ME Legislation | 2017-2018 | 128th Legislature | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
LD445	Pass	An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-shop for Certain Health Care Procedures and To Lower Health Care Costs [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-14 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1027	Veto	An Act Regarding the Taxation of Certain Nonprofit Organizations [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-13 LD 1027 In Senate, June 13, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 4 IN FAVOR and 31 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.
LD889	Veto	An Act To Reduce Youth Cancer Risk [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-13 LD 889 In Senate, June 13, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 22 IN FAVOR and 13 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.
LD1622	Pass	An Act To Allow the Androscoggin County Commissioners To Establish Reasonable Office Hours for County Offices [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD583	Pass	An Act To Improve the Tax Appeal Process for Maine Businesses and Consumers [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1410	Pass	An Act To Adopt the Nurse Licensure Compact [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1443	Pass	An Act To Update Professional and Occupational Licensing Laws [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1442	Pass	An Act To Raise the Debtor's Exemption on Vehicles [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1408	Fail	An Act To Establish an Independent Citizens Oversight Committee on Maine's Welfare Programs [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1033	Fail	An Act To Eliminate the 24-hour Reporting Requirement under the Election Laws [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1489	Pass	An Act To Authorize the Revocation, Suspension or Denial of a Guide License under Specified Circumstances [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1583	Pass	An Act To Amend the Electricians' Examining Board Licensing Laws [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
LD1359	Pass	An Act To Adopt the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1165	Fail	An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Licensure for Professional Engineers [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1585	Pass	An Act To Transfer the Authority To Issue Nonconcealed Firearm Permits in Certain Cases from the Department of Public Safety to the Office of the Governor [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD575	Pass	An Act To Improve the Enforcement of Maine's Lobster Laws [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
LD1112	Enroll Sine Die	An Act Regarding the Maternal and Infant Death Review Panel [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 281 Yeas 27 - Nays 6 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
LD1174	Fail	An Act To Clarify the Use of Public Money for Bulk Mailing in the Election Process [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-12 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1506	Pass	An Act To Amend the Usage and Consumer Protections of Guaranteed Asset Protection Waivers [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD220	Fail	An Act To Align Time Limits in the Municipal General Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-09 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD406	Pass	An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Joint Use of Certain Utility and Telecommunications Infrastructure [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD219	Fail	An Act To Prioritize Use of Available Resources in General Assistance Programs [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-09 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1257	Fail	An Act To Minimize Hardship by Prohibiting the State from Reducing the Wages of a State Employee To Recoup Payments the State Made in Error [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-09 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1073	Pass	An Act To Clarify Laws Regarding Maine's Community Colleges [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD832	Fail	An Act To Carry Out the Will of the People of the State of Maine by Ensuring the Issuance of Bonds To Support the Independence of Maine's Seniors [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
LD1342	Fail	An Act Regarding Grid-scale Wind Energy Development [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD379	Fail	An Act To Provide Stability and Continuity in the Department of Education [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1285	Fail	An Act To Tax Political Expenditures Made Immediately before an Election [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1158	Fail	An Act To Remove the Limit on the Number of Public Charter Schools That May Be Approved [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD547	Pass	An Act To Update Maine's Fishing Laws [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1544	Pass	An Act To Update the Maine Insurance Code To Maintain Conformance with Uniform National Standards [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1529	Pass	An Act To Protect Consumers during Residential Construction [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1113	Pass	An Act To Improve Antihunger Programs in Maine Schools [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1531	Fail	An Act To Amend Education Statutes [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD41	Fail	An Act To Exempt a Person under 18 Years of Age from the Requirement To Wear a Helmet While on an All-terrain Vehicle in Certain Circumstances [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD312	Fail	An Act To Support Workforce Development by Increasing Engineering Capacity [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD820	Pass	An Act To Protect Maine's Clean Water and Taxpayers from Mining Pollution [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-07 Ordered Sent Forthwith.
LD582	Veto	An Act To Provide for Timely Physical Examinations of Children Entering State Custody [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-07 LD 582 In Senate, June 7, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 21 IN FAVOR and 14 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.
LD45	Fail	Resolve, Concerning the Ownership of a Causeway on Long Lake near St. Agatha [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-07 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD33	Fail	An Act To Adjust the Lifetime Limit for the Receipt of TANF Benefits [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-07 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD465	Fail	An Act To Assist Veterans in Their Applications for Service-related Benefits [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-07 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1457	Pass	An Act To Rename and Repurpose the Mountain View Youth Development Center as the Mountain View Correctional Facility and To Eliminate the Charleston Correctional Facility as a Facility Separate from Mountain View [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
LD1576	Pass	An Act To Enable Earlier Introduction of Career and Technical Education in Maine Schools [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1387	Pass	An Act Regarding the Threatened Use of Force in the Crime of Robbery [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1458	Pass	An Act To Amend the Law Relating to the Crime of Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
LD984	Fail	An Act To Separate the Authorities under the Licenses for Property and Casualty Insurance Adjusters and Workers' Compensation Insurance Adjusters [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1219	Pass	An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Forensic Examination Kits [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1171	Fail	An Act To Sustain and Attract Skilled Workers to Maine by Improving the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD725	Pass	An Act To Recognize Local Control Regarding Food Systems [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-06 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 227 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
LD80	Fail	An Act To Increase the Penalty for Multiple Violations of Protection from Abuse Orders [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-05 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)