| Public hearings and work sessions for the 132nd Legislature for the next 5 days. | |||
| Appropriations and Financial Affairs | |||
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HHS | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HHS | Feb 24, 2025, 2:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & MAR | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & HCIFS | Feb 26, 2025, 11:00a | State House, Room 228 |
| LD 210 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisi... Joint Committees AFA & IFW | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 228 |
| Criminal Justice and Public Safety | |||
| LD 461 | An Act to Fund Rural Patrol Services in Washington County | Feb 24, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 477 | An Act to Enhance Public Safety in Rural Counties by Providing State Police Patrol and Policing Services | Feb 24, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
| LD 419 | An Act to Increase the Transparency and Accountability of the Maine Information and Analysis Center | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 436 |
| Education and Cultural Affairs | |||
| LD 34 | An Act to Increase the Minimum Salary for Teachers | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 71 | An Act Regarding Special Education Funding | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 98 | An Act to Include School Counselors in the Educators for Maine Program | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 181 | An Act to Modify the Calculation of Pupil Counts Used for Determination of School Administrative Unit Operating Costs | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 193 | An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 501 | An Act to Fairly Fund School Administrative Units for Economically Disadvantaged Students | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 22 | An Act to Update the Laws Governing Education in the Unorganized Territory | Feb 26, 2025, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 31 | An Act Regarding School Enrollment for Military-connected Students | Feb 26, 2025, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| LD 109 | Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Com... | Feb 26, 2025, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 208 |
| Environment and Natural Resources | |||
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 228 | An Act to Allow Coastal Seawalls to Be Raised by up to 2 Feet in Order to Accommodate Predicted Sea Level Rise | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 488 | An Act to Protect Coastal Property by Allowing Property Owners to Protect Their Existing Dwellings | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 401 | An Act to Support Removal of Overboard Discharge Systems | Feb 24, 2025, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 465 | An Act to Update Waste Discharge License Fees | Feb 24, 2025, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 495 | An Act to Require Rules Designed to Reduce Climate Change to Include Estimates of the Reduction in Adverse Climate Effects and of the Cost to Consumers | Feb 24, 2025, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 502 | An Act to Promote Clean and Affordable Maine-sourced Bioenergy by Amending the Law Regarding Outdoor Wood Boilers and Outdoor Pellet Boilers | Feb 24, 2025, 11:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 222 | An Act to Establish a Take-back and Disposal Program for Firefighting and Fire-suppressing Foam to Which Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Have Been... | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 400 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal to Compile a Statewide Inventory of Aqueous Film-forming Foam Concentrate | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 407 | An Act to Prohibit the Use of Aqueous Film-forming Foam at the Former Brunswick Naval Air Station | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 92 | An Act Regarding the Management of the Waste Components of a Solar Energy Development upon Decommissioning | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 138 | An Act to Exempt Airports from Certain State Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat Protections | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 296 | An Act to Appropriate Funds to the Department of Environmental Protection, Lake Water Quality Restoration and Protection Fund | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| LD 317 | An Act to Enact the Safe Cosmetics Act | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 216 |
| Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services | |||
| LD 270 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 850: Health Plan Accountability, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Professional and Fin... | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 310 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 100: Enforcement Procedures, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Health Data Organization | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| LD 314 | An Act to Establish Consumer Protections Regarding Small Dollar Loans | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | Cross Building, Room 220 |
| Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | |||
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 77 | An Act to Stabilize and Sustainably Fund the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries and Hatcheries Division by Increasing the Inland Fishing Lic... | Feb 24, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 552 | An Act to Create an Outfitter License for Owners and Operators of Hunting, Fishing and Recreation Businesses Who Are Not Maine Guides | Feb 24, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 76 | An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime | Feb 24, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| LD 153 | An Act to Prohibit the Unauthorized Mooring of Watercraft | Feb 24, 2025, 2:00p | Cross Building, Room 206 |
| Judiciary | |||
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 374 | An Act to Provide Comparable Compensation and Benefits for Deputy and Assistant District Attorneys, Assistant Attorneys General and Public Defenders | Feb 24, 2025, 10:15a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 425 | An Act to Establish a Conviction Integrity Unit in the Attorney General's Office | Feb 24, 2025, 10:15a | State House, Room 438 |
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 16 | An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine | Feb 24, 2025, 11:15a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 20 | An Act Regarding the First Judicial District and the District Court Locations in the Judicial Divisions of Androscoggin and Western Aroostook | Feb 24, 2025, 11:15a | State House, Room 438 |
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 332 | An Act to Establish Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Gross Sexual Assaults Against Children and Aggravated Sex Trafficking of Children | Feb 24, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 403 | An Act to Protect Holders of Distressed Mortgages from Fraud | Feb 24, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 418 | An Act to Remand Individuals with Pending State Probation Violations to the Department of Corrections Following Initial Proceedings | Feb 24, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 449 | An Act to Authorize a Court to Conditionally Discharge Certain Criminal Defendants | Feb 24, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 535 | An Act to Authorize Judicial Disposition of a Juvenile Adjudicated of Murder or a Class A Crime to a Term of Commitment Extending Beyond the Juvenile's 21st Bir... | Feb 24, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 246 | An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 438 |
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 127 | An Act to Strengthen Legislative Oversight of Government Agencies and Programs by Reaffirming the Legislature's Access to Confidential Records | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 141 | An Act to Provide Limited Immunity to Maine Human Rights Commission Mediators | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 196 | An Act Regarding Documents Obtained by Subpoena by the Government Oversight Committee | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 227 | An Act Regarding Liability for Acts of Violence Occurring in the State House or Legislative Space in the Burton M. Cross Building | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 353 | Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Recommend Methods for Preventing Deed Fraud in the State | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | State House, Room 438 |
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 267 | An Act Regarding the Remote Appearance of Counsel in Pretrial Nontestimonial Criminal Matters | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 338 | An Act to Increase the Size and Balance of Jury Pools | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 412 | An Act to Prohibit the Sale or Provision of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 504 | An Act to Improve Family Court Procedure | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| LD 549 | An Act to Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System and Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examin... | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 438 |
| Labor | |||
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 89 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 201: Employer Reporting and Payments, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Feb 26, 2025, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 187 | An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers | Feb 26, 2025, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| LD 240 | An Act to Create Consistency in Retirement Service Benefits Deferral Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Feb 26, 2025, 10:30a | Cross Building, Room 202 |
| State and Local Government | |||
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 80 | An Act to Designate the Seppala Siberian Sleddog as the Maine State Dog | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 286 | An Act to Allow County Commissioners Greater Flexibility When Establishing a Payment Schedule for Municipalities to Pay County Tax Bills | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 321 | An Act to Make May Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 358 | An Act to Increase Fees Paid to Registers of Deeds | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 373 | An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 490 | An Act to Provide for a 5-year Automatic Repeal of Agency Rules | Feb 24, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 119 | An Act to Include the Declaration of an Emergency by the President of the United States as a Basis to Allow the Governor to Provide Disaster Relief to Local Gov... | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 273 | An Act to Preserve Legislative Authority over Investigating Committees | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 316 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Create Equity in State Senate Representation | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 434 | An Act to Authorize the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority to Issue Additional Securities for the Replacement of the Legislative Management System for the ... | Feb 26, 2025, 10:00a | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 387 | An Act to Prohibit the Governor from Relocating Illegal Immigrants to This State | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| LD 422 | An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | Cross Building, Room 214 |
| Taxation | |||
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 41 | Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor to Convey the Interest of the State in Certain Real Estate in the Unorganized Territory | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 68 | An Act to Amend the State Tax Laws | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 145 | An Act Pertaining to Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Durable Medical Equipment, Breast Pumps and Mobility-enhancing Equipment | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
| LD 278 | An Act to Eliminate the Tobacco Products Tax on Certain Products That Contain Nicotine | Feb 26, 2025, 1:00p | State House, Room 127 |
| Veterans and Legal Affairs | |||
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 390 | An Act to Raise the Contribution Cap for Unenrolled Candidates | Feb 24, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 454 | An Act to Allow Candidates for Secretary of State or Attorney General to Participate in the Maine Clean Election Act | Feb 24, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 177 | An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing | Feb 24, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 309 | An Act to Allow a Political Party to Determine How That Party's Nominee Is Selected in a Primary Election | Feb 24, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 313 | An Act to Improve Voter Confidence in Electronic Ballot Counting by Requiring Ballots to Contain Unique Identifiers | Feb 24, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 347 | An Act to Provide Qualifying Municipalities a Percentage of Adult Use Cannabis Sales Tax and Excise Tax Revenue | Feb 24, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 349 | An Act to Repeal the Laws That Allow Same-day Voter Registration | Feb 24, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 9 | An Act Regarding Campaign Finance Disclosure | Feb 24, 2025, 11:31a | State House, Room 437 |
| Public Hearings | |||
| LD 262 | An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 404 | An Act Regarding the Confidentiality of Certain Lottery Winner Identities | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 494 | An Act to Update and Clarify Certain Provisions of State Liquor and Lottery Laws | Feb 26, 2025, 9:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| Work Sessions | |||
| LD 57 | An Act to Enable Maine National Guard Commanders to More Efficiently Effect Disciplinary Measures Through the Maine Code of Military Justice | Feb 26, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 58 | An Act to Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services | Feb 26, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 108 | An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention | Feb 26, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 126 | An Act to Expand the Use of the Veterans' Homelessness Prevention Partnership Fund | Feb 26, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 213 | An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets | Feb 26, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
| LD 265 | An Act to Prohibit the Maine National Guard from Combat Deployment Absent an Act of the United States Congress | Feb 26, 2025, 11:30a | State House, Room 437 |
