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MUUSAN Legislative Agenda, The First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature

The following Bills in the current legislative session are endorsed by MUUSAN. This list is updated as the Bills are approved, and when new Bills are endorsed or opposed. 

​To find information about any Bill in the current session you can use the State of Maine Legislature Bill Status Search​.
Climate Change
​Bills Supported
LD 1679: (Earlier Version LD 797) - “An Act to Establish the Maine Climate Change Council to Assist Maine to Mitigate, Prepare for and Adapt to Climate Change”
  • MUUSAN Testimony​​
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 1494 - "An Act to Reform Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard" 
LD 1743 - "Protect Clean Water by Upgrading Water Quality in Maine Rivers and Streams"
LD 1532 - "An Act To Eliminate Single-use Plastic Carry-out Bags"
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 1119 - "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Investments in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Municipalities and School Administrative Units”
LD 911 - "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote Land Conservation, Working Waterfronts, Water Access and Outdoor Recreation"
LD 1433 - "An Act To Protect the Environment and Public Health by Further Reducing Toxic Chemicals in Packaging”, Rep. Jessica Fay
LD 1711 - "An Act to Promote Solar Energy Projects and Distributed Generation Resources in Maine", Sen. Dana Dow
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 817 - "An Act to Advance the Restoration of the Penobscot River" 
LD 1775 - "An Act to Protect Sustenance Fishing" 
​LD 91 - "An Act to Eliminate Gross Metering"
Democracy in Action
Bills Supported
LD 54 - "An Act to Limit the Influence of Lobbyists by Expanding the Prohibition on Accepting Political Contributions" - An amendment replaced the original bill that was supported in a divided report. It was contested by both the House and Senate.  
LD 114, LD 1626 - "Primaries (instead of caucuses) for presidential candidate selection" - We originally endorsed LD 114 which was superseded by the Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) Committee deciding to use LD 1626 as a vehicle to address the issue. 
LD 619 - “Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Regarding Early Voting.” 
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 1083 - “An Act to Implement Ranked-choice Voting for Presidential Primary and General Elections in Maine.”  
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 1026 -"Election transparency and audit study"  
LD 1477 - "RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Facilitate the Use of Rank-Choice Voting for Governor and Members of Legislature" 
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 1463 - "An Act to Create and Automatic Voter Registration System" 
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 211 - “An Act To Open Maine's Primaries and Permit Unenrolled Voters To Cast Ballots in Primary Elections." 
  • MUUSAN Testimony
​LD 1631- "Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Concerning Early Voting, Voting by Absentee Ballot and Voting by Mail" 
  • MUUSAN Testimony​​
Health Care
Bills Supported
​LD 1025 - "An Act To Prohibit the Provision of Conversion Therapy to Minors by Certain Licensed Professionals” 
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 820 - "An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine” 
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 949–“An Act to Prevent Overdose Dealths”
LD 1312, LD 1811 - LD 1312 "An Act Regarding Access to Firearms by Extremely Dangerous and Suicidal Individuals” was original supported. LD 1811 An alternative bill, "An Act to Enhance Personal and Public Safety by Requiring Evaluations of and Judicial Hearings for Persons in Protective Custody Regarding Risk of Harm and Restricting Access to Dangerous Weapon" 
LD 1313 - "An Act To Enact the Maine Death with Dignity Act” 
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 329 - "An Act To Exempt from Criminal Liability Persons Reporting a Drug-related Medical Emergency.”
LD 51 - "An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Health Care Coverage for All of Maine" 
LD 1591 - "An Act to Provide Access to Health Care of Maine Citizens" 
LD 1611 - "An Act to Support Universal Health Care" 
LD 1617 - "An Act to Create a Single-payer Health Care Program in Maine" 
Racial, Native, and Immigrant Justice
Bills supported
LD 777 - “An Act to Establish the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Populations”​
  • MUUSAN Testimony
LD 768 - “Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Research the Economic Disparities of Racial and Ethnic Populations”
LD 179 - “An Act To Change the Name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day”
LD 532 - “Resolve, Directing Professional Licensing and Certification Boards to Study the Barriers to Obtaining Professional Licensure and Certification”​
LD 769 - “Resolve, To Direct the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation to Create a Working Group to Study Credentialing Skilled Individuals with Foreign Credentials”
​LD 1572, LD 170 - "Fair Chance Legislation"
LD 1317 - “An Act to Restore Services To Help Certain Noncitizens meet their Basic Needs.”
  • ​MUUSAN Testimony
LD 766 - “An Act Regarding the Penobscot Nation’s and Passamaquoddy Tribe’s Authority to Exercise Jurisdiction Under Federal Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Federal Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013”
LD 647 - “An Act to Attract, Educate and Retain New State Residents To Strengthen the Workforce”
LD 718 - “An Act to Increase Funding for Adult Basic Literacy, Workplace Education and College Preparedness”
LD 680 - "An Act to Clarify the Inent of the Federal Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 to Ensure the Federal Principle of Inherent Tribal Sovereignty"
LD 17 - "An Act to Advance the restoration of the Penobscot River"

Bills opposed
​
LD 1449 - "An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities"​