Legislative Updates

This again was a busy week as committees picked up the pace ahead of the deadline that was set to address carry over bills. That deadline has come and gone, yet work continues on that front. In addition to committee work, this week Governor Mills delivered her State of the State Address. This year, Governor […]

This week was busy with public hearings as committees work towards their goal of addressing carry over bills before the end of this month (although, a few of our high priority bills of concern that were carried over have not yet been scheduled). In addition to the committee work outlined below, we would like to

This week was quiet on the legislative front for the Council; a welcome change of pace to help us gather our bearings in preparation for a next week. As you will see below, we will be testifying on several bills. Two of them – LD 1349 on and LD 2077 – are of particular concern.

Wednesday, January 3 marked the beginning of the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. This short session is scheduled to adjourn on April 17, giving lawmakers just 103 days to complete their work, which includes carry overs, emergency legislation and department bills. While we anticipate a fairly busy short session, it is predicted that

Who: Maine Board of Environmental ProtectionsWhat: Public hearing on adoption of Chapter 128 Advanced Clean Trucks ProgramWhen: TOMORROW, August 17 at 09:00 amWhere: Augusta Civic Center Comment deadline: August 28 at 5:00 pmTalking points are available here. Please consider attending; submitting comments! Environmental Advocates have launched a new effort to control the type of vehicle truckers can purchase by petitioning

Surprise! The legislature will not adjourn on June 20th as originally scheduled and will continue the session into next week. Many bills are still on the docket for debate. The Appropriations Committee needs to finalize the Part II Budget, the Transportation Committee needs to review the Highway Fund, and the Judiciary Committee needs to review

This week, several committees met to finish their assignments and prepare their requests for bills to be carried over into the next session. The Appropriations Committee continues to work on the Part II budget and then will review bond requests.   LD 1964, “An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Develop a Paid Family

This week, the legislature was quickly working to wrap up committee work with only 3 weeks remaining in the session. Committees are reviewing their list of bills they want to carry over into next year’s session. The Appropriations Committee is working on the Part II budget and negotiating final details. This week in the legislature

Here’s a look at highlights of the bill’s we engaged on this week in Augusta. In the ACF Committee there was a work session on Wednesday for LD 1849, “An Act to Ensure Fair and Timely Payment in the Harvesting of Wood Products.” Senator Jackson presented an amendment to the bill, approved by PLC, that states all