with Certain Judicial Department Employees

LD 1452, SP0554

An Act To Make Technical Changes to Recently Enacted Legislation

LD 1453, HP0995

An Act To Fund Agreements with Bargaining Units for Certain Executive Branch Employees and Ensure Equitable Treatment for Other Executive Branch Employees

LD 1454, HP0996

Resolve, Directing the Governor and the Land for Maine's Future Board To Fulfill the Will of Maine Voters and Issue Bonds Approved in 2010

LD 1455, SP0557

An Act To Make a Technical Correction to a Recently Enacted Law Regarding the Appointment of District Court Judges

LD 1456, SP0558

Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey Approximately 0.75 Acre of Land in Madrid Township to the Madrid Historical Society

LD 1457, SP0559

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

LD 1458, HP0999

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 30: Prior Approval Process and Stop Work Orders, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry

LD 1459, HP1000

An Act To Delay Any New Statewide Assessment Test

LD 1460, HP1002

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 301: Fee Schedule and Administrative Procedures for Payment of Commission Assigned Counsel, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services

LD 1461, SP0562

An Act To Allow All Manufacturers Licensed by the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations To Provide Samples of Products to Retail Licensees

LD 1462, SP0563

An Act Regarding the Sale of Alcohol by a Manufacturer with an On-premises Retail License

LD 1463, HP1004

An Act To Allow Members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program To Reapply for Disability Retirement Benefits after Denial and To Allow the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System To Offer Long-term Disability Insurance Coverage

LD 1464, HP1005

An Act To Revise the Educational Personnel Certification Statutes and To Direct the Department of Education To Review Department Rules Regarding Educational Personnel Certification

LD 1465, HP1006

An Act To Require the State To Adequately Pay for Emergency Medical Services

LD 1466, SP0564

An Act To Exempt Certain Liquor Sales Representatives from Licensing Requirements

LD 1467, SP0565

An Act Regarding Maine Spirits

LD 1468, SP0566

Resolve, To Improve the Safety of Ferries in the State

LD 1469, SP0567

An Act To Promote Private Fund-raising for the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

LD 1470, SP0568

An Act To Amend Maine's Death Certificate Disclosure Law

LD 1471, SP0569

Resolve, To Facilitate the Distribution of Food Harvested or Processed in Maine to Residents with Food Insecurity

LD 1472, SP0570

Resolve, To Enhance the Administration of the Child and Adult Care Food Program by Creating Clear Guidelines for Organizations and Streamlining the Application Process

LD 1473, SP0571

Resolve, To Increase Access to Opiate Addiction Treatment in Maine

LD 1474, SP0572

An Act To Provide for the 2016 and 2017 Allocations of the State Ceiling on Private Activity Bonds

LD 1475, SP0573

An Act To Facilitate the Use of State Education Subsidies

LD 1476, SP0574

An Act To Improve the Law Concerning Carbon Monoxide Detectors

LD 1477, SP0575

An Act To Protect Victims of Sexual Assault

LD 1478, SP0576

An Act To Reestablish Recreational Use of a Historic Trolley Line in the Town of Gray

LD 1479, SP0577

An Act To Create Improved Consumer Protection against Long-term Care Insurance Premium Rate Increases

LD 1480, SP0578

An Act To Create and Sustain High-quality Maine Jobs

LD 1481, SP0579

An Act To Protect Maine's Natural Resources Jobs by Exempting from Sales Tax Fuel Used in Commercial Farming, Fishing and Forestry

LD 1482, SP0580

An Act To Revise the Charter of the Rumford Water District

LD 1483, SP0581

An Act To Amend Maine's Motor Vehicle Laws

LD 1484, SP0582

An Act Regarding the Election Laws

LD 1485, HP1008

An Act To Allow the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Transfer Ownership of Snowmobile Trail Maintenance Equipment to Incorporated Nonprofit Snowmobile Clubs

LD 1486, HP1009

Resolve, To Reauthorize the Issuance of Certain Bonds for Land Conservation Projects

LD 1487, HP1010

An Act To Amend the Laws on Protection from Abuse and Unauthorized Dissemination of Certain Private Images

LD 1488, HP1011

An Act To Support Substance Abuse Assistance Projects Provided by Municipalities and Counties

LD 1489, HP1012

An Act To Clarify Expenditures Regarding Androscoggin County

LD 1490, HP1013

An Act Regarding the Maine Arts Commission

LD 1491, HP1014

An Act To Allow Trained, Nonmedical Employees in Schools To Administer Emergency Medications

LD 1492, HP1015

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Education Standards in Maine

LD 1493, HP1016

An Act To Provide a Private Support Organization for the Maine Arts Commission

LD 1494, HP1017

An Act To Revise Oil Spill Reporting Standards

LD 1495, HP1018

An Act To Allow the Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District To Establish and Maintain a Capital Reserve Fund

LD 1496, HP1019

An Act To Support Maine People in Recovery

LD 1497, HP1020

An Act To Align the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act with the Federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act

LD 1498, HP1021

An Act To Clarify Medicaid Managed Care Ombudsman Services

LD 1499, HP1022

An Act To Increase the Safety of Social Workers

LD 1500, HP1023

An Act To Protect and Promote Access to Sport Shooting Ranges

LD 1501, HP1024

An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Disqualification for Unemployment Benefits during Stoppages of Work

LD 1502, HP1025

An Act To Provide Flexibility in the Designation of the Closed Period for Elver Harvesting

LD 1503, HP1026

An Act To Amend Lobster and Crab Fishing License Laws

LD 1504, HP1027

An Act To Establish November 1st as Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day

LD 1505, HP1028

An Act To Facilitate Student Loan Repayment by Allowing Graduates To Claim Educational Opportunity Tax Credits on Eligible Portions of Consolidated Loans

LD 1506, HP1029

An Act To Make Additional Technical Changes to Recently Enacted Tax Legislation Concerning Pension Income

LD 1507, HP1030

An Act To Authorize a Person Whose Operator's License Is Suspended Due to Failure To Pay Child Support To Drive to and from a Place of Employment

LD 1508, HP1031

An Act Regarding the Distribution and Off-site Storage of Spirits by Licensed Reselling Agents

LD 1509, HP1032

An Act To Simplify the Filing of Campaign Independent Expenditure and 24-hour Reports

LD 1510, HP1033

An Act To Improve the Disclosure of Financial Activities by Political Action Committees and Ballot Question Committees

LD 1511, HP1034

An Act To Allow Retailers To Return Promotional Alcoholic Beverages to Wholesalers

LD 1512, HP1035

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Equipment for Career and Technical Education Centers

LD 1513, HP1036

An Act To Clarify Laws Relating to Affiliate Ownership of Electric Generation

LD 1514, HP1037

An Act To Conform Maine Law to the Requirements of the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation

LD 1515, HP1040

An Act To Update the Laws Governing the Maine Public Employees Retirement System as They Relate to Wartime Veterans

LD 1516, HP1041

An Act To Allow School Resource Officers To Have Jurisdiction at Off-site Events

LD 1517, HP1042

An Act To Enable an Alternative Organizational Structure To Purchase Group Health Insurance for Its Employees

LD 1518, HP1043

An Act To Ensure Children in the Care of Caretaker Relatives Can Access Fundamental Services

LD 1519, HP1044

An Act To Amend the Tax Laws To Strengthen Charitable Institutions, Encourage Home Ownership and Manage Medical Expenses

LD 1520, HP1045

An Act To Amend Maine's Military Bureau Laws

LD 1521, HP1046

An Act To Create Equity among Essential Nonprofit Health Care Providers in Relation to the Sales Tax

LD 1522, HP1047

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of the Final Repeal 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 1523, SP0585

Resolve, To Provide Wage Parity for Supervisors of Law Enforcement Personnel

LD 1524, SP0586

An Act To Update the Laws Governing the Maine Veterans' Homes

LD 1525, SP0587

An Act To Encourage the Purchase of Products Made in Maine and in the United States and To Give Preference to Maine Businesses When Awarding Contracts

LD 1526, SP0588

An Act To Permit Disclosure of Certain Intelligence and Investigative Record Information by a Criminal Justice Agency to a Nongovernmental Advocacy Program for Persons with Mental Illness

LD 1527, SP0589

An Act To Facilitate MaineCare Assisted Living by Providing a Cost-of-living Adjustment to Private Nonmedical Institutions and Adult Family Care Homes

LD 1528, SP0590

An Act To Modernize and Consolidate Court Facilities

LD 1529, SP0591

An Act Regarding the Application Fees and Inspection Fees Associated with the Provision of Amusement Rides

LD 1530, SP0592

An Act To Exempt MaineCare Appendix C Private Nonmedical Institutions from the Service Provider Tax

LD 1531, SP0593

An Act To Protect Victims of Human Trafficking

LD 1532, SP0594

An Act To Clarify Financial Responsibility in Gestational Carrier Agreements

LD 1533, SP0595

An Act To Provide an Annual Cost-of-living Adjustment to Nursing Facilities To Further Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study Long-term Care Facilities

LD 1534, SP0596

An Act To Reduce the Trafficking of Illegal Drugs in the State

LD 1535, SP0597

An Act To Protect Firefighters by Prohibiting the Sale and Distribution of New Upholstered Furniture Containing Certain Flame-retardant Chemicals

LD 1536, SP0598

An Act To Provide Ballistic Vests to State Law Enforcement Officers and Certain Other State Agents

LD 1537, SP0599

An Act To Combat Drug Addiction through Enforcement, Prevention, Treatment and Recovery

LD 1538, HP1049

An Act To Amend the Quorum Requirements That Apply to the Citizen Trade Policy Commission

LD 1539, HP1050

An Act To Expand the Early Processing of Absentee Ballots

LD 1540, SP0601

An Act To Protect All Students in Elementary or Secondary Schools from Sexual Assault by School Officials

LD 1541, SP0602

An Act To Increase Sentences Imposed for the Illegal Importation of Scheduled Drugs

LD 1542, HP1051

An Act To Encourage Maine Employers To Offer and Employees To Enroll in Disability Income Protection Plans in the Workplace

LD 1543, HP1052

An Act To Create Stability in the Control of Pesticides

LD 1544, SP0604

An Act To Improve Teaching Assignments in Maine's Public Schools

LD 1545, SP0605

An Act To Repeal the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association Act

LD 1546, HP1053

An Act To Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2017

LD 1547, HP1054

An Act To Facilitate Access to Naloxone Hydrochloride

LD 1548, HP1055

An Act To Establish a Foster Parents' Bill of Rights

LD 1549, HP1056

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Oversight of and Responsibility for the Kim Wallace Adaptive Equipment Loan Program Fund

LD 1550, SP0606

An Act To Protect Shellfish Conservation Areas

LD 1551, SP0607

An Act To Make Additional Technical Changes to Recently Enacted Tax Legislation

LD 1552, HP1057

An Act To Reduce Morbidity and Mortality Related to Injected Drugs

LD 1553, SP0608

An Act To Improve the Workers' Compensation System

LD 1554, SP0609

An Act To Resolve Inconsistencies in the Drug Laws

LD 1555, HP1058

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age 20, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

LD 1556, HP1059

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

LD 1557, IB0002

An Act To Establish Ranked-choice Voting

LD 1558, HP1061

An Act To Make Efficient Electric Heat Pumps Available to Utility Customers, Including Low-income Customers

LD 1559, HP1062

An Act To Encourage Roller Derby

LD 1560, SP0611

An Act To Strengthen Intragovernment Communication

LD 1561, SP0612

An Act To Reauthorize Certain Land for Maine's Future Bonds and To Facilitate the Issuance of Those Bonds

LD 1562, SP0614

An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Laws Governing Child Support

LD 1563, SP0615

An Act To Enact the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act

LD 1564, SP0616

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

LD 1565, SP0617

An Act To Attract and Retain Medical Examiners by Increasing the Fees for Services Provided by Medical Examiners

LD 1566, SP0618

An Act Concerning the Establishment of Water Levels

LD 1567, HP1063

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Operation of an All-terrain Vehicle or Snowmobile on a Controlled Access Highway

LD 1568, HP1064

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 373: Financial and Technical Capacity Standards of the Site Location of Development Act, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection

LD 1569, HP1065

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 375: No Adverse Environmental Effect Standards of the Site Location of Development Act, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection

LD 1570, HP1066

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 380: Long-term Construction Projects Under the Site Location of Development Act, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection

LD 1571, SP0619

Resolve, To Name a Bridge between Atkinson and Sebec the Captain John "Jay" Brainard Gold Star Memorial Bridge

LD 1572, SP0620

An Act To Ensure Nondiscrimination against Gun Owners in Public Housing

LD 1573, SP0624

An Act To Improve Hospital Governance by Clarifying the Requirement for a Certificate of Need for Intracorporation Transfers

LD 1574, SP0625

An Act To Protect Maine Voters from Intimidating Video Recording at the Polls

LD 1575, HP1067

An Act To Make Technical Amendments to the Maine Juvenile Code

LD 1576, HP1069

An Act To Amend Certain Education Laws

LD 1577, HP1070

An Act To Increase the Availability of Mental Health Services

LD 1578, SP0626

An Act To Update Maine's Solid Waste Management Laws

LD 1579, HP1071

An Act Regarding the Maine Clean Election Fund

LD 1580, HP1072

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

LD 1581, HP1073

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 270: Uniform Reporting System for Quality Data Sets, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Health Data Organization

LD 1582, HP1074

Resolve, To Name the Naples Bay Bridge on U.S. Route 302 in the Town of Naples the Robert Neault Memorial Bridge

LD 1583, SP0633

An Act To Provide for Tax Conformity and Funding Methods

LD 1584, HP1075

An Act To Continue To Provide Group Exemption Passes to State Parks for Persons with Disabilities and To Ensure Transparency for Certain Fees

LD 1585, HP1076

An Act To Improve Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing by Updating the Laws Governing Qualifications for Certain Members of the Telecommunications Relay Services Advisory Council

LD 1586, HP1077

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

LD 1587, SP0634

An Act Regarding the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit

LD 1588, HP1079

An Act To Require That Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions in the State Give Preference to Maine Producers When Entering into Contracts Related to Heating Fuel

LD 1589, HP1080

Resolve, To Name the Essex Street Overpass Bridge in Bangor the Brent Cross Bridge

LD 1590, HP1081

An Act To Exempt from the Sales and Use Tax Sales to Certain Veterans' Organizations Funding Direct Supportive Services to Veterans and Their Families

LD 1591, SP0640

An Act To Amend the Maine Veterinary Practice Act

LD 1592, SP0641

An Act To Amend the Maine Traveler Information Services Laws

LD 1593, HP1083

An Act To Establish a Contingency Wildlife Management Plan

LD 1594, HP1084

An Act To Direct the Commissioner of Education To Develop a Model Policy Regarding Substance Abuse Education in Maine Schools

LD 1595, HP1085

Resolve, Authorizing the Reconveyance of Land and Authorizing the Sinclair Sanitary District To Lease Land for Telecommunications Purposes

LD 1596, HP1086

An Act To Revise the Laws Regarding Dental Practices

LD 1597, HP1087

An Act To Provide Supplemental Appropriations and Deappropriations for the Judicial Department for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017

LD 1598, HP1088

An Act To Amend Procedures for the Licensing of Architects and Foresters

LD 1599, HP1090

Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen and Align the Services Provided to Maine's Veterans by Authorizing MaineCare Transportation Services To Transport Veterans to Medical Appointments Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs