Legislative Affairs

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  Creation of a Paid Family Medical Leave System

  Status: On Governor's Desk

  • LD 1587
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018
• 

  Address the Unmet Workforce Needs of Employers and To Improve the Economic Future of Workers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 669
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018

• Enact the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act

  Status: Passed

  • LD 958
  • Miscellaneous
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018

• Amend the State's Electronic Waste Laws

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1847
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018

• Better Regulate Marijuana

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1499
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018
• 

  Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986

  Status: In Senate

  • LD 1655
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018

• Promote Prescription Drug Price Transparency

  Status: On Governor's Desk

  • LD 1406
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018
• 

  Enact the Maine Fair Chance Employment Act

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1566
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018

• Give Flexibility to Employees and Employers for Temporary Layoffs

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 700
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2018
• 

  Address Hunger, Support Maine Farms and Reduce Waste

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1534
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Regarding Maine's Liquor Laws

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1786
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Promote Major Business Headquarters Expansions in Maine

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1639
  • General Business
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Further Delay the Implementation of Certain Provisions of the Marijuana Legalization Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1775
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Streamline Advocacy for Maine Small Businesses by Relocating the Bureau of the Special Advocate

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1764
  • General Business
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Modify the Number of Retail Liquor Licenses Allowed in a Jurisdiction per Person

  Status: In Senate

  • LD 1743
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Revise Maine's Environmental Laws

  Status: Passed

  • LD 399
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Conform the Laws Regarding a Salaried Employee Who Is Exempt from Overtime and Minimum Wage Requirements to Federal Law

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1769
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018
• 

  Clarify the Prescribing and Dispensing of Naloxone Hydrochloride by Pharmacists

  Status: On Governor's Desk

  • LD 1892
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Enact the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

  Status: Passed

  • LD 846
  • Privacy / Data Protection
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Ensure Safety, Quality and Transparency in the Medical Marijuana Market

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1527
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• To Amend Maine's Medical Marijuana Law

  Status: In Senate

  • LD 1539
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Provide for Safety, Quality and Transparency in the Retail Marijuana Industry

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1491
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

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

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 433
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Provide Alternative Repayment Methods to Employees Overcompensated through an Employer Error

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1345
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Expand the Local Foods Economy by Promoting Local Foods Procurement

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1584
  • General Business
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Strengthen Maine Families with Children by Changing the Income Tax Laws

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1758
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Expand Job Opportunities for People Working in Maine

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1723
  • General Business
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Remove Veterinarians from the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1730
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018

• Amend the Maine Tax Laws

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1805
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2018
• 

  Protect Maine's Economy by Slowing the Rate at Which the State's Minimum Wage Will Increase and Establishing a Training and Youth Wage

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1757
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 8, 2018
• 

  Establish a Study Commission To Examine the Implied Warranty Laws and the Arbitration Process for Those Laws

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1772
  • General Business
  • Updated: Apr 8, 2018
• 

  Ensure the Safe and Consistent Regulation of Pesticides

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1853
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Apr 6, 2018

• Provide Tax Fairness and To Lower Medical Expenses for Patients under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 806
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Apr 1, 2018

• Allow Municipalities To Prohibit Retail Marijuana Facilities in Safe Zones

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 499
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Apr 1, 2018

• Clear a Path to Employment

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1202
  • Retail Crime
  • Updated: Apr 1, 2018
• 

  Establish Universal Home Care for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities

  Status: Citizen's Initiative

  • LD 1864
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Apr 1, 2018

• Allow Tobacco Retail Establishments To Serve Alcohol

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1329
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Redispense Donated Prescription Drugs

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1273
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Strengthen the Efficacy of the Medical Marijuana Laws

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1135
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Harmonize Provisions of "An Act To Legalize Marijuana" with Related Provisions of the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 938
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Clarify the Intent of the Licensing Provisions in the Marijuana Legalization Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 798
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Prohibit the Location of a Marijuana Facility within 2,000 Feet of a House of Public Worship or Property Associated with a House of Public Worship

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 625
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018
• 

  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

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 571
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Regarding the Taxation of Flavored Malt Beverages

  Status: Passed

  • LD 794
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Protect Jobs and the Maine Economy by Eliminating the 3% Income Tax Surcharge Imposed on Certain Mainers and the Fund To Advance Public Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 337
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Reduce the Burden of Tobacco-related Illness by Increasing Revenue from the Cigarette Tax for Use for Tobacco Cessation

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 945
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Opt Out of Federal Daylight Saving Time and To Ask the United States Secretary of Transportation To Place the State in the Atlantic Time Zone

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 203
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Prohibit the Use of Handheld Phones and Devices While Driving

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1089
  • Miscellaneous
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018

• Exempt Feminine Hygiene Products from Sales Tax

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 206
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018
• 

  Protect Earned Pay

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 563
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018
• 

  Regulate and Tax Sports Fantasy League Activities in Maine

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1320
  • Digital Media Production
  • Updated: Mar 26, 2018
• 

  Allow Credit and Debit Card Surcharges

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 660
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 25, 2018
• 

  Create Equity for Wine and Spirits Container Deposits

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1703
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Mar 25, 2018

• Requiring Meningococcal Meningitis Vaccinations for Teenagers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 272
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2018

• Revise Laws Regarding Unemployment That Were Amended or Affected by Recently Enacted Legislation

  Status: In Committee

  • LD 1770
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2018

• Reduce Impairment on the Job and Improve Workplace Safety by Amending the Laws Governing Employment Practices Concerning Substance Use Testing

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1768
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2018

• Empower Maine's Rural Economy and Workforce

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1718
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2018

• Promote Innovation and Growth in Maine's Traditional Industries

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1698
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2018
• 

  Support Maine Families through Universal Family Care

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1612
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jan 28, 2018
• 

  Ensure the Effectiveness of Tax Increment Financing

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1565
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jan 20, 2018
• 

  Enact the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 821
  • Miscellaneous
  • Updated: Jan 17, 2018

• Protect Economic Competitiveness in Maine by Extending the End Date for Pine Tree Development Zone Benefits

  Status: In Committee

  • LD 1654
  • General Business
  • Updated: Dec 3, 2017
• 

  Increase Access to Vaccinations

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 456
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Nov 30, 2017
• 

  Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco Products

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1170
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Aug 2, 2017

• Protect Firefighters by Establishing a Prohibition on the Sale and Distribution of New Upholstered Furniture Containing Certain Flame-retardant Chemicals

  Status: Passed

  • LD 182
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Aug 2, 2017
• 

  Regarding Pay Equality

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1259
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jul 20, 2017
• 

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

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1564
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jul 13, 2017

• Ensure the Right To Work without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union as a Condition of Employment

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 65
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Regarding Generic Drug Pricing

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1280
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017
• 

  Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government

  Status: Passed

  • LD 390
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

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

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1546
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Increase Transparency in Cooperative Agreements within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1203
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Promote Small Diversified Farms and Small Food Producers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 835
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Improve the Tax Appeal Process for Maine Businesses and Consumers

  Status: Passed

  • LD 583
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Regarding the Dispensing of Naloxone Hydrochloride by Pharmacists

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1594
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Increase Fines for Certain Wage and Benefits Violations

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1004
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Reduce Costs to Businesses by Phasing Out the Pet Food Surcharge

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1601
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jul 4, 2017

• Clarify Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits during Labor Disputes

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1341
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Ensure Fair Employment Opportunity for Maine Citizens and Legal Residents

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1307
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Restrict Cash Access for Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 268
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Restore the Tip Credit to Maine's Minimum Wage Law

  Status: Passed

  • LD 673
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Regarding Transfers of Liquor between Licensed Manufacturers' Facilities

  Status: Passed

  • LD 579
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Exempt Diapering Products from the Sales Tax

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 76
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Confer Categorical Eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Applications

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 689
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• To Expand Substance Abuse Prevention Projects

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 651
  • Health Care
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Tax the Extraction of Water for Certain Commercial Purposes and Fund Water Quality Programs

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 493
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Regarding the Disclosure of Hormone-disrupting Chemicals in Packaged Food

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1182
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• To Establish the Let's Grow Maine Program

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1548
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Eliminate the Indexing of the Minimum Wage to Inflation

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 778
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Increase Consumer Prescription Drug Protections

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1605
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• To Amend the Maine Tax Laws

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1551
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Require That Employees Be Informed of Potential Eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1088
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Require That Health Insurance Policies Cover Medical Marijuana

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1064
  • Health Care
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Establish Reasonable and Clinically Appropriate Exceptions to Opioid Medication Prescribing Limits

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1031
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Amend the Laws Governing the Practice of Pharmacy

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 572
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Reduce Food Insecurity

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 173
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Resolve, To Update Maine's Liquor Laws

  Status: Passed

  • LD 957
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Promote Keeping Workers in Maine

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 487
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Regarding the Threatened Use of Force in the Crime of Robbery

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1387
  • Retail Crime
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Recognize Local Control Regarding Food and Water Systems

  Status: Passed

  • LD 725
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Protect Worker Wages and Benefits

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 86
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• Protect Consumers' Freedom of Choice in Auto Collision Repairs

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1540
  • Auto Service Related
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• To Create Veteran-friendly Workplaces

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1441
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Require Remote Sellers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Tax

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1405
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017

• To Create the Small Communities Tourism Fund

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1306
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2017
• 

  Establish a Minimum Wage for Minors

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 991
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017
• 

  Support Maine's Employers and Encourage Employers To Hire Young Workers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1609
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017
• 

  Update the Statutes To Promote Clarity for Workers and Employers

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1575
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Regarding Prescription Drug Step Therapy

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1407
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Base the Minimum Wage on a New England State Average and To Restore the Tip Credit

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 831
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Promote Workforce Development and Provide an Economic Stimulus for Maine-based Filmmakers and Supporting Businesses

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1450
  • Digital Media Production
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Establish the Commission To Study the Phase-out of Subminimum Wage

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1117
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017
• 

  Prevent Tax Haven Abuse

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 784
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee To Develop a Long-range Strategic Plan for Economic Improvement in the State

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 367
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Address the Policies Relating to Substance Use in the Workplace

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1222
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Allow Maine Manufacturers To Sell Products and To Allow Taste Testings at Farmers' Markets

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1536
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017
• 

  Relating to the Provision of Tobacco Cessation Services by Pharmacists

  Status: Passed

  • LD 455
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Coordinate and Enforce Existing Workplace Training Requirements

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1477
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Promote Downtown Revitalization by Creating the Locating Businesses Downtown Loan Program

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1343
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Reduce Regulations for Small Nonalcoholic Beverage Producers

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1409
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017

• Regarding the Sale of Alcohol by a Manufacturer with an On-premises Retail License

  Status: Passed

  • LD 388
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2017
• 

  Support Maine's Working Families through Universal Child Care

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1618
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Promote Equity in Business Opportunity for Tobacco Specialty Stores

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 34
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• To Update the Laws Relating to Liquor Licensing and Enforcement

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1533
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• To Clarify the Laws Governing Alcohol Manufacturer Licenses

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1525
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Amend the Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1530
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Support Local Agricultural Production

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1369
  • Miscellaneous
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Protect Maine Consumers by Creating a White-collar Crime Registry

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1366
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Regarding Opioids and Palliative Care

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1325
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Encourage Family-friendly Businesses through a Tax Credit for Child Care

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1317
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Establish the Vaccine Consumer Protection Program within the Department of Health and Human Services

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1303
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Regarding the Certification Process for Direct Initiatives and People's Veto Referenda

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1271
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Authorizing an Instant Lottery Game with Proceeds To Benefit Early Childhood Education

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1255
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Ensure the Effectiveness of Tax Expenditures

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1245
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Prevent Abusive Debt Collection Tactics by Debt Buyers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1242
  • Miscellaneous
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Permit the Expungement of Records Relating to Proceedings That Do Not Result in Convictions

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1238
  • Privacy / Data Protection
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017
• 

  Regarding the Cancellation of Subscription Services

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 943
  • Digital Media Production
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Fund the Maine Solid Waste Diversion Grant Program and To Phase Out Certain Containers from the Bottle Redemption Laws

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 683
  • Miscellaneous
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Reduce Restrictions on Wine Shipments

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 339
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Commission To Study and Assess Maine's Regulatory Environment

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1194
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Repeal the Maine Personal Property Tax

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1172
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Provide Revenue To Fix and Rebuild Maine's Infrastructure

  Status: Carried Over

  • LD 1149
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Improve the Unemployment Compensation System

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1116
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Modify the Tax Increment Financing Laws

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1071
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Resolve, Directing the Department of Administrative and Financial Services To Convene a Cybersecurity Commission

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1060
  • Privacy / Data Protection
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Expand Research To Fight Lyme Disease

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1054
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Sales Tax Exemption for Baling Twine

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1023
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Strengthen Work Participation in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1017
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Clarify the Law Allowing Certificate of Approval Holders and Manufacturers or Suppliers of Spirits To Offer Mail-in Rebates

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1013
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017

• Improve the Availability of Agency Liquor Stores in Underserved Areas and To Expand the Sale of Spirits in New Channels

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1012
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017
• 

  Establish the Maine Paid Family Leave Insurance Program

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 701
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 12, 2017
• 

  Protect Job Applicants from Identity Theft

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 613
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 11, 2017

• Support Employees with Significant Commutes

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 947
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 11, 2017

• Include 50 Milliliter and Smaller Liquor Bottles in the Laws Governing Returnable Containers

  Status: Passed

  • LD 56
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 11, 2017
• 

  A Tax Imposed Upon the Sale of Opioids

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1600
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 11, 2017

• Exempt from Sales Tax the Fee Associated with the Paint Stewardship Program

  Status: Appropriations Table

  • LD 1597
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 11, 2017
• 

  Amend the Laws Regarding Dealers in Secondhand Precious Metals

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1072
  • Retail Crime
  • Updated: Jun 11, 2017
• 

  Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1522
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 11, 2017

• Regarding the Motor Vehicle Inspection Program Requirements for New Rental Vehicles First Registered in Maine

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1225
  • Auto Service Related
  • Updated: Jun 4, 2017

• Exempt Motor Vehicles Less than 12 Years Old from Inspection

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1523
  • Auto Service Related
  • Updated: Jun 4, 2017
• 

  Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1159
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 4, 2017
• 

  Require Biennial State Motor Vehicle Inspections

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 623
  • Auto Service Related
  • Updated: Jun 4, 2017

• Requiring a Dynamic Fiscal Analysis of Changes to Visual Media Production Tax Credits and Reimbursements

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 928
  • Digital Media Production
  • Updated: Jun 4, 2017

• Retain Jobs in Maine

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1621
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 4, 2017
• 

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

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 488
  • General Business
  • Updated: Jun 1, 2017
• 

  Enact the Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 699
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Jun 1, 2017
• 

  Establish a Mattress Stewardship Program

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 349
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 31, 2017

• Establish Maine Buy Local Month

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 402
  • General Business
  • Updated: May 22, 2017

• Create an Award Program for Maine's Veteran-friendly Workplaces

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 714
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 22, 2017

• Authorize the Expungement of Records of Nonviolent Crimes

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 514
  • Miscellaneous
  • Updated: May 22, 2017

• Prohibit Insurance Carriers from Retroactively Reducing Payment on Clean Claims Submitted by Pharmacies

  Status: Passed

  • LD 6
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: May 22, 2017

• Simplify Maine Income Tax by Repealing or Terminating Certain Tax Credits

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1581
  • Digital Media Production
  • Updated: May 22, 2017

• Concerning Pavement Sealing Products

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1235
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

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

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1589
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Regarding Work Permits for Minors under 16 Years of Age

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1420
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Create Consistency in the Regulation of Pesticides

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1505
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 21, 2017
• 

  Phase Out the Use of Single-use Plastic Shopping Bags

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 57
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Make Certain Contraception Available over the Counter

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 954
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Require the Fiscal Impact of a Direct Initiative of Legislation To Be Included on the Ballot

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 937
  • General Business
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Improve and Protect Maine Organic Milk Producers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 893
  • General Business
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Exempt Small Bottlers from the Bottling Plant Requirements

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 884
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Regarding Maine's Tax Code

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 733
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Expand Wine and Beer Tastings at Retail Establishments

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 544
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

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

  Status: Passed

  • LD 415
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Repeal the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana

  Status: Carried Over

  • LD 667
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Regarding the Drug Epidemic in Maine

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 634
  • General Business
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Establish a Work Group To Update the Maine Pharmacy Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 615
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Ensure Access to All Prescription Drugs Containing Cannabidiol Approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 606
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Ensure the 3 Percent Tax on Incomes over $200,000 Is Distributed Proportionally Based on Student Counts

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 397
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Eliminate Corporate Welfare and Provide Tax Relief

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 311
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 21, 2017

• Provide Additional Assistance for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Receiving Food Supplement Program Benefits

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 263
  • General Business
  • Updated: May 21, 2017
• 

  Provide Income Tax Relief for Maine Small Businesses By Increasing the Income Tax Surcharge Threshold

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 829
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 15, 2017

• Use Taxes on Nonmedical Marijuana and Increase the Tax on Cigarettes To Partially Offset the 3% Income Tax Surcharge

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 708
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 15, 2017

• Repeal and Subject to Referendum in 2018 the Fund To Advance Public Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education and the 3 Percent Income Tax Surcharge

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 851
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 15, 2017

• Maintain the Income Tax Rate on Persons with Taxable Income above $200,000

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 291
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 15, 2017
• 

  Prohibit a Prospective Employer from Asking a Prospective Hire about the Person's Compensation History until after a Job Offer Is Made

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 942
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Extend the Germination Testing Period for Cool-weather Lawn and Turf Seed from 9 to 15 Months

  Status: Passed

  • LD 856
  • General Business
  • Updated: May 14, 2017

• Modify the Definition of "General Use Pesticide"

  Status: Passed

  • LD 594
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Require a Prescription for a Medication That Contains Certain Substances That May Be Used To Make Methamphetamine

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1300
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

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

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1550
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Remove the Law Mandating a Front License Plate

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1559
  • Retail Crime
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Relating to Firearms Exclusions in Certain Locations

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1469
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: May 14, 2017

• Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Meals and Lodging

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1230
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Allow the Creation of a Local Option Sales Tax by Referendum

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1265
  • Taxation
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Regarding Minimum Wage Increases

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1005
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Exempt Certain Employees from the Minimum Wage Laws

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 971
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Prohibit the Minimum Wage from Exceeding the New England Average

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 775
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  To Create a Training Wage

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 774
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2017
• 

  Restore the Tip Credit to Maine Employees

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 702
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2017

• Regarding Workers' Compensation Insurance Rates for Small Businesses

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 913
  • General Business
  • Updated: May 7, 2017

• Lower the Price MaineCare Pays for Prescription Drugs

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 655
  • Health Care
  • Updated: May 7, 2017

• To Allow Wine Tastings at Farmers' Markets

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1293
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: May 7, 2017
• 

  Concerning Notification after a Security Breach

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 284
  • Privacy / Data Protection
  • Updated: May 1, 2017

• Exclude Cardboard Beverage Containers from the Laws Governing Returnable Beverage Containers

  Status: Passed

  • LD 227
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 1, 2017

• Establish an Exemption to the 30-day Supply Limitation on Certain Pain Medication

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 232
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: May 1, 2017

• Grant Plantations the Power To Control Consumer Fireworks

  Status: Passed

  • LD 3
  • Fireworks
  • Updated: May 1, 2017
• 

  Protect Pollinators from Neonicotinoid Pesticides

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 993
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 1, 2017

• Require Motor Vehicles To Be Registered on a Biennial Basis

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 788
  • Auto Service Related
  • Updated: Apr 24, 2017

• Ease the Financial Burden on Maine Motorists by Repealing the Requirement That Certain Motor Vehicles Be Inspected

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 787
  • Auto Service Related
  • Updated: Apr 24, 2017
• 

  Protect Employees from Abusive Work Environments

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 466
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 16, 2017

• Improve the Lives of Working Families

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1155
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 16, 2017
• 

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

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 931
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Apr 9, 2017
• 

  Establish a Stewardship Program for Certain Rechargeable Batteries

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 385
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Apr 9, 2017
• 

  Require Paid Parental Leave for Employees

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 554
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Apr 2, 2017
• 

  Establish a Carpet Stewardship Program

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 375
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Apr 2, 2017
• 

  Regarding Credit Card Interest Rates

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 920
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 24, 2017

• Reduce the In-stock Spirits Requirements for Liquor Agents in Towns with Certain Populations

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 657
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Mar 19, 2017

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

  Status: In Committee

  • LD 675
  • General Business
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2017

• Strengthen the Enforcement of Maine's Labor Laws

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 163
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2017

• Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 103
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2017

• Provide an Income Tax Credit for Retailers Collecting Sales Tax

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 91
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2017

• Delay the Implementation of Certain Portions of the Marijuana Legalization Act

  Status: Passed

  • LD 88
  • Marijuana
  • Updated: Mar 11, 2017
• 

  Create a Sustainable Solution to the Handling, Management and Disposal of Solid Waste in the State

  Status: Passed

  • LD 313
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Jan 27, 2017
• 

  Establish a Fund for the Operations and Outreach Activities of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Animal and Plant Disease and Insect Control Laboratory

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1099
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Apr 17, 2016
• 

  Prevent Opiate Abuse by Strengthening the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1646
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Apr 17, 2016
• 

  Require Labeling of All Genetically Modified Products

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1326
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Mar 30, 2016
• 

  Regarding the Administration of Vaccines by Pharmacists

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1218
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2015
• 

  An Act To Allow Maine Residents To Personally Import Medications as Permitted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1422
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 18, 2015
• 

  Exempt a Fee for a Paper or Plastic Single-use Carry-out Bag from Tax

  Status: Passed

  • LD 590
  • Environmental
  • Updated: Jun 9, 2015
• 

  Allow the Creation of a Local Option Sales Tax by Referendum

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 594
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jun 3, 2015
• 

  Allow a Sales Representative To Serve Spirits or Wine at a Tasting Event

  Status: Passed

  • LD 364
  • Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
  • Updated: Jun 3, 2015
• 

  Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable or Polystyrene Food Service Containers

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 468
  • Environmental
  • Updated: May 31, 2015
• 

  Prevent Organized Retail Crime

  Status: Passed

  • LD 310
  • Retail Crime
  • Updated: May 25, 2015
• 

  Require at Least 2 Weeks' Advance Notice of the Work Schedule for Hourly Employees at Certain Businesses

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1217
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2015
• 

  Adopt a Retail Workers' Bill of Rights

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1101
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 14, 2015
• 

  Facilitate the Licensing of International Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies by the Maine Board of Pharmacy

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 171
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Apr 12, 2015
• 

  Promote the Disposal of Unused Medications

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 469
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Apr 5, 2015
• 

  Increase Employment Opportunities for Veterans

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1832
  • Wage and Labor
  • Updated: May 6, 2014
• 

  Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement

  Status: Passed

  • LD 1660
  • General Business
  • Updated: Apr 18, 2014
• 

  Ensure Consumer Choice in the Purchase of Prescription Drugs

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 449
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Feb 11, 2014
• 

  Require the Collection of Sales Tax by any Business Making Sales to Persons in Maine

  Status: Passed

  • LD 346
  • Taxation
  • Updated: Jul 12, 2013
• 

  Regarding the Cancellation of Subscription Services

  Status: Defeated

  • LD 1390
  • Digital Media Production
  • Updated: Jul 10, 2013
• 

  Amend the Laws Governing Drugs and Vaccines Administered by Pharmacists

  Status: Passed

  • LD 148
  • Pharmacy Related
  • Updated: Jun 23, 2013

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