126th Maine State Legislature

First Regular Session

Requests by Index Subject

ACF

AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORES POWERS

LR 100 Sen. Craven of Androscoggin

Title: An Act To Fully Fund the Homemaker Services Program

ANIMAL WELFARE

CRUELTY

LR 1423 Sen. Mazurek of Knox

Title: An Act To Make Post-conviction Possession of Animals a Criminal Offense

LR 1348 Rep. Beavers of South Berwick

Title: An Act To Create an Animal Abuse Offender Registry

ENFORCEMENT

LR 875 Rep. Davis, Sr. of Sangerville

Title: An Act To Clarify, Streamline and Promote Fair Animal Welfare Laws

ANIMALS

COMPANION

LR 1805 Rep. Nelson of Falmouth

Title: An Act To Change the Administration of the Companion Animal Sterilization Fund

HORSES

LR 984 Rep. Knight of Livermore Falls

Title: An Act To Protect Maine Communities from Environmental Hazards by Prohibiting Horse Slaughter in

Maine for Human Consumption and the Transport of Horses for Slaughter

LR 1644 Rep. Dickerson of Rockland

Title: An Act To Forbid the Slaughter of Horses for Human Consumption

LICENSES

LR 955 Rep. Boland of Sanford

Title: An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Access to Animal Licensing Information

FARMS FERTILIZER

LR 981 Rep. Cray of Palmyra

Title: An Act Concerning Fertilizer and Lime Products

PRESERVATION

LR 1558 Sen. Johnson of Lincoln

Title: An Act To Reestablish Compensation for Livestock Losses Due to Predation

PROMOTION

LR 1353 Rep. McCabe of Skowhegan

Title: An Act To Increase Farm-to-school Efforts Statewide

LR 846 Sen. Saviello of Franklin

Title: An Act To Help Small Farmers

LR 737 Rep. Kumiega, III of Deer Isle

Title: An Act To Promote Small-scale Poultry Farming

LR 896 Rep. Hickman of Winthrop

Title: An Act To Deregulate Face-to-face Transactions between Consumers and Small Farms and Small Food

Producers

LR 897 Rep. Hickman of Winthrop

Title: An Act To Increase Food Sovereignty in Local Communities

FOOD

FARMERS MARKETS

LR 1246 Rep. Lockman of Amherst

Title: An Act To Facilitate Sales of Produce by Family Farms at Farmers' Markets

LABELING

LR 52 Rep. Harvell of Farmington

Title: An Act To Protect Maine Food Consumers Right To Know

LR 731 Rep. Jones of Freedom

Title: An Act To Require Labeling of Genetically Modified Food

PROCESSING

LR 681 Sen. Johnson of Lincoln

Title: An Act To Establish a Right on the Part of the Public to Information Regarding Food

LR 1697 Rep. McCabe of Skowhegan

Title: An Act To Create a Pilot Program To Support the State's Food Processors

LR 716 Rep. Timberlake of Turner

Title: An Act To Allow a Person Who Owns a Slaughterhouse To Slaughter Poultry for Other People

LR 768 Rep. Hayes of Buckfield

Title: An Act To Allow a Person Who Processes Poultry for Personal Use To Process Poultry for Another in the

Same Facility

LR 888 Rep. Hickman of Winthrop

Title: Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Develop a Policy To

Reduce Food Waste in All State-funded Institutions

REGULATIONS

LR 1890 Pres. Alfond of Cumberland

Title: An Act To Promote Sustainable Food Policies

LR 1669 Rep. Chapman of Brooksville

Title: An Act To Exempt Certain Locally Grown Food from Regulation

LR 1870 Rep. Hickman of Winthrop

Title: An Act To Establish the Maine Food Policy Council

FORESTRY

FOREST RANGERS

LR 224 Rep. Dunphy of Embden

Title: An Act To Require Forest Rangers To Be Trained in Order To Allow Them To Carry Firearms

LR 209 Rep. Dion of Portland

Title: An Act To Authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Nominate Certain

Rangers in the Division of Forestry To Become Conservation Law Enforcement Officers

PRACTICES

LR 1331 Sen. Burns of Washington

Title: An Act To Amend Forest Practice Laws To Facilitate and Enhance Wildlife Habitat

LR 1357 Rep. McCabe of Skowhegan

Title: An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing the Rule-making Authority of the Maine Forest Service

LR 1220 Sen. Jackson of Aroostook

Title: An Act To Increase Reimbursement for Municipalities under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law

LR 1218 Sen. Jackson of Aroostook

Title: An Act To Encourage Development in the Logging Industry

TIMBER HARVESTING

LR 623 Sen. Jackson of Aroostook

Title: An Act Regarding Timber Harvesting on Land Managed by the Division of Parks and Public Lands

LR 1053 Sen. Jackson of Aroostook

Title: An Act To Require Payment Quotes in Service Contracts for Harvesting and Hauling of Wood

HARNESS RACING

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

LR 1062 Rep. Cray of Palmyra

Title: An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Reciprocal Disciplinary Actions in Harness Racing and Pulling

Events

LAND USE REGULATION COMMISSION

LURC PLANNING

LR 99 Sen. Jackson of Aroostook

Title: An Act To Restore to Jimmy J. Soucy the Right To Maintain Existing Structures on Property in Sinclair

MILK

HANDLERS

LR 1598 Sen. Cushing of Penobscot

Title: An Act To Provide Assistance to Maine's Dairy Farms

PRICES

LR 1810 Rep. Dill of Old Town

Title: An Act To Stabilize the Maine Dairy Industry

LR 1355 Rep. McCabe of Skowhegan

Title: An Act To Review the Dairy Tier Program

PRODUCTS

LR 1573 Rep. Cray of Palmyra

Title: An Act To Maintain the Health and Nutritional Wellness of Dairy Cattle

LR 1685 Rep. Brooks of Winterport

Title: An Act To Promote the Sale of Maine Dairy Products

LR 1540 Sen. Sherman of Aroostook

Title: An Act To Ensure the Continuation of Dairy Farming

LR 1544 Rep. Black of Wilton

Title: An Act To Lessen the Impact of High Feed and Fuel Costs on Maine Dairy Farmers

PARKS AND LANDS BUREAU

POWERS

LR 841 Sen. Saviello of Franklin

Title: Resolve, Directing the Division of Parks and Public Lands To Conduct an Internal Review of the

Snowmobile Trail Fund

PESTICIDES

APPLICATION PROCESS

LR 1761 Sen. Saviello of Franklin

Title: An Act To Clarify the General Use Permit for Aquatic Pesticides

LR 1661 Sen. Boyle of Cumberland

Title: An Act To Provide a Pesticide Spraying Notification Process

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

LR 759 Rep. Cray of Palmyra

Title: An Act To Enhance the Development and Implementation of Integrated Pest Management Programs

PEST MANAGEMENT

LR 889 Rep. Hickman of Winthrop

Title: An Act To Eliminate the Use of Chemical Fertilizers, Pesticides and Herbicides on All State-funded

Property

POTATOES

MARKETING IMPROVEMENTS FUND

LR 242 Rep. Willette of Mapleton

Title: An Act To Make Changes to the Potato Marketing Improvement Fund

PRODUCTS

FEED GRAIN

LR 795 Rep. Jones of Freedom

Title: Resolve, To Create a Study Group To Review the Feasibility of Creating a Local Feed Grain System To

Protect Maine Farmers' Access to Feed Grain

HEMP

LR 929 Rep. Sanderson of Chelsea

Title: An Act To Amend Industrial Hemp Laws

LR 1183 Rep. Harvell of Farmington

Title: An Act To Promote Industrial Hemp

HONEY

LR 805 Rep. Black of Wilton

Title: An Act To Set a Limit on the Liability of Apiary Owners and Operators

MAPLE PRODUCTS

LR 1419 Rep. Black of Wilton

Title: Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Review, Clarify and Update Its Rules

Pertaining to the Maple Syrup Industry

LR 804 Rep. Black of Wilton

Title: An Act To Change the Grade Standards of the Maple Syrup Industry

MUSHROOMS

LR 1162 Rep. Sirocki of Scarborough

Title: An Act To Revise the Maine Wild Mushroom Harvesting Certification Program

LR 1064 Rep. Black of Wilton

Title: An Act To Prohibit the Unauthorized Harvesting of Wild Mushrooms and Fiddleheads

POULTRY

LR 878 Rep. Daughtry of Brunswick

Title: An Act Regarding the Use of Mobile Poultry Processing Units

PUBLIC LANDS

ALLAGASH WATERWAY

LR 606 Sen. Jackson of Aroostook

Title: An Act To Provide Increased Opportunities on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway

CONVEYANCES

LR 817 Rep. Turner of Burlington

Title: Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Release a Restriction on

Former State Land in Passadumkeag Currently Owned by Dale Ross

LR 970 Sen. Thomas of Somerset

Title: An Act To Transfer Property To Assist the "Save the Depot" Project in Greenville

LR 357 Sen. Thomas of Somerset

Title: An Act To Exchange Certain Land in Piscataquis County Owned by the State with Land Owned by the

Appalachian Mountain Club

LR 669 Rep. Johnson of Greenville

Title: An Act To Rename Big Moose Mountain as Red Eagle Mountain

LAND FOR MAINES FUTURE BOARD

LR 1710 Rep. Shaw of Standish

Title: An Act To Increase the Membership of the Land for Maine's Future Board

STATE PARKS

LR 301 Sen. Tuttle of York

Title: An Act To Reserve Ten Percent of Campsites at State Parks for Maine Residents

AFA

BOND ISSUES AGRICULTURE

LR 951 Rep. Fredette of Newport

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Construct a Facility To Assist Maine Agriculture in

Control of Animal and Plant Diagnostics

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

LR 1291 Sen. Cain of Penobscot

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Maine Technology Institute's Maine

Technology Asset Fund

LR 1463 Pres. Alfond of Cumberland

Title: An Act To Revitalize Maine's Downtowns through Innovative Business Development and the Creative

Economy

LR 1460 Sen. Craven of Androscoggin

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Implement the Riverfront Island Master Plan

LR 1737 Rep. Rotundo of Lewiston

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Riverfront Community Development

LR 1780 Spkr. Eves of North Berwick

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote Research and Development

LR 1928 Sen. Woodbury of Cumberland

Title: An Act To Create a State-sponsored Retirement Plan for Participation by Private Employers

LR 1539 Sen. Katz of Kennebec

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Strengthen Maine's Economy and Communities

LR 1819 Rep. Berry of Bowdoinham

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create Jobs in Maine

LR 816 Sen. Goodall of Sagadahoc

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Main Street and Downtown Economic

Development Projects

LR 1219 Sen. Jackson of Aroostook

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Assist Economic Development in the Northern Maine

Forest Industry

LR 1462 Sen. Lachowicz of Kennebec

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Transportation, Broadband Infrastructure, Downtown Revitalization, Land for Maine's Future and Training Facilities in Labor Market Areas with Higher

-than-average Unemployment for Tourism-related Training

EDUCATION

LR 1021 Sen. Haskell of Cumberland

Title: An Act To Modernize Facilities at Maine's Community Colleges To Increase Enrollment

LR 1290 Sen. Cain of Penobscot

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Public Higher Education Facilities

LR 690 Rep. Fredette of Newport

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Funds for a Public-private Partnership for a

New Science Facility at the Maine Maritime Academy

LR 1017 Rep. Fredette of Newport

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade Facilities and Purchase Classroom

Equipment for Maine's Seven Community Colleges

LR 1581 Rep. Campbell of Orrington

Title: An Act To Authorize a Matching General Fund Bond Issue for Improvements to the Seven Community

College Campuses

LR 1618 Rep. MacDonald of Boothbay

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Science, Technology, Engineering and

Mathematics Education To Enhance Economic Development

ENERGY

LR 1569 Rep. Dion of Portland

Title: An Act To Promote Affordable Energy Costs To Grow Maine's Businesses

LR 1461 Sen. Boyle of Cumberland

Title: An Act Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Weatherize and Upgrade the Energy Efficiency of Maine

Homes and Businesses and To Provide for a Trained Workforce for Maine's Energy Future

MARINE RESOURCES

LR 1323 Sen. Haskell of Cumberland

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Waterfront Development

LR 1887 Pres. Alfond of Cumberland

Title: An Act Authorizing a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund the Dredging of Casco Bay and the Expansion of the Portland Fish Exchange

LR 1329 Rep. Dion of Portland

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Complete Renovations of a Pier at the Gulf of Maine

Research Institute

LR 94 Rep. MacDonald of Boothbay

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Funds for the Development of Lobster

Processing Capacity in the State

MILITARY

LR 1687 Sen. Tuttle of York

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Maintenance of State Armories

STATE GOVERNMENT

LR 962 Rep. Bolduc of Auburn

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund the Construction of a New State Archives Facility

TRANSPORTATION

LR 453 Rep. Peoples of Westbrook

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Transportation Infrastructure

LR 1465 Sen. Mazurek of Knox

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Reduce the Cost of Shipping for Maine Businesses, Attract Tourists to Maine and Facilitate the Development of Commuter Rail Transportation To Reduce the Use of Oil in This State

LR 1397 Sen. Mazurek of Knox

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Deficient State Highways, Bridges and

Aviation, Marine, Rail and Transit Facilities

LR 1459 Sen. Craven of Androscoggin

Title: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Rail Lines in Western Maine