[font=font36821]Hearings on LDs[/font]
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 [u]http://legislature.maine.gov/calendar/#Calendar.[/u] 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, [u]webmaster_lio@legislature.maine.gov. [/u]
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY[/font]
Sen. Paul Davis, Senate Chair, Rep. Michelle Dunphy, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 2:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 214
LD 1681 "An Act To Correct a Technical Error Pertaining to the Dairy Improvement Fund" (EMERGENCY)
LD 1739 "Resolve, Authorizing the Lease of the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site"
LD 1747 "Resolve, To Establish a Task Force To Examine Agricultural Issues" (EMERGENCY) CONTACT: LIO Office , 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS[/font]
Sen. James Hamper, Senate Chair, Rep. Drew Gattine, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 228
LD 178 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Jobs, Improve Road Infrastructure and Protect Water Resources"
LD 319 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Riverfront Community Development"
LD 955 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Recapitalize the Municipal Investment Trust Fund"
LD 1118 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Local Infrastructure"
LD 1510 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Wastewater Infrastructure Projects for Ratification by Voters in the June 2017 Election"
LD 1511 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Protection of Public Health and Marine Resources and To Achieve Cost Savings in State Facilities Owned by the Department of Marine Resources"
LD 1602 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Agricultural Water Resource Development and Marketing"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 10:00 AM, State House, Room 228
LD 318 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Economic Development with High-Resolution Geospatial Data"
LD 520 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Increase Rural Maine's Access to Broadband Internet Service"
LD 897 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Encourage Efficient Biomass Thermal and Power Projects in Maine"
LD 953 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Biomass Industry"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 228
LD 345 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade and Replace Infrastructure of the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation "
LD 416 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Strengthen Maine's Groundfish Permit Bank"
LD 467 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Address Changes in Sea Level"
LD 675 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Food Processing Infrastructure in Targeted Areas of the State"
LD 735 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Independence of Maine's Seniors"
Public Hearing: Thursday, January 11, 2018, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 228
LD 47 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Equipment for Career and Technical Education Centers "
LD 376 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for a New Engineering Design and Education Center at the University of Maine"
LD 1330 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Facilitate Innovative Approaches to Regional School Facilities and To Establish the Maine Innovative Regional School Facilities Finance Program"
LD 1331 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Recapitalize the School Revolving Renovation Fund"
LD 1562 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Capitalize a Career and Technical Revolving Equipment and Renovation Fund"
LD 1614 "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund the Maine Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Loan Program" CONTACT: Marianne MacMaster, 287-1635
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS[/font]
Sen. Brian Langley, Senate Chair, Rep. Tori Kornfield, House Chair
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 9:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 1656 "An Act To Allow Veterans Free Admission to the Maine State Museum"
LD 1749 "An Act To Shorten the Residency Requirements for In-state Tuition"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 9:15 AM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 1756 "An Act To Allow The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Governor Baxter School for the Deaf To Lease Space to Maine's Protection and Advocacy Agency for Persons with Disabilities" (EMERGENCY)
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 202
LD 1694 "Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Adopt Protocols Designed To Prevent Youth Suicide"
LD 1696 "An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine Bicentennial Commission"
LD 1731 "An Act To Recognize the Accreditation of Certain Private Schools" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY[/font]
Sen. David Woodsome, Senate Chair, Rep. Seth Berry, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 2:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 211
LD 1632 "An Act To Establish the Manufacturing Jobs Energy Program"
LD 1671 "An Act To Authorize the Public Utilities Commission To Determine the Amount of the E-9-1-1 Surcharge"
Public Hearing: Thursday, January 11, 2018, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 211
LD 1686 "An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Distributed Energy Generation and To Eliminate Gross Metering" (EMERGENCY) CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES[/font]
Sen. Thomas Saviello, Senate Chair, Rep. Ralph Tucker, House Chair
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 10:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 216
LD 1657 "An Act To Update the Allowance Budget for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 10:30 AM, Cross Building, Room 216
LD 1674 "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 502: Direct Watersheds of Lakes Most at Risk from New Development, Urban Impaired Streams, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection" (EMERGENCY) CONTACT: LIO Office , 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES[/font]
Sen. Eric Brakey, Senate Chair, Rep. Patricia Hymanson, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 470 "An Act To Strengthen Maine's Hospitals and Increase Access to Health Care"
LD 898 "An Act To Address Mandatory Overtime for Hospital Professionals"
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 2:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 1329 "An Act To Allow Tobacco Retail Establishments To Serve Alcohol"
LD 1495 "An Act To Break the Generational Cycle of Domestic Violence"
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 9:30 AM, Cross Building, Room 209
LD 238 "An Act To Amend the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act"
LD 411 "An Act To Add Addiction to or Dependency on Opiates or Prescription Drugs to the List of Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana"
LD 762 "An Act To Allow a Percentage of Funds from the Medical Use of Marijuana Fund To Fund Health Care Research"
LD 1098 "An Act To Ensure Reasonable Accommodations for Children for Whom Medical Marijuana Has Been Recommended"
LD 1135 "An Act To Strengthen the Efficacy of the Medical Marijuana Laws"
LD 1527 "An Act To Ensure Safety, Quality and Transparency in the Medical Marijuana Market and To Ensure Sufficient Funding for Regulation and Enforcement with Respect to the Retail Marijuana Industry"
LD 1539 "An Act To Amend Maine's Medical Marijuana Law" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE[/font]
Sen. Scott Cyrway, Senate Chair, Rep. Robert Duchesne, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 206
LD 1683 "An Act To Amend the Registered Maine Guide Background Check Requirement" (EMERGENCY) CONTACT:
LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES[/font]
Sen. Rodney Whittemore, Senate Chair, Rep. Mark Lawrence, House Chair
Public Hearing: Thursday, January 11, 2018, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 220
LD 1663 "An Act To Improve the Regulation of Debt Collectors"
LD 1677 "An Act Regarding the Information Required of Debt Buyers for Debt Collection" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY[/font]
Sen. Lisa Keim, Senate Chair, Rep. Matthew Moonen, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 438
LD 1658 "An Act To Make Criminal History Record Information Maintained in a Database Confidential" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT[/font]
Sen. Amy Volk, Senate Chair, Rep. Ryan Fecteau, House Chair
Public Hearing: Thursday, January 11, 2018, 2:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 208
LD 1654 "An Act To Protect Economic Competitiveness in Maine by Extending the End Date for Pine Tree Development Zone Benefits" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON MARINE RESOURCES[/font]
Sen. Joyce Maker, Senate Chair, Rep. Walter Kumiega, House Chair
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 1:00 PM, Cross Building, Room 206
LD 1652 "An Act To Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources To Limit the Number of Shrimp Licenses That May Be Used in Certain Seasons"
LD 1659 "An Act To Amend Maine's Marine Resources Laws Regarding Certain License Fees and Surcharges That Were Amended by Recently Enacted Legislation"
LD 1720 "An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Temporary Medical Allowances for Lobster and Crab Fishing License Holders" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT[/font]
Sen. Paul Davis, Senate Chair, Rep. Danny Martin, House Chair
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 9:00 AM, Cross Building, Room 214
LD 1668 "An Act To Change Certain Gender-specific Terminology in the Laws Regarding Municipalities and Counties"
LD 1673 "An Act Authorizing the Deorganization of Codyville Plantation"
LD 1679 "An Act To Authorize the Oxford County Commissioners To Close the Western District Registry of Deeds" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION[/font]
Sen. Ronald Collins, Senate Chair, Rep. Andrew McLean, House Chair
Public Hearing: Tuesday, January 09, 2018, 1:00 PM, State House, Room 126
LD 1685 "An Act To Create The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital Registration Plate"
LD 1692 "An Act To Amend the Motor Vehicle Laws"
LD 1727 "Resolve, To Designate a Bridge in Surry the Old Surry Schoolhouse Bridge"
LD 1750 "An Act To Allow the Operation of Autocycles on Roads in Maine" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
[font=font36821]JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS[/font]
Sen. Garrett Mason, Senate Chair, Rep. Louis Luchini, House Chair
Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 10:00 AM, State House, Room 437
LD 1736 "An Act To Broaden Educational Opportunities for Members of the Maine National Guard" CONTACT: LIO Office, 287-1692
December 30, 2017
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