Here’s what’s happening in the legislature this week that’s of interest to Maine farmers:
Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Monday, February 4, 2019, 1:00 PM
Cross Building, Room 206
• Public hearing on LD 175, An Act to Extend the Deer Hunting Season by Two Saturdays.
• Public hearing on LD 188, An Act to Provide for an Expanded Muzzle-loading-only Deer Hunting Season.
Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM
Cross Building, Room 214
• Public hearing on LD 36, An Act to Change the Composition of the Board of Pesticides Control.
• Public hearing on LD 127, An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Maine Potato Board Districts.
• Public hearing on LD 145, An Act to Expand the Membership of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.
Joint Standing Committee on Energy Utilities and Technology
Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:00 PM
Cross Building, Room 211
• Public hearing on LD 147, An Act to Extent Internet Availability in Rural Maine.
• Public hearing on LD 173, An Act to Promote Economic Development and Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet.
Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 9:00 AM
Cross Building, Room 206
• Public hearing on LD 74, An Act to Reform Maine’s Fish and Wildlife Management System.
Joint Standing Committee on Taxation
Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 10:00AM
Work Session, State House, Room 127
• Public hearing on LD 70, An Act to Support the Trades through a Tax Credit for Apprenticeship Programs
• Public hearing on LD 86, 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.
Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:00 PM
Cross Building, Room 214
• Public hearing on LD 24 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 26: Producer Margins, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Milk Commission.
Joint Standing Committee on Transportation
Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:00 PM
State House, Room 126
• Public hearing on LD 261, An Act to Restrict the Authority for Posting of Roads.