Legislative Studies, 129th Legislature
129th Maine Legislature, First Regular Session and Second Regular Session
1. Ongoing Study Commissions
- Citizen Trade Policy Commission (10 MRSA, Chapter1-A)
- Marijuana Advisory Commission (28-B MRSA c. 1, subchapter 9)
- Right to Know Advisory Committee (1 MRSA §411)
- State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force (20-A MRSA, Chapter 437)
2. Interim Study Commissions 2019 and 2020 (129th Legislature)
The Maine Legislature will convene several interim committee studies and study commissions to examine certain complex issues and to formulate recommendations and propose legislation for consideration during the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature or the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. The study commissions and committees listed below are staffed by the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis (OPLA). For more information about one of these studies, please contact OPLA at (207) 287-1670. For information on meeting dates of study commissions that are not staffed by OPLA, please refer to the Weekly Legislative Calendar. For a listing of other studies, boards or commissions, please refer to the Legislative Information Office, Boards, Commissions and Interim Study Groups list. For information on task forces created by the Governor, please refer to the Governor's Office website. For information on studies staffed by the Office of Fiscal and Program Review (OFPR), please visit OFPR's website.
- Independent Review of the State's Early Childhood Special Education Services (P.L. 2019, c. 343, Pt. VVVV)
- Blue Ribbon Commission To Study and Recommend Funding Solutions for the State's Transportation Systems (Resolve 2019, c. 97)
- Commission To Study the Economic, Environmental and Energy Benefits of Energy Storage to the Maine Electricity Industry (Resolve 2019, c. 83)
- Commission To Study Long-term Care Workforce Issues (PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. BBBBB)
- Committee To Study the Feasibility of Creating Basic Income Security (Resolve 2019, c. 82)
- Criminal Records Review Committee (Resolve 2019, c. 90)
- State Compensation Commission (staffed by the Office of Fiscal and Program Review)
- Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act (HP 1307)