MONDAY, APRIL 1ST
Cross Building, Room 206, 9:00 am
Public Hearing
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LD 1307, SP 403 An Act To Promote Snowmobiling in Maine – Timberlake
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Work Session, 10 am
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LD 275, SP 87 An Act To Change the Bag Limits on Wild Turkey – Miramant
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LD 713, HP 518 An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Endangered Species Laws – Nadeau
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LD 1117, SP 337 An Act To Encourage Turkey Hunting – Bellows
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Cross Building, Room 202, 1:00 pm
Work Session
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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.
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LD 1211, HP 875 An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To Organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND
Cross Building, Room 214, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
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LD 786, SP 230 An Act To Reduce Hunger and Promote Maine Agriculture – Jackson
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LD 795, HP 583 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Right to Food – Hickman
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LD 1159, HP 848 Resolve, To End Hunger in Maine by 2030 – Hickman
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LD 1040, HP 770 An Act To Waive the Variance Process for Harvesting Timber in a Shoreland Zone – Arata
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State House, Room 228, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
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LD 547, SP 169 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine Aquaculture – Chipman
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State House, Room 126, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
LD 466, HP 350 An Act To Create a Diesel Fuel Tax Differential – Tepler
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3RD
Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am
Public Hearing
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LD 1251, HP 912 An Act To Make Agricultural Workers and Other Workers Employees under the Wage and Hour Laws – Harnett
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Cross Building, Room 206, 9:00 am
Work Session
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LD 321, HP 246 An Act To Ensure the Continuation of the Landowner Relations Program – Keschl
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LD 649, HP 470 An Act To Enhance Collaboration among State Agencies To Improve Landowner Relations – Corey
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LD 650, HP 471 An Act To Strengthen Maine’s Landowner Relations Program – Corey
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Cross Building, Room 216, 10:00 am
Public Hearing
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LD 524, HP 381 Resolve, Regarding the Promotion of Composting – Hickman
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State House, Room 436, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
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LD 1143, HP 832 An Act To Exclude Tractor Pulling from Certain Rules Governing Motor Vehicle Racing – Wadsworth
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THURSDAY, APRIL 4TH
Cross Building, Room 214, 1:00 pm
Public Hearing
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LD 796, HP 584 An Act To Reestablish the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Department of Conservation – Hickman
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LD 1230, HP 891 An Act To Update the Civil Animal Welfare Laws – Nadeau
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Work Session
Cross Building, Room 214, 3:00 pm
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LD 351, HP 277 An Act To Ensure Accuracy in the Labeling of Maine Meat and Poultry – Pluecker
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LD 523, HP 380 An Act To Permit the Indoor Production of Industrial Hemp – Johansen
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State House, Room 127, 1:00 pm
Work Session
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LD 452, SP 130 An Act To Change the Penalty When Land under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law Is Transferred – Moore
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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
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LD 1063, HP 786 An Act To Support the Role of Municipalities in Expanding Broadband Infrastructure – McCreight
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FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH
Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am
Work Session
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LD 1251, HP 912 An Act To Make Agricultural Workers and Other Workers Employees under the Wage and Hour Laws – Harnett
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Cross Building, Room 216, 11:00 am
Work Session
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LD 524, HP 381 Resolve, Regarding the Promotion of Composting – Hickman
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