What’s Happening in the Legislature? April 1-5, 2019

|Legislative

MONDAY, APRIL 1ST

Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Cross Building, Room 206, 9:00 am
Public Hearing
LD 1307, SP 403 An Act To Promote Snowmobiling in Maine – Timberlake
Work Session, 10 am
LD 275, SP 87 An Act To Change the Bag Limits on Wild Turkey – Miramant
LD 713, HP 518 An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Endangered Species Laws – Nadeau
LD 1117, SP 337 An Act To Encourage Turkey Hunting – Bellows
Cross Building, Room 202, 1:00 pm
Work Session
LD 1017, SP 296 An Act Regarding the Elimination of Highly Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace
The original version of this bill exempts agriculture, but will be monitored to ensure that no future versions eliminate the exemption.
LD 1211, HP 875 An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To Organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining

TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND

Cross Building, Room 214, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
LD 786, SP 230 An Act To Reduce Hunger and Promote Maine Agriculture – Jackson
 
LD 795, HP 583 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Right to Food – Hickman
LD 1159, HP 848 Resolve, To End Hunger in Maine by 2030 – Hickman
LD 1040, HP 770 An Act To Waive the Variance Process for Harvesting Timber in a Shoreland Zone – Arata
State House, Room 228, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
LD 547, SP 169 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine Aquaculture – Chipman
State House, Room 126, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
LD 466, HP 350 An Act To Create a Diesel Fuel Tax Differential – Tepler

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3RD

Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am
Public Hearing
LD 1251, HP 912 An Act To Make Agricultural Workers and Other Workers Employees under the Wage and Hour Laws – Harnett
Cross Building, Room 206, 9:00 am
Work Session
LD 321, HP 246 An Act To Ensure the Continuation of the Landowner Relations Program – Keschl
LD 649, HP 470 An Act To Enhance Collaboration among State Agencies To Improve Landowner Relations – Corey
LD 650, HP 471 An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Landowner Relations Program – Corey
Cross Building, Room 216, 10:00 am
Public Hearing
LD 524, HP 381 Resolve, Regarding the Promotion of Composting – Hickman
State House, Room 436, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
LD 1143, HP 832 An Act To Exclude Tractor Pulling from Certain Rules Governing Motor Vehicle Racing – Wadsworth

THURSDAY, APRIL 4TH

Cross Building, Room 214, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
LD 796, HP 584 An Act To Reestablish the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Department of Conservation – Hickman
 
LD 1230, HP 891 An Act To Update the Civil Animal Welfare Laws – Nadeau
Work Session
Cross Building, Room 214, 3:00 pm
LD 351, HP 277 An Act To Ensure Accuracy in the Labeling of Maine Meat and Poultry – Pluecker
LD 523, HP 380 An Act To Permit the Indoor Production of Industrial Hemp – Johansen
State House, Room 127, 1:00 pm
Work Session
LD 452, SP 130 An Act To Change the Penalty When Land under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law Is Transferred – Moore
Cross Building, Room 211, 1:00 pm
Work Session
LD 173, HP 136 An Act To Promote Economic Development and Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet
LD 1063, HP 786 An Act To Support the Role of Municipalities in Expanding Broadband Infrastructure – McCreight

FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH

Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am
Work Session
LD 1251, HP 912 An Act To Make Agricultural Workers and Other Workers Employees under the Wage and Hour Laws – Harnett
Cross Building, Room 216, 11:00 am
Work Session
LD 524, HP 381 Resolve, Regarding the Promotion of Composting – Hickman
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