| Public hearings and work sessions for the 132nd Legislature for the next 5 days. |
| Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 88 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Violating the Laws Governing Agriculture and Animals and the Maine Weights and Measures Law | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 356 | An Act to Require Notification of Certain Outdoor Pesticide Applications | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 1043 | An Act to Provide Free Admission to State Parks and Historic Sites for the Immediate Family Members of Veterans and Active Military Personnel | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 1057 | Resolve, to Aid Municipalities, Animal Control Officers and Other Parties in Complying with Electronic Dog Licensing Requirements | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 1093 | An Act to Direct the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands to Prevent the Use of the Term "State Park" by Nonstate Par... | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | 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... | Apr 4, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 421 | An Act to Eliminate Barriers to Reentry into the Community After Incarceration by Repealing Certain Driver's License Suspension Provisions | Apr 7, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 1005 | An Act to Allow Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Sprinkler Plan Reviews | Apr 7, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 1135 | An Act to Permit the Use of Oral Fluid Testing in Determining the Intoxication of Drivers, Aircraft Operators and Hunters | Apr 7, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 882 | An Act to Protect Communication with Providers of Critical Incident Stress Management Peer Support | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 1150 | An Act to Require Reporting of Sheltering or Aiding Missing Children | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 1187 | An Act to Require Certain Mental Health Data to Be Included in Uniform Crime Reports | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 1215 | An Act Regarding Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 1295 | An Act to Waive Basic Law Enforcement Training Requirements for Full-time Law Enforcement Officers Who Have Successfully Completed Equivalent Courses in Other J... | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 436 |
| Education and Cultural Affairs |
| LD 681 | An Act Regarding Public Higher Education Funding in the State | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 692 | An Act to Increase Support for Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 783 | An Act to Continue Support for the Maine Multicultural Center | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 174 | An Act to Restore Religious Exemptions to Immunization Requirements | Apr 7, 2025, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 727 | An Act to Repeal Certain Immunization Requirements for Schools | Apr 7, 2025, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| Energy, Utilities and Technology |
| LD 912 | An Act to Address the Use of Electricity by Data Centers | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 1240 | An Act to Align the Schedules for Climate Change Protection Plans and Grid-enhancing Technology Reviews with the Integrated Grid Planning Process | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 300 | Resolve, to Direct the Public Utilities Commission to Study Expanding the Use of Hydroelectric Power and the Development of a Geothermal Power Plant in the Stat... | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 301 | An Act to Allow the Public Utilities Commission to Establish Performance-based Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms for a Public Utility in Any Proceeding | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 810 | An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 832 | An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce the Debt of the Vassalboro Sanitary District | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | 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 | Apr 3, 2025, 2:05p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| LD 1096 | An Act to Allow Municipalities That Have Financed Fiber-optic Broadband Infrastructure to Use Loans or Grants to Repay Associated Debt | Apr 3, 2025, 2:10p | Cross Building, Room 211 |
| Environment and Natural Resources |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 212 | An Act to Require the Valuation of Energy Produced by Hydropower Dams and Exploration of Alternative Ownership Options Before They Are Removed | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 430 | An Act to Impose Moratoria on Hydropower Dam Removal and on Water Release from Nonhydropower Dams and to Make Other Changes to the Laws Regulating Such Dams | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 846 | An Act to Protect Natural Resources by Clarifying Hydropower Dam Removal Requirements | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 1210 | An Act to Regarding Renewable Electricity Generation by Hydropower Projects | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 1158 | An Act to Expand Appliance Energy and Water Standards | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 1165 | An Act to Create a Fund for Safe Disposal of Hazardous Fluids from Salvage Yards | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| Health and Human Services |
| LD 263 | Resolve, to Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits Under MaineCare | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 625 | An Act Supporting Education for the Rural Health Care Workforce | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 938 | An Act to Implement Certain Local Spending and Sourcing Requirements Regarding the Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 943 | An Act to Require the ASPIRE-TANF Program to Be Administered by State Employees | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1125 | An Act Regarding the Impact of Certain Nonemergency Transportation Services Contracts on Community Action Agency Programs | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1199 | Resolve, Regarding the Development of a Medication Administration Training Program for Maine Youth Camps | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1235 | An Act to Establish Transparency in Opioid Settlement Funds Allocated to Municipalities or Counties | Apr 3, 2025, 2:01p | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1060 | An Act to Provide Funding to Reduce Stigma for Parents Seeking Support | Apr 4, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1061 | An Act to Increase Community Support for Families in Maine | Apr 4, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1108 | An Act Regarding the Reunification of Foster Children with Their Parents | Apr 4, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1191 | An Act to Ensure Timely Reimbursement for Providers of Child Care Services for Children in Foster Care | Apr 4, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1280 | Resolve, to Create Pilot Programs to Provide Tuition Assistance and Grants for Rural Child Care Providers | Apr 4, 2025, 10:01a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1311 | An Act to Expand Maine's Health Care Workforce by Improving Educational Opportunities | Apr 4, 2025, 10:01a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 453 | An Act to Require the State to Pay 90 Percent of All General Assistance Expenses of Municipalities and Indian Tribes | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 637 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Evaluate the Municipal General Assistance Program Database | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 657 | An Act to Modify the Law Governing Municipal General Assistance by Designating Broadband Internet Access Service and Wireless Access Point Technology as Basic N... | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1017 | An Act to Include Food Provided or Served at Emergency Shelters in General Assistance Reimbursement | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1029 | An Act to Ensure General Assistance for Housing Does Not Reduce Assistance for Other Basic Necessities and to Increase Presumptive Eligibility and State Reimbur... | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1046 | An Act to Establish a 180-day State Residency Requirement for Receiving Municipal General Assistance | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1066 | An Act Regarding Limits on Municipal General Assistance Programs | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1081 | An Act to Support Access to General Assistance at Municipal General Assistance Offices and Designated Places | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1178 | An Act to Expedite the Process Involving Municipalities That Illegally Move a Person to Avoid Responsibility for General Assistance Support | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| LD 1274 | An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 209 |
| Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services |
| LD 1084 | Resolve, to Alleviate the Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage by Allowing the Training and Granting of Behavioral Health Certifications by Community-based Agen... | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 1128 | An Act to Modernize the Formulary for Naturopathic Doctors | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 1166 | An Act to Change the Professional Title and Identification of Physician Assistants to Physician Associates | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 1220 | An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Treat Dogs and Equids | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| Housing and Economic Development |
| LD 1159 | An Act to Prohibit Businesses from Refusing to Accept Cash for In-person Payments | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 1170 | An Act to Make the Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority Responsible for the Transfer and Development of State-owned Surplus Land | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 1208 | An Act to Amend the Statutory Balance Limit on the Finance Authority of Maine's Loan Insurance Reserves for General Fund Transfers | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 414 | An Act to Prohibit Deceptive Pricing | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 913 | An Act to Prohibit Ticket Sellers from Prohibiting the Transfer of Tickets to Third Parties | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 967 | An Act to Reinvigorate Maine's Workforce and Ensure Student Job Readiness by Providing Funds for the Career Exploration Program | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 992 | An Act to Protect Consumers from Hidden Fees and Ensure Transparent Pricing for Live Event Tickets and Short-term Lodging | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 1042 | An Act to Require a Person Operating a Watercraft for Recreational Purposes to Ensure All Passengers Under 13 Years of Age Wear Coast Guard Approved Personal Fl... | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 1322 | Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Program to Enhance Youth Hunting Participation | Apr 7, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Judiciary |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 1101 | An Act to Address the Limited Availability of Counsel in Courts to Represent Indigent Parties in Matters Affecting Their Fundamental Rights | Apr 3, 2025, 12:30a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 424 | An Act Concerning the Concealed Carrying of a Handgun by an Individual Who Is 18 Years of Age but Under 21 Years of Age | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 677 | An Act to Update the Statutory Definition of "Machine Gun" and Prohibit Possession of a Rapid-fire Device | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 829 | An Act to Standardize the Laws Regarding the Carrying of Concealed Handguns in State Parks | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 953 | An Act to Change the Definition of "Machine Gun" in the Maine Criminal Code | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 998 | An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 1049 | An Act to Eliminate the Duty to Inform a Law Enforcement Officer When Carrying a Concealed Handgun Without a Permit | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 1109 | An Act to Reduce Gun Violence Casualties in Maine by Prohibiting the Possession of Large-capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 1126 | An Act Requiring Serial Numbers on Firearms and Prohibiting Undetectable Firearms | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 1132 | An Act to Further Protect Low-impact Landscaping | Apr 4, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 1133 | An Act to Allow Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by Condominium and Residential Associations | Apr 4, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 1189 | An Act to Prohibit Arrest and Detention for Civil Violations and Require an Attorney for the State to Determine Whether to Charge a Class E Offense as a Civil V... | Apr 4, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 458 | An Act to Improve Court Procedure and Update Family Law | Apr 4, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 958 | An Act to Prohibit Eminent Domain on Tribal Lands | Apr 4, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 1085 | Resolve, Directing the Judicial Branch to Perform an Inspection and Study of the Rumford Courthouse Building | Apr 4, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 1124 | An Act Regarding Retirement Benefits and Salary Adjustments for Judicial Employees | Apr 4, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| Marine Resources |
| LD 1094 | An Act to Prohibit a Person from Obtaining an Elver Dealer's License for a Minimum of 5 Years in Cases of Repeat Violations of License Conditions | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 1176 | An Act to Provide for the Sustainable Management of Marine Resources and Create a Noncommercial Northern Shrimp License | Apr 3, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 553 | An Act to Assert State Sovereignty over Ocean Waters and Marine Resources up to 12 Nautical Miles off the State's Coast | Apr 3, 2025, 3:00p | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 851 | An Act to Establish a Senior Retiree Lobster License | Apr 3, 2025, 3:00p | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| State and Local Government |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 147 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 148 | An Act to Provide for the Statewide Popular Election of the State Auditor | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 149 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Attorney General | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 150 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Treasurer of State | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 452 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Popular Election of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General by Ranked... | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 455 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require a Statewide Popular Election of the Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State and th... | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 508 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Popular Election | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 1052 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish the State Auditor as a Constitutional Officer | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 1068 | An Act to Allow the People to Elect the State Auditor | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 1161 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Providing for the Popular Election of the Attorney General | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 1193 | An Act to Require the Legislature to Elect Constitutional Officers and the State Auditor in Convention with an Open Ballot System | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| Taxation |
| LD 1082 | An Act to Invest in Maine's Families and Workforce by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 559 | An Act to Provide Property Tax Stabilization for Older Maine Residents | Apr 3, 2025, 3:00p | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 936 | An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the Mining Excise Tax | Apr 3, 2025, 3:00p | State House, Room 127 |
| Transportation |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 1020 | An Act to Repeal the Laws Providing for the Construction of a Connector to Gorham and to Resell Land Taken Under Those Laws to Previous Property Owners | Apr 3, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 290 | An Act to Remit 15 Percent of the Fine for a Violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws to the Municipality in Which the Violation Occurred | Apr 3, 2025, 1:01p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 611 | An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused | Apr 3, 2025, 1:01p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 807 | An Act to Limit the Number of Free Motor Vehicle Registrations That May Be Provided to a Disabled Veteran and Reimburse Municipalities for the Loss of Excise Ta... | Apr 3, 2025, 1:01p | State House, Room 126 |
| Work Sessions |
| LD 348 | Resolve, to Study the Effect of High-intensity Headlights on Drivers | Apr 3, 2025, 2:30p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 557 | An Act to Allow All-terrain Vehicles to Be Used on a Public Way | Apr 3, 2025, 2:30p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 864 | An Act to Allow the Use of Transporter Plates for Transporting Campers or Motor Homes | Apr 3, 2025, 2:30p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 925 | Resolve, To Create a License Plate To Recognize the Semiquincentennial of the United States of America | Apr 3, 2025, 2:30p | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 989 | An Act to Recognize Amateur Radio License Holders by Waiving Fees for License Plates Displaying Call Signs | Apr 3, 2025, 2:30p | State House, Room 126 |
| Public Hearings |
| LD 676 | An Act to Fund the Recommendations of the Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council | Apr 4, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 956 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendation of the Calais Branch Rail Use Advisory Council to Create a Multi-use Trail | Apr 4, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 115 | An Act to Assess Impact Fees on Megayachts | Apr 4, 2025, 10:01a | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 1182 | An Act to Grant the Rockland Port District an Increase in Its Borrowing Capacity and Include Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Industries in Its Charter | Apr 4, 2025, 10:01a | State House, Room 126 |
| LD 1315 | An Act to Authorize the Display of an Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal Decal on a Special Veterans Commemorative License Plate | Apr 4, 2025, 10:01a | State House, Room 126 |
| Veterans and Legal Affairs |
| LD 1229 | An Act to Create Equity in Maine's Campaign Finance Laws Between Enrolled and Unenrolled Candidates | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 1289 | An Act to Amend the Election Recount Process | Apr 7, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 1350 | An Act to Ban Corporate Contributions to Candidates | Apr 7, 2025, 10:01a | State House, Room 437 |
