There are several ways to find out when and where public hearings are being held:
Notice of public hearings will usually be printed 1 or 2 weekends ahead of the hearing in the following newspapers: the Bangor Daily News Weekend Edition; the Maine Sunday Telegram; and the Lewiston Sunday Sun. The notice will include the Legislative Document (LD) number, the title of the bill and the hearing date, time and location;
The Legislature’s web page contains the public hearing and work session notices. The address is: http://janus.state.me.us/legis.
Advance Notice of Public Hearing (ANPH) is provided by the President of the Senate and produced by the Secretary of the Senate. The schedule is usually posted by 10:00 am on Thursday morning each week during the legislative session.
Supplements with changes to the schedule are posted as soon as they become available. An email notification service is provided by the Secretary of the Senate to alert you to changes to this schedule. You can subscribe to this service by contacting webmaster_senate@state.me.us
Printed copies of the Public Hearing Schedule and current supplements are available, at no charge, outside the Secretary of the Senate's office in the State House - Third Floor, Room 327 (phone: 287-1540).
If you can’t get the information you need from the sources listed above, you can call the Legislative Information Office at 287-1692 or 1-800-301-3178 (TTY 287-6826). Call this office also if you plan to attend a public hearing or work session and you have any special needs. It is helpful to reference the Legislative Document in “LD” number when you call for information about a bill.
(Rev. 02/09/2005)