
Legislative committees will hold public hearings as listed. Please note that there may be additions or changes to this schedule and bills will not necessarily be heard in the order listed. For further information, contact the Legislative Information Office at 207-287-1692 or check schedules on the web at http://legislature.maine.gov/calendar/#Calendar. You may testify at the public hearing or submit written testimony. Written testimony should be sent to the appropriate committee at: 100 SHS, Augusta, Maine 04333-0100. Persons with special needs who wish to attend a Legislative hearing and require accommodations should notify the Legislative Information Office as soon as possible: 207-287-1692, TTY 207-287-6826, FAX 207-287-1580, webmaster_lio@legislature.maine.gov.
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY[/font]
Sen. Jim Dill, Senate Chair, Rep. Craig Hickman, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 214
[font=font36821]LD 36[/font] "An Act To Change the Composition of the Board of Pesticides Control"
[font=font36821]LD 127[/font] "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Maine Potato Board Districts"
[font=font36821]LD 145[/font] "An Act To Expand the Membership of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine"
[font=font36821]LD 169[/font] "An Act To Provide Occupants of Motor Vehicles with Gold Star Family Registration Plates Free Entry to State Parks, Camping Areas and Beaches"
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 214
[font=font36821]LD 24[/font] "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 26: Producer Margins, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Milk Commission" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]LD 125[/font] "Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Convey Certain Lands to Roosevelt Conference Center Doing Business as Eagle Lake Sporting Camps"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Dylan Sinclair, 287-1312
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY[/font]
Sen. Susan Deschambault, Senate Chair, Rep. Charlotte Warren, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Monday, February 4, 2019, 10:00 AM, State House, Room 436
[font=font36821]LD 94[/font] "An Act To Prohibit the Dissemination of Obscene Material by Public Schools"
[font=font36821]LD 113[/font] "An Act To Exclude Antique Tractors from the Laws Governing Motor Vehicle Racing" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Monday, February 4, 2019, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 436
[font=font36821]LD 128[/font] "An Act To Reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 10:00 AM, State House, Room 436
[font=font36821]LD 134[/font] "An Act Concerning the Composition of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission"
[font=font36821]LD 141[/font] "An Act To Promote Highway Safety by Restricting the Use of Marijuana and Possession of an Open Marijuana Container in a Vehicle"
[font=font36821]LD 159[/font] "An Act To Require Cameras in Ambulances When a Patient Is Being Transported"
[font=font36821]LD 262[/font] "An Act To Protect Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers by Creating the Crime of Aggravated Assault on an Officer"
[font=font36821]LD 264[/font] "An Act Regarding the Taking of a Blood Sample from an Operator of a Motor Vehicle Involved in a Fatal Accident"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Cynthia Fortier, 287-1122
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS[/font]
Sen. Rebecca Millett, Senate Chair, Rep. Victoria Kornfield, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing[/font]: Monday, February 4, 2019, 9:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 208
[font=font36821]LD 135[/font] "An Act To Appropriate Funds To Provide Sea Protection and Public Access to the Historic Whaleback Lighthouse in Kittery"
[font=font36821]LD 150[/font] "An Act To Improve Attendance at Public Elementary Schools"
[font=font36821]LD 151[/font] "An Act To Align State Law with Current Practice Regarding Required School Attendance"
[font=font36821]LD 246[/font] "An Act To Secure the Future of the Frances Perkins Homestead"
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Monday, February 4, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 208
[font=font36821]LD 63[/font] "An Act To Improve Responsiveness of Elected School Boards to the Public"
[font=font36821]LD 137[/font] "An Act To Make the Maine Learning Technology Initiative More Cost-effective"
[font=font36821]LD 176[/font] "An Act To Enhance Participation on the State Board of Education"
[font=font36821]LD 178[/font] "An Act To Increase the State Share of the Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Jayne Deneen, 287-3125
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENERGY UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY[/font]
Sen. Mark Lawrence, Senate Chair, Rep. Seth Berry, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 211
[font=font36821]LD 147[/font] "An Act To Extend Internet Availability in Rural Maine" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]LD 173[/font] "An Act To Promote Economic Development and Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet"
[font=font36821]LD 196[/font] "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 320: Electric Transmission and Distribution Utility Service Standards, a Major Substantive Rule of the Public Utilities Commission" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]LD 273[/font] "An Act To Require Transmission and Distribution Utilities To Purchase Electricity from Renewable Resources at Certain Prices" [font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Abben Maguire, 287-4143
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES[/font]
Sen. Brownie Carson, Senate Chair, Rep. Ralph Tucker, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 216
[font=font36821]LD 216[/font] "An Act To Protect Water Quality by Standardizing the Law Concerning Septic Inspection in the Shoreland Zone"
[font=font36821]LD 281[/font] "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 692: Siting of Oil Storage Facilities, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Caleb Roebuck, 287-4149
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES[/font]
Sen. Geoff Gratwick, Senate Chair, Rep. Patty Hymanson, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 209
[font=font36821]LD 84[/font] "Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Allow Spouses To Provide Home and Community-based Services to Eligible MaineCare Members"
[font=font36821]LD 177[/font] "Resolve, To Improve Access to Bariatric Care"
[font=font36821]LD 181[/font] "An Act To Provide Funding to the Department of Health and Human Services To Support Free Health Clinics in the State"
[font=font36821]LD 195[/font] "An Act To Continue MaineCare Coverage for Parents During the Rehabilitation and Reunification Process"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Rowland Robinson, 287-1317
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES[/font]
Sen. Heather Sanborn, Senate Chair, Rep. Denise Tepler, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 220
[font=font36821]LD 11[/font] "An Act Regarding Credit Ratings Related to Overdue Medical Expenses"
[font=font36821]LD 189[/font] "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Long-term Care Insurance"
[font=font36821]LD 242[/font] "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Multiple-party Accounts with Financial Institutions" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]LD 260[/font] "An Act To Permit Disability Insurance To Be Offered through the Surplus Lines Market" [font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Veronica Snow, 287-1314
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE[/font]
Sen. Jim Dill, Senate Chair, Rep. Catherine Nadeau, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Monday, February 4, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 206
[font=font36821]LD 175[/font] "An Act To Extend the Deer Hunting Season by 2 Saturdays"
[font=font36821]LD 188[/font] "An Act To Provide for an Expanded Muzzle-loading-only Deer Hunting Season"
[font=font36821]LD 190[/font] "An Act To Provide Antlerless Deer Permits to Senior Resident Lifetime Hunting License Holders"
[font=font36821]LD 265[/font] "An Act To Increase Opportunities for Hunters, Anglers and Sporting Camps by Extending the Seasons on Upland Game"
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 9:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 206
[font=font36821]LD 74[/font] "An Act To Reform Maine's Fish and Wildlife Management System"
[font=font36821]LD 79[/font] "An Act To Protect Shooting Ranges"
[font=font36821]LD 121[/font] "An Act To Require the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Implement a Firearm Safety and Firearm Violence Prevention Program"
[font=font36821]LD 258[/font] "An Act To Establish and Coordinate a Volunteer Corps of Search and Rescue Specialists within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Linda Lacroix, 287-1338
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS[/font]
Sen. Erin Herbig, Senate Chair, Rep. Matthea Larsen-Daughtry, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 202
[font=font36821]LD 37[/font] "An Act To Allow for the Sale of Nonprescription Drugs through Vending Machines"
[font=font36821]LD 88[/font] "An Act To Require the Truthful Display of Gasoline Prices"
[font=font36821]LD 191[/font] "An Act To Protect Heating Fuel Customers Who Close Their Accounts"
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 202
[font=font36821]LD 50[/font] "An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee To Improve the Development of a Long-range Strategic Plan for Economic Improvement in the State"
[font=font36821]LD 130[/font] "An Act To Provide Funding To Continue the Strategic Economic and Sustainable Development of Northern Aroostook County"
[font=font36821]LD 138[/font] "An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine Coworking Development Fund"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Tim Grose, 287-4880
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY[/font]
Sen. Michael Carpenter, Senate Chair, Rep. Donna Bailey, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 438
[font=font36821]LD 8[/font] "An Act To Allow and Recognize a Legal Name Change upon Marriage"
[font=font36821]LD 9[/font] "An Act To Increase Juror Compensation"
[font=font36821]LD 250[/font] "An Act To Establish the Statute of Limitations in Product Liability Cases"
[font=font36821]LD 251[/font] "An Act To Amend the Maine Condominium Act by Extending the Lien Period for Nonpayment of Assessments"
[font=font36821]LD 279[/font] "An Act To Raise Juror Pay to $50 per Day"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Susan Pinette, 287-1327
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HOUSING[/font]
Sen. Shenna Bellows, Senate Chair, Rep. Mike Sylvester, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 10:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 202
[font=font36821]LD 122[/font] "An Act To Prohibit an Employer from Asking a Prospective Hire about the Person's Compensation History until after a Job Offer Is Made"
[font=font36821]LD 123[/font] "An Act To Prohibit the State from Asking a Prospective Hire about the Person's Compensation History until after a Job Offer Is Made"
[font=font36821]LD 139[/font] "An Act To Address the Unmet Workforce Needs of Employers and To Improve the Economic Future of Workers"
[font=font36821]LD 140[/font] "An Act To Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Substance Use Disorder"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Safiya Khalid, 287-1331
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON MARINE RESOURCES[/font]
Sen. Dave Miramant, Senate Chair, Rep. Jay McCreight, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 206
[font=font36821]LD 28[/font] "An Act Regarding Access to Lobster Licenses"
[font=font36821]LD 174[/font] "An Act To Promote Youth Participation in the Maine Lobster Fishery"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Linda Lacroix, 287-1337
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT[/font]
Sen. Ned Claxton, Senate Chair, Rep. Danny Martin, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Monday, February 4, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 214
[font=font36821]LD 42[/font] "An Act To Provide for Nonpartisan Elections for the Office of District Attorney"
[font=font36821]LD 53[/font] "An Act To Clarify Local Referendum Ballots"
[font=font36821]LD 59[/font] "An Act To Establish a Recall Process for Elected Officials in Plantations" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 214
[font=font36821]LD 58[/font] "RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Extend the Terms of Legislators to 4 Years"
[font=font36821]LD 90[/font] "An Act To Amend the Law Governing the Membership of the Town of York Planning Board and the Town of York Appeals Board"
[font=font36821]LD 144[/font] "An Act To Opt Out of Federal Daylight Saving Time and To Ask the United States Secretary of Transportation To Place the State in the Atlantic Time Zone"
[font=font36821]LD 170[/font] "An Act To Prohibit Questions Regarding Criminal History on Certain State Employment Applications"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Dylan Sinclair, 287-1330
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TAXATION[/font]
Sen. Ben Chipman, Senate Chair, Rep. Ryan Tipping, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 127
[font=font36821]LD 72[/font] "An Act To Provide an Income Tax Exemption for Military Pay without Regard to Where the Military Service Was Performed"
[font=font36821]LD 124[/font] "An Act To Exempt from Sales Tax an Island-based Nonprofit Provider of Ambulance Services" (EMERGENCY)
[font=font36821]LD 162[/font] "An Act To Eliminate the State Income Tax on Maine Public Employees Retirement System Pensions"
[font=font36821]LD 268[/font] "An Act To Create a Credit under the Commercial Forestry Excise Tax for Landowners Using Businesses Based in the United States"
[font=font36821]LD 276[/font] "An Act To Provide Equity in the State Income Tax Deduction for Maine Public Employees Retirement System Pensions"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Dianne Dubord, 287-1552
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION[/font]
Sen. Bill Diamond, Senate Chair, Rep. Andrew McLean, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 126
[font=font36821]LD 7[/font] "Resolve, To Name a Bridge in the Town of Lincoln and the Town of Chester the Master Sergeant Gary Gordon Bridge"
[font=font36821]LD 17[/font] "Resolve, Designating a Portion of Route 1 in Downeast Maine the Hannah and Rebecca Weston Trail"
[font=font36821]LD 32[/font] "Resolve, Naming a Highway and Renaming a Bridge in the Town of Whiting"
[font=font36821]LD 39[/font] "Resolve, To Designate a Bridge in Waterville as the Specialist Wade A. Slack Memorial Bridge"
[font=font36821]LD 83[/font] "An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Resale by a Motor Vehicle Dealer To Permit the Dealer To Use a Copy of a Certificate of Title"
[font=font36821]LD 200[/font] "Resolve, To Name the Bridge on Main Street in the Town of Orono the Brandon M. Silk Memorial Bridge"
[font=font36821]LD 244[/font] "Resolve, To Rename the Stinson Bridge the Woodsome-Carroll Bridge"
Public Hearing: Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 126
[font=font36821]LD 19[/font] "An Act To Require Public School Buses To Be Equipped with School Bus Crossing Arms"
[font=font36821]LD 49[/font] "An Act Regarding the Designation of Traumatic Brain Injury on Driver's Licenses and Nondriver Identification Cards"
[font=font36821]LD 57[/font] "An Act To Require the Maine Turnpike Authority To Accept E-Z Pass Payments of Any Amount by Telephone"
[font=font36821]LD 120[/font] "An Act To Rebrand Maine's License Plate Slogan from "Vacationland" to "Staycationland""
[font=font36821]LD 261[/font] "An Act To Restrict the Authority for Posting of Roads" [font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Darlene Simoneau, 287-4148
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS[/font]
Sen. Louis Luchini, Senate Chair, Rep. John Schneck, House Chair
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Monday, February 4, 2019, 10:00 AM, State House, Room 437
[font=font36821]LD 116[/font] "An Act To Extend the Duration of Temporary Licenses for Sale and Consumption of Liquor"
[font=font36821]LD 131[/font] "An Act To Permit a Veterans Organization To Lease Its Facility to an Organization That Is Registered To Operate Beano or Bingo Games without Obtaining a Commercial Beano Hall Permit"
[font=font36821]LD 158[/font] "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Beano"
[font=font36821]LD 184[/font] "An Act To Amend the Veterans' Homelessness Prevention Coordination Program"
[font=font36821]LD 253[/font] "An Act To Remove the Bet Limit for Winner-take-all Hands in Games of Chance Tournament Games"
[font=font36821]LD 254[/font] "An Act To Clarify Liquor Label Approval and Registration Requirements"
[font=font36821]Public Hearing:[/font] Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 9:00 AM, State House, Room 437
[font=font36821]LD 114[/font] "An Act To Establish Open Primaries for Certain Federal and State Offices"
[font=font36821]LD 245[/font] "An Act To Reestablish a Presidential Primary System in Maine"
[font=font36821]LD 256[/font] "An Act To Ban the Use of Leadership Political Action Committees for Personal Profit"
[font=font36821]LD 272[/font] "An Act To Allow Voting by Mail"
[font=font36821]CONTACT:[/font] Karen Montell, 287-1310
Jan. 26, 2019