Directory of Papers
LD 400 - 599

LD 400, HP0309

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Food Processing Infrastructure in Targeted Areas of the State

LD 401, HP0310

An Act To Preserve State Landfill Capacity and Promote Recycling

LD 402, HP0311

An Act To Restore Overtime Protections for Maine Workers

LD 403, HP0312

An Act To Prevent Tax Haven Abuse

LD 404, HP0313

An Act To Fund the School Revolving Renovation Fund

LD 405, HP0314

An Act To Increase the Statewide Minimum Salary for Teachers

LD 406, HP0315

An Act To Establish Regional School Leadership Academies

LD 407, HP0316

An Act To Promote Universal Health Care, Including Dental, Vision and Hearing Care

LD 408, HP0317

Resolve, To Improve Access to Neurobehavioral Services

LD 409, HP0318

An Act To Allow Fair Access to Child Advocacy Center Records

LD 410, HP0319

An Act To Eliminate the Subminimum Wage for Workers with Disabilities and Agricultural and Tipped Workers

LD 411, HP0320

Resolve, Directing the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Allow Maine Clean Election Act Funds To Be Used for Election Recounts

LD 412, HP0321

An Act To Restore System Administration Allocations in Maine School Administrative Units to the Level Prescribed for Fiscal Year 2017-18

LD 413, HP0322

An Act To Ensure the Rights of Citizens to Groundwater in the State

LD 414, HP0323

An Act To Provide Intensive Case Managers to Counties That Do Not Have County Jails or Regional Jails

LD 415, HP0324

An Act To Enhance the Retired County and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers and Municipal Firefighters Health Insurance Program

LD 416, HP0325

An Act To Allow Eating Establishments To Permit Smoking Tobacco in Designated Outdoor Eating Areas

LD 417, HP0326

An Act To Allow an Attorney To Copy a Driver's License

LD 418, HP0327

An Act To Implement the National Popular Vote for President

LD 419, HP0328

An Act To Require a Minimum Salary of $50,000 for Public School Teachers

LD 420, HP0329

An Act To Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax

LD 421, HP0330

Resolve, To Amend the State Plan Regarding the Processing of Vouchers under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children by Farmers' Markets

LD 422, HP0331

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Increase the Number of Signs on the Mt. Katahdin Trail

LD 423, HP0332

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Preserve Historic Properties for Maine's Bicentennial

LD 424, HP0333

An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Exemption for Baling Twine, Net and Wrapping for Hay

LD 425, HP0334

An Act To Strengthen Small Businesses in Rural Maine by Changing the Minimum Wage

LD 426, HP0335

An Act To Increase the Beverage Container Redemption Reimbursement To Offset Minimum Wage Increases

LD 427, HP0336

An Act To Require the State To Fund Teacher Retirement

LD 428, HP0337

An Act To Establish Wage and Employment Parity between Adult and Child Protective Services Caseworkers in the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 429, HP0338

An Act To Improve the Ability of Mental Health Professionals To Assess the Risk of Suicide

LD 430, HP0339

An Act To Establish and Promote a System of Safe Disposal of Expired Marine Flares

LD 431, HP0340

An Act To Make Election Day a State Holiday

LD 432, HP0341

An Act To Amend the Greater Augusta Utility District Charter

LD 433, HP0342

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Explicitly Prohibit Discrimination Based on the Sex of an Individual

LD 434, HP0343

An Act To Price Carbon Pollution in Maine

LD 435, SP0113

An Act To Provide for the 2019 and 2020 Allocations of the State Ceiling on Private Activity Bonds

LD 436, SP0114

Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State To Review Standards for Vision Tests

LD 437, SP0115

An Act To Improve Access to and Affordability of Health Care in Maine

LD 438, SP0116

An Act To Allow the Creation of New Innovative School Models by Removing the Cap on the Number of Authorized Charter Schools

LD 439, SP0117

Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Health and Human Services To Convene a Task Force To Study the Need for Long-term Acute Care Hospital

LD 440, SP0118

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

LD 441, SP0119

An Act To Reduce Childhood Exposure to Harmful Ultraviolet Radiation by Allowing Students To Use Sunscreen in Schools

LD 442, SP0120

An Act To Set Speed Limits for All-terrain Vehicles on Trails within 50 Yards of a Stream or Pond To Prevent Runoff

LD 443, SP0121

An Act To Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding and Eye Damage in Infants

LD 444, SP0122

An Act To Fully Restore Revenue Sharing

LD 445, SP0123

An Act To Appropriate Funds to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Maintain All-terrain Vehicle Trails

LD 446, SP0124

An Act To Appropriate Funds to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Maintain Snowmobile Trails

LD 447, SP0125

An Act Regarding the Substance Use Disorder Continuum of Care

LD 448, SP0126

An Act Repealing Tax Lien Foreclosure Requirements

LD 449, SP0127

An Act To Impose a Mandatory Sentence for the Crime of Aggravated Unlawful Operation of a Methamphetamine Laboratory

LD 450, SP0128

An Act To Increase Funding for the St. Croix International Waterway Commission

LD 451, SP0129

An Act To Repeal the Recently Enacted Changes to the Law Governing Tax Lien Foreclosure

LD 452, SP0130

An Act To Change the Penalty When Land under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law Is Transferred

LD 453, SP0131

An Act To Ensure the Integrity and Accountability of Persons Who Are Elected to Public Office

LD 454, SP0132

An Act To Encourage the Purchase of Local Produce for Public Schools

LD 455, SP0133

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Expand Maine's Research, Development, Commercialization and Clinical Infrastructure Assets To Improve Outcomes for Maine Families with Members Suffering from Alzheimer's, Dementia and Other Diseases of Aging

LD 456, SP0134

An Act To Strengthen the Qualifications for County Sheriffs

LD 457, SP0135

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Riverfront Community Development

LD 458, SP0136

An Act To Require Motorists To Yield to Transit Buses

LD 459, SP0137

An Act Regarding Presumptive Eligibility and Homelessness under the General Assistance Laws

LD 460, HP0344

An Act Requiring the State To Reimburse Counties for All Costs Exceeding the Tax Assessment for Correctional Services

LD 461, HP0345

An Act To Improve the Affordability of Higher Education

LD 462, HP0346

An Act To Provide Paid Family Leave to Public School Employees

LD 463, HP0347

An Act To Reduce Obesity Rates in Maine

LD 464, HP0348

An Act To Change the Period To Request a Due Process Hearing for Costs Related to a Unilateral Private School Placement from a Public School

LD 465, HP0349

An Act To Eliminate the Service Provider Tax on Services Covered by Medicaid

LD 466, HP0350

An Act To Create a Diesel Fuel Tax Differential

LD 467, HP0351

An Act To Amend the Eligibility Criteria for Creditable Service in the Armed Forces of the United States under the State Retirement System

LD 468, HP0352

An Act To Require That the State Fund on an Ongoing Basis a Minimum of 50 Percent of the Costs Associated with Public Preschool Programs

LD 469, HP0353

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Funding for Upgrades of Learning Spaces and Other Projects Funded by the School Revolving Renovation Fund

LD 470, HP0354

An Act To Provide Traffic Safety Education in Schools

LD 471, HP0356

An Act To Amend the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Make Best Efforts To Prevent Removal of a Child from a Home

LD 472, HP0357

An Act To Provide Meals to Homebound Individuals

LD 473, HP0358

An Act To Allow Flexibility in Residential Rental Agreements

LD 474, SP0138

Resolve, To Ensure the Health and Wellness of Older Residents of the State

LD 475, SP0139

An Act To Ensure Caller Access to E-9-1-1 Call Recordings

LD 476, SP0140

Resolve, To Review the Delivery of Services to the Citizens of the State by the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 477, SP0141

An Act To Provide Relief to Federal Employees Affected by the Federal Shutdown

LD 478, SP0142

An Act To Allow All-terrain Vehicles To Be Used on a Public Way

LD 479, SP0144

An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Cessation of Alimony upon Cohabitation

LD 480, SP0145

An Act To Ensure Pay Transparency and To Reduce Gender and Racial Wage Inequities

LD 481, SP0146

An Act To Allow the Expansion of the Types of Newspapers That Qualify as Legal Notice Publishers by Removing the 2nd Class Postal Matter Requirement

LD 482, SP0147

An Act To Reduce the Participation Thresholds for Various Municipal Referenda and To Change the Measurement of Those Thresholds from Votes Cast for and against the Question to Votes in Favor of the Question

LD 483, SP0148

An Act To Improve the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program

LD 484, SP0149

Resolve, To Establish a Maine State High School Diploma

LD 485, SP0150

An Act To Require an Owner of a Dangerous Dog To Remain at the Scene of an Assault by the Dog

LD 486, SP0151

An Act To Improve Efficiencies in Cosmetology Licensing

LD 487, SP0152

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Study the Corner of Smithwheel Road and Ocean Park Road and the Intersection of Saco Avenue, Temple Street and Old Orchard Road in Old Orchard Beach

LD 488, SP0153

An Act To Provide Campground Owners Immunity from Liability for the Inherent Risks of Camping

LD 489, SP0154

An Act To Allow Municipalities To Enforce New Noise Ordinances on Existing Shooting Ranges

LD 490, SP0155

An Act To Give the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife the Authority To Change the Opening Dates of Trapping Seasons Based on Weather Conditions

LD 491, SP0156

An Act To Regulate the Brightness of Headlights

LD 492, SP0157

An Act To Extend from 6 Months to One Year the Notice Period Required under the Maine Tort Claims Act

LD 493, SP0158

An Act To Provide Lung Cancer Counseling and Screening for MaineCare Recipients

LD 494, SP0159

An Act To Update the Family Planning Statutes

LD 495, SP0160

Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Conduct a Feasibility Study on Locating a Grain Processing Facility in Aroostook County

LD 496, SP0161

An Act To Extend the Availability of Protection from Abuse and Protection from Harassment Orders

LD 497, SP0162

An Act Regarding the Providing of Human Food Waste to Swine Producers

LD 498, SP0163

Resolve, Regarding Reimbursement of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Codes under MaineCare

LD 499, SP0164

An Act To Prohibit Payment per Signature on Petitions for Direct Initiatives and People's Veto Referendums

LD 500, SP0165

An Act To Extend the Limitation on Prescribing Opioids for Certain Individuals with Chronic Pain

LD 501, SP0166

An Act To Provide Funding for the Homeless Veterans Center in Caribou

LD 502, HP0359

An Act To Establish the Summer Success Program Fund

LD 503, HP0360

An Act To Provide Additional Funding for the Maine Bicentennial Commission

LD 504, HP0361

An Act To Enhance the Development of Innovative Career and Technical Education Programs

LD 505, HP0362

An Act To Require the Use of Reusable Food Ware at Eating Establishments

LD 506, HP0363

An Act To Provide Architects, Engineers and Certain Other Professionals Immunity from Civil Liability When Volunteering for Evaluating Damage from Disasters

LD 507, HP0364

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Employer Recovery of Overcompensation Paid to an Employee

LD 508, HP0365

Resolve, To Study the Protection of Youth and Young Adults from Addiction and Premature Death by Restricting Marketing of Tobacco Products

LD 509, HP0366

An Act To Increase the Minimum Grant Amount under the Maine State Grant Program

LD 510, HP0367

An Act To Authorize Funding for Transitional Housing for Women Veterans and Their Families

LD 511, HP0368

An Act To Create an Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Coordinator Position within the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 512, HP0369

Resolve, To Create the Task Force To Study and Plan for the Implementation of Maine's Early Childhood Special Education Services

LD 513, HP0370

An Act To Limit the Number of Students and Prevent the Addition of Grade Levels at Virtual Public Charter Schools

LD 514, HP0371

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Political Party Representation of Election Clerks

LD 515, HP0372

An Act To Require Ingredient Lists at Certain Retail Food Locations

LD 516, HP0373

An Act To Establish a Statewide Voluntary Firearm Collection Day and Ongoing Program

LD 517, HP0374

An Act To Facilitate Fair Ballot Representation for All Candidates

LD 518, HP0375

An Act To Change the Exclusion Amount under the Estate Tax

LD 519, HP0376

An Act To Expand Adult Dental Health Insurance Coverage

LD 520, HP0377

An Act To Resolve Tie Votes by the Washington County Budget Advisory Committee

LD 521, HP0378

An Act To Amend the Archives and Records Management Law

LD 522, HP0379

An Act To Prohibit the Imposition by Municipalities of General Restrictions on Rents and Rental Properties

LD 523, HP0380

An Act To Permit the Indoor Production of Industrial Hemp

LD 524, HP0381

Resolve, Regarding the Promotion of Composting

LD 525, HP0382

An Act To Increase the Registration Fee for Snowmobiles for Residents

LD 526, HP0383

An Act To Require Horse-drawn Carriages and Wagons To Be Equipped with Reflectors

LD 527, HP0384

Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands To Establish a Law Enforcement Training Program for Park Managers and Certain Bureau Staff

LD 528, HP0385

An Act To Increase the Number of Clubs in Penobscot County That May Be Issued a Special Dog Training Area License

LD 529, HP0386

An Act To Provide Property Tax Deferral for Senior Citizens and People with Physical Disabilities

LD 530, HP0387

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Subrogation Rights for Medical Payments Coverage

LD 531, HP0388

An Act To Provide Counsel for a Person Who Is the Subject of an Adult Guardianship, Conservatorship or Other Protective Arrangement Proceeding

LD 532, HP0389

Resolve, Directing Professional Licensing and Certification Boards To Study the Barriers To Obtaining Professional Licensure and Certification

LD 533, HP0390

An Act To Eliminate the Statutory Duty To Retreat and Affirm the Right of Self-defense

LD 534, HP0391

An Act To Make Ballot Questions Easier To Read and Understand for Maine Voters

LD 535, HP0392

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

LD 536, HP0393

An Act To Direct the Judicial Branch To Establish a Veterans Treatment Court

LD 537, HP0394

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's Establishment of a Near-shore Coastal Sensor Network

LD 538, HP0395

An Act To Ensure Access to Medical Cannabis for Visiting Qualifying Patients

LD 539, HP0396

Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-term Care Facilities

LD 540, HP0397

An Act Regarding Qualifications for District Attorneys

LD 541, HP0398

Resolve, To Reduce Food Waste in Schools

LD 542, HP0399

An Act To Allow a Person To Enter a Place of Public Accommodation Accompanied by a Medically Necessary Assistance Animal That Is a Dog

LD 543, HP0400

An Act To Protect Public Health through Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspections

LD 544, HP0401

An Act To Create Extended Producer Responsibility for Post-consumer Waste Generated from the Use of Tobacco Products

LD 545, SP0167

An Act To Ban Child Marriage

LD 546, SP0168

An Act To Enhance Highway Safety by Strengthening the So-called Move Over Law

LD 547, SP0169

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine Aquaculture

LD 548, SP0170

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

LD 549, SP0171

An Act To Promote Academic Achievement through Hunger Relief for Maine Children

LD 550, SP0172

An Act To Amend the Definition of "Subdivision" in the Laws Governing Planning and Land Use Regulation for Subdivisions and a Provision Excepting the Division of a New or Existing Structure from Those Laws Beginning July 1, 2018

LD 551, SP0173

An Act To Ban Nicotine Liquid Containers

LD 552, SP0174

An Act Relating to Penalties for an Employer for the Retail Sale of Tobacco Products to a Minor when the Employer Possesses a Driver's License Reader

LD 553, SP0175

An Act To Ensure Proper Oversight of Sports Betting in the State

LD 554, SP0176

An Act To Clarify the Authority To Recall Municipal Officials

LD 555, SP0177

An Act To Reduce Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Updating Screening Coverage

LD 556, SP0178

An Act To Protect Animals in Unattended Vehicles

LD 557, SP0179

An Act To Create and Fund the School Revolving Maintenance Fund To Support the Usefulness and Longevity of Public School Buildings

LD 558, HP0402

An Act To Amend the Continuing Education Requirements for Prescribers of Opioid Medication

LD 559, HP0403

An Act To Restore Regular Mapping of Eelgrass Beds in the State

LD 560, HP0404

An Act To Improve Access to Property Tax Exemptions for New Homeowners

LD 561, HP0405

An Act To Exempt from Taxation Certain Out-of-state Pensions

LD 562, HP0406

An Act To Improve Shoreland Zoning Rules and Enforcement To Support Municipalities

LD 563, HP0407

An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Sea Level Rise

LD 564, HP0408

An Act To Encourage the Installation of Solar Panels on Residential Property

LD 565, HP0409

An Act To Establish the Maine Coastal Risks and Hazards Commission

LD 566, HP0410

An Act To Protect Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation

LD 567, HP0411

An Act To Create a Universal Basic Income

LD 568, HP0412

An Act To Change the Composition of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission

LD 569, HP0413

Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Submit to the United States Secretary of Agriculture a Plan for Continued Implementation of the Maine Industrial Hemp Program

LD 570, HP0414

An Act To Create an Airplane Mechanic Education Program

LD 571, HP0415

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Initiate a Service Development Plan for Commuter and Passenger Train Service between Portland and the Lewiston and Auburn Area

LD 572, HP0416

An Act Regarding the State Bird

LD 573, HP0417

An Act To Extend Time Limits for Placing Land in Trust Status under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement

LD 574, HP0418

An Act To Clarify That Petitions for Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States Are Included within the Definition of Indigent Legal Services

LD 575, HP0419

An Act To Increase the Bottle Redemption Deposit and the Amount Retained by Bottle Redemption Centers

LD 576, HP0420

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Develop and Implement an Online Learning Platform for Students and Educators

LD 577, HP0421

An Act To Increase Access to Nutritious Foods in Schools by Implementing an After-school Food Program for At-risk Students

LD 578, HP0422

Resolve, To Create a Pilot Program To Assist the Transition to Recovery of Persons Suffering from Opioid Use Disorder

LD 579, HP0423

An Act To Update Beverage Container Deposits and Redemption Values

LD 580, HP0424

An Act To Improve the Advocate Program Established by the Workers' Compensation Board

LD 581, HP0425

An Act To Direct Electric Utilities To Provide Comparative Usage Data on Customer Billing Statements

LD 582, HP0426

An Act To Increase Vegetative Buffers in the Shoreland Zone

LD 583, HP0427

Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Study the State's Long-term Services and Supports System for Older Adults

LD 584, HP0428

An Act To Convert Stipends to Base Pay for Child Protective Workers

LD 585, HP0429

An Act To Allow the Adoption of Ordinances Prohibiting the Accumulation of Trash on Private Property in Plantations and Unorganized Territories

LD 586, HP0430

An Act Regarding the Department of Transportation's Use of Sediment Erosion Control Systems

LD 587, HP0431

An Act To Require Career Options Education for High School Students

LD 588, HP0432

An Act To Confer Maine Jurisdiction in Civil Suits Involving Certain Contracts

LD 589, HP0433

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

LD 590, HP0434

An Act To Promote Climate Resiliency Measures To Protect Beaches and Near-shore Infrastructure

LD 591, HP0435

An Act To Create Flexibility in Affordable Housing Calculations

LD 592, HP0436

Resolve, To Establish a Background Check Consolidation Commission

LD 593, SP0180

Resolve, To Stabilize the Behavioral Health Workforce and Avert More Expensive Treatments

LD 594, SP0181

An Act To Promote Individual Savings Accounts through a Public-Private Partnership

LD 595, SP0182

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Unlawful Cutting of Trees

LD 596, SP0183

An Act To Prevent the Closure of Maine Businesses

LD 597, SP0184

Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project Authorizing the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras on Castine Road in Orland

LD 598, SP0185

An Act Regulating Employee Benefit Excess Insurance

LD 599, SP0186

An Act To Ensure Fair Access and Pricing for Residents Who Use the Maine State Ferry Service