Maine Farm Bureau lobbies on the priorities set by our members. The most important benefit of being a Maine Farm Bureau member is the ability to vote on policy positions each year to promote legislation which support and preserve Maine farms.
Below is the list of bills Maine Farm Bureau members have voted to Support, Oppose or Monitor. For more information about Maine Farm Bureau’s positions on each bill and the actions taken, become a member today!
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| LD# | Title | Sponsor |
| LD 4, HP0005 | An Act To Encourage Applied Shellfish Research | Rep. Alley |
| LD 24, HP0025 | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 26: Producer Margins, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Milk Commission | N/A |
| LD 27, HP0028 | An Act To Allow the Use of Crossbows during the Archery Season on Deer | Rep. Theriault |
| LD 33, HP0034 | An Act To Establish a Thanksgiving Youth Turkey Hunting Season | Rep. Tuell |
| LD 60, HP0057 | An Act To Require the Disclosure of the Names of Members of a Limited Liability Company | Rep. Fecteau |
| LD 64, HP0061 | An Act To Make Post-Conviction Possession of Animals a Criminal Offense | Rep. Bailey |
| LD 74, SP0027 | An Act To Reform Maine’s Fish and Wildlife Management System | Sen. Pouliot |
| LD 86, HP0072 | An Act To Provide That Persons Who Produce Maple Syrup and Honey Commercially Are Eligible for the Sales Tax Refund and Exemption for Commercial Agricultural Production | Rep. Kinney |
| LD 101, HP0087 | An Act To Reestablish the Pesticide Notification Registry | Rep. Pluecker |
| LD 106, SP0034 | An Act To Amend the Maine Veterinary Practice Act Relating to Alternative Therapy or Collaborative Treatment | Sen. Guerin |
| LD 113, HP0095 | An Act To Exclude Antique Tractors from the Laws Governing Motor Vehicle Racing | Rep. Johansen |
| LD 119, HP0101 | An Act To Base the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax on the Sale Price | Rep. Cebra |
| LD 127, HP0109 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Maine Potato Board Districts | Rep. Martin |
| LD 144, HP0126 | An Act To Opt Out of Federal Daylight Saving Time and To Ask the United States Secretary of Transportation To Place the State in the Atlantic Time Zone | Rep. Kessler |
| LD 145, HP0127 | An Act To Expand Membership of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine | Rep. Alley |
| LD 146, HP0128 | An Act To Make the Assessment and Collection of Personal Property Taxes Optional for Municipalities | Rep. Cebra |
| LD 147, HP0129 | An Act To Extend Internet Availability in Rural Maine | Rep. Alley |
| LD 161, SP0048 | An Act To Increase Access to Career and Technical Education | Sen. Woodsome |
| LD 173, HP0136 | An Act To Promote Economic Development and Critical Communication for Family Farms, Bussinesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet | Rep. McCrea |
| LD 175, HP0138 | An Act To Extend the Deer Hunting Season by 2 Saturdays | Rep. McCrea |
| LD 188, HP0151 | An Act To Provide for an Expanded Muzzle-loading-only Deer Hunting Season | Rep. Tuell |
| LD 197, HP0160 | An Act To Convene a Working Group To Authorize a Public Trust for Maine’s Groundwater and To Impose a 2-year Moratorium on Large-scale Groundwater Extraction | Rep. Sylvester |
| LD 198, HP0161 | An Act To Require That Nonmotorized Carriages Be Equipped with Reflectors and Lights | Rep. McCrea |
| LD 199, HP0162 | An Act To Create the Water Resources Planning Committee | Rep. Sylvester |
| LD 219, HP0182 | An Act To Improve Working Conditions for Maine’s Veterans and Immigrants | Rep. Sylvester |
| LD 220, HP0183 | An Act To Improve Pay for Certain Maine Workers | Rep. Sylvester |
| LD 241, HP0204 | An Act To Adjust the Personal property Tax Exemption for Farm Machinery | Rep. O’Neil |
| LD 243, SP0055 | An Act To Create an Hourly Rate Compensation System for Loggers and Truckers | Sen. Jackson |
| LD 255, SP0067 | Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require That Signatures on a Direct Initiative of Legislation Come from Each Congressional District | Sen. Farrin |
| LD 261, SP0073 | An Act To Restrict the Authority for Posting of Roads | Sen. Black |
| LD 274, SP0086 | An Act To Allow the Sale of Ethanol-free Gasoline Statewide | Sen. Miramant |
| LD 275, SP0087 | An Act To Change the Bag Limits on Wild Turkey | Sen. Miramant |
| LD 292, HP0216 | An Act To Feed Maine’s Residents by Allowing Dairy Dealers and Producers in the State To Donate Fresh Milk to Food Banks in the State | Rep. Millett |
| LD 295, HP0219 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Increase Rural Maine’s Access to Broadband Internet Service | Rep. Brennan |
| LD 312, HP0236 | An Act To Reduce the Cost of Workers’ Compensation Insurance for Small Employers | Rep. Handy |
| LD 318, HP0243 | An Act To Prepare All Students for Work and Life by Requiring That Students Receive Instruction in Vocational Preparation and Practical Life Skills | Rep. Keschl |
| LD 321, HP0246 | An Act To Ensure the Continuation of the Landowner Relations Program | Rep. Keschl |
| LD 327, HP0252 | An Act To Revise Maine’s Environmental Laws | Rep. Tucker |
| LD 333, HP0258 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Dangerous Dogs and Nuisance Dogs To Allow for Flexibility in Protection Dog Training | Rep. Skolfield |
| LD 351, HP0277 | An Act To Ensure Accuracy in the Labeling of Maine Meat and Poultry | Rep. Pluecker |
| LD 354, SP0094 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Encourage the Provision of Reliable High-speed Internet in Rural Underserved Areas of Maine | Sen. Herbig |
| LD 355, SP0095 | An Act To Exclude Domesticated Species Used for Agricultural Purposes from the Laws Governing Permits To Possess Wildlife in Captivity | Sen. Black |
| LD 36, HP0037 | An Act To Change the Composition of the Board of Pesticides Control | Rep. Pluecker |
| LD 369, SP0110 | An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Earned Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees | Rep. Millett |
| LD 374, HP0283 | Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require That Signatures on a Direct Initiative of Legislation Come from Each Senatorial District | Rep. Stewart |
| LD 390, HP0299 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Dangerous Buildings | Rep. Johansen |
| LD 400, HP0309 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Food Processing Infrastructure in Targeted Areas of the State | Rep. Hickman |
| LD 410, HP0319 | An Act To Eliminate the Subminimum Wage for Workers with Disabilities and Agricultural and Tipped Workers | Rep. Brooks |
| LD 413, HP0319 | An Act To Ensure the Rights of Citizens to Groundwater in the State | Rep. Riseman |
| LD 420, HP0329 | An Act To Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax | Rep. Collings |
| LD 424, HP0333 | An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Exemption for Bailing Twine, Net and Wrapping for Hay | Rep. O’Neil |
| LD 425, HP0334 | An Act To Strengthen Small Businesses in Rural Maine by Changing the Minimum Wage | Rep. White |
| LD 434, HP0343 | An Act To Price Carbon Pollution in Maine | Rep. Rykerson |
| LD 444, SP0122 | An Act To Fully Restore Revenue Sharing | Sen. Bellows |
| LD 452, SP0130 | An Act To Change the Penalty When Land under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law is Transferred | Sen. Moore |
| LD 454, SP0132 | An Act To Encourage the Purchase of Local Produce for Public Schools | Sen. Vitelli |
| LD 466, HP0350 | An Act To Create a Diesel Fuel Tax Differential | Rep. Tepler |
| LD 478, SP0142 | An Act To Allow All-terrain Vehicles To Be Used on a Public Way | Sen. Jackson |
| LD 495, SP0160 | Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Conduct a Feasibility Study on Locating a Grain Processing Facility in Aroostook County | Sen. Jackson |
| LD 497, SP0162 | An Act Regarding the Providing of Human Food Waste to Swine Producers | Sen. Guerin |
| LD 515, HP0372 | An Act To Require Ingredient Lists at Certain Retail Food Locations | Rep. Pluecker |
| LD 518, HP0375 | An Act To Change the Exclusion Amount under the Estate Tax | Rep. Brooks |
| LD 523, HP0380 | An Act To Permit the Indoor Production of Industrial Hemp | Rep. Johansen |
| LD 524, HP0381 | Resolve, Regarding the Promotion of Composting | Rep. Hickman |
| LD 526, HP0383 | An Act To Require Horse-drawn Carriages and Wagons To Be Equipped with Reflectors | Rep. Stanley |
| LD 547, SP0169 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine Aquaculture | Sen. Chipman |
| LD 568, HP0412 | An Act To Change the Composition of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission | Rep. Dunphy |
| LD 569, HP0413 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Submit to the United States Secretary of Agriculture a Plan for Continued Implementation of the of the Maine Industrial Hemp Program | Rep. Hickman |
| LD 595, SP0182 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Unlawful Cutting of Trees | Sen. Timberlake |
| LD 612, HP0440 | An Act To Promote Youth Employment | Rep. Bradstreet |
| LD 617, HP0445 | An Act To Increase to 3 the Number of Youth Deer Hunting Days | Rep. Hutchins |
| LD 620, HP0448 | An Act Regarding Licensing of Land-based Aquaculture Facilities | Rep. Dodge |
| LD 621, HP0449 | An Act To Prohibit Extruded Polystyrene Food Service Containers | Rep. Carney |
| LD 650, HP0471 | An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Landowner Relations Program | Rep. Corey |
| LD 687, HP0508 | An Act To Restore the Former State of Maine Flag | Rep. Cooper |
| LD 70, SP0023 | An Act To Support the Trades through a Tax Credit for Apprenticeship Programs | Sen. Herbig |
| LD 713, HP0518 | An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Endangered Species Laws | Rep. Nadeau |
| LD 715, HP0520 | An Act To Change the Allocation Formula for Revenue from Slot Machines | Rep. Handy |
| LD 723, HP0528 | An Act To Enhance Resource Management of Submerged Lands between Impounded Waters | Rep. Rykerson |
| LD 725, HP0530 | An Act To Provide an Income Tax Credit To Encourage Small Business Hiring | Rep. Fay |
| LD 754, HP0559 | An Act To Ensure the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Trust Fund Continues To Promote Energy Efficiency and Benefit Maine Ratepayers | Rep. Wadsworth |
| LD 782, SP0226 | An Act Relating to Animals in Pulling Events | Sen. Carpenter |
| LD 786, SP0230 | An Act To Reduce Hunger and Promote Maine Agriculture | Sen. Jackson |
| LD 795, HP0583 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Right to Food | Rep. Hickman |
| LD 796, HP0584 | An Act To Reestablish the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Department of Conservation | Rep. Hickman |
| LD 797, HP0585 | An Act To Limit Greenhouse Gas Pollution and Effectively Use Maine’s Natural Resources | Rep. Tucker |
| LD 805, SP0240 | An Act To Clarify the Laws Governing Taste Testing and Retail Sales of Liquor at Farmers’ Markets | Sen. Deschambault |
| LD 808, SP0244 | An Act To Create a Youth Wage | Sen. Timberlake |
| LD 818, SP0254 | An Act To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Sen. Sanborn |
| LD 824, HP0598 | An Act To Allow a Municipality To Opt Out of Collecting Personal Property and Business Equipment Taxes | Rep. Theriault |
| LD 854, HP0628 | An Act To Improve Tax Incentives for Broadband Service | Rep. Ackley |
| LD 889, SP0255 | An Act To Require the Labeling of Foods Made with Nanotechnology | Sen. Chipman |
| LD 891, SP0257 | An Act To Preserve Maine’s Heritage by Expanding Maine Youth Hunting | Sen. Keim |
| LD 893, SP0259 | An Act To Create an updated Unified Maine Climate Action Plan | Sen. Dill |
| LD 903, HP0667 | An Act to Improve Corporate Tax Fairness by Amending the Rates Imposed on Corporate Income | Rep. Cuddy |
| LD 908, HP0672 | An Act To Require Schools To Submit Pest Management Activity logs and inspection Results to the Board of Pesticides Control for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public | Rep. Larsen-Daughtry |
| LD 910, HP0674 | An Act To Establish as a Priority the Interests of Maine Farmers, Growers and Food Producers | Rep. Terry |
| LD 920, HP0675 | An Act To Establish the Fund To Support Local Fruits and Vegetables Purchasing | Rep. Pluecker |
| LD 939, HP0694 | An Act Regarding the Regulation of Rabbit Production for Local Consumption | Rep. Larsen-Daughtry |
| LD 948, HP0703 | An Act To Restrict Ordinances That Affect the Posting of Property for Municipal and Private Land | Rep. Corey |
| LD 950, HP0705 | An Act To Develop a State Energy Plan To Provide a Pathway to an Energy Portfolio Free of Fossil Fuels | Rep. Devin |
| LD 971, HP0726 | An Act To Encourage the Purchase and Sale of Locally Grown and Raised Crops and Products | Rep. Dunphy |
| LD 1031, HP0761 | An Act To Base the Vehicle and Mobile Home Excise Tax on Actual Value | Rep. Ordway |
| LD 1040, HP0770 | An Act To Waive the Variance Process for Harvesting Timber in a Shoreland Zone | Rep. Arata |
| LD 1063, HP0786 | An Act To Support the Role of Municipalities in Expanding Broadband Infrastructure | Rep. McCreight |
| LD 1074, HP0797 | An Act To Establish a Tax on Water Extracted for Bottling in Order To Secure the Economic Future of Rural Maine | Rep. Gramlich |
| LD 1080, HP0803 | Resolve, Regarding Biofuel in Number 2 Heating Oil | Rep. Riley |
| LD 1117, SP0337 | An Act To Encourage Turkey Hunting | Sen. Bellows |
| LD 1143, HP0832 | An Act To Exclude Tractor Pulling from Certain Rules Governing Motor Vehicle Racing | Rep. Wadsworth |
| LD 1150, HP0839 | An Act To Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law To Encourage Public Access | Rep. Martin |
| LD 1159, HP0848 | Resolve, To End Hunger in Maine by 2030 | Rep. Hickman |
| LD 1167, HP0850 | An Act To Increase Consumption of Maine Foods in State Institutions | Rep. Hickman |
| LD 1179, HP0853 | An Act To Expand Coyote Hunting to Every Day of the Coyote Hunting Season and To Eliminate Fees | Rep. McCrea |
| LD 1186, HP0860 | An Act To Exempt Agricultural Fairs from the Assessment of Demand Charges for Electricity | Rep. Higgins |
| LD 1211, HP0875 | An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To Organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining | Rep. Harnett |
| LD 1230, HP0891 | An Act To Update the Civil Animal Welfare Laws | Rep. Nadeau |
| LD 1251, HP0912 | An Act To make agricultural Workers and Other Workers Employees under the Wage and Hour Laws | Rep. Harnett |
| LD 1273, SP0393 | An Act To Ensure Funding for Certain Essential Functions of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program | Sen. Black |
| LD 1307, SP0403 | An Act To Promote Snowmobiling in Maine | Sen. Timberlake |
| LD 1316, HP0951 | An Act To Make It Explicit That Maine Holds Title to Its Intertidal Lands | Rep. Evangelos |
| LD 1323, SP0411 | An Act To Revise the Laws Regarding the Public Trust in Intertidal Lands | Sen. Dow |
| LD 1345, HP0973 | An Act To Ensure a Fair Workweek | Rep. Melaragno |
| LD 1358, HP0980 | An Act To Further the Public Interest in All Maine Waters | Rep. Gramlich |