The 1st Regular Session of the 121st Legislature has Adjourned.
Below is a list of Bills that have been Carried Over to the next session. 

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The Taxation Committee will meet this Wednesday, the 18th of June at 1 pm in Room 127 SH. The Agenda is Tax Reform.

ORDERS

On motion of Representative RICHARDSON of Brunswick, the following Joint Order: (H.P. 1212)

ORDERED, the Senate concurring, that the following specified matters be held over to any special or regular session of the 121st Legislature.

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

S.P. 120, L.D. 338 - An Act to Stabilize the Maine Dairy Industry.

H.P. 544, L.D. 738 - An Act To Save Maine Dairy Farms.

H.P. 1110, L.D. 1518 - An Act To Improve Harvest Standards for Lands Purchased and Harvested within an 8-year Period.

Appropriations and Financial Affairs

H.P. 10, L.D. 3 - An Act to Amend the Membership of the Revenue Forecasting Committee.

H.P. 55, L.D. 47 - Resolve, to Fund Scholarships to the Seeds of Peace Camp.

S.P. 87, L.D. 164 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $30,000,000 To Fund Healthy Schools Through the School Revolving Renovation Fund.

H.P. 126, L.D. 167 - An Act To Fund the Matching Requirement for Maine's Successful NASA EPSCoR Award.

H.P. 149, L.D. 190 - An Act to Expand Funding and Services to Students of Limited Proficiency in English.

H.P. 153, L.D. 194 - An Act to Increase the Adult Education State Subsidy by a Specific Percentage.

H.P. 187, L.D. 228 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $20,000,000 To Provide Maine's 7 Technical Colleges with Essential Facilities Improvements and Classroom Equipment.

H.P. 222, L.D. 279 - An Act To Support the Regional Library System.

S.P. 118, L.D. 336 - An Act to Fund the Endowment Incentive Fund.

S.P. 119, L.D. 337 - An Act to Strengthen State Investment in the University of Maine System for Applied Research and Development.

H.P. 276, L.D. 356 - An Act To Build a Prison in Washington County.

H.P. 314, L.D. 394 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $2,700,000 for Maine Maritime Academy.

S.P. 204, L.D. 595 - An Act To Appropriate Funds for a Study To Determine the Feasibility of a Medical School in Maine.

H.P. 464, L.D. 634 - An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine-Canada Trade Ombudsman.

S.P. 241, L.D. 677 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $6,000,000 To Enable LifeFlight of Maine to Fully Implement a Statewide, Dedicated Air-medical Response System.

S.P. 254, L.D. 716 - An Act To Continue Necessary State Funding of Freestanding, Nonprofit Psychiatric Hospitals for Services Provided to Indigent Patients and for Other Purposes.

S.P. 270, L.D. 791 - An Act To Fully Fund Retirement Benefits for Game Wardens and Marine Patrol Officers.

S.P. 304, L.D. 908 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $1,000,000 To Provide Funds to Riverfront Municipalities To Develop Riverfront Cultural Heritage Centers.

S.P. 334, L.D. 993 - An Act To Promote Economic Growth by Retaining Engineers in Maine.

S.P. 350, L.D. 1021 - Resolve, To Renew the Veterans' Emergency Assistance Program.

S.P. 361, L.D. 1089 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $15,000,000 for Energy Conservation in State Buildings and Facilities.

S.P. 373, L.D. 1149 - An Act To Support Maine's Franco-American Heritage and the Kennebec-Chaudiere International Corridor.

H.P. 923, L.D. 1249 - An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Quality Child Care Tax Credit.

S.P. 423, L.D. 1292 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $20,000,000 for Capital Projects and Major Maintenance at State and Municipal Parks and Historic Sites, for Acquiring Land for Coastal and Inland Waterway Access and for Capitalizing a Revolving Loan Fund for Land Trusts and Municipalities To Acquire Land and Conservation Easements for Public Access.

S.P. 528, L.D. 1569 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $16,800,000 To Construct and Upgrade Water Pollution Control Facilities, To Remediate Solid Waste Landfills, To Clean Up Uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Sites and To Make Drinking Water System Improvements.

S.P. 531, L.D. 1572 - An Act To Authorize Department of Transportation Bond Issues in the Amount of $75,000,000 for Improvements to Highways; Bridges; Airports; State-owned Ferry Vessels; Ferry and Port Facilities; Port and Harbor Structures; Development of Rail Corridors; Improvements to Railroad Structures and Intermodal Facilities; Investment in Public Transportation Fleet and Public Park and Ride and Service Facilities; and Statewide Trail and Pedestrian Improvements.

S.P. 546, L.D. 1591 - An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $13,300,000 To Address Health, Safety and Compliance Deficiencies in the University of Maine System; To Expedite the Creation of a Community College System; To Make Improvements to State Parks; To Make Cultural Improvements; and To Modernize the State Court System.

Business, Research and Economic Development

S.P. 97, L.D. 263 - An Act to Define a Scope of Practice for Acupuncture.

H.P. 311, L.D. 391 - An Act To Provide Consumers at Chain Restaurants with Accurate, Accessible Nutrition Information.

H.P. 509, L.D. 692 - An Act To Protect Consumer Privacy Rights.

S.P. 356, L.D. 1025 - An Act To Ensure Uniform Code Compliance and Efficient Oversight of Construction in the State.

S.P. 376, L.D. 1152 - An Act To Authorize Collaborative Practice for Emergency Contraception.

H.P. 931, L.D. 1257 - An Act To Increase Returnable Beverage Container Redemption Rates.

S.P. 427, L.D. 1325 - An Act To Encourage and Support Maine Owner-operated Small Businesses.

S.P. 468, L.D. 1410 - An Act To Eliminate State Licensing of Boxers, Wrestlers and Transient Sellers.

H.P. 1137, L.D. 1551 - An Act To License Home Building and Improvement Contractors.

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

H.P. 38, L.D. 31 - An Act to Establish a Seamless Strategic Drug Abuse Model for Addressing Criminal Enforcement, Treatment, Education and Public Advocacy within Washington County.

H.P. 114, L.D. 105 - An Act to Further the Productive Use of Land Held by the Department of Corrections.

S.P. 226, L.D. 617 - An Act Amending the Time by Which a Sex Offender or Sexually Violent Predator Must Register.

S.P. 286, L.D. 891 - An Act To Require the Videotaping of Police Interrogations.

H.P. 674, L.D. 917 - An Act Regarding the Sale of Weapons at Gun Shows.

S.P. 390, L.D. 1186 - An Act to Revise the Reimbursement by the County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund and To Provide Additional Support to County Jails.

Education and Cultural Affairs

H.P. 113, L.D. 104 - An Act to Help Public Schools Promote Public Health and Address Childhood Obesity.

S.P. 72, L.D. 149 - An Act to Transfer Bureau of General Services School Construction Functions to the Maine Department of Education.

H.P. 136, L.D. 177 - An Act to Ensure that Emergency Medical Help is Available to All School Children and Personnel.

H.P. 154, L.D. 195 - An Act To Facilitate Summer Employment for Youths.

S.P. 89, L.D. 230 - An Act Concerning Restructuring of School Districts.

H.P. 800, L.D. 1082 - An Act Regarding Habitual Truants.

H.P. 990, L.D. 1344 - An Act To Give Teachers a Greater Voice in School Improvement.

H.P. 1000, L.D. 1365 - An Act To Assist Maine Educators in Meeting the Quality Requirements of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Health Care Reform (Joint Select Committee)

H.P. 1188, L.D. 1612 - RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Preserve the Fund for a Healthy Maine.

Health and Human Services

H.P. 67, L.D. 59 - An Act to Adjust MaineCare Reimbursement Rates.

H.P. 81, L.D. 73 - An Act to Make the Children's Ombudsman Program an Independent Office.

S.P. 79, L.D. 156 - An Act to Require that Patients in Private Mental Hospitals Be Afforded the Same Rights As Patients in State Mental Institutions.

S.P. 82, L.D. 159 - An Act To Refine the Criteria for Issuing a Certificate of Need.

H.P. 134, L.D. 175 - An Act to Ensure Parity Among Mental Health Professionals Under Medicaid.

S.P. 175, L.D. 535 - An Act To Strengthen Health Data Information and Health Planning.

H.P. 447, L.D. 584 - An Act To Strengthen the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002.

H.P. 448, L.D. 585 - An Act to Establish a Statewide Primary and Preventive Health Care Program.

S.P. 220, L.D. 611 - An Act To Obtain Substance Abuse Services for Minors.

S.P. 225, L.D. 616 - An Act To Provide Safe Staffing Levels for Patients and To Retain Registered Nurses.

S.P. 251, L.D. 713 - An Act to Support Health Care Safety Net Programs.

H.P. 784, L.D. 1066 - An Act to Address the Temporary Maximum Levels of Assistance for General Assistance Established in 1991.

S.P. 362, L.D. 1090 - Resolve, To Promote Recruitment and Retention of Direct Care Workers in Long-term Care in Maine.

H.P. 830, L.D. 1127 - An Act To Require Fire-safe Cigarettes in the State.

S.P. 422, L.D. 1291 - An Act To Establish a System of Advocacy and Oversight To Benefit Persons with Mental Retardation and Autism.

H.P. 987, L.D. 1341 - Resolve, Directing the Department of Human Services To Adopt Rules To Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Home Health Agencies.

H.P. 1145, L.D. 1563 - An Act Regarding Standard Contracts for Assisted Living Services.

S.P. 572, L.D. 1621 - An Act To Amend the Structure of the Office of Advocacy.

S.P. 587, L.D. 1631 - An Act To Prevent the Sale of Water Laced with Nicotine in Maine.

Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

S.P. 81, L.D. 158 - An Act to Limit Agent Fees to the Number of Transactions.

H.P. 132, L.D. 173 - An Act To Provide for the Passage of Anadromous Fish Species into the Little River.

H.P. 308, L.D. 388 - An Act To Permit Small Game Hunting on Private Property on Sunday in Unorganized Territory.

H.P. 316, L.D. 408 - An Act Regarding the Presumption of Violations of the Hunting-on-Sunday Prohibition.

H.P. 338, L.D. 446 - An Act Regarding Bear Hunting.

H.P. 604, L.D. 827 - An Act Regarding Wildlife Habitat Conservation.

H.P. 631, L.D. 854 - An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Operation of All-terrain Vehicles.

Insurance and Financial Services

H.P. 172, L.D. 213 - An Act To Assist Maine's Infertile Citizens.

S.P. 146, L.D. 428 - An Act To Eliminate the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance Travel Restrictions for Obtaining Health Care.

S.P. 169, L.D. 497 - Resolve, To Study the Feasibility and Effectiveness of Providing Consumers with Consumer Reports on Health Care Services.

S.P. 231, L.D. 667 - An Act To Amend the Maine Insurance Code.

S.P. 359, L.D. 1087 - An Act To Require All Health Insurers To Cover the Costs of Hearing Aids.

S.P. 385, L.D. 1181 - An Act To Provide Fair Hearings in Health Insurance Rate Proceedings.

S.P. 394, L.D. 1190 - An Act To Create the Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association.

H.P. 913, L.D. 1239 - An Act Concerning Universal Health Insurance.

H.P. 995, L.D. 1353 - An Act To Ensure Women's Health Care Coverage for All Maine Women.

S.P. 554, L.D. 1601 - An Act To Authorize the Superintendent of Insurance To Establish a Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan.

Judiciary

S.P. 266, L.D. 787 - An Act To Limit the Damages Recoverable in Accidents Involving Snowmobile Clubs' Trail-grooming Activities.

H.P. 678, L.D. 921 - An Act To Enact the Uniform Trust Code.

S.P. 343, L.D. 999 - An Act To Ensure Fairness in Payment of Superior Court Witness Fees by Counties.

H.P. 756, L.D. 1039 - An Act Concerning Passamaquoddy Indian Territory in Washington County.

S.P. 426, L.D. 1295 - An Act To Enact the Uniform Mediation Act.

H.P. 1078, L.D. 1473 - An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Public Easements.

H.P. 1116, L.D. 1525 - An Act To Clarify the Freedom of Access Laws as They Pertain to the Penobscot Nation.

H.P. 1152, L.D. 1579 - An Act To Promote the Financial Security of Maine's Families and Children.

Labor

H.P. 79, L.D. 71 - An Act to Ban Strikebreakers.

S.P. 190, L.D. 550 - An Act Regarding Employment of Workers' Compensation Board Hearing Officers and Mediators.

H.P. 424, L.D. 561 - An Act To Improve Standards for Public Assistance to Employers in the State.

H.P. 438, L.D. 575 - An Act To Encourage Workers' Compensation Dispute Resolutions.

S.P. 237, L.D. 673 - An Act To Increase Maine's Minimum Wage.

H.P. 524, L.D. 718 - An Act To Create a New Pension System for Newly Hired Teachers and State Employees.

H.P. 567, L.D. 752 - Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor To Develop the Family Security Fund To Implement the Recommendations of the Committee to Continue to Study the Benefits and Costs for Increasing Access to Family and Medical Leave for Maine Families.

H.P. 657, L.D. 880 - An Act To Eliminate the Social Security Offset for Unemployment Benefits.

H.P. 676, L.D. 919 - An Act To Require Public Improvement Projects Contractors and Subcontractors To Meet Certain Criteria.

S.P. 374, L.D. 1150 - An Act To Protect the Rights of State Workers.

H.P. 972, L.D. 1318 - An Act To Provide Collective Bargaining Rights to Certain Forest Products Workers.

H.P. 1015, L.D. 1380 - An Act To Promote Safety and Fair Labor Practices for Forestry Workers.

H.P. 1197, L.D. 1618 - An Act To Clarify the Employment Status of Court Reporters, Stenographers and Videographers.

Legal and Veterans Affairs

H.P. 171, L.D. 212 - An Act to Establish Instant Run-off Voting.

H.P. 392, L.D. 507 - Resolve, To Allow the Town of Dennysville To Sue the State and the Atlantic Salmon Commission for Breach of Contract.

H.P. 441, L.D. 578 - An Act To Increase the Sale of Lottery Tickets To Benefit Conservation and Wildlife.

H.P. 470, L.D. 640 - RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Reduce Voting Age Qualifications by 12 Months.

H.P. 472, L.D. 642 - An Act To Ensure the Economic Viability of the Harness Racing Industry.

H.P. 486, L.D. 656 - An Act to Allow Beverage Sales from Mobile Service Bars on Golf Courses.

H.P. 744, L.D. 1027 - Resolve, Directing the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Adopt Rules Regarding Certain Election Practices.

H.P. 916, L.D. 1242 - An Act To Recognize the Regional Impact of Casino-style Gambling Facilities.

H.P. 984, L.D. 1339 - An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Campaign Finance.

H.P. 996, L.D. 1354 - An Act To Permit Video Gaming for Money Conducted by Nonprofit Organizations.

S.P. 515, L.D. 1536 - An Act To Authorize the State To Establish a Multijurisdictional Lottery or Lottery Games.

H.P. 1177, L.D. 1603 - Resolve, Authorizing Michaela Corbin-Bumford To Sue the State.

S.P. 567, L.D. 1613 - Resolve, Authorizing Germaine Bell To Sue the State.

Marine Resources

H.P. 219, L.D. 276 - An Act to Allow the Sale of Lobster and Crab Fishing Licenses.

H.P. 696, L.D. 939 - An Act To Repeal the Fee on Aquacultural Salmon Production.

S.P. 410, L.D. 1279 - Resolve, Related to Aquaculture Leases in Blue Hill Bay.

Natural Resources

S.P. 378, L.D. 1158 - An Act To Protect Maine's Coastal Water.

H.P. 927, L.D. 1253 - An Act to Ensure Playground Safety.

H.P. 1195, L.D. 1617 - An Act To Improve Subdivision Standards.

State and Local Government

H.P. 100, L.D. 91 - Resolve, to Create the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife.

H.P. 112, L.D. 103 - An Act to Establish the Regional County Corrections Construction Authority.

H.P. 327, L.D. 419 - An Act To Repeal Outdated and Unfunded Municipal and Educational Mandates.

S.P. 217, L.D. 608 - An Act to Support Domestic Businesses in Publicly Funded Construction Projects.

H.P. 699, L.D. 942 - An Act To Create Guidelines To Promote Good Science in Rulemaking.

H.P. 719, L.D. 962 - An Act to Consolidate the Advocacies of the Various State Agencies into an Executive Department and Establish the Office of Inspector General.

H.P. 722, L.D. 965 - Resolve, to Create a Task Force to Implement the 1991 Report of the President's and Speaker's Blue Ribbon Commission on Children and Families.

H.P. 884, L.D. 1210 - Resolve, To Establish the Intergovernmental Advisory Commission.

S.P. 434, L.D. 1332 - An Act To Recognize the Maine Rural Development Council.

H.P. 1019, L.D. 1393 - An Act To Provide for Meaningful Public Input in the Maine Administrative Procedure Act.

H.P. 1097, L.D. 1504 - An Act To Clarify the Work Center Purchases Committee Requirements for Work Centers and Competitive Bidding.

Taxation

H.P. 167, L.D. 208 - RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Related to the Taxation of Personal Property.

H.P. 274, L.D. 345 - An Act To Reinstate a Milk Handling Fee.

H.P. 552, L.D. 746 - An Act To Adopt a Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement That Allows for Local Option Taxes.

H.P. 695, L.D. 938 - RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Change the Assessment of Lands Used for Long-term Ownership.

H.P. 708, L.D. 951 - An Act To Establish the Maine Land Bank and Community Preservation Program.

S.P. 316, L.D. 975 - An Act To Improve the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement Program.

H.P. 844, L.D. 1141 - An Act To Provide Property Tax Relief for Maine Residents and Businesses and Implement Comprehensive Tax Reform.

H.P. 1020, L.D. 1394 - An Act To Modernize the State's Tax System.

H.P. 1089, L.D. 1492 - An Act To Promote the Production and Use of Fuels Derived from Agricultural and Forest Products.

H.P. 1209, L.D. 1629 - RESOLUTION, Proposing a Competing Measure under the Constitution of Maine To Create Municipal Service Districts To Reduce the Cost of Local Government, To Provide Property Tax Relief and To Increase Economic Competitiveness.

Transportation

S.P. 78, L.D. 155 - An Act to Allow a Business to Obtain a Municipal Permit for One Off-premises Business Advertising Sign.

H.P. 350, L.D. 458 - An Act Regarding Motorcycle Noise Emission Control Standards.

S.P. 214, L.D. 605 - An Act To Increase the Bond Limit of the Maine Turnpike Authority.

S.P. 319, L.D. 978 - An Act To Establish a Rotarian License Plate.

H.P. 788, L.D. 1070 - An Act To Increase Traffic Fines and Apportion a Part of the Increase to the Issuing Jurisdiction.

Utilities and Energy

H.P. 181, L.D. 222 - An Act Providing for Regulation of the Cable Television Industry by the Public Utilities Commission.

S.P. 187, L.D. 547 - An Act To Increase Bill Reductions for Electricity Customers in Maine.

H.P. 469, L.D. 639 - An Act To Ensure Accurate Electric Rates for the Ski Industry.

S.P. 235, L.D. 671 - An Act To Facilitate the Development of Cost-effective Distributed Electricity Generation in the State.

S.P. 377, L.D. 1157 - An Act To Promote Clean and Efficient Energy.

H.P. 876, L.D. 1201 - An Act To Require the Owner or Operator of a Casino To Improve or Replace Utilities and Infrastructure in the Vicinity of the Casino.

S.P. 407, L.D. 1261 - An Act To Support Clean and Efficient Energy for the Future of Maine's Economy and Environment.

S.P. 448, L.D. 1360 - An Act To Create a No-contact List and Prohibit Unsolicited E-mail.

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