Bill Summary Subject Areas
The following list of topics is provided to help you determine which committee handles particular subject areas. By selecting a committee on the right, you will jump into the acrobat file containing that committees bill summaries listed by their Legislative Document number (LD #).
| Agriculture-Development and Farm Preservation | Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Administrative Procedures: Rulemaking | State & Local Government |
| Adoption | Judiciary |
| Adult Education | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Aging and Long Term Care | Health and Human Services |
| Air Quality/Auto Emissions | Natural Resources |
| Animals | Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Applied Technology Education | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Aquaculture | Marine Resources |
| Archery | Inland Fisheries & Wildlife |
| Banking and Credit Unions | Banking & Insurance |
| Bureau of Parks and Lands | Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Business Development - Business Assistance | Business & Economic Development |
| Business Regulation | Business & Economic Development |
| Business Regulation - Franchise Laws | Business & Economic Development |
| Campaign Finance | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| Child Protection/Adult Protection | Judiciary |
| Child Support | Judiciary |
| Children's Services | Health and Human Services |
| Citizen Initiative Process | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| Claims Against The State | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| Commission and Task Force Bills | Health and Human Services |
| Constitutional Amendments | State & Local Government |
| Contracts | Judiciary |
| Corporations | Judiciary |
| Corrections | Criminal Justice |
| County Budgets | State & Local Government |
| County Government | State & Local Government |
| County Jails | Criminal Justice |
| Courts/Judges/Judicial Administration | Judiciary |
| Crimes/Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice |
| Criminal Law | Criminal Justice |
| Criminal Law | Criminal Justice |
| Criminal Procedure | Criminal Justice |
| Cultural Affairs | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Curriculum, Instruction, Textbooks and Testing | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Dams | Natural Resources |
| DEP (including fees and enforcement) | Natural Resources |
| Departmental Organization and Administration | Health and Human Services |
| Departments and Agencies of State Government | State & Local Government |
| Domestic Violence | Judiciary |
| Driver's Licenses | Transportation |
| Economic Development - Job Creation | Business & Economic Development |
| Economic Development - Other | Business & Economic Development |
| Economic Development - Planning Initiatives | Business& Economic Development |
| Education - Other | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Eels | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
| Election Laws | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| Electricity (non-restructuring) | Utilities & Energy |
| Electricity Restructuring | Utilities & Energy |
| Elvers | Marine Resources |
| Employment Conditions - General | Labor |
| Employment Conditions - Minors | Labor |
| Ethics and Lobbying | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| Family Law | Judiciary |
| Ferry Service | Transportation |
| Firearms/Weapons | Criminal Justice |
| Food Safety/Food Labeling | Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Forestry - Forest Management/Forest Policy | Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Forestry - Logger Licensing | Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Freedom of Access/Confidentiality | Judiciary |
| Gambling/Lottery/Harness Racing | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| General Utility/Miscellaneous | Utilities & Energy |
| Government Evaluation Act Review | Natural Resources |
| Hazardous Waste/Hazardous Substances | Natural Resources |
| Health Care | Health and Human Services |
| Highway Funds | Transportation |
| Human Rights | Judiciary |
| Income Maintenance | Health and Human Services |
| Insurance, Health | Banking & Insurance |
| Insurance, Motor Vehicles | Banking & Insurance |
| Insurance, Regulation and Practices | Banking & Insurance |
| Insurance, Workers' Compensation | Banking & Insurance |
| Interstate Highway | Transportation |
| Juveniles/Juvenile Code/Juvenile Corrections | Criminal Justice |
| Land Use | Natural Resources |
| Land: Boundaries, Name Changes, Access, Transfer | State & Local Government |
| Law Enforcement/Public Safety | Criminal Justice |
| Legislature and Legislative Process | State & Local Government |
| License Plates | Transportation |
| Licensing | Inland Fisheries & Wildlife |
| Liquor Laws | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| Lobsters | Marine Resources |
| Maine Forest Service - Miscellaneous | Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Maine Turnpike Authority | Transportation |
| Medicaid | Health and Human Services |
| Medical Malpractice | Judiciary |
| Medical Rights | Judiciary |
| Mental Health | Health and Human Services |
| Mental Retardation and Other Departmental Disabilities | Health and Human Services |
| Motor Vehicle Laws (general) | Transportation |
| Municipal Shellfish | Marine Resources |
| Municipalities and Quasi-Municipal Corporations | State and Local Government |
| Naming Roads and Bridges | Transportation |
| Natural Gas | Utilities and Energy |
| Natural Resources Protection Act | Natural Resources |
| Nuclear | Utilities and Energy |
| Nuclear Power Plants | Utilities and Energy |
| Occupational and Professional Regulation | Business & Economic Development |
| Official Items; Commemorative Events | State & Local Government |
| Oil and Petroleum Products | Natural Resources |
| Operating Under the Influence/Motor Vehicle Violations | Criminal Justice |
| Personal Watercraft | Inland Fisheries & Wildlife |
| Postsecondary Education Finance and Student Aid | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Postsecondary Education Governance and Coordination | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Primates | Inland Fisheries & Wildlife |
| Probate | Judiciary |
| Professional Regulation - Health Related | Business & Economic Development |
| Property | Judiciary |
| Public Sector Labor Relations | Labor |
| PUC/Public Advocate | Utilities & Energy |
| Rail | Transportation |
| Records | State & Local Government |
| Retirees Health Insurance | Labor |
| Retirement - Benefits, Plans and Alternatives | Labor |
| Retirement - Disability and Life Insurance | Labor |
| Retirement - Educators | Labor |
| Retirement - Eligibility and Service Credit | Labor |
| Retirement - Participating Local Districts | Labor |
| Retirement System Administration | Labor |
| Salmon | Marine Resources |
| Sardines | Marine Resources |
| School Budgets | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| School Bus | Transportation |
| School Construction, Facilities and Buses | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| School Finance | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Sea Urchins | Marine Resources |
| Secession/Annexation/Deorganization | State & Local Government |
| Securities | Banking & Insurance |
| Shoreland Zoning | Natural Resources |
| Signage | Transportation |
| Smoking/tobacco | Health and Human Services |
| Snowmobiles | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
| State Contracts and Fiscal Procedures | State & Local Government |
| State Employees and Employee Benefits | State & Local Government |
| State Highways | Transportation |
| State Officials | State & Local Government |
| State Property | State & Local Government |
| Statutes | Judiciary |
| Subdivisions | Natural Resources |
| Substance Abuse | Health and Human Services |
| Teachers and Administrators | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Telecommunications | Utilities & Energy |
| Torts | Judiciary |
| Toxic Substances | Natural Resources |
| Trapping | Inland Fisheries & Wildlife |
| Truants and Dropouts | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Trucks | Transportation |
| Tuition Rates for Non-resident Students | Education & Cultural Affairs |
| Unemployment Compensation | Labor |
| Veterans' Affairs | Legal & Veterans' Affairs |
| Water and Sewer (other than charter changes) | Utilities &Energy |
| Water and Sewer Charter Changes | Utilities & Energy |
| Water Quality/Water Pollution | Natural Resources |
| Whitewater Rafting | Inland Fisheries & Wildlife |
| Workers' Compensation | Labor |
| Young Drivers | Transportation |
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