Bill Tracking Report for MEMA 128 th Maine Legislature Status of Bills Referred to Committee

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1 Bill Tracking Report for MEMA 128 th Maine Legislature Status of Bills Referred to Committee Title An Act To Lower the Maine Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 26 HP 27 Taxation Cebra of Naples Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: Referred to Committee Senate: Referred to Dead Title An Act To Phase Out the Use of Single-use Plastic Shopping Bags 57 HP 44 Environment and Natural Resources Devin of Newcastle Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: Referred to Committee Passed to be Engrossed, roll call Passed to be Enacted Senate: Referred to Committee Ought to Pass as Amended, 27-6 Action: Title An Act to Protect Worker Wages and Benefits 86 SP 35 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Senator Miramant of Knox Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: Referred to Committee Senate: Referred to 91 SP 39 Title An Act to Provide an Income Tax Credit for Retailers Collecting Sales Tax Senator Davis of Piscataquis Taxation Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: Referred to Committee Senate: Referred to Dead

2 131 SP 50 Title An Act to Protect the Biomass Industry Senator Saviello of Franklin Energy, Utilities and Technology House: Referred to Committee Senate: Referred to 163 Title An Act to Strengthen the Enforcement of Maine s Labor Laws Tucker of Brunswick Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: Referred to Committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead 227 SP 73 Title An Act to Exclude Cardboard Beverage Containers from the Laws Governing Returnable Beverage Containers Senator Saviello of Franklin Environment and Natural Resources Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: OTP as Amended House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Public Law Signed 288 HP 221 Title An Act To Prohibit Any Questions Regarding Criminal History on State Employment Applications Sheats of Auburn State and Local Government Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: work session reconsidered Voted: Divided Report Voted: Ought to Pass as Amended House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Create the Maine Energy Office

3 260 HP 193 Energy, Utilities and Technology Fredette of Newport Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Provide Opportunity for Energy Cost Reduction for Maine Businesses and Citizens 344 SP 110 Energy, Utilities and Technology Senator Dion of Cumberland Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: Voted: Ought to Pass House: referred to committee passed to be engrossed as amended Senate: Public Law Signed referred to committee passed to be engrossed as amended Action: 399 HP 90 Title An Act to Revise Maine s Environmental Laws Tucker of Brunswick Environment and Natural Resources House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Establish Maine Buy Local Month 402 HP 293 State and Local Government Hamann of South Portland Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted; Divided Report House: referred to committee Accepted Ought to Ass as Amended Report, insisted on acceptance of majority OTP as Amended Report Senate: referred to committee minority ONTP report accepted in non-concurrence Action: Title An Act to Make Changes to the So-called Dig Safe Law 405 HP 293 Senator Woodsome of York

4 SP 141 HP 297 Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: work session reconsidered Voted: Divided Report Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead Title An Act To Create the Maine Forest Resources Council Senator Thomas Saviello Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Leave to Withdraw approved by chairs House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead Title An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Facilities and Equipment To Support the Growth of Additive Manufacturing Appropriations and Financial Affairs Richard Campbell Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Leave to Withdraw House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 450 SP 152 Title An Act to Prevent Oil Spills in Casco Bay Senator Chipman of Cumberland Environment and Natural Resources Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead 452 SP 154 Title An Act to Remove the Reformulated Gasoline Requirement Senator Hamper of Oxford Environment and Natural Resources Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead Title An Act to Protect Employees from Abusive Work Environments 466 SP 159 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Senator Jackson of

5 Aroostook Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead Title An Act To Promote Keeping Workers in Maine 487 HP 350 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Schneck of Bangor Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee Unfinished business OTP as amended, roll call 76 yeas, 67 nays Senate: referred to committee Action: 488 HP 351 Title An Act to Allow Municipalities to Vote to Allow Grocery Stores up to 10,000 Square Feet to Open on Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: reconsidered Voted: Divided Report Voted: Divded Report House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Gillway of Searsport Title An Act to Protect Earned Pay 563 HP 405 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Herbig of Belfast Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee unfinished businesses Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Require Paid Parental Leave for Employees 554 HP 396 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Casas of Rockport

6 SP 207 HP 428 Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead Title An Act To Enable the Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company To Better Serve Maine Employers by Eliminating the High-risk Program Insurance and Financial Services Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: OTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Public Law Signed Senator Whittemore of Somerset Title An Act to Improve Vocational Rehabilitation Under the Maine Workers Compensation Act of 1992 Fecteau of Biddeford Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: OTP as amended House: referred to committee passed to be engrossed as amended passed to be enacted Senate: referred to committee passed to be engrossed as amended passed to be enacted Action: Title An Act To Protect Job Applicants from Identity Theft 613 HP 429 Riley of Jay Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 657 SP 219 Title An Act to Reduce the In-Stock Spirits Requirements for Liquor Agents in Towns with Certain Populations (LR 1459) Senator Whittemore of Somerset Veterans and Legal Affairs Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead Title An Act To Address the Unmet Workforce Needs of Employers and To Improve the Economic Future of Workers 669 SP 231 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Senator Katz

7 683 SP 231 Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Fund the Maine Solid Waste Diversion Grant Program and To Phase Out Certain Containers from the Bottle Redemption Laws Parry Environment and Natural Resources Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead 699 HP 490 Title An Act to Enact the Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace Act Collings of Portland Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Give Flexibility to Employees and Employers for Temporary Layoffs 700 HP 491 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Parry of Arundel Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: Tabled House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Establish the Maine Paid Family Leave Insurance Program 701 HP 492 LCRED Daughtry of Brunswick

8 Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 714 SP 231 Title An Act To Create an Award Program for Maine's Veteran-friendly Workplaces Devin of Newcastle Veterans and Legal Affairs Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 771 HP 551 Title An Act To Protect Political Speech and Prevent Climate Change Policy Profiling Judiciary Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Devin of Newcastle 778 HP 558 Title An Act to Promote Fairness for Rural Maine Residents Regarding Gasoline Prices Mccrea of Fort Fairfield LCRED Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 781 HP 551 Title An Act To Support the Trades through a Tax Credit for Apprenticeship Programs Herbig of Belfast

9 794 HP 574 Taxation Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Ought to Pass as Amended House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act Regarding the Taxation of Flavored Malt Beverages Guerin Veterans and Legal Affairs Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: OTP as Amended House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Strengthen the Independence of the Public Advocate 802 HP 582 EUT Sherman of Hodgdon Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead Title An Act to Ensure Fairness among Large Consumers of Natural Gas 822 SP 267 EUT Senator Dion of Cumberland Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Base the Minimum Wage on a New England State Average and To Restore the Tip Credit 831 SP 267 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Senator Dow Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Make Changes to the Maine Liquor Liability Act 852 HP 601 Veterans and Legal Affairs Monaghan Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority:

10 Voted: OTP as Amended House: referred to committee passed to be engrossed as amended Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Provide Relief to Maine Property Tax Payers 887 SP 287 Taxation Senator Brakey Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead 897 SP 287 Title An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Encourage Efficient Biomass Thermal and Power Projects in Maine Appropriations and Financial Affairs Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Senator Woodsome 920 HP 648 Title An Act Regarding Credit Card Interest Rates Espling Insurance and Financial Services Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Dead HP 670 SP 308 Title An Act to Prohibit a Prospective Employer from Asking a Prospective Hire about the Person s Compensation History until After a Job Offer is Made Bryant of Windham Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Biomass Industry Senator Jackson Appropriations and Financial Affairs

11 962 SP 318 House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act Regarding Unemployment Compensation for Workers Involved in Certain Seasonal Occupations Senator Jackson Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Tabled Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Exempt Certain Employees from the Minimum Wage Laws 971 HP 684 Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Sampson Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 991 SP 330 Title An Act To Establish a Minimum Wage for Minors Senator Cyrway Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: referred to ENR House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1003 HP 704 Title Resolve, To Require the State's Mitigation Plan under the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Agreement To Include the Use of Maine-generated Nonfossil Fuel Sources Rykerson Judiciary -> ENR Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: re-referred to ENR House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1004 HP 705 Title An Act To Increase Fines for Certain Wage and Benefits Violations Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Golden

12 1005 HP 706 Public Hearing: Work Session: tabled Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act Regarding Minimum Wage Increases Stewart Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1012 HP 713 Title An Act To Improve the Availability of Agency Liquor Stores in Underserved Areas and To Expand the Sale of Spirits in New Channels Luchini Veterans and Legal Affairs Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: SP 380 HP 499 Title An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees Senator Millett LCRED Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Use Taxes on Nonmedical Marijuana and Increase the Tax on Cigarettes To Partially Offset the 3% Income Tax Surcharge Denno Marijuana Legalization Implementation Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 945 HP 673 Title An Act To Reduce the Burden of Tobacco-related Illness by Increasing Revenue from the Cigarette Tax for Use for Tobacco Cessation McCreight

13 1172 SP 393 Taxation Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Repeal the Maine Personal Property Tax Senator Cushing Taxation Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Address the Policies Relating to Substance Use in the Workplace 1222 SP 413 Senator Cushing of Penobscot House: referred to LCRED Senate: referred to MLI in non-concurrence Action: SP 415 SP 417 Title An Act To Allow for Greater Energy Competition in Maine by Amending the Law Governing Electric Generation or Generation-related Assets by Affiliates Senator Dion Energy, Utilities and Technology Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Keep Maine's Transportation Infrastructure Safe by Providing More Sources of Revenue for the Highway Fund Senator Collins Transportation Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Meals and Lodging 1230 HP 852 Taxation Hubbell Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority:

14 House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Ensure the Effectiveness of Tax Expenditures 1245 HP 868 Taxation Fecteau Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act Authorizing an Instant Lottery Game with Proceeds To Benefit Early Childhood Education 1255 HP 878 Veterans and Legal Affairs Daughtry Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Modernize the Voluntary Response Action Program Funding Process 1258 SP 421 Environment and Natural Resources Senator Hamper Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Ought to Pass as Amended House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Allow the Creation of a Local Option Sales Tax by Referendum 1265 SP 428 Taxation Senator Chenette Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Combat Human Trafficking by Requiring Prevention Training for Commercial Drivers 1277 HP 890 Transportation Speaker Gideon Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Ensure Fair Employment Opportunity for Maine Citizens and Legal Residents 1307 HP 904 LCRED Ginzler of Bridgton

15 Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Establish Energy Policy in Maine 1313 HP 910 Energy, Utilities and Technology Heather Sanborn House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Create and Sustain Jobs through Development of Cooperatives and Employee-owned Businesses 1338 HP 932 Taxation Martin Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine State Housing Authority 1340 SP 454 LCRED Senator Volk Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Provide Alternative Repayment Methods to Employees Overcompensated through an Employer Error 1345 HP 935 LCRED Doore referred to SLG House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act to Protect and Expand Access to Solar Power in Maine 1373 HP 952 Energy, Utilities and Technology Berry of Bowdoinham Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: Action: 1405 SP 483 Title An Act To Require Remote Sellers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Tax on Sales into Maine and To Provide Retailers a Collection Allowance Taxation Senator Collins

16 Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: HP 978 HP 994 HP 996 SP 498 Title An Act Regarding Work Permits for Minors under 16 Years of Age Stetkis LCRED Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: Action: Title Resolve, To Study the Placement of Vehicle Charging Stations on Maine's Highways Casas Transportation Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: Action: Title An Act To Create Veteran-friendly Workplaces Collings LCRED Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: Action: Title An Act To Update Professional and Occupational Licensing Laws Senator Volk LCRED Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1444 HP 102 Title An Act Regarding Large-scale Community Solar Procurement Senator Woodsome Energy, Utilities and Technology Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority:

17 SP 460 HP 1014 SP 516 HP 1003 House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Amend Criteria for Issuing a Certificate of Approval for Certain Projects under the Finance Authority of Maine Act (Emergency) Senator Volk LCRED Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments in Families Today Speaker Gideon Health and Human Services Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Control Electricity Transmission Costs through the Development of Nontransmission Alternatives Senator Dion Energy, Utilities and Technology Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing To Prevent Threats to Maine's Drinking Water Martin Environment and Natural Resources Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1473 HP 1012 Title An Act To Make Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of Environmental Protection Tucker Environment and Natural Resources Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority:

18 SP 510 HP 1021 HP 1069 House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act Regarding Unemployment Compensation for Full-time Seasonal Workers Senator Volk LCRED Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: ONTP House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Existing Public Records Exceptions Judiciary Public Hearing: Work Session: Priority: Voted: Divided Report House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Amend the Maine Tax Laws Bickford Taxation House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1515 HP 1021 Title An Act To Reduce Electric Rates for Maine Businesses by Amending the Laws Governing Spending from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Trust Fund Rep. Wadsworth EUT House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1522 HP 1046 Title An Act To Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax Rep. Sylvester Taxation

19 House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1524 HP 1048 Title An Act To Amend Maine Motor Vehicle Laws Rep. Hanington Transportation House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1533 HP 1053 Title An Act To Update the Laws Relating to Liquor Licensing and Enforcement Rep. Luchini VLA House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1535 HP 1021 Title An Act To Modernize the State's Procurement Laws Rep. Pickett SLG House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1547 HP 1065 Title An Act To Establish Primary Energy Goals for the State Rep. Wadsworth EUT House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: 1548 HP 1066 Title An Act To Establish the Let's Grow Maine Program Rep. Hamann LCRED

20 House: referred to committee Senate: Action: 1550 HP 1068 Title An Act To Tax Sugar-sweetened Beverages To Fund Programs To Provide Resources for Veterans and Others Rep. Hamann Taxation House: referred to committee Senate: referred to committee Action: Title An Act To Update the Laws Relating to Liquor Licensing and Enforcement (LR 718) DAFS Title An Act To Amend the Maine Tax Laws (LR 721) DAFS Title An Act To Amend and Add Consistency to the Weights and Measures Law (LR 710) Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Title An Act To Stabilize the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund (LR 735) DEP

21 Title An Act To Make Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (LR 736) DEP Title An Act To Update Maine s Water Quality Standards (LR 738) DEP Title An Act To Make Clarifications to the Beverage Container Redemption Program (LR 734) DEP Title An Act to Clear a Path to Employment (LR 347) Herbig of Belfast Title An Act to Modify the State Climate Action Plan (LR 1383) Senator Saviello of Franklin Title An Act to Update the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (LR 1006)

22 Tucker of Brunswick Title An Act to Expand Bottle Redemption (LR 335) Harvell of Farmington Title An Act to Reduce Roadside Litter (LR 99) Grohman of Biddeford Title An Act to Protect Maine s Environment (LR 2098) Hamann of South Portland Title An Act to Create the Maine Water Trust to Regulate and Protect Maine s Water Supply and Ensure the Quantity and Quality of Maine s Drinking Water (LR 553) Sylvester of Peaks Island

23 Title An Act to Outlaw Fracking in Maine to Prevent Threats to Maine s Drinking Water (LR 1703) Martin of Eagle Lake Title An Act to Enhance the Commercial Development of Solar Energy (LR 179) Fredette of Newport Title An Act Regarding Large-scale Community Solar Procurement (LR 1856) Harvell of Farmington Title An Act to Encourage and Support Solar Energy for Use in the Private and Public Sectors (LR 19) Campbell of Orrington Title An Act Regarding Solar Power for Farms and Businesses (LR 1367)

24 Senator Saviello of Franklin Title An Act to Grow Maine s Economy through Increased Solar Power Generation (LR 34) Speaker Gideon of Freeport Title An Act to Promote the Development of Solar Energy in Maine (LR 402) Senator Breen of Cumberland Title An Act to Advance Locally Owned Solar Energy Systems (LR 1424) Senator Woodsome of York Title An Act to Modernize Community Solar Policy (LR 1425) Senator Woodsome of York Title An Act to Modernize Maine s Solar Power Policy and Encourage Economic Development (LR 528)

25 Denno of Cumberland Title An Act to Address Solar Power in Maine (LR 1944) Sheats of Auburn Title An Act to Modernize Maine s Solar Power Policy and Encourage Economic Development (LR 394) Ackley of Monmouth Title An Act to Reduce Electric Rates for Maine Businesses (LR 2047) Rep. Wadsworth of Hiram Title An Act Regarding State Energy Policy (LR 1337) Speaker Gideon of Freeport Title An Act to Protect Maine Energy Consumers (LR 1338) Speaker Gideon of

26 Freeport Title An Act to Increase Affordability and Access to Heat Pumps for Maine Homeowners (LR 1765) Senator Jackson of Aroostook Title An Act to Allow Promotional Allowances by Public Utilities (LR 640) Pouliot of Augusta Title An Act to Provide for Affordable Long-term Energy Prices in Maine (LR 1508) Fredette of Newport Title An Act to Improve Transparency in the Electricity Supply Market (LR 323) Senator Libby of Androscoggin Title An Act to Examine the Procedural Rules for the Public Utilities Commission (LR 626) Senator Dion of

27 Cumberland Title An Act to Enhance Maine s Rural Economy and Protect Utility Ratepayers (LR 1497) Senator Keim of Oxford Title Resolve, Establishing a Commission to Study and Assess Maine s Regulatory Environment (LR 1715) Pierce of Dresden Title An Act to Provide Economic Security to Maine Families through the Creation of a Paid Family and Medical Leave System (LR 158) Herbig of Belfast Title An Act to Strengthen the Right of a Victim of Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence to Take Necessary Leave from Employment (LR 1493) Daughtry of Brunswick

28 Title An Act Relating to Marijuana in the Workplace (LR 1784) Senator Carpenter of Aroostook Title An Act to Support Pay Equity by Prohibiting Inquiries Regarding Past Salary History (LR 2124) Golden of Lewiston Title An Act to Protect On-Call Workers (LR 2008) Golden of Lewiston Title An Act to Improve the Unemployment Compensation System (LR 914) Senator Jackson of Aroostook Title An Act to Protect Homeowners from Workers Compensation Claims (LR 2043) Moonen of Portland

29 Title An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Prior Employees of the Workers Compensation Board (LR 1413) Senator Cushing of Penobscot Title An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Worker Advocates in the Maine Workers Compensation Act of 1992 (LR 1788) Fecteau of Biddeford Title An Act to Reduce Fuel Costs to State and Local Government (LR 57) Senator Miramant of Knox Title An Act to Create the Rural Fuel Tax Credit (LR 2001) Mccrea of Fort Fairfield Title An Act to Fix and Rebuild Maine s Infrastructure (LR 862) McLean of Gorham

30 Title An Act to Increase Funding for Multimodal Transportation (LR 119) Golden of Lewiston Title An Act to Allow Municipalities to Offer Tax Rebates for Renewable Energy Installations (LR 1251) Hubbell of Bar Harbor Title RESOLUTION: Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Dedicate All Sales Taxes from All Vehicle Sales and Any Vehicle-related Sales to the Highway Fund for Roads and Bridge Capital Improvements (LR 1185) Parry of Arundel Title An Act to Address the Shortfall in the Highway Fund (LR 567) Golden of Lewiston Title Resolve, To Establish a Commission to Investigate the Causes and Effects of the Oil Tanker Train Derailment in Lac-

31 Megantic, Quebec, and the Threat That Incident and Such Oil Transports Represent to the Maliseet and Other People of the Entire St. John River Watershed and Those Who Reside Along Oil Transport Corridors (LR 250) Rep. Bear of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Title An Act Regarding Drug Testing in the Transportation Sector (LR 1778) Senator Jackson of Aroostook Title An Act Regarding Agency Liquor Stores in Seasonal Communities (LR 1164) Senator Whittemore of Somerset Title An Act to Amend the Maine Liquor Liability Act (LR 1966) Monaghan of Cape Elizabeth Title An Act to Update Maine s Liquor Laws (LR 1599)

32 Senator Langley of Hancock Title An Act to Allow Tobacco Shops to Serve Alcohol (LR 1716) Pierce of Falmouth