ME Legislation | 2015-2016 | 127th Legislature

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
LD998	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Collect Data on and To Monitor Ocean Acidification [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-29 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
LD1692	Fail	An Act To Amend and Clarify the Laws Governing the Brunswick Naval Air Station Job Increment Financing Fund [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-29 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD898	Fail	An Act To Reduce Student Loan Debt through an Expansion of the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-29 In possession of the Senate when the Senate ADJOURNED SINE DIE and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES (DEAD).
LD1610	Fail	An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing Certain Benefits Provided to Veterans and Military Service Members [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-29 In possession of the Senate when the Senate ADJOURNED SINE DIE and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES (DEAD).
LD1331	Fail	An Act To Provide Enhanced Enforcement of the Laws Governing Alcoholic Beverages [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-29 In possession of the Senate when the Senate ADJOURNED SINE DIE and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES (DEAD).
LD1020	Pass	An Act To Provide Supplemental Deallocations for the Department of the Secretary of State and Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
LD1670	Pass	An Act To Attract Investment to Loring Commerce Centre [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD1606	Pass	An Act To Provide Funding to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund and To Make Additional Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
LD1523	Pass	Resolve, To Provide Wage Parity for Supervisors of Law Enforcement Personnel and Other Law Enforcement Personnel [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 FINALLY PASSED in concurrence
LD1700	Fail	Resolve, To Require the Gathering of Information in Order To Develop a Plan To Expand the Infrastructure Capacity for State Forensic and Civil Mental Health Treatment [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD).
LD1699	Pass	An Act To Provide Relief for Significant Reductions in Municipal Property Fiscal Capacity [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE. PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence
LD1554	Pass	An Act To Resolve Inconsistencies in the Drug Laws [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE. PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence
LD1694	Pass	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Highways, Bridges and Multimodal Facilities [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 692 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
HP1169	Engross Sine Die	JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE WEEK OF MAY 2, 2016 AS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.
LD1693	Pass	Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study the Economic, Environmental and Energy Benefits of the Maine Biomass Industry [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 On motion by Senator CUSHING of Penobscot TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE FINALLY PASSED in concurrence
LD1676	Pass	An Act To Establish a Process for the Procurement of Biomass Resources [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence
LD1499	Pass	An Act To Increase the Safety of Social Workers [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 LD 1499 In Senate, April 15, 2016, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 30 in Favor and 3 Against, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN.
LD1684	Fail	An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Task Force on School Leadership [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1097	Pass	An Act To Improve the Integrity of Maine's Welfare Programs [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 698 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
LD1053	Pass	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Stimulate Investment in Innovation by Maine Businesses To Produce Nationally and Globally Competitive Products and Services [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - 2/3 Present Required, in concurrence.
LD1677	Pass	Resolve, Directing the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the Maine Public Employees Retirement System To Identify Retirees Whose Retirement Benefit Calculations Were Adversely Affected by Certain Pay Freezes and To Calculate Cos... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 LD 1677 In Senate, April 15, 2016, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 33 in Favor and 0 Against, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN.
LD784	Fail	An Act To Authorize a Revenue Bond for a Student Loan Reduction Plan [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1653	Fail	An Act Implementing Pay Increases for Certain Law Enforcement Employees To Aid in Recruitment and Retention [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD193	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1541	Pass	An Act To Increase Sentences Imposed for the Illegal Importation of Scheduled Drugs [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE. PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence
LD927	Fail	An Act To Remove the Age Penalty for State Retirees Working at Institutions That Are Closing [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD).
LD1657	Pass	An Act To Simplify and Expand the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 693 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 1 PREVAILED
LD1671	Pass	Resolve, Compensating Susan Cloutier for Claims against the State [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
LD1646	Pass	An Act To Prevent Opiate Abuse by Strengthening the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-15 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
LD426	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Address Sea Level Rise [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1099	Fail	An Act To Establish a Fund for the Operations and Outreach Activities of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Animal and Plant Disease and Insect Control Laboratory [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1638	Pass	An Act To Increase Payments to MaineCare Providers That Are Subject to Maine's Service Provider Tax [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 673 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
LD931	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development for the University of Maine System [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD747	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Assist in the Creation and Retention of Jobs and Improve Access to Higher Education in Maine [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1483	Pass	An Act To Amend Maine's Motor Vehicle Laws [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
LD1325	Pass	An Act To Ensure a Public Process When Discontinuing or Abandoning a Public Road [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 LD 1325 In Senate, April 14, 2016, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 33 in Favor and 2 Against, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN.
LD475	Fail	Resolve, To Increase MaineCare Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autistic Disorder [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1656	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Loan Repayment Programs for Graduates in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1697	Fail	An Act To Raise the Base Assessment for Correctional Services for Oxford County [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
LD1630	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Construction of a New Fish Hatchery [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1234	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Acquire the Frances Perkins Homestead [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD100	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Help Small Businesses [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD217	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Development of a Multimodal Transportation Facility [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1643	Pass	An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
HP1165	Engross Sine Die	JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 14, 2016 AS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS DAY IN MAINE [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
LD886	Pass	Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Increase Reimbursement Rates for Home-based and Community-based Services [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 677 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
LD1336	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Maine's Community Colleges [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
LD1611	Fail	An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen and Align the Services Provided to Maine's Veterans by Establishing an Interagency Council To Coordinate Services for Homeless Veterans [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD).
LD733	Fail	An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Build the Infrastructure Needed To End Hunger in Central and Northern Maine [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
HP1164	Engross Sine Die	JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE'S WORK IN DEVELOPING A NEW VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MAINE'S FOREST-BASED ECONOMY [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-14 READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.