Directory of Papers
LD 1400 - 1599

LD 1400, SP0478

An Act To Create the Bar Harbor Port Authority

LD 1401, SP0479

An Act To Allow Nonviolent Felons To Own Firearms at the Court's Discretion

LD 1402, SP0480

An Act Regarding Payroll Deductions

LD 1403, SP0481

An Act Regarding Drug Testing in the Transportation Sector

LD 1404, SP0482

An Act To Ensure the Integrity of For-profit Colleges

LD 1405, SP0483

An Act To Require Remote Sellers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Tax on Sales into Maine and To Provide Retailers a Collection Allowance

LD 1406, SP0484

An Act To Promote Prescription Drug Price Transparency

LD 1407, SP0485

An Act Regarding Prescription Drug Step Therapy

LD 1408, SP0486

An Act To Establish an Independent Citizens Oversight Committee on Maine's Welfare Programs

LD 1409, SP0487

An Act To Reduce Regulations for Small Nonalcoholic Beverage Producers

LD 1410, SP0488

An Act To Adopt the Nurse Licensure Compact

LD 1411, SP0489

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Limit Petitions for Direct Initiatives That Would Violate the Constitution of Maine

LD 1412, SP0490

An Act To Increase Access to Workforce Development Programs for New Maine Residents

LD 1413, SP0491

Resolve, Regarding Sober Living Transitional Assistance

LD 1414, HP0972

An Act To Ensure the Availability of In-person Visitation in County Jails

LD 1415, HP0973

An Act To Provide Additional Deductions from a Sentence of Imprisonment for Completion of Education, Mental Health Treatment and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

LD 1416, HP0974

An Act To Amend High School Diploma Standards

LD 1417, HP0975

An Act To Require Insurance Coverage for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease

LD 1418, HP0976

An Act To Ban the Purchase of Retail Marijuana and Retail Marijuana Products with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Benefits

LD 1419, HP0977

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 29, Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 1420, HP0978

An Act Regarding Work Permits for Minors under 16 Years of Age

LD 1421, HP0979

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

LD 1422, HP0980

An Act To Require Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates To Disclose Their Federal Income Tax Returns

LD 1423, SP0493

An Act To Amend Certain Laws Governing Child Care Providers

LD 1424, SP0494

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing MaineCare Eligibility Determination For Applicants To Nursing Homes

LD 1425, SP0495

An Act To Repeal the Laws Governing the Mental Health Homicide, Suicide and Aggravated Assault Review Board

LD 1426, SP0496

An Act To Allow the Use of Bioptic or Telescopic Corrective Lenses To Meet the Vision Examination Requirements for a Class C Driver's License

LD 1427, HP0981

An Act To Make Community Paramedicine Projects Permanent

LD 1428, HP0982

An Act To Relieve Overcrowding in County Jails

LD 1429, HP0983

An Act Regarding the Epidemic of Opiate Abuse

LD 1430, HP0984

An Act To Develop a Statewide Resource and Referral Center and Develop Hub-and-spoke Models To Improve Access, Treatment and Recovery for Those with Substance Use Disorder

LD 1431, HP0985

An Act To Dedicate a Portion of the Tax on the Sale of Marijuana to Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Law Enforcement Costs and Regulatory Oversight

LD 1432, HP0986

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Advance Payment of Costs for Public Records Requests

LD 1433, HP0988

An Act To Protect Maine Children from Lung Cancer by Requiring Radon Testing in Schools

LD 1434, HP0989

An Act To Clarify the Laws Regarding Education in the Unorganized Territories

LD 1435, HP0990

An Act To Ensure Transparency in the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Funds

LD 1436, HP0991

Resolve, To Reduce MaineCare Spending through Targeted Nutrition Interventions

LD 1437, HP0992

An Act To Establish a Youth-in-care Court

LD 1438, HP0993

An Act To Improve the Aquaculture Leasing and Licensing Laws

LD 1439, HP0994

Resolve, To Study the Placement of Vehicle Charging Stations on Maine's Highways

LD 1440, HP0995

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, 2018 and June 30, 2019

LD 1441, HP0996

An Act To Create Veteran-friendly Workplaces

LD 1442, SP0497

An Act To Raise the Debtor's Exemption on Vehicles and To Exempt Amounts Rolled Over from 401(k) or 403(b) Accounts to Individual Retirement Accounts

LD 1443, SP0498

An Act To Update Professional and Occupational Licensing Laws

LD 1444, SP0499

An Act Regarding Large-scale Community Solar Procurement

LD 1445, HP0997

An Act To Designate the Maine Farms Agricultural Resource Management and Sustainability Recognition Program

LD 1446, HP0998

An Act Regarding the Confidentiality of Information in the Animal Welfare Laws

LD 1447, HP0999

An Act To Recognize and Provide for the Right of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians To Operate a Casino on Houlton Band Trust Land Exempt from Certain Gaming Laws

LD 1448, HP1000

An Act To Clarify Certain Provisions of the Marijuana Legalization Act and To Deter the Use of Marijuana by Minors

LD 1449, HP1001

An Act To Support Maine Military Charities

LD 1450, SP0501

An Act To Promote Workforce Development and Provide an Economic Stimulus for Maine-based Filmmakers and Supporting Businesses

LD 1451, SP0502

An Act To Promote Biosecurity and Better Regulate the Importation, Possession and Use of Aquatic Species

LD 1452, HP1002

An Act To Ensure Student Privacy in the Digital Age

LD 1453, HP1003

An Act To Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing To Prevent Threats to Maine's Drinking Water

LD 1454, HP1004

An Act To Extend the Time for an Appeal of Limited Entry Fishing License Denial for Members of the Military

LD 1455, HP1005

An Act To Fund Research on and Management and Enforcement of the Eel and Elver Fisheries

LD 1456, HP1006

An Act To Return the Duties of the State Compensation Commission To Make Recommendations for the Salaries of the Governor and Judges

LD 1457, SP0503

An Act To Rename and Repurpose the Mountain View Youth Development Center as the Mountain View Correctional Facility and To Eliminate the Charleston Correctional Facility as a Facility Separate from Mountain View

LD 1458, SP0504

An Act To Amend the Law Relating to the Crime of Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution

LD 1459, SP0505

An Act To Protect the Public from Dangerous Buildings

LD 1460, SP0506

An Act To Remove the Secretary of State's Authority To Authorize Agents To Issue Noncommercial Driver's License Renewals and Nondriver Identification Card Renewals

LD 1461, SP0507

An Act To Encourage the Construction of Affordable Housing

LD 1462, SP0508

Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project To Facilitate the Acquisition of Basic Emergency Medical Training in Rural Communities in the State

LD 1463, SP0509

An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Motor Vehicle Dealers

LD 1464, SP0510

An Act Regarding Unemployment Compensation for Full-time Seasonal Workers

LD 1465, SP0511

An Act To Protect Elders from Financial Exploitation and Ensure the Efficient Use of Litigation Resources for the State

LD 1466, SP0512

An Act To Address Severe and Ongoing Shortfalls in the Funding of Direct Care Workers in Long-term Care Settings and To Establish the Commission To Study Long-term Care Workforce Issues

LD 1467, SP0513

An Act To Expand Competitive Skills Scholarships and Strengthen Maine's Workforce Development Programs

LD 1468, SP0514

An Act To Expand Application of the Maine State Housing Authority's Arsenic Abatement Program

LD 1469, HP1008

An Act Relating to Firearms Exclusions in Certain Locations

LD 1470, HP1009

An Act To Facilitate Voluntary Cooperation among School Systems

LD 1471, HP1010

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Deduction for MaineCare Payments from a School Administrative Unit's State Subsidy

LD 1472, HP1011

An Act To Lower the Costs of Broadband Service by Coordinating the Installation of Broadband Infrastructure

LD 1473, HP1012

An Act To Make Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of Environmental Protection

LD 1474, HP1013

An Act To Reduce the Regulation of Child Care Facilities

LD 1475, HP1014

An Act To Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments in Families Today

LD 1476, HP1015

An Act To Ensure Continued Coverage for Essential Health Care

LD 1477, HP1016

An Act To Coordinate and Enforce Existing Workplace Training Requirements

LD 1478, HP1017

An Act To Provide Support for Sustainable Economic Development in Rural Maine

LD 1479, HP1018

An Act To Modernize and Improve Maine's Property Tax System

LD 1480, HP1019

An Act To Improve the Disclosure of Major Contributors Influencing Maine Elections

LD 1481, HP1020

Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project To Provide Travel Vouchers to Persons with Disabilities in Rural Communities

LD 1482, HP1021

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Existing Public Records Exceptions

LD 1483, HP1022

An Act To Safeguard Student Contact Information Provided to Schools

LD 1484, HP1023

An Act Authorizing the Deorganization of the Town of Atkinson

LD 1485, SP0515

An Act Regarding MaineCare Coverage for Telehealth Services

LD 1486, HP1025

An Act To Clarify the Status of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers under the Maine Insurance Code

LD 1487, SP0516

An Act To Control Electricity Transmission Costs through the Development of Nontransmission Alternatives

LD 1488, SP0517

An Act To Require That Landowners with Property Enrolled in the Tree Growth Tax Program Receive Timely Notice of Changes in Valuation of That Property

LD 1489, SP0518

An Act To Authorize the Revocation, Suspension or Denial of a Guide License under Specified Circumstances

LD 1490, SP0519

An Act To Stabilize Funding for the County Jails

LD 1491, SP0520

An Act To Provide for Safety, Quality and Transparency in the Retail Marijuana Industry

LD 1492, SP0521

An Act To Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce

LD 1493, HP1026

An Act To Strengthen Enforcement of Support Orders

LD 1494, HP1027

An Act To Increase the Availability of Foster Homes

LD 1495, HP1028

An Act To Break the Generational Cycle of Domestic Violence

LD 1496, HP1029

An Act To Clarify the Scope of the Maternal and Infant Death Review Panel

LD 1497, HP1030

An Act To Correct and Clarify Maine's Fish and Wildlife Laws

LD 1498, HP1031

An Act To Clarify the Applicability of the Records Preservation Surcharge within County Registries of Deeds

LD 1499, SP0524

An Act To Better Regulate Marijuana

LD 1500, SP0525

An Act To Modernize Data Collection and Reporting and Information Access for the Department of Labor

LD 1501, SP0526

An Act To Increase Success and Promote Growth among Maine Small Businesses

LD 1502, SP0527

An Act To Transfer Responsibility for Licensing of Land-based Aquaculture from the Department of Marine Resources to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

LD 1503, SP0528

An Act To Amend Criteria for Issuing a Certificate of Approval for Certain Projects under the Finance Authority of Maine Act

LD 1504, SP0529

An Act Regarding Solar Power for Farms and Businesses

LD 1505, SP0530

An Act To Create Consistency in the Regulation of Pesticides

LD 1506, SP0531

An Act To Amend the Usage and Consumer Protections of Guaranteed Asset Protection Waivers

LD 1507, SP0532

An Act To Establish a Student Loan Bill of Rights To License and Regulate Student Loan Servicers

LD 1508, SP0533

An Act To Improve Animal Control in Maine

LD 1509, HP1033

An Act To Prohibit Retired State Employees and Teachers from Returning to Work While Collecting Retirement Benefits

LD 1510, HP1034

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Wastewater Infrastructure Projects for Ratification by Voters in the June 2017 Election

LD 1511, HP1035

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Protection of Public Health and Marine Resources and To Achieve Cost Savings in State Facilities Owned by the Department of Marine Resources

LD 1512, HP1036

An Act To Protect the Health and Safety of First Responders

LD 1513, HP1037

An Act To Provide for Affordable Long-term Energy Prices in Maine

LD 1514, HP1038

An Act To Provide Maine Landlords Advance Notice of Water Disconnection Postings

LD 1515, HP1039

An Act To Reduce Electric Rates for Maine Businesses by Amending the Laws Governing Spending from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Trust Fund

LD 1516, HP1040

An Act To Encourage Broadband Development through Private Investment

LD 1517, HP1041

An Act To Ensure Access to Behavioral Health Services

LD 1518, HP1042

An Act To Formalize the Governance of the Maine Educational and Attainment Research Navigation System, a Longitudinal Data Series for Workforce Information

LD 1519, HP1043

An Act To Define the Intertidal Zone for the Management and Enforcement of Shellfish Conservation Ordinances

LD 1520, HP1044

An Act To Create an Aquaculture License

LD 1521, HP1045

An Act To Amend the Property Tax Laws

LD 1522, HP1046

An Act To Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax

LD 1523, HP1047

An Act To Exempt Motor Vehicles Less than 12 Years Old from Inspection

LD 1524, HP1048

An Act To Amend Maine Motor Vehicle Laws

LD 1525, HP1049

An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing Alcohol Manufacturer Licenses

LD 1526, HP1050

An Act To Provide Funds for Access to Federal Training Facilities for First Responders

LD 1527, HP1051

An Act To Ensure Safety, Quality and Transparency in the Medical Marijuana Market and To Ensure Sufficient Funding for Regulation and Enforcement with Respect to the Retail Marijuana Industry

LD 1528, SP0534

An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds and Notes of Regional School Unit No. 5

LD 1529, SP0535

An Act To Protect Consumers during Residential Construction

LD 1530, SP0536

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation

LD 1531, SP0537

An Act To Amend Education Statutes

LD 1532, HP1052

An Act To Modernize the Laws Governing Maine Harness Racing

LD 1533, HP1053

An Act To Update the Laws Relating to Liquor Licensing and Enforcement

LD 1534, HP1054

An Act To Address Hunger, Support Maine Farms and Reduce Waste

LD 1535, HP1055

An Act To Modernize the State's Procurement Laws

LD 1536, HP1056

An Act To Allow Maine Manufacturers To Sell Products for Off-premises Consumption at Taste-testing Events and Farmers' Markets and To Allow Taste Testings at Farmers' Markets

LD 1537, HP1057

An Act To Replace the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit with the Student Loan Repayment Credit for Maine Residents

LD 1538, HP1059

An Act To Provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance to Veterans and Rental Assistance to Long-term Homeless Persons

LD 1539, HP1060

An Act To Amend Maine's Medical Marijuana Law

LD 1540, HP1061

An Act To Protect Consumers' Freedom of Choice in Auto Collision Repairs

LD 1541, HP1062

An Act To Protect Certain Administrative Licensing Files

LD 1542, HP1063

An Act To Support Lead Abatement in Older Residential Properties

LD 1543, SP0538

An Act To Simplify the Licensing Process for Off-site Catering

LD 1544, SP0539

An Act To Update the Maine Insurance Code To Maintain Conformance with Uniform National Standards

LD 1545, SP0540

An Act Regarding Disclosure of Health Care Information of a Deceased Person

LD 1546, SP0541

An Act To Clarify the Language Defining Schedule W Drugs and To Add Drugs to the List of Schedule W Drugs

LD 1547, HP1065

An Act To Establish Primary Energy Goals for the State

LD 1548, HP1066

An Act To Establish the Let's Grow Maine Program

LD 1549, HP1067

An Act To Create a Tax on the Production of Electricity from Wind Resources

LD 1550, HP1068

An Act To Tax Sugar-sweetened Beverages To Fund Programs To Provide Resources for Veterans and Others

LD 1551, HP1069

An Act To Amend the Maine Tax Laws

LD 1552, SP0543

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

LD 1553, SP0544

An Act To Protect the Rights of Public Employees To Determine Their Collective Bargaining Agent

LD 1554, HP1070

Resolve, Authorizing Claire Dean Perry and the Estate of William Dean To Bring Suit against the Surety Obtained by the Department of Health and Human Services in Its Capacity as Public Conservator

LD 1555, HP1071

An Act To Facilitate a Statewide Teacher Contract

LD 1556, HP1072

An Act To Protect Children from Prenatal Drug and Alcohol Exposure

LD 1557, HP1073

An Act To Protect Maine Consumers from Unexpected Medical Bills

LD 1558, HP1074

An Act To Require That Municipalities and Counties Recover the Cost of Opioid Antagonist Treatment from Repeat Recipients

LD 1559, HP1075

An Act To Remove the Law Mandating a Front License Plate

LD 1560, HP1076

An Act Regarding Veteran Homelessness

LD 1561, HP1077

An Act To Enact the Maine Citizens' Initiatives Clean Election Act

LD 1562, SP0546

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Capitalize a Career and Technical Revolving Equipment and Renovation Fund

LD 1563, SP0547

Resolve, To Establish the Maine Health Advisory Committee

LD 1564, SP0548

An Act To Conform State Law to Federal Law While Promoting Safe Working Environments for Minors

LD 1565, HP1078

An Act To Ensure the Effectiveness of Tax Increment Financing

LD 1566, HP1079

An Act To Enact the Maine Fair Chance Employment Act

LD 1567, SP0549

An Act To Amend the Archives and Records Management Law

LD 1568, SP0550

An Act To Require That Principals of Corporations Remain the Same for a Specified Number of Years for the Corporation To Be Eligible for a Casino License

LD 1569, HP1080

An Act To Revise Certification Statutes for Educational Personnel

LD 1570, HP1081

An Act To Make Technical Changes to Maine's Tax Laws

LD 1571, HP1082

An Act To Amend the Election Laws Relating to Party Qualification

LD 1572, HP1083

An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee To Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Legislative Reviews of Tax Expenditures

LD 1573, SP0551

An Act To Encourage Development in the Logging Industry by Requiring State and Local Government Agencies To Give Preference to Timber Harvested in the State

LD 1574, SP0552

Resolve, To Require Greater Clearing of Vegetation along Portions of Route 161 in the Town of Allagash

LD 1575, SP0553

An Act To Update the Statutes Governing the Bureau of Labor Standards To Promote Clarity for Workers and Employers

LD 1576, SP0554

An Act To Enable Earlier Introduction of Career and Technical Education in Maine Schools

LD 1577, HP1084

An Act To Amend the Motor Vehicle Laws

LD 1578, HP1085

An Act Regarding Educational Standards for Maine Students

LD 1579, HP1086

An Act To Amend and Add Consistency to the Maine Weights and Measures Law

LD 1580, HP1087

An Act To Clarify and Enhance Maine's Wildlife Laws

LD 1581, HP1088

An Act To Simplify Maine Income Tax by Repealing or Terminating Certain Tax Credits and the Charitable Contribution Checkoff

LD 1582, SP0555

An Act To Clarify and Enhance Maine's Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Laws

LD 1583, SP0556

An Act To Amend the Electricians' Examining Board Licensing Laws

LD 1584, SP0557

An Act To Expand the Local Foods Economy by Promoting Local Foods Procurement

LD 1585, SP0559

An Act To Transfer the Authority To Issue Nonconcealed Firearm Permits in Certain Cases from the Department of Public Safety to the Office of the Governor

LD 1586, HP1090

An Act To Appropriate Funds To Provide Sea Protection and Public Access to the Historic Whaleback Lighthouse in Kittery

LD 1587, HP1091

An Act To Provide Economic Security to Maine Families through the Creation of a Paid Family Medical Leave System

LD 1588, HP1092

An Act To Maintain Mail Routes and Access to Residential Structures

LD 1589, HP1093

An Act To Simplify the Taxation of Leasing Tangible Personal Property and To Clarify the Incidence of Use Tax

LD 1590, SP0560

An Act Authorizing the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians To Benefit from the Operation of an Existing Casino

LD 1591, HP1095

An Act To Strengthen the Restrictions Governing Lobbying by Former Legislators and Former Executive Branch Officials

LD 1592, HP1096

An Act To Remove Barriers to Professional Licensing for Veterans

LD 1593, HP1097

An Act To Amend the Animal Welfare Laws To Add Provisions Relating to the Surrender of Animals

LD 1594, HP1098

An Act Regarding the Dispensing of Naloxone Hydrochloride by Pharmacists

LD 1595, HP1099

An Act Regarding Inspection Requirements for Public Safety and Municipal Vehicles Owned by Island Communities

LD 1596, HP1100

An Act To Establish the Cannabis Advisory Commission

LD 1597, SP0561

An Act To Exempt from Sales Tax the Fee Associated with the Paint Stewardship Program

LD 1598, HP1101

An Act To Allow the Commercial Growth and Sale of Water Spinach in the State

LD 1599, HP1102

An Act To Improve the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law