Legislative Affairs

Improve Prescription Information Access

Status: In Committee
- LD 172
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Reduce Waste of Prescription Medications

Status: Defeated
- LD 178
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Support Collection and Proper Disposal of Unwanted Drugs

Status: In Committee
- LD 8
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Allow Insurance Producers To Refer to Third Parties for Credit Card and Debit Card Payments

Status: Defeated
- LD 160
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Regarding the Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund

Status: In Senate
- LD 246
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Regarding the Outdoor Release or Abandonment of Balloons

Status: In Committee
- LD 618
- Environmental
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Concerning Prior Authorizations for Prescription Drugs

Status: In Committee
- LD 617
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Increase Accountability for Wage Violations

Status: In Committee
- LD 616
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Recognize Occupational Licenses and Certifications from Other States To Attract New Residents and Businesses to Maine

Status: In Committee
- LD 612
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Amend the Laws Governing Employer Recovery of Overcompensation Paid to an Employee

Status: In Committee
- LD 610
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Restore Overtime Protections for Maine Workers

Status: In Committee
- LD 607
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Regarding the Practice of Pharmacy

Status: In Committee
- LD 603
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Prevent Pollution from Single-use Plastic Straws, Splash Sticks and Beverage Lid Plugs

Status: In Committee
- LD 602
- Environmental
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Prohibit Discrimination in Employment and School Based on Hair Texture or Hairstyle

Status: In Committee
- LD 598
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor To Submit to the United States Secretary of Labor a Plan for a Self-employment Assistance Program

Status: In Committee
- LD 594
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Regarding Agency Liquor Store Licensing

Status: In Committee
- LD 591
- Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Clarify the Maine Food Sovereignty Act

Status: In Committee
- LD 574
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Provide for Fairness in the Taxation of Extraordinary and Unearned Income by Establishing a 3 Percent Surcharge

Status: In Committee
- LD 570
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
End At-will Employment

Status: In Committee
- LD 553
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Provide That the Minimum Wage Increases by the Cost of Living Every 3 Years

Status: In Committee
- LD 543
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Lower Income Taxes for Middle-income Families in Maine

Status: In Committee
- LD 532
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Allow Medical and Adult Use Marijuana Stores To Share a Common Space

Status: In Committee
- LD 525
- Marijuana
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Regarding Prior Authorizations for Prescription Drugs

Status: In Committee
- LD 523
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Cap Interest Rates for Consumer Debt

Status: In Committee
- LD 522
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 28, 2021
Require Furniture Sellers To Accept Cancellations before Delivery

Status: In Committee
- LD 235
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 21, 2021
Amend Maine's Corporate Income Tax by Increasing the Top Rate from 8.93 Percent to 12.4 Percent

Status: In Committee
- LD 501
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 19, 2021
Reauthorize a 3 Percent Tax on Income over $200,000 To Lift All Maine Workers out of Poverty

Status: In Committee
- LD 498
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 19, 2021
Improve Income Tax Progressivity by Establishing New Top Individual Income Tax Rates

Status: In Committee
- LD 495
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 19, 2021
Create a Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff

Status: In Committee
- LD 492
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 19, 2021
Change Maine's Tax Laws

Status: In Committee
- LD 484
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 19, 2021
Propose a General Fund Bond Issue To Train Workers in High-demand Sectors and Support the State's 10-year Economic Plan

Status: In Committee
- LD 481
- General Business
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Amend the Laws Governing Labor and Housing

Status: In Committee
- LD 468
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Change Certain Labor Laws

Status: In Committee
- LD 464
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Amend Certain Employment Laws To Help Front-line and Other Workers

Status: In Committee
- LD 460
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Give the State the Sole Authority To Establish a Minimum Wage and Hazard Pay with Certain Exceptions

Status: In Committee
- LD 455
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Require Equivalent Paid Parental Leave for All Parents Employed by Companies Offering Paid Parental Leave

Status: In Committee
- LD 447
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Ensure Choices in Health Insurance Markets

Status: In Committee
- LD 443
- Health Care
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Prevent Tax Haven Abuse

Status: In Committee
- LD 428
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Resolve, Establish a State Unemployment Program for Self-employed Workers and Independent Contractors

Status: In Committee
- LD 425
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Amend the Maine Revised Unclaimed Property Act

Status: In Committee
- LD 420
- Gift Cards
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Protect an Individual's Personal Data

Status: In Committee
- LD 402
- Privacy / Data Protection
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Amend the Tax Laws

Status: In Committee
- LD 392
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Reduce the Amount of Waste Going into Landfills

Status: In Committee
- LD 387
- Environmental
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Temporarily Waive Renewal Fees for On-premises Retail Liquor Licenses

Status: In Committee
- LD 378
- Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
- Updated: Feb 14, 2021
Protect Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions with Regard to Indoor Temperatures

Status: In Committee
- LD 358
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Feb 7, 2021
Maintain the Integrity of the Individual and Small Group Health Insurance Markets

Status: In Committee
- LD 352
- Health Care
- Updated: Feb 7, 2021
Expand the Market for Maine Liquor Manufacturers

Status: In Committee
- LD 307
- Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
- Updated: Feb 7, 2021
Conform the Maine Income Tax Law with Federal Law To Exempt Paycheck Protection Program Loans

Status: In Committee
- LD 288
- Taxation
- Updated: Feb 7, 2021
Improve and Update Maine's Tax Laws

Status: In Committee
- LD 276
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Combat Hunger by Creating a Tax Credit of 10 Percent of Wholesale Market Prices up to $5,000 Annually for Businesses Engaged in Food Production for Donations of Food to Tax-exempt Organizations

Status: In Committee
- LD 262
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Improve Solid Waste Management

Status: In Committee
- LD 259
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Repeal Maine's Single-use Plastic Bag Law

Status: In Committee
- LD 244
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Limit the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons To Fight Climate Change

Status: In Committee
- LD 226
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Regarding the Treatment of Vacation Time upon the Cessation of Employment

Status: In Committee
- LD 225
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government

Status: In Committee
- LD 220
- General Business
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Extend the Ability of Restaurants and Bars To Serve Alcohol To Go

Status: In Committee
- LD 205
- Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
- Updated: Jan 31, 2021
Expand the Definition of "Essential Worker" To Include Retail and Food Service Workers

Status: In Committee
- LD 182
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Amend the Storage Requirements for Consumer Fireworks

Status: In Committee
- LD 180
- Fireworks
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Improve Labor Laws for Workers in Maine

Status: In Committee
- LD 177
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Stimulate Investment in Innovation

Status: In Committee
- LD 169
- General Business
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Provide a Tax Break for Businesses That Employ People with Disabilities

Status: In Committee
- LD 168
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Revise Maine's Environmental Laws

Status: In Committee
- LD 163
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use

Status: In Committee
- LD 155
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes

Status: In Committee
- LD 147
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Make Technical Changes to the Tax Laws

Status: In Committee
- LD 141
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Assist Certain Businesses in the State That Sell Prepared Food or Alcohol

Status: In Committee
- LD 140
- Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
- Updated: Jan 24, 2021
Improve Public Safety by Repealing the Single-use Plastic Carry-out Bag Ban

Status: In Committee
- LD 108
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Adopt the Department of Economic and Community Development's 10-year Economic Development Strategy for Maine

Status: In Committee
- LD 105
- General Business
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Amend the Waste Motor Oil Disposal Site Remediation Program

Status: In Committee
- LD 92
- Auto Service Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Implement the State Climate Action Plan, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Enhance Maine's Economy

Status: In Committee
- LD 87
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Provide Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses Investment in Broadband

Status: In Committee
- LD 80
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Clarify the Minimum Amount of Emergency Refills of Insulin

Status: In Committee
- LD 60
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Remove the Plastic Bag Ban

Status: In Committee
- LD 39
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Amend the Maine Pharmacy Act

Status: In Committee
- LD 4
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights

Status: In Committee
- LD 1
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Support Collection and Proper Disposal of Unwanted Drugs

Status: Defeated
- LD 1460
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Create the Drug Donation and Redispensing Program

Status: Defeated
- LD 1661
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Support and Increase the Recycling of Packaging

Status: Defeated
- LD 2104
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Establish Appliance Energy and Water Standards

Status: Defeated
- LD 1750
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Limit the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons To Fight Climate Change

Status: Defeated
- LD 2112
- Environmental
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Expand and Rename the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program

Status: Defeated
- LD 2117
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Relating to the Valuation of Certain Retail Property

Status: Defeated
- LD 2045
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Create Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits

Status: Defeated
- LD 1410
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Restore Overtime Protections for Maine Workers

Status: Defeated
- LD 402
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Provide Ready Access to Defibrillators in Businesses and Pharmacies

Status: Defeated
- LD 1169
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Implement Provisions Necessary to the Health, Welfare and Safety of the Citizens of Maine in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Status: Passed
- LD 2167
- Miscellaneous
- Updated: Mar 18, 2020
Establish a Stewardship Program for Consumer Batteries

Status: Defeated
- LD 1594
- Environmental
- Updated: Feb 16, 2020
Regarding the Presumption of Abandonment of Gift Obligations

Status: Passed
- LD 1612
- Gift Cards
- Updated: Feb 2, 2020
Enact the Maine Revised Unclaimed Property Act

Status: Passed
- LD 1544
- Gift Cards
- Updated: Jun 28, 2019
Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information

Status: Passed
- LD 946
- Privacy / Data Protection
- Updated: Jun 14, 2019
Provide for Municipalities To Allow Grocery Stores up to 10,000 Square Feet To Open on Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas

Status: Defeated
- LD 15
- General Business
- Updated: Jun 11, 2019
Regarding the Cancellation of Subscription Services

Status: Passed
- LD 771
- Digital Media Production
- Updated: Jun 4, 2019
Regarding the Sale and Release or Abandonment of Balloons

Status: Defeated
- LD 937
- Environmental
- Updated: May 10, 2019
Reduce the Cost of Automobile Repairs by Eliminating the Aftermarket Catalytic Converter Requirement

Status: Defeated
- LD 221
- Auto Service Related
- Updated: Apr 27, 2019
Ensure a Fair Workweek

Status: Defeated
- LD 1345
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Apr 14, 2019
Fund the Operations of the Tick Identification Laboratory in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory

Status: Defeated
- LD 631
- Environmental
- Updated: Apr 3, 2019
Prohibit an Employer from Asking a Prospective Hire about the Person's Compensation History

Status: Defeated
- LD 122
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Apr 1, 2019
Amend the Laws Governing the Practice of Pharmacy

Status: Defeated
- LD 267
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Mar 24, 2019
Exempt from Sales Tax the Fee Associated with the Paint Stewardship Program

Status: Passed
- LD 1597
- Taxation
- Updated: Jul 20, 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
Allow Credit and Debit Card Surcharges

Status: Defeated
- LD 660
- General Business
- Updated: Mar 25, 2018
Require Remote Sellers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Tax

Status: Passed
- LD 1405
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 24, 2017
Prevent Tax Haven Abuse

Status: Defeated
- LD 784
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 18, 2017
Relating to the Provision of Tobacco Cessation Services by Pharmacists

Status: Passed
- LD 455
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jun 18, 2017
Establish the Maine Paid Family Leave Insurance Program

Status: Defeated
- LD 701
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jun 12, 2017
A Tax Imposed Upon the Sale of Opioids

Status: Defeated
- LD 1600
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 11, 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
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
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
Protect Employees from Abusive Work Environments

Status: Defeated
- LD 466
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Apr 16, 2017
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
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

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