Representative Lydia Blume [Democrat]
York ~ District 3
Towns in District: part of York
Would be term limited: 2022Joint Committees:
♦ Marine Resources
♦ Environment and Natural Resources
✉ Lydia.Blume@legislature.maine.gov
☎ 1-800-423-2900
✉ P. O. Box 1738
York Beach, Maine 03910
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Organization | Score | Source |
Maine People's Alliance (MPA), 2019 | 10 of 10 | Maine People's Alliance, 2019 |
Maine People's Alliance, Will of the Voters, 2018 | 82% | Maine People's Alliance Will of the Voters, 2018 |
Maine People's Alliance, 2018 | 92% | Maine People's Alliance, 2018 |
Maine Conservation Voters (MCV), 2019 | 7 of 7 | Maine Conservation Voters, 2019 |
Maine Conservation Voters, 2018 | 7 of 8, 1 absence | Maine Conservation Voters, 2018 |
Maine Conservation Voters, 2017 | 6 of 7, 1 absence | Maine Conservation Voters, 2017 |
Maine AFL-CIO, 2019 | 10 of 10 | AFL-CIO, 2019 |
Maine AFL-CIO, 2017 | 80% | No longer available online |
Maine Women's Lobby, 2019 | 7 of 7 | Maine Women's Lobby, 2019 |
Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2019 | 6 of 6 | Planned Parenthood ME Action Fund, 2019 |
Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2017 | 100% | Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2017 |
Firearms Control, 2019 | 7 of 7 | This website, see below for roll calls included. |
Scorecards are an organization's means of holding legislators accountable to the organization's interests and values. Each organization chooses a subset of bills that are a priority for them, and then scores each legislator by the legislator's vote relative to what would be the organization's preferred vote on the bill.
For a listing of the votes included on scorecards prior to 2019, see the hyperlinked sources given in the table above or the "Explanations, Legislative Scorecards" tab on this site. For 2019 scorecards, see the hyperlinked site given in the table above or the vote detail below, "Roll Call Vote Detail for 2019 Scorecards."The graphs below are frequency histograms that show this representative's score relative to the scores of all representatives by placing an "X" over this representative's score. In all graphs, D is Democrat (blue), R is Republican (red) and Ind is Independent (black). For graphs prior to 2019, additional parties include Common Sense Independent (goldenrod) and Green Independent (green).Roll Call | Bill | Motion | MPA vote | Representative's vote |
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16 | LD 179 An Act to Change the Name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
250 | LD 255 Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require that Signatures on a Direct Initiative Come from Each Congressional District | Final Passage as a Constitutional Amendment (requires 2/3 of membership) | Nay | Nay |
272 | LD 308 An Act to Increase Notification Time Periods for Rent Increases and Terminations of Tenancies at Will | Reconsider passage after Governor's veto | Yea | Yea |
75 | LD 369 An Act to Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees | Accept Committee Report A, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-79 | Yea | Yea |
278 | LD 420 An Act to Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-610 | Yea | Yea |
70 | LD 820 An Act to Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-210 | Yea | Yea |
237 | LD 949 An Act to Prevent Overdose Deaths | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
306 | LD 1177 An Act to Improve Public Sector Labor Relations | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-308 | Yea | Yea |
182 | LD 1282 An Act to Establish a Green New Deal for Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-413 | Yea | Yea |
307 | LD 1317 An Act to Restore Services to Help Certain Noncitizens Meet Their Basic Needs | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-248 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Blume: | Present for 10 votes, agreed on 10 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | MCV vote | Representative's vote |
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37 | LD 289 An Act to Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-49 | Yea | Yea |
293 | LD 1494 An Act to Reform Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-49 | Yea | Yea |
157 | LD 1532 An Act to Eliminate Single-use Plastic Carry-out Bags | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-392 | Yea | Yea |
209 | LD 1679 An Act to Promote Clean Energy Jobs and to Establish the Maine Climate Council | Enact as an Emergency measure (2/3 of members required) | Yea | Yea |
282 | LD 1711 An Act to Promote Solar Energy Projects and Distributed Generation Resources in Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-295 | Yea | Yea |
208 | LD 1775 An Act to Protect Sustenance Fishing | Enact | Yea | Yea |
329 | LD 1851 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Land Conservation, Water Access, Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife and Fish Habitats and Farmland and Working Waterfront Preservation | Enact as a bond issue (requires 2/3 present) | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Blume: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 7 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | AFL-CIO vote | Representative's vote |
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227 | LD 240 An Act To Allow Public Employers of Teachers to Negotiate Regarding Educational Policies | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-518 | Yea | Yea |
75 | LD 369 An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Earned Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees | Accept Committee Report A, Ought to Pass as amended by Commitee amendment S-79 | Yea | Yea |
306 | LD 1177 An Act To Improve Public Sector Labor Relations | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-308 | Yea | Yea |
111 | LD 1232 An Act To Ensure the Right To Work without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union as a Condition of Employment | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Yea | Yea |
182 | LD 1282 An Act To Establish a Green New Deal for Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-413 | Yea | Yea |
120 | LD 1459 An Act To Expand Application of the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973 to Harvesters and Haulers of Forest Products | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
206 | LD 1524 An Act To Prevent Wage Theft and Promote Employer Accountability | Enact LD 1524 as amended by Commitee amendment S-203 | Yea | Yea |
195 | LD 1560 An Act Regarding Utility Reorganizations | Enact LD 1560 as amended by Committee amendment S-192 as an emergency measure | Yea | Yea |
156 | LD 1564 An Act To Authorize Project Labor Agreements for Public Works Projects | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-158 | Yea | Yea |
190 | LD 1658 An Act To Clarify Prevailing Wage Rates on State Projects Using Federal Funds | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-200 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Blume: | Present for 10 votes, agreed on 10 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | Vote to agree | Representative's vote |
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199 | LD 37 An Act To Allow for the Sale of Nonprescription Drugs through Vending Machines | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-466 | Yea | Yea |
28 | LD 278 An Act Regarding Pay Equality | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-28 | Yea | Yea |
75 | LD 369 An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Earned Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees | Accept Report A, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-79 | Yea | Yea |
246 | LD 820 An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Enact LD 820 as amended by Committee amendment H-210 | Yea | Yea |
80 | LD 1025 An Act To Prohibit the Provision of Conversion Therapy to Minors by Certain Licensed Professionals | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-213 | Yea | Yea |
114 | LD 1261 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
307 | LD 1317 An Act To Restore Services To Help Certain Noncitizens Meet Their Basic Needs | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-248 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Blume: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 7 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | Vote to agree | Representative's vote |
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199 | LD 37 An Act To Allow for the Sale of Nonprescription Drugs through Vending Machines | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-466 | Yea | Yea |
No roll call; passed under gavel | LD 78 An Act To Facilitate Access to the MaineCare Family Planning Benefit | Enact LD 78 as amended by Committee amendment H-132 | Yea | Yea assumed (i.e., no objection) |
153 | LD 494 An Act To Update the Family Planning Statutes | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-151 | Yea | Yea |
246 | LD 820 An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Enact LD 820 as amended by Committee amendment H-210 and amended by Senate amendment S-275 | Yea | Yea |
114 | LD 1261 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
No roll call; passed under gavel | LD 1580 An Act To Protect Licensing Information of Medical Professionals | Enact LD 1580 as amended by Committee amendment H-631 | Yea | Yea assumed (i.e., no objection) |
Total for Representative Blume: | Present for 4 votes, agreed on 4 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | Vote to agree | Representative's vote |
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204 | LD 379 An Act To Protect Children by Requiring the Safe Storage of Loaded Firearms | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
211 | LD 533 An Act To Eliminate the Statutory Duty To Retreat and Affirm the Right of Self-defense | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Yea | Yea |
252 | LD 1099 An Act To Reduce Suicides and Violent Crimes by Requiring a 72-hour Waiting Period after the Sale of a Firearm | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
253 | LD 1276 An Act To Better Enforce the Prohibition against Dangerous Persons Possessing Firearms | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-274 | Yea | Yea |
296 | LD 1312 An Act Regarding Access to Firearms by Extremely Dangerous and Suicidal Individuals | Accept Report A, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-285 | Yea | Yea |
235 | LD 1470 An Act To Allow the Prohibition of Weapons at Public Proceedings and Voting Places | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
315 | LD 1811 An Act To Enhance Personal and Public Safety by Requiring Evaluations of and Judicial Hearings for Persons in Protective Custody Regarding Risk of Harm and Restricting Access to Dangerous Weapons | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-357 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Blume: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 7 votes, 100 percent agreement |
LD 90 | An Act To Amend the Law Governing the Membership of the Town of York Planning Board and the Town of York Appeals Board | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-36, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law April 11, 2019 | |
LD 90 This bill removes the requirement that at least one member of the Town of York Planning Board and the Town of York Appeals Board be a resident of the York Beach geographical area. Amendment H-36 This bill removes the requirement that at least one member of the Town of York Planning Board and the Town of York Appeals Board be a resident of the York Beach geographical area. LD 90 Chaptered Law LD 90 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 537 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's Establishment of a Near-shore Coastal Sensor Network | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Public hearing held April 2, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 537 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $2,000,000, will be used to support the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's establishment of a near-shore coastal sensor network to gather oceanographic data, track changes in state waters, predict changes and support persons who engage in commercial fishing and aquaculture as they adapt to a changing ocean. |
LD 538 | An Act To Ensure Access to Medical Cannabis for Visiting Qualifying Patients | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-347, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law June 6, 2019 | |
LD 538 This bill repeals the provision of the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act that requires visiting qualifying patients to designate a registered caregiver or dispensary in order to obtain harvested marijuana. Amendment H-347 This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause to the bill. It removes the requirement that a visiting qualifying patient obtain valid written certification pursuant to Maine law from the visiting patient's medical provider. It also directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to maintain a list of other jurisdictions that authorize the medical use of marijuana and the images of the valid medical marijuana certifications from those jurisdictions and make that information available to registered caregivers and registered dispensaries. LD 538 Chaptered Law LD 538 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 543 | Resolve, To Facilitate the Protection of Public Health through Increased Subsurface Wastewater Inspections | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-37, Finally passed, Signed into law April 19, 2019 | |
LD 543 Current law requires the inspection of a subsurface wastewater disposal system on a property located within the shoreland area of the State that is to be transferred. This bill expands these requirements to apply to the transfer of any property in the State on which a subsurface wastewater disposal system is located. The bill also amends other provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes as necessary to incorporate these changes. Amendment H-37 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, changes the title of the bill and changes the bill into a resolve directing the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, to submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on or before January 15, 2020 a report containing a variety of information regarding septic system inspections and the certification of septic system inspectors. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out a bill related to the information contained in the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. LD 543 Chaptered Law LD 543 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 544 | An Act To Create Extended Producer Responsibility for Post-consumer Waste Generated from the Use of Tobacco Products | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Amended by Committee amendment H-756, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 544 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to establish a system under which producers of tobacco products develop, finance and implement stewardship programs to collect, transport, process and safely dispose of post-consumer tobacco waste to reduce, prevent and mitigate the environmental effects of the disposal of that waste in the State. The bill proposes to:
Amendment H-756 This amendment changes the title of and replaces the bill, which is a concept draft. It amends the State's litter laws, to clarify that waste materials resulting from or associated with the use of tobacco products, including, but not limited to, cigarette butts, constitute litter under the law. LD 544 Chaptered Law LD 544 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 561 | An Act To Exempt from Taxation Certain Out-of-state Pensions | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 11, 2019 | |
LD 561 This bill exempts from Maine income tax certain income from out-of-state pensions in order to avoid double taxation of that income. The exemption is only for the amount of the contribution made by the taxpayer divided by the life expectancy of the taxpayer and applies only if the income is included in federal adjusted gross income and not deducted under the general pension deduction. In order to qualify for the exemption, the contribution must have been made using income on which income tax was paid and is available only if the state in which the taxpayer resided at the time of the contribution provides a similar exemption to a former resident of Maine. |
LD 562 | An Act To Improve Shoreland Zoning Rules and Enforcement To Support Municipalities | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-38, Enacted, Signed into law April 19, 2019 | |
LD 562 This bill amends the laws relating to the State's regulation of the shoreland zone as follows.
Amendment H-38 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, amends the bill by removing the requirement that the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Community Development provide both basic and advanced training to code enforcement officers in the technical and legal aspects of code enforcement and instead removes from existing law the designation that the training program required by statute be basic. LD 562 Chaptered Law LD 562 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 563 | An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Sea Level Rise | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-180, Enacted, Signed into law May 24, 2019 | |
LD 563 This bill amends the State's growth planning and land use laws to reflect that addressing the effects of sea level rise is a state planning and regulatory goal. The bill amends the laws regarding the State's coastal management policies to direct state, local and certain federal agencies responsible for regulating, planning, developing or managing coastal resources to conduct their activities affecting the coastal area consistent with the policy of encouraging the assessment of and planning for the effects of the rise in sea level. The bill provides that a coastal municipality or multimunicipal region that includes a coastal municipality, if the municipality or region adopts a growth management program under the State's growth planning and land use laws, may include in its comprehensive plan projections regarding sea level changes and the potential effects of the rise in sea level and may develop a coordinated plan for addressing the effects of the rise in sea level. The bill also provides that "coastal municipality" means a municipality or township in the coastal zone as identified by a coastal program administered by the Department of Marine Resources. Amendment H-180 This amendment clarifies that a municipality or multimunicipal region that is in the "coastal area" as that term is defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1802, subsection 1 is subject to the bill. The amendment also strikes from the bill a requirement that state, local and certain federal agencies responsible for regulating, planning, developing or managing coastal resources conduct their activities affecting the coastal area consistent with the policy of encouraging the assessment of and planning for the effects of the rise in sea level. LD 563 Chaptered Law LD 563 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 564 | An Act To Encourage the Installation of Solar Panels on Residential Property | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 4, 2020 | |
LD 564 This bill provides a property tax exemption for solar panels and associated equipment installed on residential property that qualifies for a homestead exemption. |
LD 565 | An Act To Establish the Maine Coastal Risks and Hazards Commission | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 3, 2019 | |
LD 565 This bill establishes the Maine Coastal Risks and Hazards Commission, the purpose of which is to develop and submit legislative recommendations regarding the actions to be taken by the State to address and prepare for coastal and coastal watershed hazards identified by the commission, including, but not limited to, increased storm surges, extreme precipitation and other extreme weather events, projected sea level rise and increased river flooding and storm water runoff. On or before November 1, 2022, and every 4 years thereafter, the commission must submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over environmental and natural resources matters containing its recommendations, including any draft legislation, to address and prepare for identified coastal and coastal watershed hazards. |
LD 590 | An Act To Promote Climate Resiliency Measures To Protect Beaches and Near-shore Infrastructure | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 3, 2019 | |
LD 590 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to enact measures designed to provide flexibility in the regulation of development near the shore. The purpose of the bill is to encourage the development of creative approaches to protect beaches and critical near-shore infrastructure threatened by sea level rise and storm damage. |
LD 742 | Resolve, To Examine How To Retain Reservation Booking Commissions in the State | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 23, 2019 | |
LD 742 This resolve directs the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Tourism, as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 13090-C, to conduct a study on the feasibility of creating a state-operated online reservation service in order to retain reservation booking commissions in the State. The resolve also directs the Office of Tourism to report the study findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business no later than January 15, 2020, and authorizes the joint standing committee to submit a bill relating to the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. |
LD 743 | An Act To Create Local Options in E-9-1-1 Protocol Mandates | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 4, 2019 | |
LD 743 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to enact certain measures designed to allow for increased flexibility in emergency dispatch protocols. Currently, structured, standardized call-taking processes are implemented to assess a caller's condition, scene information and the appropriate response to dispatch to the emergency. This bill would examine:
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LD 887 | An Act To Improve the Property Tax Fairness Credit | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 887 This bill increases the maximum credit available under the property tax fairness credit to $2,000 for resident individuals, regardless of age. Current law provides a maximum credit of $750 for resident individuals under 65 years of age and $1,200 for resident individuals 65 years of age and older. This bill also removes the inclusion of benefits received under the federal Social Security Act and railroad retirement benefits from being included as income for purposes of determining the credit. The credit is fully refundable after the application of nonrefundable credits. |
LD 1284 | An Act To Create the Science and Policy Advisory Council on the Impact of Climate Change on Maine's Marine Species | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 3, 2019 | |
LD 1284 This bill establishes the Science and Policy Advisory Council on the Impact of Climate Change on Maine's Marine Species to examine the effects of climate change on Maine's marine ecosystems as habitat for the State's valuable commercial marine species and the direct and indirect effects of climate change on those commercial marine species. The council will identify, study and make recommendations to remediate and mitigate the direct and indirect effects of climate change on marine species that are commercially harvested and grown in the State's coastal and ocean environments. |
LD 1285 | An Act To Establish Criteria for a Permit To Conduct Research in the Intertidal Zone | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 1285 This bill authorizes the Department of Marine Resources to establish criteria for a permit to conduct research in the intertidal zone. |
LD 1286 | An Act To Allow the Deposition of Oyster Shell Cultch To Ameliorate Ocean and Coastal Acidification | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 11, 2019 | |
LD 1286 This bill allows the deposition of oyster shell cultch in intertidal zones or in harbors or rivers below the dividing line between tidewater and fresh water to ameliorate ocean and coastal acidification with the written permission of the Commissioner of Marine Resources, who may issue permission taking into consideration any conditions the commissioner considers appropriate. |
LD 1731 | An Act Regarding Representation of the Department of Marine Resources in Libel Proceedings | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-633, Enacted, Signed into law June 20, 2019 | |
LD 1731 This bill allows a person who is not an attorney to represent the Department of Marine Resources in libel proceedings before a District Court under the laws regarding the seizure and disposition of equipment and organisms. Amendment H-633 This amendment clarifies that the person who is not an attorney but is representing the Department of Marine Resources in a libel proceeding in District Court must be a marine patrol officer. LD 1731 Chaptered Law LD 1731 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1784 | An Act To Increase Land Permit by Rule Application Fees | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-502 and House amendment H-542, Enacted, Signed into law, June 18, 2019 | |
LD 1784 This bill increases the processing fee for a Board of Environmental Protection permit by rule application from $50 to $250. Amendment H-502 This amendment adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause to the bill and an appropriations and allocations section. Amendment H-542 This amendment removes the emergency preamble and the emergency clause. It also amends the appropriations and allocations section. LD 1784 Chaptered Law LD 1784 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 14 | An Act To Improve Science and Engineering Education for Maine's Students | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 7, 2019 | |
LD 14 This bill requires the Department of Education to include the so-called Next Generation Science Standards for kindergarten to grade 12 in the State's system of learning results and assessment and directs the Commissioner of Education to amend Department of Education rules on or before December 31, 2019 in order to include the science standards as part of the State's system of learning results and assessment beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. |
LD 16 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Infrastructure To Address Sea Level Rise | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Public hearing held April 2, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 16 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used to improve waterfront and coastal infrastructure in municipalities to address sea level rise. |
LD 28 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Marine Resources To Evaluate the Limited-entry Lobster and Crab Fishing Licensing System | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Amended by Committee amendment H-686, Finally passed, Signed into law March 17, 2020 | |
LD 28 This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to authorize new zone entrants for a limited-entry lobster zone who have been on a waiting list for 10 or more years and have met certain eligibility requirements. A person authorized as a new zone entrant under this bill must adhere to specific trap tag limits. Amendment H-686 This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve and changes the title. It requires the Department of Marine Resources to provide the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources matters with a report that evaluates the limited-entry zone system by February 15, 2021. It requires the department to examine the long waiting period for entry to fish in a limited-entry zone. This amendment requires the department, in examining the waiting list, to consider several factors, including, but not limited to, the current biological status of the fishery, current exit-to-entry ratios in each limited-entry zone, latency of licenses and trap tags and the current policy for student lobster and crab fishing licenses. It requires the department to revisit the recommendations made in the report prepared for the department by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute pursuant to Resolve 2011, chapter 62. It requires the department to make recommendations regarding the long waiting period for entry into a limited-entry zone. It also requires the department to account for possible new federal regulations to address protections for endangered right whales when making any recommendations. Lastly, this amendment authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources matters to report out legislation to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. LD 28 Chaptered Law LD 28 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 93 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Bottle Redemption To Counterbalance for Redemption Centers the Increase in Minimum Wage | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 19, 2019 | |
LD 93 This bill increases by 1¢ per returned container the handling costs to be reimbursed to the dealer or local redemption center for the cost of handling beverage containers beginning March 1, 2020. |
LD 173 | An Act To Promote Economic Development and Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, both chambers accepted unanimous Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-698, and engrossed, House enacted as an emergency measure, Senate tabled to Special Appropriations March 12, 2020 | |
LD 173 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to increase funding to the ConnectME Authority from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 to expand universal broadband and high-speed Internet into rural areas identified as the 6% of the State unserved by high-speed Internet. This bill proposes to make expanding high-speed Internet into unserved rural areas a key emphasis in the economic development of and to multiply the return to the State by directing the ConnectME Authority to use the increased funding to increase the rate of strategic broadband investment and leverage additional federal funding to provide middle-mile and last-mile infrastructure in the unserved areas and to correct broadband deficiencies identified in the ConnectME Authority's baseline update of 2013. |
LD 174 | An Act To Promote Youth Participation in the Maine Lobster Fishery | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 26, 2019 | |
LD 174 This bill allows an unlicensed person 12 years of age or younger to assist a Class I, II or III lobster and crab fishing license holder with licensed activities. |
LD 216 | An Act To Protect Water Quality by Standardizing the Law Concerning Septic Inspection in the Shoreland Zone | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Enacted, Signed into law April 22, 2019 | |
LD 216 This bill extends to inland shoreland areas the requirement that subsurface wastewater disposal systems on property located within a shoreland area be inspected prior to a sale of the property. Currently, that inspection requirement applies only to the sale of property located within a coastal shoreland area. LD 216 Chaptered Law LD 216 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 289 | An Act To Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-49 and House amendment H-55, Enacted, Signed into law April 30, 2019 | |
LD 289 Beginning January 1, 2020, this bill prohibits the sale or distribution in the State of disposable food service containers composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules to implement these statutory provisions. Amendment H-49 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill, repeals the existing law regarding nondegradable food and beverage containers and enacts a new provision of law regarding disposable food service containers. Under the amendment, beginning January 1, 2021, a food establishment is prohibited, subject to certain exemptions, from processing, preparing, selling or providing food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. The amendment also:
Amendment H-55 This amendment replaces the term food establishment with the term covered establishment. LD 289 Chaptered Law LD 289 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 314 | An Act To Simplify Apprenticeship Requirements for Student and Apprentice Lobster and Crab Fishing License Holders | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, March 21, 2019 | |
LD 314 This bill requires the Commissioner of Marine Resources to allow a person with an apprentice lobster and crab fishing license or a student lobster and crab fishing license to demonstrate apprentice program completion through verified landings of at least 4,000 pounds of lobster over a period of not less than 2 years. |
LD 347 | An Act To Provide Sustainable Funding for Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-206, Enacted, Signed into law June 20, 2019 | |
LD 347 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to provide ongoing funding for improvements to water and wastewater infrastructure statewide, including, but not limited to, funding to support the State Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 6006-H.
LD 347 Chaptered Law LD 347 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 433 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Explicitly Prohibit Discrimination Based on the Sex of an Individual | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, both chambers accepted Majority Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-230 and engrossed, May 23, 2019, Tabled in the House pending final passage, May 28, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 433 This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial or abridgment by the State or any political subdivision of the State of equal rights based on the sex of an individual. Amendment H-230 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. This amendment incorporates a fiscal note. LD 433 Amendment H-230 fiscal note |
LD 434 | An Act To Price Carbon Pollution in Maine | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 2, 2019 | |
LD 434 This bill requires an assessment on the carbon content of fuels sold by a distributor in the State. The bill defines "distributor" and requires a distributor to submit on a monthly basis the required assessment to the Public Utilities Commission. The commission is required to transfer any assessment it receives to the Carbon Content Assessment Fund, which the bill establishes. The bill requires the commission at the end of each fiscal year to transfer funds from the fund to transmission and distribution utilities in the State. The funds are to be used to reduce the rates of those utilities' customers in a manner that is equitable and that provides maximum benefit to the economy of the State. The bill gives the commission the authority to review the books and records of a distributor and to impose an administrative penalty if necessary. It requires the commission to adopt routine technical rules. |
LD 610 | An Act To Provide Funding for Maine Public | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-401, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 6, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 610 This bill provides ongoing funds to Maine Public and increases the State's contribution to funding the cost of the emergency alert system. Amendment H-401 This amendment, which is the majority report, decreases the ongoing appropriation to Maine Public because additional funding is included in the Governor's biennial budget. LD 610 fiscal note LD 610 Amendment H-401 fiscal note |
LD 629 | An Act To Ensure a Seat on the Shellfish Advisory Council Is Held by a Person with a Background and Credentials in a Field of Marine Science | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 26, 2019 | |
LD 629 This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to ensure that a seat on the Shellfish Advisory Council is held by a member who has a demonstrated knowledge of a marine science and, at minimum, a bachelor's degree in a field of marine science. |
LD 722 | An Act To Require Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates To Disclose Their Federal Income Tax Returns | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, March 28, 2019 | |
LD 722 This bill requires that, in order for a candidate for President or a candidate for Vice President to appear on a general election ballot, the candidate for President or the candidate for Vice President must disclose the previous 3 years of that candidate's federal income tax returns, which may be redacted to remove personally identifying information other than the candidate's name. It directs the Secretary of State to post the tax returns on the Secretary of State's website. The legislation takes effect upon enactment of this requirement in other states. |
LD 734 | Resolve, To Expedite the Processing of Applications for Certification under the Federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-51, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate April 18, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 734 This resolve directs the Department of Labor to establish a new permanent position in the Bureau of Employment Services to expedite the processing of employer applications for certification required for the federal work opportunity tax credit under Section 51 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The resolve also requires the Department of Labor to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing with the most recent information available concerning applications submitted by employers, including information on the extent of any backlog in application processing, by February 1, 2020. Amendment H-51 This amendment incorporates a fiscal note. LD 734 fiscal note LD 734 Amendment H-51 fiscal note |
LD 774 | Resolve, To Protect Maine's Beaches and Shoreline | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-711, Enacted, March 17, 2020, Governor's action pending | |
LD 774 This bill amends the State's coastal management policies laws to ensure that those policies address the effects of coastal erosion on the State's beaches and shoreline and ensure the health of the State's beaches and shoreline for habitat protection for coastal wildlife species and for protection against storms. The bill also creates an advisory group on beach management, to be convened by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection for the purpose of developing and recommending objectives, strategies, legislation and other actions to mitigate coastal erosion in the State and to keep beaches healthy for storm protection, habitat protection for coastal wildlife species and for recreational use. The group is directed to review the report titled "Integrated Beach Management Program Working Group Report," dated January 2017 and submitted to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources in the First Regular Session of the 128th Legislature, update the data and findings contained in that report, if necessary, and review and update the specific recommendations for legislative, regulatory or other actions contained in that report, if necessary. No later than February 15, 2020, the commissioner is required to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources containing the findings and recommendations of the group following its review of the 2017 report, including any proposed legislation necessary to implement those recommendations. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out legislation to implement those recommendations. |
LD 820 | An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-210 and Senate amendment S-275, Enacted, Signed into law June 13, 2019 | |
LD 820 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide coverage to a MaineCare member for abortion services. The bill provides that abortion services that are not approved Medicaid services must be funded by the State. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt rules no later than March 1, 2020. The bill also requires that health insurance carriers that provide coverage for maternity services also provide coverage for abortion services. The bill applies this requirement to all health insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2020, except for those religious employers granted an exclusion of coverage. The bill authorizes the Superintendent of Insurance to grant an exemption from the requirements if enforcement of the requirements would adversely affect the allocation of federal funds to the State. |
LD 911 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote Land Conservation, Working Waterfronts, Water Access and Outdoor Recreation | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Work session March 12, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 911 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $95,000,000, will be used to provide funds for the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands and the Land for Maine's Future Board. |
LD 914 | An Act To Enhance the Recruitment and Retention of Marine Patrol Sergeants | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 11, 2019 | |
LD 914 This bill provides funding to increase the salaries of Marine Patrol Sergeants in the Department of Marine Resources by 5%. |
LD 954 | An Act To Rescind An Act To Implement the Maine Indian Claims Settlement | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Work session held May 28, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 954 This bill repeals An Act to Implement the Maine Indian Claims Settlement. The repeal does not take effect unless approved by the Houlton Band Council of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Tribal Chief and the Council of the Penobscot Nation and the Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe within 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. |
LD 955 | An Act To Prohibit Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Drilling and Exploration | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-425, Enacted, Signed into law June 13, 2019 | |
LD 955 This bill prohibits a person from performing or causing to be performed any oil or natural gas exploration, development or production in, on or under the waters of the State or that may adversely affect the waters of the State. The bill also prohibits the Department of Environmental Protection and the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry from permitting, approving or otherwise authorizing any oil or natural gas exploration, development or production in, on or under the submerged and intertidal land owned by the State. It is the intent of this legislation to generally prohibit activities relating to offshore oil and natural gas exploration, development and production within the boundaries and jurisdiction of the State, which place the State's coastal communities at economic and ecological risk from oil spills, and from the pollution caused by routine drilling operations and onshore industrialization, and threaten the quality of life and livelihoods of Maine citizens and economically significant industries, including tourism, recreation and commercial and recreational fishing, and small businesses that rely on a clean and healthy ocean and clean and healthy beaches.
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LD 1025 | An Act To Prohibit the Provision of Conversion Therapy to Minors by Certain Licensed Professionals | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-213, Enacted, Signed into law May 29, 2019 | |
LD 1025 This bill does the following.
Amendment H-213 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment clarifies the definition of "conversion therapy." The bill provides that evidence that a certified school psychologist or guidance counselor has advertised, offered or administered conversion therapy to a child within the last 5 years is grounds for discipline; the amendment retains this provision but removes the 5-year limitation. The amendment also removes a similar 5-year limitation added by the bill to the current law that provides that evidence that an applicant for such a certification has injured the health or welfare of a child through abuse or exploitation is grounds for a denial of the certification. The amendment also adds an additional finding and makes other clarifying changes to the legislative findings and intent section. LD 1025 Chaptered Law LD 1025 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1059 | An Act To Authorize the Establishment of an Apprentice License for the Maine Scallop Fishery | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-114, Enacted, Signed into law May 14, 2019 | |
LD 1059 This bill allows the Department of Marine Resources to establish by rule an apprentice program for entry into the scallop fishery that includes an apprentice license allowing an apprentice to engage in dragging for scallops under the supervision of a scallop dragging license holder. It sets the apprentice license fee at $250 and creates a $250 license surcharge for a scallop dragger to sponsor an apprentice. It limits participation to residents and makes 18 years of age the minimum age to participate as an apprentice. It also changes rules to implement the scallop license limited entry system from major substantive rules to routine technical rules. Amendment H-114 This amendment specifies that license fees collected for an apprentice scallop dragging license are to be deposited into the Scallop Research Fund and it clarifies that the fund may be used for the administrative costs associated with an apprentice program for entry into the scallop fishery. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 1059 Chaptered Law LD 1059 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1065 | An Act To Expand Health Insurance Coverage To Certain State Employees | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-292, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 29, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1065 This bill requires the State to pay its share of the individual premium for the state employee health insurance plan for a seasonal or session-only employee regardless of whether the employee is in active work status unless the seasonal or session-only employee has health coverage under another plan. Amendment H-292 This amendment requires the State Budget Officer to calculate the increased cost to state departments and agencies due to the requirements of the bill and transfer the amounts by financial order. This amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 1065 fiscal note LD 1065 Amendment H-292 fiscal note |
LD 1076 | An Act To Account for Market Change in the Adult Use Marijuana Excise Tax | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 4, 2020 | |
LD 1076 This bill changes the excise tax on adult use marijuana cultivation facilities from a tax based on quantity to a tax based on a percentage of the average market price for the category of marijuana sold. The bill requires the average market price to be determined quarterly by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. The tax would not apply to sales by a cultivation facility to a licensee with which it is vertically integrated. |
LD 1148 | An Act Regarding the Costs Incurred by Municipalities in the Administration of Aquaculture Lease and License Applications | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-123, Enacted, Became law without the Governor's signature May 15, 2019 | |
LD 1148 This bill allows a municipality to charge a reasonable fee to a person granted a Department of Marine Resources aquaculture lease on or under coastal waters to pay for the municipality's administrative costs associated with the lease. Amendment H-123 This amendment changes the title and replaces the bill. The amendment specifies that a municipality may not charge a person applying for an aquaculture lease or license a fee of more than $50 for the municipality's administrative costs associated with the lease or license application. LD 1148 Chaptered Law LD 1148 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1171 | An Act To Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence and To Support Survivors | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-86, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 16, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1171 This bill provides funding for sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and victim services. Amendment S-86 This amendment incorporates a fiscal note. LD 1171 Amendment S-86 fiscal note |
LD 1214 | Resolve, To Conduct a Comprehensive Study of the Compensation System for State Employees | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-146, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 3, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1214 This resolve directs the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to commission a comprehensive study of the wages and compensation system for employees of the executive branch of State Government. The resolve directs the commissioner to involve the certified bargaining agents for the employees covered by collective bargaining units and report the findings and any recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters no later than July 1, 2020, and authorizes the joint standing committee to submit a bill relating to the subject matter of the report to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. Amendment S-146 This amendment changes the committee to which the report is submitted in the bill to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing and authorizes that committee to report out a bill. This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 1214 fiscal note LD 1214 Amendment S-146 fiscal note |
LD 1224 | An Act To Authorize General Fund Bond Issues To Address Changes in Sea Level, Geospatial Data Acquisition by Communities and the Increase in Ocean Acidity | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Public hearing held April 2, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1224 This bill authorizes the issuance of bonds.
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LD 1241 | An Act To Improve Survival Rates of Salmon and Other Migratory Fish Transitioning from Freshwater to Saltwater Environments | Status: Referred to Marine Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 11, 2019 | |
LD 1241 This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to establish a smoltification success research program to investigate the external influences on smoltification success and metamorphosis success of nonsalmonid anadromous species and smolt migration success. Specific attention must be given to evaluating the effects of industrial and sewage treatment plant effluents and other pollutants on the timing of smoltification. The program must include the capacity to systematically analyze the effect of a variety of chemicals found in effluents on the timing of the development of and physical health of smolts and recommendations for conservation and management options. The analysis must include the effluence of biological substances such as pheromones from land-based aquaculture. Analysis of these effects must be conducted cooperatively with the industries and communities that discharge into rivers that are significant for Atlantic salmon and other diadromous fish species. |
LD 1305 | An Act To Encourage Savings through Contributions to Family Development Accounts | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, May 23, 2019 | |
LD 1305 This bill creates a tax credit of up to $25,000 for taxpayers who make contributions to family development account reserve funds. Amendment S-137 This amendment changes the responsibility for the verification of eligibility for the tax credit for contributions to a family development account reserve fund from the State Tax Assessor to the state agency with responsibility for overseeing the family development account program. LD 1305 Amendment S-137 fiscal note |
LD 1438 | An Act To Clarify the Intent of Referendum Questions for Voters | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 14, 2019 | |
LD 1438 This bill requires the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Attorney General and the Revisor of Statutes, to prepare a summary of each referendum question that explains the referendum question to the voter and to place this summary on the ballot after the corresponding referendum question. This summary may not exceed 250 words, except that additional words may be used if the Secretary of State considers it necessary and space on the ballot permits. |
LD 1472 | An Act To Create a Commission To Establish a State Bank | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 14, 2019 | |
LD 1472 This bill establishes the State Bank and Tax Reduction Commission, which is charged with making recommendations and suggesting legislation for a legal and organizational framework for the establishment and oversight of a state-owned bank and tax rate reduction policy. |
LD 1497 | An Act To Recognize High-performing, Efficient School Districts with Regard to the System Administration Allocation (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 1497 Under current law, for the 2019-20 fiscal year, a system administration allocation of $141 per pupil is established, with $47 being allocated to each school administrative unit and an additional $94 being allocated as a targeted amount to school administrative units that have established regionalized administrative services. This bill maintains the $141 allocation for fiscal year 2019-20, but provides $94 to each school administrative unit and an additional $47 to school administrative units that have established regionalized administrative services and to those school administrative units that have been identified as high-performing, efficient school administrative units. |
LD 1545 | An Act Regarding the Collection of Samples for Testing of Adult Use Marijuana and Adult Use Marijuana Products (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Amended by Committee amendment S-440, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law March 23, 2020 | |
LD 1545 This bill amends the provisions regarding the testing of adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana products by:
Amendment S-440 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, changes the title of and replaces the bill and adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause. It authorizes the licensure and operation of sample collectors to collect samples of marijuana and marijuana products for testing by marijuana testing facilities. It also authorizes a cultivation facility licensee, products manufacturing facility licensee or marijuana store licensee, or an employee of a licensee, to collect samples of the licensee's adult use marijuana or adult use marijuana products for mandatory testing and to deliver those samples to a marijuana testing facility for testing; this authorization is repealed October 1, 2021. LD 1545 Chaptered Law LD 1545 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1562 | An Act To Encourage the Use of Renewable Energy | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 1562 This bill:
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LD 1679 | An Act To Promote Clean Energy Jobs and To Establish the Maine Climate Council (Governor's Bill) | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-221, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law June 26, 2019 | |
LD 1679 This bill:
Amendment S-221 This amendment changes the title of the bill, adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause and makes the following additional changes to the bill.
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LD 1705 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Strengthen the Marine Economy | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Public hearing held January 14, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1705 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used to facilitate the growth of the commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors of the State's marine economy through research and development and workforce development with capital investments awarded after a competitive process administered by the Maine Technology Institute in consultation with the Department of Marine Resources and the Department of Economic and Community Development, to be matched by at least $50,000,000 in private and other funds. |
LD 1750 | An Act To Establish Appliance Energy and Water Standards | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, House accepted Majority Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-741, March 12, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1750 This bill enacts the Appliance Energy and Water Standards Act to be implemented, administered and enforced by the Department of Environmental Protection. The Act generally provides that, beginning January 1, 2021, a person is prohibited from selling or offering for sale in the State certain appliances and products unless they meet or exceed applicable energy and water standards adopted by rule by the department. Beginning January 1, 2022, a person is prohibited from installing for compensation in the State any of those appliances or products. Amendment H-741 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill and provides that, beginning January 1, 2022, a person may not sell or offer for sale in the State any of the following new products that are manufactured on or after January 1, 2022 and that were prohibited from sale in the State of California under its appliance efficiency regulations, as those regulations were in effect on January 1, 2020: computers and computer monitors; general service lamps; commercial hot food holding cabinets; plumbing fittings that are showerheads, lavatory faucets, kitchen faucets, public lavatory faucets, metering faucets, kitchen replacement aerators and lavatory replacement aerators; plumbing fixtures that are water closets and urinals; portable electric spas; spray sprinkler bodies; and water dispensers. The Governor's Energy Office is required to enforce this prohibition, and fines for a violation of the prohibition are specified. The office is authorized to enter into a memorandum of understanding or other formalized agreement with the Efficiency Maine Trust for the provision of technical assistance by the trust to consumers and businesses regarding this prohibition. The office is also required to submit an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over energy, utilities and technology matters describing any recent or anticipated changes to the California appliance efficiency regulations and including recommendations as to whether, based on such changes or for other specified reasons, the state provision requires amendment. The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section.LD 1750 Amendment H-741 fiscal note |
LD 1882 | An Act To Provide Noncommercial Lobster and Crab Fishing Licenses and Scallop Licenses to Disabled Veterans at No Cost | Status: eferred to Marine Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-672, Enacted, Signed into law February 27, 2020 | |
LD 1882 This bill allows a resident disabled veteran to obtain upon application, at no cost, a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license or a noncommercial scallop license. Amendment H-672 This amendment replaces the bill. It clarifies that a qualified resident disabled veteran may obtain a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license or a noncommercial scallop license at no cost, and it adds reservists to the definition of "qualified resident disabled veteran." It also exempts a qualified resident disabled veteran from paying the scallop license surcharge that is assessed on a noncommercial scallop license. LD 1882 Chaptered Law LD 1882 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1888 | An Act To Protect Children from Toxic Chemicals | Status: Referred to Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, Work session held March 5, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1888 This bill bans the use of nonselective herbicides, including, but not limited to, glyphosate, within 75 feet of school grounds, public playgrounds and child care centers. |
LD 2031 | An Act To Require a Cable System Operator To Provide a Pro Rata Credit When Service Is Cancelled by a Subscriber | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology, Amended by Committee amendment H-717, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 2031 This bill requires a cable system operator to grant a subscriber a pro rata credit or rebate if that subscriber requests service disconnection during the first 2 weeks of a monthly billing period. Amendment H-717 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment makes the following changes to the bill.
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LD 2065 | An Act To Address Decibel Level Limits for Airboats | Status: Referred to Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-752, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 2065 This bill exempts airboats, which are defined as flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft engine or an automotive engine, from the noise level limits imposed on other watercraft. Instead, this bill allows the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish noise level limits for airboats by routine technical rules. This bill also requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Marine Resources to jointly solicit and collect information regarding airboats, including uses of airboats, noise levels and complaints and suggestions for reducing complaints regarding the use of airboats, from interested parties, such as harbor masters, town clerks and residents of coastal towns and airboat users and sellers. Based on the suggestions, the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Commissioner of Marine Resources are authorized to submit legislation to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature to implement whatever suggestions the commissioners determine are necessary. Amendment H-752 This amendment clarifies that the rules adopted by the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife regarding noise level limits are routine technical rules. The amendment also requires the commissioner and the Commissioner of Marine Resources to submit recommended legislation based on the suggestions solicited. LD 2065 Chaptered Law LD 2065 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 2112 | An Act To Limit the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons To Fight Climate Change (Governor's Bill) | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Work session held March 11, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 2112 This bill prohibits the selling, leasing, renting, installing, use or entering into commerce of any product or equipment that uses or will use a substance that is a hydrofluorocarbon with high global warming potential intended for any air conditioning, refrigeration, foam or aerosol propellant end use as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection in rules. It directs the department to adopt rules to implement the prohibition and specifies the substances and end uses that are to be addressed in the rules. In adopting the initial rules, the department must regulate each substance and end use as specifically provided for in the bill and may not regulate any substance or end use not addressed in the bill. In the future, the department may adopt rules adding or removing substances from the list of prohibited substances or adding or removing end uses. |