128TH MAINE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE HEARING NOTICES
Hearings on LDs
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.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
Sen. Paul Davis, Senate Chair, Rep. Michelle Dunphy, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 214
LD 151 "Resolve, To Authorize the Transfer of State-owned Property to the Town of St. Agatha"
Public Hearing: Thursday, May 04, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 214
LD 834 "An Act To Restructure Harness Racing within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry" (EMERGENCY)
LD 1532 "An Act To Modernize the Laws Governing Maine Harness Racing" CONTACT: Rebecca Harvey, 287-1312
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Sen. Kimberley Rosen, Senate Chair, Rep. Charlotte Warren, House Chair
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 9:00 AM, State House, Room 436
LD 1366 "An Act To Protect Maine Consumers by Creating a White-collar Crime Registry"
LD 1387 "An Act Regarding the Threatened Use of Force in the Crime of Robbery"
LD 1388 "An Act To Prohibit the Falsification of Medical Records"
LD 1390 "An Act To Enhance the Rights of Families of Missing Persons and Homicide Victims"
LD 1401 "An Act To Allow Nonviolent Felons To Own Firearms at the Court's Discretion"
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 436
LD 1427 "An Act To Make Community Paramedicine Projects Permanent"
LD 1458 "An Act To Amend the Law Relating to the Crime of Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution" (EMERGENCY)
LD 1462 "Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project To Facilitate the Acquisition of Basic Emergency Medical Training in Rural Communities in the State"
LD 1469 "An Act Relating to Firearms Exclusions in Certain Locations"
LD 1493 "An Act To Strengthen Enforcement of Support Orders"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 9:00 AM, State House, Room 436
LD 1389 "An Act To Disburse Funds to the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission"
LD 1428 "An Act To Relieve Overcrowding in County Jails" (EMERGENCY)
LD 1457 "An Act To Rename and Repurpose the Mountain View Youth Development Center as the Mountain View Correctional Facility and To Eliminate the Charleston Correctional Facility as a Facility Separate from Mountain View" (EMERGENCY)
LD 1490 "An Act Regarding Community Corrections Funds"
LD 1512 "An Act To Protect the Health and Safety of First Responders"
LD 1526 "An Act To Provide Funds for Access to Federal Training Facilities for First Responders" (EMERGENCY)
Public Hearing: Friday, May 05, 2017, 9:00 AM, State House, Room 436
LD 745 "An Act To Prohibit Female Genital Mutilation"
LD 1414 "An Act To Ensure the Availability of In-person Visitation in County Jails"
LD 1415 "An Act To Provide Additional Deductions from a Sentence of Imprisonment for Completion of Education, Mental Health Treatment and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs" CONTACT: Joseph Klimkiewicz, 287-1122
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Sen. Brian Langley, Senate Chair, Rep. Tori Kornfield, House Chair
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 9:30 AM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 1396 "An Act To Remove Certain Restrictions Imposed on Retired State Employees Who Return to Work as Educators"
LD 1434 "An Act To Clarify the Laws Regarding Education in the Unorganized Territories"
LD 1470 "An Act To Facilitate Voluntary Cooperation among School Systems"
LD 1471 "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Deduction for MaineCare Payments from a School Administrative Unit's State Subsidy"
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 1370 "An Act To Enhance Safety on College and University Campuses by Allowing Firearms To Be Carried on the Campuses of Public Colleges and Universities"
LD 1452 "An Act To Ensure Student Privacy in the Digital Age"
LD 1483 "An Act To Safeguard Student Contact Information Provided to Schools"
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 1093 "An Act To Clarify That Involuntary Transfers of Teachers and Municipal Public Employees Are Subject to Collective Bargaining"
LD 1215 "An Act To Clarify Collective Bargaining in School Districts"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 9:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 818 "An Act To Improve the Quality of Teachers"
Public Hearing: Thursday, May 04, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 864 "An Act To Provide for a Statewide Contract for School Teachers" CONTACT: Jayne Deneen, 287-3125
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
Sen. David Woodsome, Senate Chair, Rep. Seth Berry, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 211
LD 1516 "An Act To Encourage Broadband Development through Private Investment"
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 3:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 211
LD 1262 "An Act To Protect Monhegan Island by Limiting Wind Turbines"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 10:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 211
LD 1487 "An Act To Control Electricity Transmission Costs through the Development of Nontransmission Alternatives"
LD 1513 "An Act To Provide for Affordable Long-term Energy Prices in Maine"
LD 1514 "An Act To Provide Maine Landlords Advance Notice of Water Disconnection Postings"
Public Hearing: Thursday, May 04, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 211
LD 1373 "An Act To Protect and Expand Access to Solar Power in Maine" CONTACT: Abben Maguire, 287-4143
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Sen. Thomas Saviello, Senate Chair, Rep. Ralph Tucker, House Chair
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 216
LD 1453 "An Act To Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing To Prevent Threats to Maine's Drinking Water" (EMERGENCY)
LD 1473 "An Act To Make Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of Environmental Protection" CONTACT: Steven Langlin, 287-4149
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Sen. Eric Brakey, Senate Chair, Rep. Patricia Hymanson, House Chair
Public Hearing: Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 1:30 PM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 1375 "An Act To Prevent Overdose Deaths and Infectious Diseases by Establishing Safer Drug Use Facilities"
Public Hearing: Friday, May 05, 2017, 9:30 AM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 1481 "Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project To Provide Travel Vouchers to Persons with Disabilities in Rural Communities"
Public Hearing: Friday, May 05, 2017, 2:30 PM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 1517 "An Act To Ensure Access to Behavioral Health Services"
Public Hearing: Monday, May 08, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 186 "An Act To Improve Peer Support Services"
LD 1435 "An Act To Ensure Transparency in the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Funds"
LD 1475 "An Act To Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments in Families Today"
LD 1495 "An Act To Break the Generational Cycle of Domestic Violence"
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 09, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 1112 "An Act Regarding the Maternal and Infant Death Review Panel"
LD 1433 "An Act To Protect Maine Children from Lung Cancer by Requiring Radon Testing in Schools"
LD 1485 "An Act Regarding MaineCare Coverage for Telehealth Services"
LD 1494 "An Act To Increase the Availability of Foster Homes"
LD 1496 "An Act To Clarify the Scope of the Maternal and Infant Death Review Panel " CONTACT: Jill LaPlante, 287-1317
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
Sen. Scott Cyrway, Senate Chair, Rep. Robert Duchesne, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 206
LD 1179 "An Act To Increase Funding for Programs That Support the Mission of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife"
LD 1489 "An Act To Authorize the Revocation, Suspension or Denial of a Guide License under Specified Circumstances"
LD 1497 "An Act To Correct and Clarify Maine's Fish and Wildlife Laws" CONTACT: Julia Brown, 287-1338
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
Sen. Rodney Whittemore, Senate Chair, Rep. Mark Lawrence, House Chair
Public Hearing: Thursday, May 04, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 220
LD 1274 "An Act To Promote Universal Health Care, Including Dental, Vision and Hearing Care"
LD 1279 "An Act To Ensure Patient Protections in the Health Insurance Laws"
LD 1385 "An Act Governing Direct Primary Care Membership Agreements" CONTACT: Veronica Snow, 287-1314
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Sen. Lisa Keim, Senate Chair, Rep. Matthew Moonen, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 438
LD 472 "An Act Regarding Parental Rights"
LD 697 "Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Study the Roles and Rights of Grandparents in Raising Their Grandchildren"
LD 1187 "An Act To Amend the Child Protective Services Statutes"
LD 1241 "An Act To Encourage Child Support Accountability"
LD 1304 "An Act To Specify the Rights of Parents"
LD 1356 "An Act To Amend the Grandparents Visitation Act"
LD 1437 "An Act To Establish a Youth-in-care Court"
Public Hearing: Thursday, May 04, 2017, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 438
LD 64 "An Act To Require Mediation within 90 Days of a Homeowner's Receipt of a Foreclosure Notice"
LD 731 "An Act To Require Mortgage Servicers To Act in Good Faith in Dealings with Homeowners"
LD 1047 "An Act To Protect Homeowners from Improper Foreclosure Fees"
LD 1355 "An Act To Ensure the Timely and Proper Completion of Residential Foreclosures" CONTACT: Susan Pinette, 287-1327
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Sen. Amy Volk, Senate Chair, Rep. Ryan Fecteau, House Chair
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 12:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 208
LD 1360 "An Act To Conform the State Workforce Board and Workforce Development Programs to the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act"
LD 1362 "An Act To Update the Operations of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and To Conform to the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014"
LD 1420 "An Act Regarding Work Permits for Minors under 16 Years of Age"
LD 1477 "An Act To Coordinate and Enforce Existing Workplace Training Requirements"
LD 1529 "An Act To Protect Consumers during Residential Construction"
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 208
LD 942 "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"
LD 944 "An Act To Prohibit the State from Asking a Prospective Hire about the Person's Compensation History until after a Job Offer Is Made"
LD 984 "An Act To Separate the Authorities under the Licenses for Property and Casualty Insurance Adjusters and Workers' Compensation Insurance Adjusters"
LD 1259 "An Act Regarding Pay Equality"
LD 1341 "An Act To Clarify Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits during Labor Disputes"
LD 1402 "An Act Regarding Payroll Deductions"
LD 1467 "An Act To Expand Competitive Skills Scholarships and Strengthen Maine's Workforce Development Programs"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 10:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 208
LD 1349 "An Act Regarding the Registration of Appraisal Management Companies"
LD 1500 "An Act To Modernize Data Collection and Reporting and Information Access for the Department of Labor"
LD 1518 "An Act To Formalize the Governance of the Maine Educational and Attainment Research Navigation System, a Longitudinal Data Series for Workforce Information"
LD 1530 "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation"
Public Hearing: Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 208
LD 1280 "An Act Regarding Generic Drug Pricing"
LD 1377 "An Act To Prohibit Posing as a Governmental Entity in Commerce"
LD 1501 "An Act To Increase Success and Promote Growth among Maine Small Businesses"
LD 1503 "An Act To Amend Criteria for Issuing a Certificate of Approval for Certain Projects under the Finance Authority of Maine Act" (EMERGENCY) CONTACT: Diane Steward, 287-1331
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON MARINE RESOURCES
Sen. Joyce Maker, Senate Chair, Rep. Walter Kumiega, House Chair
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 10:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 206
LD 1438 "An Act To Improve the Aquaculture Leasing and Licensing Laws"
LD 1502 "An Act To Transfer Responsibility for Licensing of Land-based Aquaculture from the Department of Marine Resources to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry"
LD 1519 "An Act To Define the Intertidal Zone for the Management and Enforcement of Shellfish Conservation Ordinances"
LD 1520 "An Act To Create an Aquaculture License" CONTACT: Julia Brown, 287-1337
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Sen. Paul Davis, Senate Chair, Rep. Danny Martin, House Chair
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 10:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 214
LD 1142 "An Act To Repeal the Laws Establishing the Cumberland County Recreation Center and To Transfer Authority to Cumberland County"
LD 1269 "An Act To Adjust the Timing for Recounts in Certain Municipal and Local School Elections"
LD 1498 "An Act To Clarify the Applicability of the Records Preservation Surcharge within County Registries of Deeds"
LD 1505 "An Act To Create Consistency in the Regulation of Pesticides"
LD 1535 "An Act To Modernize the State's Procurement Laws" CONTACT: Rebecca Harvey, 287-1330
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
Sen. Dana Dow, Senate Chair, Rep. Ryan Tipping, House Chair
Public Hearing: Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 127
LD 915 "An Act To Lower Property Taxes"
LD 1230 "An Act To Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Meals and Lodging"
LD 1245 "An Act To Ensure the Effectiveness of Tax Expenditures"
LD 1265 "An Act To Allow the Creation of a Local Option Sales Tax by Referendum"
LD 1405 "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"
LD 1450 "An Act To Promote Workforce Development and Provide an Economic Stimulus for Maine-based Filmmakers and Supporting Businesses"
LD 1522 "An Act To Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax" CONTACT: Dianne Dubord, 287-1552
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Sen. Ronald Collins, Senate Chair, Rep. Andrew McLean, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 02, 2017, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 126
LD 1439 "Resolve, To Study the Placement of Vehicle Charging Stations on Maine's Highways "
LD 1440 "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, Highway Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019" (EMERGENCY)
LD 1523 "An Act To Exempt Motor Vehicles Less than 12 Years Old from Inspection"
LD 1524 "An Act To Amend Maine Motor Vehicle Laws" CONTACT: Darlene Simoneau, 287-4148
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
Sen. Garrett Mason, Senate Chair, Rep. Louis Luchini, House Chair
Public Hearing: Monday, May 01, 2017, 10:00 AM, State House, Room 437
LD 1525 "An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing Alcohol Manufacturer Licenses"
LD 1533 "An Act To Update the Laws Relating to Liquor Licensing and Enforcement"
LD 1536 "An Act To Allow Maine Manufacturers To Sell Products for Off-premises Consumption at Taste-testing Events and Farmers' Markets and To Allow Taste Testings at Farmers' Markets" CONTACT: Karen Montell, 287-1310
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