124Th MAINE LEGISLATURE
124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
Requests By Index Subject
Run 10/06/2009 at 8:23:49AM
ACF
AGRICULTURE DEPT
POWERS
LR2344Sponsor Senator Simpson
An Act To Create a Statewide Nuisance Animal Ordinance
ANIMALS
DOGS
LR2490Sponsor Representative Strang Burgess
An Act To Amend the Laws That Provide an Exemption for Agricultural Guard Dogs
from Municipal Ordinances Governing Barking Dogs
KENNELS
LR2072Sponsor Senator Hobbins
An Act To Strengthen the Laws against Illegal "Puppy Mill" Operators
SERVICE
LR2284Sponsor Representative Browne
An Act To Clarify Service Animal Identification
FORESTRY
PRACTICES
LR2099Sponsor Representative McCabe
An Act To Regulate the Transportation of Firewood
LAND USE REGULATION COMMISSION
ADMINISTRATION
LR2441Sponsor Representative Clark
An Act To Ensure Consistency in Rulemaking by the Maine Land Use Regulation
Commission
PESTICIDES
APPLICATION PROCESS
LR2067Sponsor Representative O'Brien
An Act To Streamline Maine's Pesticide Notification System
LR2330Sponsor Representative Berry
Resolve, Unifying Maine's Efforts To Notify Citizens of Powered Pesticide Applications
AFA
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SVC DE
GENERAL SERVICES BUREAU
LR2340Sponsor Representative Crockett, P.
Resolve, To Streamline State Vehicle Operations
BOND ISSUES
HEALTH
LR2327Sponsor Senator Marrache
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create a New Electronic Medical
Records Infrastructure
LR2357Sponsor Representative Connor
An Act To Create Access to Dental Care throughout the State
TRANSPORTATION
LR2076Sponsor Representative Theriault
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Purchase and Upgrade Trackage of the
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Ltd.
SPENDING
EDUCATION
LR2435Sponsor Senator Gerzofsky
An Act To Stimulate Education and Job Creation through the Establishment of a Public
Center for Higher Education at the Former Brunswick Naval Air Station
PUBLIC SAFETY
LR2154Sponsor Representative Martin, J. L.
An Act To Transfer Funds from the Maine Emergency Management Agency to Maine
Public Broadcasting
STATE FINANCES
BUDGET PROCEDURES
LR2040Sponsor Representative Lovejoy
An Act To Provide Greater Transparency in State Budgeting
LR2384Sponsor Representative Eves
Resolve, To Establish the Maine Children's Budget
DEDICATED FUNDS
LR2041Sponsor Representative Lovejoy
An Act To Place Limits on the Amount of Money That May Be Carried Forward in a
Dedicated Revenue Account
LR2068Sponsor Senator Courtney
An Act To Maintain Funding for Death Benefits for Law Enforcement Personnel and
Firefighters
BRED
BUSINESS PRACTICES
AUTOMOBILE SALES
LR2069Sponsor Representative Pilon
An Act To Facilitate an Increase in Sales of Motor Vehicles
LR2391Sponsor Senator Bliss
An Act To Protect Maine Consumers
FAIR CREDIT REPORTING
LR2156Sponsor Senator Bartlett
An Act To Protect Maine Citizens' Credit
MARKETING
LR2092Sponsor Senator Schneider
An Act To Protect Minors from Unscrupulous Marketing Practices
LR2305Sponsor Senator Schneider
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Predatory Marketing Practices against Minors
LR2331Sponsor Representative Cleary
An Act To Protect the Privacy of Minors
LR2348Sponsor Representative Johnson
An Act To Stop Predatory Marketing Practices against Minors
SALES
LR2356Sponsor Senator Trahan
An Act To Strengthen Consumer Protection against Financial and Identity Theft
WARRANTIES
LR2165Sponsor Representative Crockett, P.
An Act to Clarify the Laws Governing Extended Warranties
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING
LR2358Sponsor Senator Simpson
An Act To Increase the Financial Stability of Low-income Families
LR2421Sponsor Senator Gerzofsky
An Act To Enhance the Redevelopment of the Brunswick Naval Air Station
LR2444Sponsor Representative Giles
An Act To Encourage Private Enterprise by Prohibiting the University of Maine from
Economically Harming Private Enterprise
LR2479Sponsor Senator Rector
An Act To Enhance the Small Enterprise Growth Fund
LR2488Sponsor Senator Sullivan
An Act To Encourage Personal Savings
FINANCE AUTHORITY
ADMINISTRATION
LR2324Sponsor Senator Schneider
An Act To Provide the Finance Authority of Maine with Flexible Health Care Options
LR2325Sponsor Senator Schneider
Resolve, To Ensure Consistency in the Scheduled Expiration of Terms of the Board
Members of the Finance Authority of Maine
HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
LR2422Sponsor Senator Diamond
An Act To Establish a Sprinkler System Requirement in the Maine Uniform Building and
Energy Code
ENERGY CONSERVATION
LR2235Sponsor Senator Goodall
An Act To Promote Affordable Energy-efficient Housing
LR2456Sponsor Representative Hinck
An Act To Promote Construction of Zero Net Energy Buildings
INDUSTRIES
HOTELS AND MOTELS
LR2335Sponsor Representative Knapp
An Act To Conserve Energy and Water
LR2336Sponsor Representative Knapp
An Act To Require That Lights in Hotels and Motels Are Turned on by Using Room Keys
LR2337Sponsor Representative Knapp
An Act To Conserve Water
LICENSING
ACCOUNTANTS
LR2341Sponsor Senator Marrache
An Act To Clarify the Educational Requirements of Candidates for Examination for
Licensure as Certified Public Accountants
AUCTIONEERS
LR2498Sponsor Representative Adams
An Act To Protect Maine's Integral and Historic Documents
LR2502Sponsor Senator Bryant, B.
An Act To Improve the Standards of Auctioneers
DENTAL PERSONNEL
LR2172Sponsor Senator Schneider
An Act To Allow the Board of Dental Examiners To Grant Permits To Qualified
Individuals To Practice as Dental Residents
NURSES
LR2306Sponsor Representative Perry, A.
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
MANUFACTURED HOUSING
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
LR2288Sponsor Senator Schneider
An Act Regarding the Law Governing Recreational Vehicle Manufacturers, Distributors
and Dealers
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REG. DEP
ADMINISTRATION
LR2457Sponsor Representative Smith, N.
An Act To Establish an Office of Administrative Law Judges for Licensing Boards
POWERS
LR2054Sponsor Representative Peterson
An Act To Clarify the Enforcement Role of the Mixed Martial Arts Authority of Maine
CJPS
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
CORRECTIONS BOARD
LR2159Sponsor Senator Smith, D.
An Act To Repeal the Laws Requiring the Coordination of State and County Correctional
Services
LR2164Sponsor Senator Trahan
An Act To Repeal the Laws Governing the Coordination of State and County Correctional
Services
LR2195Sponsor Representative Crockett, P.
An Act To Make Improvements to the Laws Governing the State Board of Corrections
LR2338Sponsor Senator Nass, R.
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing County Jail Budgeting for York County
CORRECTIONS DEPT
PROCEDURES
LR2289Sponsor Representative Schatz
Resolve, To Reduce the Use and Abuse of Solitary Confinement
CRIMES
MOTOR VEHICLE
LR2470Sponsor Representative Strang Burgess
An Act To Change Operating after Suspension to a Civil Violation
NEGOTIATING WORTHLESS INSTRUMENT
LR2200Sponsor Representative Shaw
An Act To Increase the Penalties for Writing Bad Checks
SEX OFFENSES
LR2105Sponsor Senator Gerzofsky
An Act To Require Persons Who Commit Sex Offenses against Dependent or Incapacitated
Adults To Register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999
LR2142Sponsor Senator Courtney
An Act To Increase the Maximum Distance from a School and a Day Care Center That
May Be Set by Municipal Ordinance beyond Which a Sex Offender May Reside
LR2189Sponsor Representative Flaherty
An Act To Limit the Distance from a Day Care Facility within Which a Registered Sex
Offender May Reside
FIRE SAFETY
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
LR2186Sponsor Representative Sykes
An Act To Require That All Rules Adopted by the Bureau of Labor Standards Concerning
Fire and Rescue Issues Benefit from Legislative Review
LR2211Sponsor Senator Jackson
An Act Regarding Accidental Death Benefits for Beneficiaries of Deceased Firefighters
FIRE MARSHAL
LR2196Sponsor Representative Pilon
An Act To Restore the Minimum Distance between Generators and Residential Structures
to One Foot
SMOKE DETECTORS
LR2417Sponsor Senator Diamond
An Act To Amend the Law Pertaining to Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide
Detectors
JUVENILE OFFENDERS
JUVENILE CODE
LR2117Sponsor Representative Haskell
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Juvenile Justice Task Force
LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER CERTIFICATION
LR2129Sponsor Representative Crockett, P.
An Act To Expand the Scope of Motor Vehicle Inspection for Certain Law Enforcement
Officers
OPERATING UNDER INFLUENCE
BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL
LR2312Sponsor Senator Hobbins
An Act To Restore the Laws Governing Operating under the Influence
EVIDENCE
LR2373Sponsor Representative Tilton
An Act To Discourage Drunk Driving
PENALTIES
LR2055Sponsor Senator Bartlett
An Act To Allow Greater Use of the Ignition Interlock Device Program
PAROLE
SYSTEM REINSTATED
LR2043Sponsor Representative Tuttle
An Act To Reinstate a System of Parole and To Implement a Program Designed To
Reintegrate Former Prisoners into the Community
PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMUNICATIONS
LR2197Sponsor Representative Crockett, P.
An Act Concerning Statewide Communications Interoperability
EMERGENCIES
LR2285Sponsor Representative McLeod
An Act To Create a Duty To Report Serious Injuries
SENTENCES
ALTERNATIVES
LR2383Sponsor Representative Crockett, P.
An Act To Provide Full Accountability for Convicted Class D Sex Offenders
EDU
ADULT EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
LR2343Sponsor Representative McFadden
An Act To Establish a School of Practical Skills in Washington County
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
DEGREE AUTHORITY
LR2095Sponsor Representative Welsh
An Act To Authorize Maine Media College To Confer the Degree of Master of Fine Arts
STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
LR2209Sponsor Representative Morrison
An Act To Establish an Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program
TUITION WAIVERS
LR2047Sponsor Representative Cornell du Houx
An Act To Clarify the State's Initiative Involving the Federal Post-9/11 Veterans
Educational Assistance Act of 2008
CONSOLIDATION
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
LR2194Sponsor Representative McFadden
An Act To Remove the Requirement That the Annual Budget of a Regional School Unit
Must Be Approved at a Budget Validation Referendum
LR2271Sponsor Representative Saviello
An Act To Form a Western Maine Regional School Unit
LR2428Sponsor Senator Perry, J.
An Act To Exempt the Town of Hermon from the School Administrative Unit
Consolidation Law
COST-SHARING
LR2073Sponsor Representative Connor
An Act to Require the State To Pay the Costs of School Administration Consolidation
LR2323Sponsor Senator Bowman
An Act To Allow the Town of Wells and the Town of Ogunquit To Amend the Terms of
Their Cost-sharing Agreement for Their Community School District and To Provide Each
Town the Ability To Withdraw from the Wells-Ogunquit Community School District
SCHOOL WITHDRAWAL FROM RSU
LR2106Sponsor Representative Miller
An Act To Allow a School To Withdraw from a Regional School Unit
CULTURAL AGENCIES
ARTS COMMISSION
LR2463Sponsor Representative Percy
An Act To Implement Recommendations Contained in the Audit of the Maine State
Library, Maine Arts Commission, Maine State Museum Commission and Maine Historic
Preservation Commission
NEW
LR2133Sponsor Senator Raye
An Act To Establish the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame
EDUCATION DEPT
POWERS
LR2062Sponsor Senator Mills, P.
An Act To Maximize Maine's Eligibility To Receive Grants from the Federal Race to the
Top Fund
LR2185Sponsor Representative Flaherty
Resolve, To Direct the Department of Education To Convene a Task Force To Review
Educational Opportunities for English Language Learners in the State
SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA
ADJUSTMENTS
LR2387Sponsor Representative Webster
An Act To Create Fair Education Funding for Regional School Units
ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
LR2241Sponsor Representative Wagner
Resolve, To Adjust the State Educational Funding Assistance Formula
LR2311Sponsor Representative Rotundo
An Act To Allow Minor Capital School Improvement Projects To Be Permitted Costs under
Essential Programs and Services
PAYMENT OF SUBSIDY
LR2201Sponsor Representative O'Brien
An Act To Exempt from Penalties School Administrative Units That Would Lose Subsidy
as a Result of Reorganization
LR2202Sponsor Representative O'Brien
An Act To Require the Department of Education To Calculate Subsidy on the Basis of
Membership in a Regional School Unit or an Alternative Organizational Structure and as
if the School Administrative Unit Had Not Reorganized as of 2009
LR2353Sponsor Representative Rotundo
An Act To Waive Certain Penalties Imposed against School Administrative Units if the
State Has Not Fulfilled Its Goal of Paying 55% of Costs
SCHOOL POLICIES
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
LR2251Sponsor Senator Alfond
An Act To Increase Maine's High School Graduation Rate
SCHOOL YEAR
LR2351Sponsor Representative Sutherland
Resolve, To Develop a Model Academic Year Calendar
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES
LR2151Sponsor Senator Bowman
An Act To Permit Representation by Persons Other Than Attorneys in Certain Hearings,
Actions and Proceedings before the Department of Education
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATION
LR2443Sponsor Senator Marrache
An Act To Protect University of Maine Students from Unnecessary Tuition Increases
CHARTER CHANGES
LR2420Sponsor Senator Alfond
An Act To Assist the University of Maine System To Achieve Its Core Mission
POWERS
LR2269Sponsor Representative Saviello
Resolve, To Give Linwood Wright His Bachelor's Degree in Forestry from the University
of Maine
HHS
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
PROTECTIVE SERVICES (CHILD)
LR2368Sponsor Senator Sullivan
An Act To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Represent the Child
in All Proceedings on Protection from Abuse Orders Involving a Child
SOCIAL SERVICES
LR2270Sponsor Representative Saviello
An Act To Extend the Maternal and Infant Death Review Panel
LR2329Sponsor Senator Marrache
An Act To Ensure the Continuation of the Maternal and Infant Death Review Panel
DISABLED PERSONS
CHILDREN
LR2276Sponsor Senator Alfond
An Act To Improve the Availability, Efficiency and Cost of Services for Infants, Young
Children and Their Families
DISEASES
REPORTING
LR2198Sponsor Representative Goode
Resolve, To Define High-risk Populations for the Purposes of Hospital Surveillance for
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and To Implement Public Law 2009, chapter
346
LR2301Sponsor Representative Piotti
An Act To Prevent the Spread of Eastern Equine Encephalitis
ELDERLY
PROTECTIVE SERVICES
LR2059Sponsor Representative Rotundo
An Act To Establish a Silver Alert Program
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
NURSING HOMES
LR2436Sponsor Representative Perry, A.
An Act To Ensure Fairness in Penalties for Administrative Errors in the Long-term Care
Assessment Process
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
CHILDREN
LR2212Sponsor Representative Boland
An Act To Create the Children's Wireless Protection Act
DELIVERY
LR2483Sponsor Representative Boland
An Act To Ensure Patients Can Receive Estimates for the Cost of Treatments
PHARMACIES
LR2107Sponsor Representative Cotta
An Act To Allow Issuing Pharmacies To Accept Unused Prescription Medications
LR2249Sponsor Senator Bowman
An Act To Require a Pharmacist To Provide Prior Notification or Obtain Consent from the
Prescribing Physicians before Changing from One Formulation or Manufacturer to Another
of an Antiepileptic Drug
PLANNING
LR2038Sponsor Senator Marrache
Resolve, To Allow for the Proper Disposal of Medical Supplies
PREVENTION PROGRAMS
LR2136Sponsor Representative Thomas
An Act To Prohibit Mandatory Vaccinations
LR2437Sponsor Representative Perry, A.
An Act Enabling Expedited Partner Therapy
LR2493Sponsor Senator Mills, P.
An Act To Require That Hospitals Adopt Recognized Checklists and Procedures Designed
To Reduce Health Care Associated Infections to Minimal Levels
MEDICAID
MAINECARE
LR2168Sponsor Representative Cebra
An Act To Require an Independent Audit of the MaineCare System
LR2207Sponsor Representative Strang Burgess
An Act To Require MaineCare To Provide Coverage for Genetic Testing for Cancer
LR2242Sponsor Representative Finch
An Act To Make Certain MaineCare Rules Adopted by the Department of Health and
Human Services Major Substantive Rules
LR2367Sponsor Representative Lewin
An Act To Reimburse Pharmacies under the MaineCare Program Based on Wholesale
Acquisition Costs
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
LR2496Sponsor Senator Mills, P.
An Act To Require the Immediate Closure or Consolidation of Dorothea Dix Psychiatric
Center
SMOKING
PUBLIC FACILITIES
LR2093Sponsor Representative Driscoll
An Act To Prohibit Smoking at Health Care Facilities
RESTAURANTS
LR2162Sponsor Representative McCabe
An Act To Exempt Certain Establishments from Maine's Outdoor Smoking Law
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TREATMENT
LR2307Sponsor Representative Beaudette
An Act To Enact the Maine Substance Abuse Impairment Act
VITAL STATISTICS
CERTIFICATES
LR2480Sponsor Senator Raye
An Act To Repeal the Fee Increase for Copies of Vital Records
IFS
FINANCIAL PRACTICES
ACCOUNT SALES
LR2489Sponsor Senator Sullivan
An Act To Allow a Maine-chartered Financial Institution To Conduct a Savings Promotion
Raffle
LOANS
LR2386Sponsor Representative Beaulieu
An Act Regarding Surety Bond Exemption
MORTGAGES
LR2048Sponsor Representative Treat
An Act To Clarify the Application of Certain Statutory Requirements to Foreclosures
INSURANCE
CAPTIVE INSURERS
LR2277Sponsor Senator Alfond
An Act To Create Jobs and Stimulate Economic Development by Making Captive Insurers
Eligible for Pine Tree Development Zone Benefits for 10 Years
HEALTH
LR2094Sponsor Representative Mazurek
An Act To Expand the Opportunity for Persons To Acquire Health Care Coverage under
the State's "Mini-COBRA" Program
LR2125Sponsor Representative Legg
An Act concerning the Use of Long-term Antibiotics for the Treatment of Lyme Disease
LR2150Sponsor Representative Knight
An Act Regarding Health Insurance Coverage for Infertility Treatment
LR2161Sponsor Senator Smith, D.
An Act To Allow the Purchase of Health Insurance from New Hampshire Insurers
LR2237Sponsor Senator Bartlett
An Act To Protect Individuals with Health Insurance from Catastrophic Risk
LR2295Sponsor Representative Ayotte
An Act To Require Health Insurance Carriers To Allow Policyholders To Keep Their
Children on Their Policies until Age 25
LR2326Sponsor Representative Pilon
An Act To Create a Cost-efficient Distribution System for Health Care
LR2430Sponsor Senator Schneider
An Act To Improve Health Insurance Security
LR2481Sponsor Representative Berry
An Act To Protect Victims of Catastrophic Illness or Accident
LR2492Sponsor Senator Mills, P.
An Act To Adopt a Drug Benefit Equity Law
INSURANCE BUREAU
ADMINISTRATION
LR2342Sponsor Representative Fossel
An Act To Establish an Insurance Fraud Division
PROCEDURES
LR2199Sponsor Representative Treat
An Act To Maintain Compliance of Maine's Insurance Laws with National Standards
LR2247Sponsor Senator Bowman
An Act To Require Compliance of Maine's Insurance Laws with National Standards
INSURANCE PRACTICES
COST CONTAINMENT
LR2158Sponsor Representative Davis
An Act To Bring Uniformity in Insurance Underwriting
DISCLOSURE
LR2120Sponsor Representative Beaudoin
An Act To Require Full Disclosure by Insurance Carriers Using Credit Ratings
PURCHASE
LR2167Sponsor Representative Thibodeau
An Act To Increase Consumer Choice Regarding the Purchase of Extended Warranties
IFW
FISH
PROTECTION
LR2278Sponsor Representative Duchesne
Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Adopt Rules
Clarifying Fish Stocking Decisions
SMELTS
LR2396Sponsor Senator Bryant, B.
Resolve, Requiring the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Provide Greater
Access to Smelting for Youth License Holders
HUNTING
FEES
LR2291Sponsor Representative Schatz
An Act To Increase Payments to Agents Who Provide Tags for Wild Game
LOCAL OPTIONS
LR2081Sponsor Representative Mazurek
An Act To Allow Deer Hunting with Shotguns Only in Owls Head During Firearms Season
REGULATIONS
LR2149Sponsor Representative Piotti
An Act To Amend the Current Moose Permit System and Preference Point System in
Maine
LR2355Sponsor Representative Pratt
An Act To Streamline the Permitting Process for Muzzle-loading Permit Renewal
LR2385Sponsor Representative Beaulieu
An Act To Compensate Tagging Agents
LR2394Sponsor Senator Bryant, B.
An Act Regarding the Electronic Tagging of Big Game Animals
LR2414Sponsor Representative Clark
An Act Related to Distribution of Tagging Registration Fees
SUNDAYS
LR2395Sponsor Senator Bryant, B.
An Act To Encourage Youth Participation in Maine's Hunting Heritage
YOUTH LICENSES
LR2083Sponsor Representative Clark
Resolve, To Encourage Hunting by Reinstituting Youth Hunting Day
RECREATION
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES
LR2080Sponsor Representative Johnson
An Act Concerning All-terrain Vehicle Use on Town Roads
WATERCRAFT
LR2103Sponsor Senator Gerzofsky
An Act To Prevent Municipalities from Establishing Boat Moorings around State-owned
Public Boat Launches
LR2166Sponsor Senator Hastings
An Act To Prohibit Floating Barges on a Portion of the Saco River
LR2175Sponsor Representative Watson
An Act To Require Seasonal Use of Personal Flotation Devices
LR2190Sponsor Representative Johnson
An Act To Prohibit the Use of Jet Skis on Wilson Pond
SEARCH AND RESCUE
ANIMALS
LR2447Sponsor Senator Gerzofsky
An Act To Ensure That Search and Rescue Dogs Are Afforded the Same Protections and
Accommodations as Service Animals
WARDENS
POWERS AND DUTIES
LR2354Sponsor Representative Sarty
An Act To Amend the Standards by Which Game Wardens May Stop All-terrain Vehicles