Directory of Papers
LD 400 - 599

LD 400, HP0291

An Act Regarding the Construction or Placement of Decks within the Shoreland Zone

LD 401, HP0292

An Act To Require Reimbursement to Hospitals for Patients Awaiting Placement in Nursing Facilities

LD 402, HP0293

An Act To Establish Maine Buy Local Month

LD 403, HP0294

An Act Regarding Referendum Recounts

LD 404, HP0295

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: Certification, Authorization and Approval of Education Personnel, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the State Board of Education

LD 405, SP0132

An Act To Make Changes to the So-called Dig Safe Law

LD 406, SP0133

An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Joint Use of Certain Utility and Telecommunications Infrastructure

LD 407, SP0134

An Act To Simplify the Laws Regarding Games of Chance

LD 408, SP0135

An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-funded Campaign Expenditures from Being Used on Post-election Parties

LD 409, SP0136

An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

LD 410, SP0137

An Act To Except from the Freedom of Access Act Certain Information in the Possession of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

LD 411, SP0138

An Act To Add Addiction to or Dependency on Opiates or Prescription Drugs to the List of Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana

LD 412, SP0139

An Act To Require the Completion of Courses of Study in Home Economics and Industrial Arts Education Prior to Graduation from High School

LD 413, SP0140

An Act To Limit the Influence of Lobbyists by Expanding the Prohibition on Accepting Political Contributions

LD 414, SP0141

An Act To Create the Maine Forest Resources Council

LD 415, SP0142

An Act To Modify the Amount of Product Samples of Malt Liquor, Wine or Spirits That May Be Provided to Retail Licensees

LD 416, HP0296

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Strengthen Maine's Groundfish Permit Bank

LD 417, HP0297

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Facilities and Equipment To Support the Growth of Additive Manufacturing

LD 418, HP0298

An Act To Educate the Public on the Proper Use of Pesticides and To Promote Integrated Pest Management Using Existing Resources

LD 419, HP0299

An Act To Clarify Damages for the Willful or Negligent Injury or Death of a Dog

LD 420, HP0300

An Act To Require Same-year State Valuations for Education Funding Purposes for Municipalities That Lose More Than 35 Percent of Their Tax Base

LD 421, HP0301

An Act To Promote Economic Development and Critical Communications for Rural Family Farms, Businesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet

LD 422, HP0302

An Act To Facilitate the Creation of the Maine Water Trust To Regulate and Protect Maine's Water Supply and To Ensure the Quantity and Quality of Maine's Drinking Water

LD 423, HP0303

An Act To Extend Internet Availability in Rural Maine

LD 424, HP0304

An Act To Extend the Big Game Season in Coastal Wildlife Management Areas

LD 425, HP0305

An Act To Extend Fall Fishing Opportunities

LD 426, HP0306

An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red

LD 427, HP0307

An Act To Give Certain Landowners First Priority for Antlerless Deer Permits

LD 428, HP0308

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution of Maine Regarding the Publication of Maine Indian Treaty Obligations

LD 429, HP0309

An Act Concerning Guardians Ad Litem and Determinations Regarding the Best Interest of a Child in Custodial Relative Caregiver Cases

LD 430, HP0310

An Act To Amend the Exemption for Highway Contractors and Subcontractors under the Arborist Licensing Laws

LD 431, HP0311

An Act To Ensure Participation and Equity in the Shellfish Depuration Certification and Compensation Process for Municipalities

LD 432, HP0312

An Act To Designate a Maine Community Litter Cleanup Day

LD 433, HP0313

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Apply a Local Option Sales Tax to the Sale of Marijuana

LD 434, HP0314

An Act To Allow Certain Vehicles To Make a Right Turn on a Red Light Even When Prohibited

LD 435, HP0315

Resolve, To Study the Feasibility and Cost of Providing Passenger Rail Service to the City of Bangor

LD 436, HP0316

An Act To Allow Intermediate Driver's License Holders To Drive between Midnight and 5:00 a.m. for School Activities

LD 437, HP0317

An Act Concerning Maine's Transportation Infrastructure

LD 438, HP0318

An Act To Provide a Travel Reimbursement to Members of the Maine National Guard

LD 439, HP0319

An Act To Allow Voters To Choose Ongoing Absentee Voter Status

LD 440, HP0320

An Act To Expand Absentee Balloting To Include Certain Residents in Independent Living Facilities

LD 441, SP0143

An Act To Require Certification under the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule

LD 442, SP0144

An Act To Create a Family Caregiver Income Tax Credit

LD 443, SP0145

An Act To Allow Municipally Funded Hospitals To Prohibit the Presence of Firearms on Their Property

LD 444, SP0146

An Act To Increase the Maximum Registered Gross Weight Allowed for Vehicles with Disabled Veterans or Special Veterans Registration Plates

LD 445, SP0147

An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-shop for Certain Health Care Procedures and To Lower Health Care Costs

LD 446, SP0148

An Act To Allow Campgrounds To Obtain Licenses To Operate Beano or Bingo Games

LD 447, SP0149

An Act To Coordinate Services and Support Workforce Development for Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Peer Recovery Services

LD 448, SP0150

An Act To Fund Research on Cancer in Firefighters

LD 449, SP0151

An Act Regarding Imposition of an Automatic Life Sentence in the Case of Domestic Abuse Resulting in Murder

LD 450, SP0152

An Act To Prevent Oil Spills in Casco Bay

LD 451, SP0153

An Act To Continue MaineCare Coverage for Parents during the Rehabilitation and Reunification Process

LD 452, SP0154

An Act To Remove the Reformulated Gasoline Requirement

LD 453, SP0155

Resolve, Regarding Insurance Coverage for Alternative Therapies for Addiction and Recovery

LD 454, HP0321

An Act To Ensure Safe Drinking Water for Families in Maine

LD 455, HP0322

An Act Relating to the Provision of Tobacco Cessation Services by Pharmacists

LD 456, HP0323

An Act To Increase Access to Vaccinations

LD 457, HP0324

An Act To Repeal the Sunset Date on the Children's Guardians Ad Litem Law

LD 458, HP0325

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 97, Private Non-Medical Institution Services, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 459, HP0326

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 3: Maine Clean Election Act and Related Provisions, a Major Substantive Rule of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices

LD 460, SP0157

An Act To Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2018

LD 462, HP0328

An Act To Require a Capstone Project as a Condition of High School Graduation

LD 463, HP0329

An Act To Improve the Funding of County Jails

LD 464, SP0158

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Facilitate the Scheduling of Transportation for Persons with Disabilities

LD 465, SP0160

An Act To Assist Veterans in Their Applications for Service-related Benefits

LD 466, SP0159

An Act To Protect Employees from Abusive Work Environments

LD 467, HP0330

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Address Changes in Sea Level

LD 468, HP0331

An Act To Provide for a Later Starting Time for High Schools

LD 469, HP0332

An Act To Establish a Generally Applicable Regulatory Standard To Address Impacts of Sea Level Change and Increased Storm Surges

LD 470, HP0333

An Act To Strengthen Maine's Hospitals and Increase Access to Health Care

LD 471, HP0334

Resolve, To Create the Commission To Study the Needs, Opportunities and Efficiencies Associated with the Production of Salmonid Sport Fish in Maine

LD 472, HP0335

An Act Regarding Parental Rights

LD 473, HP0336

An Act To Quantitatively Evaluate State Contracts

LD 474, HP0337

An Act To Allow a Public Safety Answering Point To Be Reimbursed for Training Costs

LD 475, HP0338

An Act To Require That a Person Who Has Been Treated by a Law Enforcement Officer with Naloxone Be Informed about Drug Addiction Treatment

LD 476, HP0339

An Act To Clarify the Authority for Cremation

LD 477, HP0340

An Act To Prevent Long-term Welfare Dependency

LD 478, HP0341

Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Implement the Department's Study of Ambulance Services

LD 479, HP0342

An Act To Inform Patients of the Dangers of Addicting Opioids

LD 480, HP0343

An Act To Prioritize Access by Maine's Most Vulnerable Citizens to Welfare Resources

LD 481, HP0344

An Act To Promote Workforce Participation

LD 482, HP0345

An Act To Repeal the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002

LD 483, HP0346

An Act To Improve Enforcement of Snowmobile Noise Levels

LD 484, HP0347

An Act To Allow Ice Fishing in Seboomook Lake Township on Baker Lake and on Third, Fourth and Fifth St. John Ponds

LD 485, HP0348

An Act To Allow Migratory Game Birds To Be Hunted on Sundays

LD 486, HP0349

An Act To Authorize Vacating the Convictions of Members of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Convicted under Prior Laws Governing the Possession and Use of Marijuana

LD 487, HP0350

An Act To Promote Keeping Workers in Maine

LD 488, HP0351

An Act To Provide for Municipalities To Allow Grocery Stores up to 10,000 Square Feet To Open on Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas

LD 489, HP0352

An Act To Ensure Firefighters Receive Cancer Treatment Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 39-A

LD 490, HP0353

An Act To Exempt Chiropractic Assistants from Being Required To Hold Licenses as Radiographers, Nuclear Medicine Technologists or Radiation Therapists

LD 491, HP0354

An Act To Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Government Employees

LD 492, HP0355

An Act To Restore Revenue Sharing

LD 493, HP0356

An Act To Tax the Extraction of Water for Certain Commercial Purposes and Fund Water Quality Programs

LD 494, HP0357

An Act Regarding the Department of Transportation

LD 495, HP0358

An Act To Protect Historic Places and Structures on the Federal Aid Highway System

LD 496, HP0359

An Act To Update Maine's Veterans' Benefits Eligibility Requirements

LD 497, HP0360

An Act To Require That Candidates for the Office of County Sheriff Who Meet the Basic Corrections Training Standards Have Corrections Supervisory Experience

LD 498, HP0361

An Act Regarding Marijuana Licensing

LD 499, HP0362

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Prohibit Retail Marijuana Facilities in Safe Zones

LD 500, SP0161

An Act To Allow the Formation of Transportation Corridor Districts

LD 501, SP0162

An Act To Increase Firearm Safety

LD 502, SP0163

An Act Regarding Hospital Charges and Statements

LD 503, SP0164

An Act To Continue the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program

LD 504, SP0165

An Act To Support Evaluation of Opioid Diversion Efforts

LD 505, SP0166

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Issuance of Birth Certificates for Adopted Persons Born in Maine

LD 506, SP0167

An Act To Allow Reciprocal Recognition of New Hampshire and Maine Snowmobile Registrations

LD 507, SP0168

An Act To Establish Regional School Leadership Academies

LD 508, SP0169

An Act Regarding Restrictions on the Purchase of Certain Animals

LD 509, SP0170

An Act To Allocate at Least 10 Percent of Antlerless Deer Permits Available in Each Wildlife Management District to Hunters 70 Years of Age and Older

LD 510, SP0171

An Act To Create Fairness in Gaming License Fees for Small Nonprofit Organizations

LD 511, SP0172

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Domestic Violence and Setting Preconviction Bail

LD 512, SP0173

An Act To Prohibit a Person under 18 Years of Age from Being Charged with the Crime of Engaging in Prostitution

LD 513, SP0174

An Act To Eliminate the State Income Tax for Maine Public Employees Retirement System Pensions

LD 514, SP0175

An Act To Authorize the Expungement of Records of Nonviolent Crimes

LD 515, SP0176

An Act To Amend the Laws on Gross Sexual Assault

LD 516, SP0177

An Act To Reduce the Cost of Pretrial Detention

LD 517, SP0178

An Act To Amend Principles of Reimbursement for Nursing Facilities and for Residential Care Facilities

LD 518, SP0179

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Burial or Cremation of Certain Persons

LD 519, HP0363

An Act To Clarify Occupancy for Tents, Campers, Trailers and Other Devices used for Camping in Unorganized Townships

LD 520, HP0364

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Increase Rural Maine's Access to Broadband Internet Service

LD 521, HP0365

An Act To Align the Criteria Used by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System in Determining Veterans' Disability Claims with the Criteria Used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

LD 522, HP0366

An Act Regarding Final Enactment of the State Budget

LD 523, HP0367

Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Review the Laws Governing Domestic Violence

LD 524, HP0368

An Act To Amend the Laws on Domestic Violence

LD 525, HP0369

An Act To Enhance Maine's Response to Domestic Violence

LD 526, HP0370

An Act To Increase the State Share of the Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers

LD 527, HP0371

An Act To Prohibit Corporal Punishment in Schools

LD 528, HP0372

An Act To Create a Maine Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Studies Educational Component

LD 529, HP0373

An Act To Ensure Resiliency of the Maine Electrical Grid

LD 530, HP0374

An Act To Ensure Medical Assessments for Youth in Foster Care

LD 531, HP0375

An Act Regarding the Drug Crisis and Ensuring Access to HIV Testing

LD 532, HP0376

An Act To Remove the 100-megawatt Limit on Hydroelectric Generators under the Renewable Resources Laws

LD 533, HP0377

An Act To Clarify the Application of the Statute of Limitations under Article 3-A of the Uniform Commercial Code

LD 534, HP0378

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Circumstances of Death That Must Be Reported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner

LD 536, HP0380

An Act To Protect Homeowners from Debt Collectors

LD 537, HP0381

An Act To Provide an Exemption from Road Association Payments for Landowners Whose Primary Access Is Not over the Road

LD 538, HP0382

An Act To Allow Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Who Have Attained Certain Degrees To Use the Title of Doctor

LD 539, HP0383

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Establish Shellfish Conservation Areas

LD 540, HP0384

An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Sea Level Rise

LD 541, HP0385

An Act Regarding the Commercial Forestry Excise Tax

LD 542, HP0386

An Act To Increase Railroad Freight Safety

LD 543, HP0387

An Act Regarding Political Action Committee Expenditures

LD 544, HP0388

An Act To Expand Wine and Beer Tastings at Retail Establishments

LD 545, HP0389

An Act To Ensure Maine's Unorganized Townships and Plantations Maintain Local Control under Laws Legalizing Marijuana

LD 546, SP0181

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Biological Research in Maine

LD 547, SP0182

An Act To Update Maine's Fishing Laws

LD 548, HP0390

An Act To Amend Laws Relating to Agricultural Pulling Events

LD 549, HP0391

An Act To Recognize Preexisting Land Uses

LD 550, HP0392

An Act Requiring Communication of Mammographic Breast Density Information to Patients

LD 551, HP0393

An Act To Expand the Authority of Naturopathic Doctors To Prescribe Certain Medications

LD 552, HP0394

An Act To Amend Maine's Fish and Wildlife Licensing Laws

LD 553, HP0395

An Act To Offer Hunters 65 Years of Age or Older Who Have Accumulated at Least 30 Points a Guaranteed Moose Permit

LD 554, HP0396

An Act To Require Paid Parental Leave for Employees

LD 555, HP0397

An Act To Allow Owners of 25 Acres or More of Land That Is Open to the Public for Hunting To Take Any Deer without a Special Permit

LD 556, HP0398

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 191: Health Maintenance Organizations and of the Final Repeal of Chapter 750: Standardized Health Plans, Major Substantive Rules of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance

LD 557, HP0399

An Act To Revoke the Hunting License of a Person Charged with Defacing Property Posting Signs

LD 558, HP0400

An Act To Improve Moose Hunting

LD 559, HP0401

An Act To Standardize the Law Concerning Property Transfers and To Protect Water Quality

LD 560, HP0402

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 561, HP0403

An Act To Remove the Requirement That Child Care Facility Workers and Family Child Care Providers Submit to Criminal Background Checks

LD 562, HP0404

An Act Concerning the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 563, HP0405

An Act To Protect Earned Pay

LD 564, HP0406

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Increase the Number of Signatures Required for a Direct Initiative of Legislation

LD 565, SP0183

An Act To Address Maine's Opiate Addiction Crisis

LD 566, SP0184

An Act To Improve Access to High-quality Child Care by Increasing Child Care Rates

LD 567, HP0407

An Act To Ensure Timely Expenditure of Federal Funds in the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 568, HP0408

An Act To Require Candidates To Be Listed as Unenrolled If Not Registered with a Recognized Party

LD 569, HP0409

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 5: Maine Disaster Recovery Fund, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Maine Emergency Management Agency

LD 570, SP0185

An Act To Create the Maine Institute of Technology

LD 571, SP0186

An Act To Eliminate the 3 Percent Surcharge on Certain Income and Provide an Alternative Funding Source for the Fund To Advance Public Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education

LD 572, SP0187

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Practice of Pharmacy

LD 573, SP0188

Resolve, To Audit Standardized Testing in Maine's Schools

LD 574, SP0189

An Act To Amend the Provision of Law Requiring Disclosure of the Possession of a Firearm under Certain Circumstances

LD 575, SP0190

An Act To Improve the Enforcement of Maine's Lobster Laws

LD 576, SP0191

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Funding for Landfill Closure Costs

LD 577, SP0192

An Act Regarding Zero-emissions Vehicles

LD 578, SP0193

An Act To Modify the Divorce Laws Concerning Perpetrators of Domestic Violence

LD 579, SP0194

An Act Regarding Transfers of Liquor between Licensed Manufacturers' Facilities

LD 580, SP0195

An Act To Modify the Mining Laws

LD 581, SP0196

An Act To Require Notification When a Temporary Protection from Abuse Order Is Rescinded

LD 582, SP0197

An Act To Provide for the Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Educational and Behavioral Assessment of Children Entering State Custody

LD 583, SP0198

An Act To Improve the Tax Appeal Process for Maine Businesses and Consumers

LD 584, SP0199

An Act To Create the Fund for Municipalities To Improve Pedestrian Safety

LD 585, SP0200

An Act To Allow Cash Qualifying Contributions under the Maine Clean Election Act

LD 586, SP0201

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund

LD 587, SP0202

An Act To Allow Fees To Be Charged for Wild Game Dinners

LD 588, SP0203

An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies and Associations To Engage Directly in Fund-raising under Certain Circumstances

LD 589, SP0204

Resolve, To Establish a Working Group To Review the Function and Mission of Probation Officers and Establish a Licensing Procedure

LD 590, SP0205

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Maine's Rail Infrastructure

LD 591, SP0206

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Adopt Bus Traffic Ordinances

LD 592, SP0207

An Act To Enable the Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company To Better Serve Maine Employers by Eliminating the High-risk Program

LD 593, SP0208

An Act To Update the Licensure Renewal Provision of the Board of Licensure in Medicine

LD 594, SP0209

An Act To Modify the Definition of "General Use Pesticide"

LD 595, HP0411

An Act Prohibiting a Law Enforcement Officer from Confiscating a Firearm under Certain Conditions

LD 596, HP0412

An Act To Promote Highway Safety by Restricting the Use of Marijuana and Possession of an Open Marijuana Container in a Motor Vehicle

LD 597, HP0413

An Act To Make the Reimbursement Rate for Transfers of Inmates from County Jails Equal to the Federal Reimbursement Rate

LD 598, HP0414

An Act To Strengthen Maine Citizens' Right to Self Defense

LD 599, HP0415

An Act To Prevent Violence against Emergency Responders