Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

ME - Senator Russell Black (U)

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Member

ME - Senator James Dill (U)

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Chair

ME - Representative Margaret M. O'Neil (D)

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Chair

ME - Representative Susan Bernard (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Jeffery Allen Gifford (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Randall C. Hall (R)

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Member

ME - Representative David Harold McCrea (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Laurie Osher (D)

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Member

ME - Representative William D. Pluecker (I)

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Member

ME - Representative Thomas H. Skolfield (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Joseph F. Underwood (R)

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Member

ME - LD30 Resolve, Authorizing the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Convey a Parcel of Land in Augusta to the Maine Veterans' Homes

ME - LD33 An Act To Improve the Laws Governing Hemp by Bringing Them into Compliance with Federal Law

ME - LD34 An Act To Create the Maine Forestry Operations Cleanup and Response Fund

ME - LD35 An Act To Facilitate Interagency Sharing of Information and Academic Research by Allowing Disclosure of Certain Confidential Information in Wood Processor and Forest Landowner Reports

ME - LD36 An Act To Amend the Definition of "Timber Harvesting"

ME - LD63 An Act Regarding the Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact

ME - LD65 An Act To Invest in the Stewardship and Management of Properties Acquired with the Proceeds from the Land for Maine's Future Fund or the Public Access to Maine Waters Fund

ME - LD66 An Act To Improve Livestock and Poultry Preparation

ME - LD90 An Act To Amend the Removal Process Applicable to the Position of State Supervisor of the Forest Protection Unit of the Bureau of Forestry

ME - LD95 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Right to Food

ME - LD103 An Act To Improve the Animal Welfare Laws

ME - LD125 An Act To Prohibit the Aerial Spraying of Glyphosate and Other Synthetic Herbicides for the Purpose of Silviculture

ME - LD155 Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use

ME - LD174 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Ending Hunger by 2030 Advisory Group

ME - LD204 An Act To Amend the Law Regarding the Interest Rate for State Loans under the Potato Marketing Improvement Fund

ME - LD207 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 1: Fee Schedule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Maine Land Use Planning Commission

ME - LD219 An Act To Enhance the Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund by Establishing a Variable Interest Rate for Loans and To Allow Participants in the Maine Farms for the Future Program To Borrow at That Rate

ME - LD264 An Act To Prohibit Aerial Application of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

ME - LD268 An Act To Eliminate Online Burn Permit Fees for All Areas of the State

ME - LD282 An Act Regarding Maine Agriculture

ME - LD316 An Act To Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos

ME - LD322 An Act To Provide Occupants of Motor Vehicles with Gold Star Family Registration Plates Free Entry to State Parks and Historic Sites

ME - LD324 An Act To Limit Public Land Ownership in Maine

ME - LD381 An Act To Reduce from 8 Weeks to 6 Weeks the Age at Which a Rabbit May be Sold

ME - LD416 An Act Regarding the Production and Sale of Birch Syrup and Birch Syrup Products

ME - LD437 An Act To Establish the Maine Healthy Soils Program

ME - LD471 An Act To Require Legislative Approval for Certain Leases of Public Lands

ME - LD457 An Act To Provide Free State Park Passes to Persons with Disabilities

ME - LD486 Resolve, Directing the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Convey Certain Land in Township 12, Range 13 WELS in Exchange for Other Land in Township 11, Range 10 WELS

ME - LD493 An Act To Allow Custom Slaughterhouses To Produce Cuts of Meat To Be Sold Commercially in the State

ME - LD519 An Act To Protect Children from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

ME - LD524 An Act To Require Schools To Submit Pest Management Activity Logs to the Board of Pesticides Control and the Posting of Inspection Results for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public

ME - LD558 Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Study Alternative Cropping Systems for Farmers Affected by Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Contamination

ME - LD561 Resolve, To Improve Standards for Animal Rescue Entities

ME - LD568 An Act To Establish a Working Farmland Access and Protection Program within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and a Working Farmland Access and Protection Fund within the Land for Maine's Future Program

ME - LD574 An Act To Clarify the Maine Food Sovereignty Act

ME - LD586 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

ME - LD626 An Act To Clarify Temporary Mooring Privileges for Moorings on Inland Waters

ME - LD630 An Act To Prohibit Shelf-stable Products from Being Sold as Cider and To Amend the Definition for Those Products That Are Heated

ME - LD657 An Act To Clarify the Law Enforcement Powers of the Bureau of Parks and Lands

ME - LD691 An Act To Support Farms and Address Food Insecurity

ME - LD700 An Act To Promote Economic Development and Outdoor Recreation through Investment in State Parks

ME - LD728 Resolve, Directing State Agencies That Maintain Public Lands for Recreation To Make Certain Information Readily Accessible to the General Public

ME - LD808 An Act To Clarify the Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory

ME - LD820 Resolve, To Convene a Working Group To Develop Plans To Protect Maine's Agricultural Lands When Siting Solar Arrays

ME - LD736 An Act To Enhance the Ecological Reserve System

ME - LD768 An Act To Explore Alternative Uses of Pulpwood and To Support the Logging and Forestry Industries

ME - LD856 An Act To Balance Renewable Energy Development with Natural and Working Lands Conservation

ME - LD870 Resolve, Directing the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations To Study the Impact of Policies Regarding Agriculture, Access to Land, Access to Grants and Access to Financing on African-American and Indigenous Farmers in the State

ME - LD937 Resolve, To Facilitate the Provision of Incentives for Soil Carbon Storage

ME - LD954 An Act To Provide Equal Access to the Benefits of the Maine Food Sovereignty Act

ME - LD1075 An Act To Protect Public Lands

ME - LD1158 An Act Regarding the Application of Certain Pesticides for Nonagricultural Use

ME - LD1159 An Act To Amend the Membership Requirements of the Board of Pesticides Control

ME - LD1211 Resolve, To Create the Study Group To Research Balancing Development and Conservation in Maine's Coastal Waters and Submerged Lands

ME - LD1295 An Act To Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines, Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines and Facilities and Other Projects on Public Reserved Lands and Prohibit the Construction of Certain Transmission Lines in the Upper Kennebec Region

ME - LD1299 An Act To Permit Emergency Funding for Food Banks When a State of Emergency is Declared

ME - LD1407 An Act To Provide That a Forestry Operation That Conforms to Accepted Practices May Not Be Declared a Nuisance

ME - LD1560 Resolve, Authorizing the State To Convey to the Passamaquoddy Tribe the State's Interest in a Certain Parcel of Land in the Town of Meddybemps

ME - LD1549 An Act To Establish the Maine Forest Advisory Board

ME - LD1565 An Act To Strengthen Maine's Agriculture, Food and Forest Economy

ME - LD1594 An Act To Suspend the Collection of the Container Fee for Hand Sanitizer and Sanitizing Wipes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

ME - LD1599 An Act To Establish A Maine Pesticide Sales and Use Registry

ME - LD1611 An Act To Amend Maine's Harness Racing Laws Regarding Race Dates and Pari-mutuel Pools

ME - LD1690 Resolve, To Modify the Deed for a Parcel of Property in the Town of Carrabassett Valley

ME - LD1744 An Act To Increase Funding for the Animal Welfare Fund by Increasing Certain Fees

ME - LD1756 Resolve, Authorizing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Convey Certain Land in Aroostook County and Penobscot County

ME - LD1805 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 26: Producer Margins, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Milk Commission

ME - LD1828 An Act Requiring a Contract for the Administration of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Low-cost Spaying and Neutering Program

ME - LD1921 Resolve, Authorizing the State To Convey to the Passamaquoddy Tribe the State's Interest in a Parcel of Land in the Town of Meddybemps

ME - LD1929 An Act To Provide Assistance to Areas Severely Infested with Browntail Moths

ME - LD1942 An Act To Make Changes to the State's Hemp Program

ME - LD1944 An Act To Provide the State Harness Racing Commission Greater Efficiency in Rules Enforcement

ME - LD1981 Resolve, Authorizing the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Authorize Additional Construction and Installations Related to a Telecommunications Tower on Bald Mountain in the Town of Rangeley

ME - LD1983 Resolve, To Authorize the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Enter into a Lease with Christian Camps and Conferences for a Parcel of Land Located in Somerset County

ME - LD1984 Resolve, Authorizing the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Renew a Lease of Certain Land in Aroostook State Park to the Federal Aviation Administration

ME - LD1998 An Act To Establish a Disaster Relief Fund for Potato Farmers Adversely Affected by Drought Conditions

ME - LD2013 An Act Relating to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Contamination in the State

ME - LD2019 An Act To Require the Registration of Adjuvants in the State and To Regulate the Distribution of Pesticides with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

ME - LD2021 An Act To Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public

ME - LD2025 Resolve, To Authorize the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Enter into a Lease with Aroostook Technologies, Inc. for a Parcel of Land in Township 11, Range 4 WELS