Maine Senator Richard Bennett [R]

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Status

State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
ME	LD1749	Pass	An Act to Establish the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1061	Fail	An Act to Increase the Number of Children a Family Child Care Provider May Care for Without Having to Be Licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-20 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1248	Pass	An Act to Ensure the Quality of Bottled Water [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1456	Pass	Resolve, to Study the Effect of Current Laws and Rules on the Expansion of Broadband [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-20 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1627	Pass	An Act to Improve Disclosure of Lobbyist Activities [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-15 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1800	Fail	An Act Regarding Parental Rights in Education [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-15 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
ME	LD850	Fail	An Act to Require State Agencies to Complete the Rulemaking Process Within One Year of a Legislative Directive to Adopt Rules [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1067	Fail	Resolve, to Create the Commission to Study the Operations of the Maine Legislature [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
ME	LD1307	Fail	RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require Constitutional Officers to Be Elected by Statewide Election [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1383	Pass	An Act to Regulate Insurance Carrier Prior Authorization Requirements for Rehabilitative and Habilitative Services [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1357	Pass	An Act to Impose an Expanded Prohibition on Lobbying for Former Executive Branch Employees [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1452	Fail	An Act to Require the Commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission to Be Popularly Elected [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
ME	LD1579	Fail	RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Eliminate the Diversion of Revenue from Professional and Occupational Licensing Fees [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1862	Fail	An Act to Restore Balanced Powers During a State of Emergency [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-14 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1319	Pass	An Act to Exempt Certain Boat Operators from Having to Become Maine Guides [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
ME	LD1645	Fail	An Act to Reduce Plastic Packaging Waste [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-13 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1872	Fail	An Act to Restore Balanced Emergency Powers [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-13 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
ME	LD1504	Fail	An Act to Exempt Broadband Equipment from the Sales and Use Tax [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-12 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1683	Pass	An Act to Provide for Civil Recovery Based on Nonconsensual Removal of or Tampering with a Condom and Considering Sexual Assault in Evaluating Parental Rights [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1703	Pass	An Act to Amend the Maine Equal Pay Law by Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based on Race [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD765	Pass	An Act to Establish an Exception to the Hearsay Rule for Forensic Interviews of a Protected Person [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1468	Fail	An Act to Ensure Equal Treatment by the Law Court by Requiring 7 Justices to Decide All Cases [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-07 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
ME	LD1791	Fail	An Act to Make the ConnectMaine Authority Responsible for Attachments to and Joint Use of Utility Poles and to Establish Procedures for Broadband Service Infrastructure Crossing Railroad Tracks [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-07 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD151	Fail	An Act Regarding Child Welfare [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-06 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD211	Pass	An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Water Supply Protection Funds [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1246	Pass	An Act to Include Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat in the Definition of "Significant Wildlife Habitat" Under the Natural Resources Protection Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1754	Fail	Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Delivery of Services to Children and Families [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-06 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD73	Fail	An Act to Require Bottled Water Companies to Monitor for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-01 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1296	Pass	An Act to Authorize Municipalities to Allow Firefighters to Have Increased Lighting on Their Personal Vehicles [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-01 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1476	Fail	An Act to Amend the Definition of "Metallic Mineral" in the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-01 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1885	Fail	RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Improve Representation by Simplifying Legislative Redistricting for the Maine House of Representatives [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-01 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD651	Pass	An Act to Amend the Standards for Manufactured Housing to Comply with United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Standards [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1318	Pass	Resolve, Directing the Maine Technology Institute to Review Targeted Technology Sectors and Industry Clusters [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-25 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1651	Fail	An Act to Reduce the State Income Tax [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-25 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD497	Pass	An Act to Prohibit the Use of Personal Watercraft on Keyes Pond in the Town of Sweden [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1191	Fail	An Act Regarding Transparency of Medical Billing [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-23 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1566	Fail	Resolve, to Establish the Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-23 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1604	Fail	RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Extend the Time That a Signature on a Petition for a Direct Initiative of Legislation Is Valid [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-23 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1723	Fail	An Act to Prevent the Automatic Transfer of Permits and Contracts in a Sale of Assets of a Water Export Company Without Review and to Amend the Membership of the Water Resources Planning Committee and the Maine Public Drinking Water Commission [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-23 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1753	Fail	An Act to Establish an Independent Adjudicatory Process Regarding the Department of Health and Human Services [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-23 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD694	Fail	An Act to Lower the Signature Quantity Requirement for Certain Independent Candidates for Elected Office [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-18 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1226	Fail	An Act to Require MaineCare to Give a 60-day Notice Prior to Terminating Benefits [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-18 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1317	Fail	Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Promote the Integration of Human Health and Environmental Health [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-18 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1658	Fail	An Act to Verify the Reduction of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Certain Electric Transmission Line Projects [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-18 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD478	Pass	An Act to Improve Coastal Sand Dune Restoration Projects [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	LD1553	Fail	An Act to Mitigate So-called Forever Chemicals in Decommissioned Schools by Establishing a Fund for Mitigation Projects [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD1634	Fail	An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ME	LD981	Pass	An Act to Require All Emergency Medical Services Persons to Be Trained to Administer and Dispense Naloxone Hydrochloride [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
ME	SP0768	Intro Sine Die	Joint Order, Regarding the Legislature's Ability to Act on Certain Direct Initiatives [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-11 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
ME	LD1470	Fail	An Act Regarding Transfers of Land in Resource Protection Areas [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-04 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)