Representative Matthew Harrington

Organization	Score	Source
Maine People's Alliance (MPA), 2019	0 of 10	Maine People's Alliance, 2019
Maine People's Alliance, Will of the Voters, 2018	0%	Maine People's Alliance Will of the Voters, 2018
Maine People's Alliance, 2018	17%	Maine People's Alliance, 2018
Maine Conservation Voters (MCV), 2019	2 of 7	Maine Conservation Voters, 2019
Maine Conservation Voters, 2018	5 of 8, 1 absence	Maine Conservation Voters, 2018
Maine Conservation Voters, 2017	5 of 7, 1 absence	Maine Conservation Voters, 2017
Maine AFL-CIO, 2019	1 of 10	AFL-CIO, 2019
Maine AFL-CIO, 2017	40%	No longer available online
Maine Women's Lobby, 2019	0 of 7	Maine Women's Lobby, 2019
Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2019	2 of 6	Planned Parenthood ME Action Fund, 2019
Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2017	25%	Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2017
Firearms Control, 2019	1 of 7	This website, see below for roll calls included.

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Roll Call	Bill	Motion	MPA vote	Representative's vote
16	LD 179 An Act to Change the Name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day	Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass	Yea	Nay
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	Yea
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
237	LD 949 An Act to Prevent Overdose Deaths	Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass	Nay	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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
	Total for Representative Harrington:	Present for 10 votes, agreed on 0 votes, 0 percent agreement

Roll Call	Bill	Motion	MCV vote	Representative's vote
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
	Total for Representative Harrington:	Present for 7 votes, agreed on 2 votes, 29 percent agreement

Roll Call	Bill	Motion	AFL-CIO vote	Representative's vote
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	Nay
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	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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
206	LD 1524 An Act To Prevent Wage Theft and Promote Employer Accountability	Enact LD 1524 as amended by Commitee amendment S-203	Yea	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
	Total for Representative Harrington:	Present for 10 votes, agreed on 1 votes, 10 percent agreement

Roll Call	Bill	Motion	Vote to agree	Representative's vote
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	Nay
28	LD 278 An Act Regarding Pay Equality	Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-28	Yea	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
114	LD 1261 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions	Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass	Yea	Nay
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	Nay
	Total for Representative Harrington:	Present for 7 votes, agreed on 0 votes, 0 percent agreement

Roll Call	Bill	Motion	Vote to agree	Representative's vote
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
114	LD 1261 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions	Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass	Yea	Nay
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 Harrington:	Present for 4 votes, agreed on 0 votes, 0 percent agreement

Roll Call	Bill	Motion	Vote to agree	Representative's vote
204	LD 379 An Act To Protect Children by Requiring the Safe Storage of Loaded Firearms	Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass	Nay	Yea
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	Nay
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	Yea
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Yea
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 Harrington:	Present for 7 votes, agreed on 1 votes, 14 percent agreement

LD 342	An Act To Require a Person To Notify Law Enforcement Officers of the Possession of a Hypodermic Needle	Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 5, 2019
LD 342 This bill establishes the failure to inform a law enforcement officer of a person's possession of a hypodermic apparatus as a Class D crime. Under the bill, if a person discloses the possession of a hypodermic apparatus as required, the hypodermic apparatus and any contents of the apparatus are inadmissible as evidence in a prosecution for a violation of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, chapter 45. LD 342 Amendment fiscal note

LD 343	An Act To Promote Equity in Business Opportunity for Tobacco Specialty Stores	Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, March 26, 2019
LD 343 This bill allows a tobacco specialty store to be licensed as a cigar lounge, which may serve nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages. A cigar lounge may not sell cigarettes or prepare food on premises for sale. A tobacco specialty store that is a cigar lounge must provide notice about the dangers of environmental tobacco smoke to applicants for employment and employees. The cigar lounge license fee is $100 per year. LD 343 Amendment fiscal note

LD 749	An Act To Increase the Transparency of the "Maine Open Checkbook" Website	Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 26, 2019
LD 749 This bill requires the State Controller to maintain a publicly accessible website with up-to-date information concerning the State's payroll and vendor information, which is currently in existence and called the "Maine Open Checkbook." The bill requires the website to include the names of all recipients of state grants and track and record all payments made by quasi-public entities of the State and the dollar value of credits awarded through all state economic development programs. LD 749 Amendment fiscal note

LD 750	An Act To Allow Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Instructors To Instruct without State Certification	Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, April 30, 2019
LD 750 This bill exempts from teacher certification requirements a federal Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor certified by the United States Department of Defense providing Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instruction to students in grade 9 to grade 12. LD 750 Amendment fiscal note

LD 966

An Act To Ensure Safer Childhood Vaccines (By request)

Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019

LD 966
This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to require that patient intake forms used by all health care facilities, including hospitals, emergency rooms, urgent care facilities, health care clinics and doctor's offices, include a question on the form regarding the date of the patient's most recent vaccine. This vaccine-related information will then be provided to the United States Department of Health and Human Services to aid its efforts to ensure safer childhood vaccines.

LD 966 Amendment fiscal note

LD 1290	An Act To Increase Transparency with Regard to Pawnshops	Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-415, Enacted, Signed into law June 13, 2019
LD 1290 Current law requires pawnbrokers to provide before the 15th day of every month to the law enforcement agency of jurisdiction a summary of the pawn transactions entered into during the preceding month. This bill requires pawnbrokers within 10 days of a pawn transaction to submit a report of the transaction to the law enforcement agency of jurisdiction and to a regional property and recovery tracking system administered by a regional law enforcement agency, currently the Regional Information Sharing Systems Program administered by the New England State Police Information Network, listing information concerning the consumer or seller in the transaction and of every item pawned or sold in the transaction. This bill makes a violation of the reporting requirements a Class E crime. Amendment H-415 This amendment removes the criminal provision included in the bill, removes the requirement for reporting to a law enforcement agency of jurisdiction and provides an effective date of July 1, 2020. LD 1290 Chaptered Law LD 1290 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 1400

An Act To Improve Recruitment and Retention in State Law Enforcement by Offering Retirement Service Credit

Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-495, Enacted, Signed into law June 21, 2019

LD 1400
This bill allows a member of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program or the Participating Local District Retirement Program to purchase up to 4 years of service credit for time served as a full-time law enforcement officer prior to membership.

It also allows a member of either program who served as a full-time active duty member of the United States Armed Forces during the Cold War, measured from January 1, 1947 to December 27, 1991, before becoming a member and who separated from the armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable to purchase service credit. This service credit is capped at 4 years for members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program and 5 years for members of the Participating Local District Retirement Program.

Amendment H-495
This amendment replaces the bill. It allows a member of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program or the Participating Local District Retirement Program to purchase up to 4 years of service credit for time served as a full-time law enforcement officer prior to membership at full actuarial cost if the member has at least 15 years of creditable service at the time of retirement. The amendment also requires that the member certify that the service credit to be purchased has not and will not be used to obtain other retirement benefits. The amendment also clarifies that the purchase of service credit for time served as a full-time law enforcement officer may be applied to the requirement for creditable service of 25 years under the 1998 Special Plan.

LD 1400 Chaptered Law
LD 1400 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 1480	An Act To Modify Retirement Plans for Fire Investigators and Sergeants	Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-568, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 19, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322
LD 1480 This bill changes the eligibility requirements for the retirement of a state fire marshal investigator, state fire marshal senior investigator and state fire marshal sergeant under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System from 55 years of age and 25 years of creditable service to just 20 years of creditable service. Amendment H-568 This amendment is the majority report of the committee and replaces the bill. The amendment changes the eligibility requirements for the retirement of a state fire marshal investigator, state fire marshal senior investigator and state fire marshal sergeant under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System from 55 years of age and 25 years of creditable service to 20 years of creditable service. The amendment establishes a special retirement plan for a state fire marshal investigator, state fire marshal senior investigator and state fire marshal sergeant based on 20 years of creditable service. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to provide the funding. LD 1480 Amendment H-568 fiscal note

LD 50	An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee To Improve the Development of a Long-range Strategic Plan for Economic Improvement in the State	Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 6, 2019
LD 50 This bill provides additional clarity, requirements and resources for the Maine Economic Growth Council's efforts to fulfill its current statutory mandate to develop, monitor and maintain a long-range strategic economic improvement plan for the State. It also includes provisions to support the State's achievement of the goals and objectives in that plan by establishing requirements for the Governor, Legislature and agencies with relevant programs and activities to consider the long-range strategic economic improvement plan and provide information to the Maine Economic Growth Council at the request of the council. LD 50 Amendment fiscal note

LD 116	An Act To Extend the Duration of Temporary Licenses for Sale and Consumption of Liquor (Emergency)	Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-5, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law March 25, 2019
LD 116 This bill extends the duration of a liquor license issued to an incorporated civic organization from 7 days to 10 days. Amendment H-5 This amendment adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause to the bill. LD 116 Chaptered Law LD 116 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 166	An Act To Protect Schoolchildren by Providing Additional Enforcement and Prevention Options for Unlawful Passing of a School Bus	Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-207, Enacted, Signed into law June 17, 2019
LD 166 This bill increases the penalty for overtaking a school bus when the bus has stopped with its red lights flashing from a $250 minimum fine to a $500 minimum fine for the first offense and increases the driver's license suspension from 30 days to 60 days for a 2nd offense. Amendment S-207 This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. Instead of increasing the penalty for the illegal passing of a school bus as in the bill, the amendment allows the State or a municipality to use a traffic surveillance camera mounted on a school bus to prove, enforce or open an investigation into a violation of illegally passing a school bus. The amendment provides that information recorded by a traffic surveillance camera mounted on a school bus is confidential and may be used only to prove, enforce or open an investigation into a violation and may not be retained for more than 30 days unless it is used to open an investigation. It also clarifies that the penalty provision in statute regarding overtaking and passing school buses applies only to the passing or overtaking of a school bus. The amendment also allows school buses to be equipped with extended stop arms that when activated extend 3 to 6 feet outward from the left side of a school bus. LD 166 Chaptered Law LD 166 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 175	An Act To Extend the Deer Hunting Season by 2 Saturdays	Status: Referred to Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 7, 2019
LD 175 This bill extends the end of the regular firearm deer hunting season by 2 Saturdays. LD 175 Amendment fiscal note

LD 210

An Act To Increase Technology and Engineering Education for Grades 7 to 12

Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019

LD 210
This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to enact measures to enhance technology and engineering education for students in grades 7 to 12. The measures include, but are not limited to:

1. Changing the industrial arts/technology teacher endorsement to a technology and engineering endorsement and amending the endorsement requirements. The amended endorsement requirements would grandfather all current teachers who hold an industrial arts/technology endorsement and make them technology and engineering teachers. The amended endorsement requirements would also allow a college graduate with an engineering degree to obtain a technology and engineering endorsement; and
2. Creating 3 categories of science endorsements: life science, physical science and technology and engineering.

LD 210 Amendment fiscal note

LD 322	An Act To Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting	Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, April 18, 2019
LD 322 This bill requires that a voter provide proof of identity with photographic identification approved by the Secretary of State by rule for the purpose of voting. LD 322 Amendment fiscal note

LD 357

An Act Regarding Court Facilities in York County

Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Dead, Non-concurrence, June 18, 2019

LD 357
This bill resolves logistical issues created by the construction of a consolidated courthouse for York County in Biddeford. Earlier legislation that authorized construction of the courthouse did not factor in adequate space for the office of the district attorney, a required component of the judicial process. This bill provides for the construction of a building of sufficient size to accommodate the office of the district attorney to be connected to the new courthouse. This bill authorizes the issuance of up to $6,000,000 in Maine Government Facilities Authority securities to construct the building, but the planning and design, a joint project by the judicial branch and York County, will be covered by the existing funding of the courthouse.

The goal of this bill is to make the new building as cost-neutral to the parties as possible. York County will pay the debt service on the bonds and pay annual rent for the land of $1 until the debt service is fully paid, at which time the State will transfer the land and building to York County for $1. In addition, the 3 district court buildings vacated when the new consolidated courthouse opens must be transferred at no cost to York County for its exclusive use.

LD 357 Amendment fiscal note

LD 391	Resolve, To Establish the Study Committee To Develop a Disposition Plan for Future Surplus State Property in York County (Emergency)	Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 7, 2019
LD 391 This resolve establishes the Study Committee To Develop a Disposition Plan for Future Surplus State Property in York County to study and plan the disposition of the 3 district courthouses in York County to be vacated when the courts are consolidated into one building and of associated surplus state property. LD 391 Amendment fiscal note

LD 416	An Act To Allow Eating Establishments To Permit Smoking Tobacco in Designated Outdoor Eating Areas	Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, April 16, 2019
LD 416 This bill allows an eating establishment to permit smoking tobacco in a designated outdoor eating area if no one under 21 years of age is allowed in the designated outdoor eating area. LD 416 Amendment fiscal note

LD 533	An Act To Eliminate the Statutory Duty To Retreat and Affirm the Right of Self-defense	Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, June 11, 2019
LD 533 This bill removes the requirements that a person retreat if it is safe to do so and if the person can comply with a demand that the person abstain from performing an act that the person is not obliged to perform. The bill also permits the use of deadly force to prevent death or serious bodily injury in self-defense, in defense of a 3rd person, in defense of a dwelling or to prevent the forcible commission of a kidnapping, a robbery or a gross sexual assault. LD 533 Amendment fiscal note

LD 741

An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers

Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Public hearing held April 1, 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 741
This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to distribute the funds in the State treasury by:

1. Placing in the General Fund only the amount necessary to cover the outstanding obligations of the State required by law, such as for bond debt and payment of contracts and salaries;
2. After the transfer of funds required to meet the legal obligations of the State, distributing 75% of the remaining funds to Maine taxpayers on a pro rata basis, based on tax data for the 2018 tax year; and
3. After the transfer and the distributions, transferring the remaining 25% to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund, also known as the Maine Rainy Day Fund.

LD 741 Amendment fiscal note

LD 859	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Equipment for Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions	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 859 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $40,000,000, will be used to provide funds to make capital improvements to and purchase equipment for career and technical education centers and regions for high school students. LD 859 Amendment fiscal note

LD 873	An Act To Clarify the Application of the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax to Water Well Drilling Equipment	Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-442, Enacted, Signed into law June 20, 2019
LD 873 This bill sets the annual personal property tax on equipment for water well drilling owned by a licensed well driller at $2,500 for tax years beginning January 1, 2020 and thereafter. Amendment H-442 This amendment provides that water well drilling equipment attached to a self-propelled vehicle is not considered part of the motor vehicle for purposes of the motor vehicle excise tax. LD 873 Chaptered Law LD 873 Chaptered Law fiscal note

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 911 Amendment fiscal note

LD 963	An Act To Exempt Overtime Pay from Individual Income Tax	Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Non-concurrence, June 17, 2019
LD 963 This bill excludes from income tax overtime compensation if the employer is required by law to pay the overtime compensation to the employee. Amendment H-259 This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section to fund costs of activities necessary to administer the tax change provided in the bill. LD 963 Amendment H-259 fiscal note

LD 965	An Act To Restrict Cell Phone Use by Students While in School	Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, April 23, 2019
LD 965 This bill requires the Department of Education to adopt major substantive rules restricting the use of cellular telephones by students. LD 965 Amendment fiscal note

LD 1055	An Act To Reduce Fraud in the Redemption of Beverage Containers	Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019
LD 1055 This bill amends the State's bottle redemption laws to authorize initiators of deposit subject to a commingling agreement to include in the agreement authorization to conduct audits of beverage containers presented by a dealer or local redemption center for pickup or payment of refund value and to take certain actions against the dealer or local redemption center in the case of a failed audit. The bill also provides for a grievance process whereby a dealer or local redemption center may file a grievance with the Department of Environmental Protection to challenge an action taken by an initiator of deposit in the case of a failed audit. LD 1055 Amendment fiscal note

LD 1066	An Act To Address Municipal Conflicts of Interest	Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, May 7, 2019
LD 1066 This bill minimizes conflicts of interest in municipal government operations. The bill precludes the municipal treasurer and tax collector, or town officer performing the duties of either, from simultaneously acting as the municipality's code enforcement officer. The bill requires the town manager to implement a training program for municipal officers and employees on the ethical standards applicable to and the performance risks associated with hiring professional consultants. The bill prohibits a person contracted to provide professional services to a municipality from having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the business of the municipality. LD 1066 Amendment fiscal note

LD 1207	An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of Investigations within the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles	Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-497, Enacted, Governor placed on hold, July 2, 2019, Became law without the Governor's signature, January 11, 2020
LD 1207 This bill allows detectives in the employment of the office of investigations within the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles to elect to participate in the 1998 Special Plan of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Under that plan, a person may retire at 55 years of age with 10 years of creditable service or may retire before 55 years of age with 25 years of creditable service and at a reduced benefit Amendment H-497 his amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment changes the deadline for the one-time election for detectives in the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles to participate in the 1998 Special Plan and establishes the effective date of their participation. This amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 1207 Chaptered Law LD 1207 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 1208	An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of the Attorney General	Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-498, Enacted, Governor placed on hold, July 2, 2019, Became law without the Governor's signature, January 11, 2020
LD 1208 This bill allows detectives in the Office of the Attorney General to elect to participate in the 1998 Special Plan of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Under that plan, a person may retire at 55 years of age with 10 years of creditable service or may retire before 55 years of age with 25 years of creditable service and at a reduced benefit. Amendment H-498 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment changes the deadline for the one-time election for detectives in the Office of the Attorney General to participate in the 1998 Special Plan and establishes the effective date of their participation. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 1208 Chaptered Law LD 1208 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 1244	An Act To Authorize the Gambling Control Board To Accept an Application from the Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate 50 Slot Machines in the Tribe's High-stakes Beano Facility	Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Work session held May 24, 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 1244 This bill authorizes the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board to accept an application from the Passamaquoddy Tribe to operate 50 slot machines at a gambling facility in Washington County at which high-stakes beano is conducted by the Passamaquoddy Tribe. The bill raises the limit on the number of slot machines allowed in the State by 50 to accommodate the slot machines that may be operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe. The bill requires deposit of 25% of net slot machine income in the General Fund and sets the initial application fee to operate the 50 slot machines at $10,000 and the renewal fee at $5,000. The Passamaquoddy Tribe is exempted from paying a $250,000 nonrefundable privilege fee and a $5,000,000 license fee. Slot machines operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe would be subject to the oversight of the Gambling Control Board and subject to the same laws and rules as other slot machines operated in this State. LD 1244 Amendment fiscal note

LD 1408	An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Officers To Wear Insignia on Their Uniforms To Indicate That They Are Veterans	Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-115, Enacted, Signed into law June 6, 2019
LD 1408 This bill allows a law enforcement officer employed by the State, a county or a municipality to wear insignia on the law enforcement officer's uniform to indicate that the law enforcement officer is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States. It directs the Department of Public Safety to adopt routine technical rules to implement the change in law. Amendment S-115 This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment authorizes a law enforcement agency to allow a law enforcement officer who is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States and who is employed by the agency to wear insignia on the officer's uniform to indicate that the officer is a veteran. LD 1408 Chaptered Law LD 1408 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 1866	An Act To Increase the Automatic Draft Authority for Licensed Insurance Producers	Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-399, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law March 17, 2020
LD 1866 This bill increases the standard automatic draft authority for licensed insurance producers from $5,000 to $10,000 and allows for a temporary increase of $20,000 in the event of a severe weather occurrence. Amendment S-399 This amendment adds a cross-reference to the bill to maintain consistency with current law that recognizes the ability of the Superintendent of Insurance to authorize the adjustment of insurance claims by unlicensed adjusters after catastrophic losses. LD 1866 Chaptered Law LD 1866 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 2044	An Act To Increase the Death Benefit for Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers and Emergency Medical Services Personnel	Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-762, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law March 18, 2020
LD 2044 This bill increases the death benefit for a law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency medical services person who has died while in the line of duty from $50,000 to $75,000 through June 30, 2021. For deaths occurring after June 30, 2021, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services is required to adopt rules to annually calculate an increase in the death benefit based on the previous year's increase in the Consumer Price Index. Amendment H-762 LD 2044 Chaptered Law LD 2044 Chaptered Law fiscal note