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