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Clarify the Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory

Status: Defeated
- LD 808
- Taxation
- Updated: May 9, 2022
Protect Employees' Exercise of Workplace Rights

Status: Defeated
- LD 1338
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: May 9, 2022
Help Maine Residents with High Electricity Costs

Status: Passed
- LD 2010
- General Business
- Updated: Apr 25, 2022
Regulate the Use of Biometric Identifiers

Status: Defeated
- LD 1945
- Privacy / Data Protection
- Updated: Apr 22, 2022
Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public

Status: Defeated
- LD 2021
- Environmental
- Updated: Apr 14, 2022
Restore Overtime Protections for Maine Workers

Status: Passed
- LD 607
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Apr 14, 2022
Protect Consumers' Privacy by Giving Them Greater Control of Their Data

Status: Defeated
- LD 1982
- Privacy / Data Protection
- Updated: Mar 18, 2022
Enhance Enforcement of Employment Laws

Status: Defeated
- LD 1711
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jul 20, 2021
Improve Access to Certain Injectable Medications for Treatment of Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

Status: Passed
- LD 1293
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jun 23, 2021
Amend the Laws Banning Polystyrene Foam To Exclude Packaging for Meat, Poultry, Fish, Seafood and Eggs

Status: Passed
- LD 1631
- Environmental
- Updated: Jun 18, 2021
Update Maine's Sales Prohibition on Upholstered Furniture Treated with Flame-retardant Chemicals

Status: Passed
- LD 1662
- Environmental
- Updated: Jun 18, 2021
Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax

Status: Defeated
- LD 1524
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 17, 2021
Reauthorize a 3 Percent Tax on Income over $200,000 To Lift All Maine Workers out of Poverty

Status: Defeated
- LD 498
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 17, 2021
End At-will Employment

Status: Defeated
- LD 553
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jun 15, 2021
Ensure Maine Workers' Right To Request a Schedule Change at Their Places of Employment

Status: Defeated
- LD 938
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jun 11, 2021
Regarding the Practice of Pharmacy

Status: Passed
- LD 603
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jun 11, 2021
Support Collection and Proper Disposal of Unwanted Drugs

Status: Passed
- LD 8
- Pharmacy Related
- Updated: Jun 11, 2021
Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Lodging and Other Goods and Provide Funding for Tax Abatement and Rental Relief

Status: Defeated
- LD 1342
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 10, 2021
Prevent Pollution from Single-use Plastic Straws, Splash Sticks and Beverage Lid Plugs

Status: Defeated
- LD 602
- Environmental
- Updated: Jun 9, 2021
Eliminate Limits on the Number of Taste-testing Events for Beer, Wine and Spirits

Status: Passed
- LD 1272
- Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
- Updated: Jun 9, 2021
Protect Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions with Regard to Indoor Temperatures

Status: Defeated
- LD 358
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Jun 9, 2021
Regarding the Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund

Status: Passed
- LD 246
- General Business
- Updated: Jun 9, 2021
Require the Acceptance of Cash for In-person Retail Transactions

Status: Defeated
- LD 1217
- General Business
- Updated: Jun 8, 2021
Require Furniture Sellers To Accept Cancellations before Delivery

Status: Defeated
- LD 235
- General Business
- Updated: Jun 6, 2021
Amend Maine's Corporate Income Tax by Increasing the Top Rate from 8.93 Percent to 12.4 Percent

Status: Defeated
- LD 501
- Taxation
- Updated: May 31, 2021
Relating to Heat Illness Prevention

Status: Defeated
- LD 1461
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: May 19, 2021
Ban Single-serving, Disposable Plastic Water Bottles

Status: Defeated
- LD 640
- Environmental
- Updated: May 9, 2021
Resolve, Establish a State Unemployment Program for Self-employed Workers and Independent Contractors

Status: Defeated
- LD 425
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: May 2, 2021
Improve Public Safety by Repealing the Single-use Plastic Carry-out Bag Ban

Status: Defeated
- LD 108
- Environmental
- Updated: May 2, 2021
Repeal Maine's Single-use Plastic Bag Law

Status: Defeated
- LD 244
- Environmental
- Updated: May 2, 2021
Remove the Plastic Bag Ban

Status: Defeated
- LD 39
- Environmental
- Updated: May 2, 2021
Regarding the Application of Certain Pesticides for Nonagricultural Use

Status: Defeated
- LD 1158
- Environmental
- Updated: Apr 25, 2021
Prevent Underage Tobacco and Nicotine Access and Use

Status: Defeated
- LD 1282
- Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns
- Updated: Apr 25, 2021
Expand the Definition of "Essential Worker" To Include Retail and Food Service Workers

Status: Defeated
- LD 182
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Apr 25, 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
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
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
Regarding the Sale and Release or Abandonment of Balloons

Status: Defeated
- LD 937
- Environmental
- Updated: May 10, 2019
Ensure a Fair Workweek

Status: Defeated
- LD 1345
- Wage and Labor
- Updated: Apr 14, 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
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
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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