Representative Michael Perkins [Republican]
Oakland ~ District 77
Towns in District: part of Oakland (part) and Sidney
Would be term limited: 2024Joint Committees:
♦ Transportation (Ranking Republican)
✉ Michael.Perkins@legislature.maine.gov
☎ 1-800-423-2900
✉ 93 Willey Point
Oakland, Maine 04963
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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 | 0% | Maine People's Alliance, 2018 |
Maine Conservation Voters (MCV), 2019 | 2 of 7 | Maine Conservation Voters, 2019 |
Maine Conservation Voters, 2018 | 1 of 8, 1 absence | Maine Conservation Voters, 2018 |
Maine Conservation Voters, 2017 | 1 of 7, 1 absence | Maine Conservation Voters, 2017 |
Maine AFL-CIO, 2019 | 1 of 10 | AFL-CIO, 2019 |
Maine AFL-CIO, 2017 | 10% | 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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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 | 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 Perkins: | Present for 10 votes, agreed on 0 votes, 0 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 | 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 Perkins: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 2 votes, 29 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 | 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 Perkins: | Present for 10 votes, agreed on 1 votes, 10 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 | 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 Perkins: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 0 votes, 0 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 | 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 Perkins: | Present for 4 votes, agreed on 0 votes, 0 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 | 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 Perkins: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 1 votes, 14 percent agreement |
LD 222 | An Act To Prohibit Child Care Providers from Requiring Payment during Vacation Closures | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 21, 2019 | |
LD 222 This bill prohibits a nursery school, a certified family child care provider, a licensed child care facility or a person who provides day care in that person's home for one or 2 children whose care is paid for by state or federal funds from charging any fee for any period of time the provider is closed because the provider is on vacation. It prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from reimbursing providers of child care services or recipients for child care services for any period of time the provider is closed because the provider is on vacation. |
LD 225 | An Act Regarding Transportation Management Software and School Bus Replacement | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, April 4, 2019 | |
LD 225 This bill establishes in statute the criteria for the replacement of conventional and transit-style school buses through the Department of Education and prohibits the department from requiring a school administrative unit to use a specific brand of routing and transportation management software. |
LD 39 | Resolve, To Designate a Bridge in Waterville as the Specialist Wade A. Slack Memorial Bridge | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Finally passed, Signed into law March 14, 2019 | |
LD 39 This resolve designates Bridge 1457 on Interstate 95, which crosses Main Street in the City of Waterville, the Specialist Wade A. Slack Memorial Bridge. LD 39 Chaptered Law LD 39 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 165 | An Act To Prohibit the Use of Handheld Phones and Devices While Driving | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-317, Enacted, Signed into law June 27, 2019 | |
LD 165 This bill repeals the provision of law that prohibits a person who has been issued a learner's permit from operating a motor vehicle while using a handheld electronic device or mobile telephone. It repeals the section of law that prohibits minors from operating a motor vehicle while using a handheld electronic device or mobile telephone and also repeals the section of law that prohibits any person from operating a motor vehicle while engaging in text messaging. The bill incorporates the definition of "mobile telephone" into the definition of "handheld electronic device." It excludes text messaging from the definition of "using" to reflect the different penalties for using a handheld electronic device and for text messaging while operating a motor vehicle. The bill expands the prohibition on minors and a person who has been issued a learner's permit operating a motor vehicle while using a handheld electronic device to prohibit all persons operating a motor vehicle from using a handheld electronic device. The bill includes exceptions to the prohibition against using a handheld electronic device while operating a motor vehicle that allow for hands-free operation of the device and for using a handheld electronic device to communicate with law enforcement or emergency services personnel under emergency circumstances. The exceptions do not apply to text messaging. The bill provides that the penalty for a first offense of the prohibition against using a handheld electronic device while operating a motor vehicle is $75 and the penalty for a 2nd or subsequent offense within a 3-year period is $150.
LD 165 Chaptered Law LD 165 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 261 | An Act To Restrict the Authority for Posting of Roads | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 7, 2019 | |
LD 261 This bill requires publicly available written justification for imposing restrictions on a public way for more than 6 weeks, prohibits the imposition of size and weight restrictions for vehicles on a public way when the ambient air temperature is below 31 degrees Fahrenheit and protects the ability of a commercial entity to operate its vehicles on the public way where it is headquartered or where it is conducting its business activities. |
LD 319 | An Act To Standardize the Laws Concerning Property Transfers and To Protect Water Quality | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 19, 2019 | |
LD 319 This bill extends to inland shoreland areas the requirement that subsurface waste water 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 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 368 | An Act To Redefine Geographic Association for Multiple-employer Welfare Arrangements | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-49, Enacted, Signed into law May 8, 2019 | |
LD 368 This bill replaces the requirement that a multiple-employer welfare arrangement based on geographic association must be established by an association with a principal office in a location within a 40-mile radius of the principal place of business of eligible employers with a requirement that the arrangement must be established by an association with a principal office located in the State. Amendment S-49 This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment repeals the provision authorizing a multiple-employer welfare arrangement based on geographic association and removes cross-references to that provision. The amendment authorizes a multiple-employer welfare arrangement by an association with employer members representing multiple trades, industries or professions. The amendment also restores the ability of the Superintendent of Insurance to authorize a separate community rate for fully insured association health plans for multiple employers. LD 368 Chaptered Law LD 368 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 380 | An Act To Revise the Calculation of Tolls Established for the Maine State Ferry Service | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 4, 2020 | |
LD 380 This bill requires the Department of Transportation, by rule, to establish ferry tolls for each route of travel that are based upon the cost of service for vehicles, freight and passengers, and allows the department to provide discounted tolls for frequent usage of the Maine State Ferry Service. This bill also requires that the Marine Highway account must fund 100% of the capital costs and no more than 75% of the operating costs of the Maine State Ferry Service. |
LD 458 | An Act To Require Motorists To Yield to Transit Buses | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-129, Enacted, Signed into law June 5, 2019 | |
LD 458 This bill requires an operator of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to a transit bus traveling in the same direction if the transit bus has signaled and is reentering the traffic flow from a bus stop or shoulder of the roadway. Amendment S-129 This amendment strikes and replaces the bill. The amendment requires that the operator of a vehicle on a public way that has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less must yield the right-of-way to a transit bus that has an illuminated yield sign on the left side of the rear of the bus and the bus driver has activated a turn signal to reenter the traffic flow from a bus stop or shoulder on the roadway. The amendment also clarifies the definition of "transit bus." LD 458 Chaptered Law LD 458 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 572 | An Act Regarding the State Bird | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 19, 2019 | |
LD 572 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to specify the black-capped chickadee or the boreal chickadee as the state bird. |
LD 586 | An Act Regarding the Department of Transportation's Use of Sediment Erosion Control Systems | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 7, 2019 | |
LD 586 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to specify whether a biodegradable or nonbiodegradable sediment erosion control system will be used for a project by the department and requires that nonbiodegradable sediment erosion control systems be removed with 90 days of a project's completion. |
LD 589 | Resolve, Directing the State Board of Education To Adopt Rules Prohibiting Teachers in Public Schools from Engaging in Political, Ideological or Religious Advocacy in the Classroom | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 7, 2019 | |
LD 589 This resolve directs the State Board of Education to adopt major substantive rules prohibiting teachers in public schools from engaging in political, religious or ideological advocacy in the classroom or from introducing any controversial subject matter that is not germane to the topic of the course being taught, with penalties for violations up to and including termination of the teacher. This resolve requires the State Board of Education to provide written notice of the rules to all affected teachers, parents and students and for teachers to receive annually at least 3 hours of continuing teacher education to instruct the teachers on the rules. Finally, this resolve requests professional teacher organizations and unions to voluntarily adopt an educator's code of ethics and professional responsibility that incorporates the rules and that specifically prohibits teachers in kindergarten to grade 12 instruction from using the classroom for political indoctrination. |
LD 597 | Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project Authorizing the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras on Castine Road in Orland (By request) | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 14, 2019 | |
LD 597 This resolve directs the Department of Transportation to establish a pilot project allowing the use of traffic surveillance cameras to prove or enforce a violation of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A on Castine Road in Orland and requires the department to submit a report evaluating the results of the pilot project to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters by January 15, 2021. |
LD 648 | An Act To Improve Reporting of Operating Under the Influence Offenses | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-152, Enacted, Signed into law May 16, 2019 | |
LD 648 This bill requires the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, State Bureau of Identification to maintain separate categories in its uniform crime reporting for offenses that involve operating under the influence of alcohol, offenses that involve operating under the influence of intoxicating substances other than alcohol and offenses that involve operating under a combination of alcohol and other intoxicating substances. Amendment H-152 This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment requires the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification to report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters regarding the incidence of operating under the influence offenses pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2411. The report must include separate categories for offenses involving operating under the influence of alcohol, for offenses involving operating under the influence of intoxicating substances other than alcohol and for offenses involving operating under the influence of a combination of alcohol and other intoxicating substances. The report is due by April 1st each year beginning in 2020. LD 648 Chaptered Law LD 648 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 664 | An Act To Organize Biannual County Meetings for Local School Boards | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 11, 2019 | |
LD 664 This bill requires the State Board of Education to organize a biannual meeting in each county for the school boards in each county to engage in peer-to-peer discussions, develop new ideas and review proposed rule changes by the Department of Education and other policies and issues impacting school administrative units. Each school board may send up to 3 representatives, and the state board shall send at least one representative to the biannual county meeting. Costs for a biannual county meeting must be split between the state board and the school administrative units in that county. |
LD 844 | An Act To Prohibit Driverless Commercial Vehicles | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 23, 2019 | |
LD 844 This bill prohibits the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that does not have a driver in the vehicle. |
LD 851 | Resolve, To Effect Economies of Scale in Maine's Transportation Funding | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 7, 2019 | |
LD 851 This resolve directs the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority to study their holdings and operations and propose reorganizations effecting efficiencies in both the department and the authority leading to economies of scale within the State's transportation funding regime. The department and the authority are directed to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation the results of their study and any suggested legislation by January 15, 2020. The joint standing committee is authorized to report out a bill regarding the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. |
LD 924 | An Act To Remove the Background Check Requirement for Maine Guides Who Are at Least 70 Years of Age and Hold a Lifetime Hunting or Fishing License | Status: Referred to Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 26, 2019 | |
LD 924 This bill exempts a registered Maine guide who holds a senior lifetime hunting, fishing, trapping or archery license from the requirement to undergo a background check when renewing the guide license if the guide has undergone a background check when the guide was 68 years of age or older. |
LD 970 | An Act To Encourage Policies Regarding Accessory Dwelling Units under Local Comprehensive Plans and Zoning Requirements | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-179, Enacted, Signed into law May 23, 2019 | |
LD 970 This bill directs municipalities to develop policies in the comprehensive planning process that provide for accessory dwelling units, which are dwelling units located within a detached single-family dwelling unit. Amendment H-179 This amendment expands the definition of "accessory dwelling unit" to include a dwelling unit attached to and detached from another single-dwelling unit. It clarifies that municipalities are encouraged to develop policies in the comprehensive planning process that provide for accessory dwelling units, but it does not require municipalities to permit accessory dwelling units. It reorganizes the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 4236, subsection 3-A, paragraph G for ease of understanding. LD 970 Chaptered Law LD 970 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 984 | Resolve, To Develop Plans To Return to the State Children Housed in Residential Treatment Systems outside of the State | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-352, Finally passed, Signed into law June 6, 2019 | |
LD 984 This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate with families of children who are receiving certain services out of state to develop plans to bring the children back to the State to receive the required services and care. The resolve also suspends current contracts regarding any psychiatric residential treatment facility licensed by the department and prohibits the department from issuing new contracts for such facilities. The suspension and moratorium are lifted 30 days after the department submits a report, as required by this resolve, to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services regarding the adequacy of beds and staffing levels in those facilities and the need to increase the MaineCare reimbursement rate to allow for additional facilities or staffing. Additionally, the resolve provides funding to increase rates in rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefi\ts Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, Children's Home and Community Based Treatment and Section 97, Appendix D, Principles of Reimbursement for Child Care Facilities by 30% no later than October 1, 2019. |
LD 1002 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, Highway Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2019, June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021 (Emergency)(Governor's Bill) | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-624, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law June 20, 2019 | |
LD 1002 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill as emergency legislation proposes to make unified appropriations and allocations for the expenditures of State Government, Highway Fund and other funds and change certain provisions of the law necessary to the proper operations of State Government for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2019, June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, as submitted by the Governor pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5. The documents submitted by the Governor may be found here: https://legislature.maine.gov/ros/9634. |
LD 1252 | An Act Regarding Snowmobile Registration Fees | Status: Referred to Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, May 23, 2019 | |
LD 1252 This bill requires an annual additional $30 snowmobile registration fee, unless the registrant can show proof of membership in a snowmobile club in the State. It specifies that for a resident family residing in the same household the additional fee is $30 for up to 4 snowmobiles. Lastly, it requires the transfer of $20 collected from this additional fee to the Snowmobile Trail Fund and the transfer of $10 collected from this additional fee to the Snowmobile Enforcement Fund. |
LD 1367 | An Act To Preserve and Protect the State's Rail Corridors | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 3, 2019 | |
LD 1367 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to preserve and protect the rail corridors of the State for future railroad use and maintain all rail corridors in a condition that allows for their resuming railroad service. The bill prohibits a rail corridor from being converted into or operated as a trail, used as a pathway or space for walking or biking, used for any other form of nonmotorized travel or recreation or used as a bus line without first being evaluated for passenger railroad service. |
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. |
LD 1555 | An Act To Improve Highway Maintenance Safety | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-206, Enacted, Signed into law June 17, 2019 | |
LD 1555 This bill amends current law to allow vehicles engaged in highway maintenance or in emergency rescue operations by emergency management and public safety agencies and public service vehicles to be equipped with auxiliary lights that emit a combination of amber and white lights or any shade between amber and white. It also allows the use of green lighting for any highway maintenance vehicle that is operating under the direction of the Department of Transportation or the Maine Turnpike Authority. This bill also amends current law to allow the Maine Turnpike Authority to remove a vehicle from the Maine Turnpike if it is improperly parked, abandoned or interfering with snow removal in the same manner that the Department of Transportation may remove such a vehicle on a road under its jurisdiction. It also clarifies that a 3rd-party agent such as an independent contractor working for the Department of Transportation or the Maine Turnpike Authority is entitled to the same immunity from liability for these removals as employees of the department or authority. |
LD 1604 | An Act To Authorize General Fund Bond Issues To Improve Highways, Bridges and Multimodal Facilities (Governor's Bill) | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, 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 1604 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $100,000,000 in both 2019 and 2020, will be used for reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, matching an estimated $137,000,000 per year in federal and other funds. |
LD 1627 | An Act To Authorize the Use of Autocycles | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-487, Enacted, Signed into law June 17, 2019 | |
LD 1627 This bill defines an autocycle as a 3-wheeled motorcycle that has a steering wheel or handlebars, floor pedals for automotive-style controls and seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride a seat and establishes provisions for registration and operator licensing. Amendment H-487 This amendment clarifies that an autocycle is subject to the general motorcycle inspection standards, except those that do not apply to the design of the vehicle, and any other inspection standards set by the Chief of the State Police. This amendment also clarifies that an autocycle may not be operated abreast with any motor vehicle within the same lane. LD 1627 Chaptered Law LD 1627 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1714 | Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State To Enter into a Reciprocal Agreement between the State and Taiwan Regarding Driver's Licenses | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 25, 2020 | |
LD 1714 This resolve directs the Secretary of State to begin negotiations toward the development of a reciprocal agreement between the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Taiwan for reciprocity, beginning January 1, 2021, in issuing driver's licenses to residents of this State who reside in Taiwan and to Taiwanese citizens who reside in this State. |
LD 1782 | An Act To Amend the Motorcycle Rider Education and Driver Education Laws | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-510, Enacted, Signed into law June 17, 2019 | |
LD 1782 This bill amends the motorcycle rider education laws to clarify that a person who completes a motorcycle rider education course approved by the Secretary of State on a 2-wheel motorcycle may operate a 2-wheel or 3-wheel motorcycle and that a person who completes a motorcycle rider education course approved by the Secretary of State on a 3-wheel motorcycle may only operate a 3-wheel motorcycle. A person who holds a motorcycle learner's permit and who completes a motorcycle road test administered by the Secretary of State on a 3-wheel motorcycle is also restricted to the operation of a 3-wheel motorcycle. The bill requires motorcycle rider education schools to be licensed, submit to inspections and establish a place of business. The bill also amends the driver education program laws to require that the 2 instructors who serve on the Secretary of State's Technical Review Panel be licensed in the curriculum and training being reviewed. The bill removes the authorization for the State to bring an action in Superior Court to enjoin a person from violating the driver education laws, as the penalties under those laws are administered by the District Courts. Amendment H-510 This amendment makes the following changes to the bill.
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LD 1783 | An Act To Amend the Motor Vehicle Laws | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-588, Enacted, Signed into law June 19, 2019 | |
LD 1783 This bill is the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles' omnibus bill. The bureau is recommending several changes to the motor vehicle laws to facilitate program administration and to bring administrative fees more in line with actual costs. It amends the enforcement provision governing dealers, transporters and automobile graveyards to change investigators to motor vehicle detectives to match the current job title. It replaces the requirement that an applicant for an original motor vehicle registration submit a dealer's certificate with the requirement that the applicant submit a properly completed bill of sale. It replaces the requirement that a municipal official retain from the use taxes collected a fee of $1.25 for each vehicle with a requirement that the Secretary of State be reimbursed by the State Tax Assessor $1.25 per use tax certificate processed. It requires registration certificates to be forwarded to the Secretary of State as well as the State Tax Assessor. It amends the law allowing the Secretary of State to refuse to issue or to recall a vanity plate having language that encourages violence or may result in an act of violence or other unlawful activity to remove express language stating that it is the Secretary of State who makes the finding regarding the language. It repeals the requirement that the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife submit a new sportsman registration plate design every 6 years. It repeals the trailer transit plate provision from the law regarding temporary registration plates and enacts the language of the provision in the law regarding special dealer licenses and plates. It makes a violation of that provision a traffic infraction and specifies a trailer transit plate expires annually at the end of March. It removes the 10-year authorization period for recognition license plates. It reduces the minimum number of registrations required for eligibility for the 25-year permanent registration program for semitrailers from 30,000 to 20,000. It repeals the moratorium on commemorative veteran decals, which ran from October 1, 2009 to October 1, 2014. It clarifies that International Registration Plan credentials may be presented in electronic format. It changes the retention period for information pertaining to a scrapped vehicle from one year to 5 years to bring it into compliance with the record requirements for salvage vehicle recyclers. It adds an accuracy requirement to allow for a penalty for recyclers who incorrectly record information for scrapped vehicles of model years 1995 to 1999 and makes a violation a traffic infraction. It amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 667, regarding salvage vehicles, to change the reporting requirements due date in the provisions regarding surrender and cancellation of a certificate of title or certificate of salvage from "immediately" to within 30 days. It adds scrap processors to the list of persons to whom an owner must have transferred a vehicle for which a certificate of salvage has not been issued in order for that vehicle to be deemed declared by the owner to be a salvage vehicle. It also allows a salvage dealer, recycler or scrap processor to retain possession of a certificate of salvage until the recycler scraps or dismantles the vehicle and requires that 30 days after the scrapping or dismantling of the vehicle the certificate of title or certificate of salvage must be delivered to the Secretary of State for cancellation. It repeals the current requirement regarding the surrender of the certificate of title or certificate of salvage. It requires a salvage dealer, recycler or scrap processor to obtain the vehicle seller's name and address from a government-issued photograph identification document or credential. It requires a licensed mobile crusher to maintain an operator log for each of its locations, which must include the make, model, model year and vehicle identification number of each vehicle crushed and the date of the action. It adds the requirement for recyclers to use the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System as required by federal law and regulation. It provides for the issuance of a commercial learner's permit for one year. It provides a motorcycle driver education instructor a hearing pursuant to Title 29-A, chapter 23, subchapter 2, article 3 when refused an instructor's license or the instructor's license is suspended or revoked. It allows the Secretary of State to suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew a driver education school or instructor license or deny a driver education program certificate of completion for just cause or for noncompliance with statutory or regulatory requirements. It provides that a driver's license or non-driver identification card of a person under 21 years of age must bear a distinctive layout or marking rather than a distinctive color code. It eliminates the sticker designation for a deaf or hard-of-hearing person and replaces it with a distinctive marker or code on the person's driver's license or non-drive identification card. It clarifies that when any change is made to a driver's license, non-drive identification card, registration certificate or learner's permit that requires that an updated credential be issued, it is considered a duplicate for processing purposes. It includes vehicles of the Attorney General's office and the Secretary of State's office in the definition of "police vehicle" in the law governing emergency and auxiliary lights. It removes the requirement that the Secretary of State report annually to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters on the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program.Amendment H-588 This amendment removes the section of the bill dealing with the suspension and revocation of instructors' licenses. This amendment defines "life support transport vehicle," adds those vehicles to the list of authorized emergency vehicles, adds restrictions on their use of emergency lights and sirens and authorizes the Commissioner of Transportation to adopt rules concerning those vehicles. This amendment requires that a person issued temporary registration plates maintain a written record on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and submit that form upon renewal of a dealer license. LD 1783 Chaptered Law LD 1783 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1875 | An Act Regarding the Naming of Bridges and Designating Bridge 5818 as the Specialist Wade A. Slack Memorial Bridge | Status: Referred to the Transportation Committee, Enacted, Signed into law February 21, 2020 | |
LD 1875 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to designate Bridge 5818 on Interstate 95, which crosses Main Street in the City of Waterville, the Specialist Wade A. Slack Memorial Bridge. The bill also requires the department, when designating a bridge in this State with a specific name, to deem separate bridges that run parallel to one another on the same highway as one bridge for the purposes of that designation. LD 1875 Chaptered Law LD 1875 Chaptered Law fiscal note |