Judiciary

ME - Senator Lisa Keim (U)

Title:

Chair

ME - Senator Rod Whittemore (U)

Title:

Member

ME - Representative Matthew W. Moonen (D)

Title:

Chair

ME - Representative Joyce McCreight (U)

Title:

Member

ME - Representative Christopher W. Babbidge (U)

Title:

Member

ME - Representative Donna Bailey (D)

Title:

Member

ME - Representative Barbara A. Cardone (D)

Title:

Member

ME - Representative Lois Galgay Reckitt (D)

Title:

Member

ME - Representative Stacey K. Guerin (R)

Title:

Ranking Minority Member

ME - Representative Roger L. Sherman (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Richard T. Bradstreet (U)

Title:

Member

ME - Representative Chris A. Johansen (R)

Title:

Member

ME - LD70 An Act To Allow Municipal Governing Boards of 3 Members To Perform Official Duties via Technology

ME - LD111 An Act To Establish a Veterans Treatment Court in Androscoggin County

ME - LD123 An Act To Recodify and Revise the Maine Probate Code

ME - LD112 An Act To Further Limit the Liability of Landowners Who Permit the Use of Land for Outdoor Recreational Activity

ME - LD125 An Act To Allow an Order Not To Resuscitate To Be Presented in the Form of an Indelible Mark

ME - LD505 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Issuance of Birth Certificates for Adopted Persons Born in Maine

ME - LD610 An Act To Prohibit Prescriptive Property Rights Claims of Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations

ME - LD135 An Act To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Disclose Information to the Personal Representative of the Estate of an Incapacitated or Dependent Adult Who Dies While under Public Guardianship or Public Conservatorship

ME - LD218 An Act To Reduce Criminal Justice System Costs by Allowing Arraignments and Hearings in the Unified Criminal Docket To Be Held by Means of Audiovisual Telecommunications

ME - LD193 An Act To Protect Individual Retirement Accounts from Creditor Collection

ME - LD611 An Act To Amend Certain Laws Affecting the Judicial Branch

ME - LD428 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution of Maine Regarding the Publication of Maine Indian Treaty Obligations

ME - LD535 An Act To Protect Maine Citizens from Aerial Trespass

ME - LD472 An Act Regarding Parental Rights

ME - LD534 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Circumstances of Death That Must Be Reported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner

ME - LD536 An Act To Protect Homeowners from Debt Collectors

ME - LD537 An Act To Provide an Exemption from Road Association Payments for Landowners Whose Primary Access Is Not over the Road

ME - LD533 An Act To Clarify the Application of the Statute of Limitations under Article 3-A of the Uniform Commercial Code

ME - LD419 An Act To Clarify Damages for the Willful or Negligent Injury or Death of a Dog

ME - LD578 An Act To Modify the Divorce Laws Concerning Perpetrators of Domestic Violence

ME - LD581 An Act To Require Notification When a Temporary Protection from Abuse Order Is Rescinded

ME - LD194 An Act To Ensure Equity in the Awarding of Compensation for Tort Claims

ME - LD663 An Act To Allow Attorneys Employed by the State To Perform Volunteer Legal Services

ME - LD731 An Act To Require Mortgage Servicers To Act in Good Faith in Dealings with Homeowners

ME - LD645 An Act To Amend the Penalties for Failure To Pay Child Support

ME - LD697 Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Study the Roles and Rights of Grandparents in Raising Their Grandchildren

ME - LD644 An Act To Improve Citizen Access to Legal Representation

ME - LD698 An Act To Allow Persons 70 Years of Age and Older To Opt Out of Jury Duty

ME - LD916 An Act To Modify the Term and Withholding Limitations for Spousal Support

ME - LD921 An Act To Remove Time and Acreage Limits for Placing Land in Trust Status under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement

ME - LD860 An Act To Establish a Statewide Electronic Warrant System

ME - LD903 An Act To Protect Rights and Privileges Granted under the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Maine

ME - LD871 An Act To Require Disclosures Relating to the Sale of Residential Real Property Accessible Only by a Private Way

ME - LD847 An Act To Hold Refugee Resettlement Agencies Accountable to Maine People

ME - LD846 An Act To Enact the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

ME - LD845 An Act To Clarify That Petitions for Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States Are Included within the Definition of Indigent Legal Services

ME - LD46 An Act To Provide Consistency among Medical Professionals with Regard to Jury Duty Exemption

ME - LD1678 An Act To Amend the Laws Affecting the Judicial Branch Regarding Railroad Trespass Civil Violations and Fines for Civil Violations

ME - LD1099 Resolve, To Require the State To Bring Suit against the Federal Government for Failure To Comply with the Federal Refugee Act of 1980

ME - LD1120 Resolve, Directing the Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse To Study Economic Abuse

ME - LD195 An Act Amending the So-called "Good Samaritan" Laws

ME - LD1821 An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Freedom of Access Training for Public Officials

ME - LD1607 An Act To Prioritize Family Members as Surrogates for Medical Decisions

ME - LD1793 An Act To Ensure Propane Delivery during Emergencies

ME - LD1831 An Act Concerning Remote Participation in Public Proceedings

ME - LD1832 An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Remote Participation

ME - LD771 An Act To Protect Political Speech and Prevent Climate Change Policy Profiling

ME - LD1282 An Act To Provide a Definition for the Maine Condominium Act

ME - LD1406 An Act To Promote Prescription Drug Price Transparency

ME - LD1281 An Act Regarding the Compensation of Assistant Attorneys General and District Attorneys and the Approval of Financial Orders by the Attorney General and Secretary of State

ME - LD1432 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Advance Payment of Costs for Public Records Requests

ME - LD1356 An Act To Amend the Grandparents Visitation Act

ME - LD1355 An Act To Ensure the Timely and Proper Completion of Residential Foreclosures

ME - LD1304 An Act To Specify the Rights of Parents

ME - LD1437 An Act To Establish a Youth-in-care Court

ME - LD1482 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Existing Public Records Exceptions

ME - LD224 An Act Regarding Actions for Failure To Follow Condominium Association Requirements

ME - LD1605 An Act To Increase Consumer Prescription Drug Protections

ME - LD2 An Act To Prevent Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement

ME - LD39 An Act To Clarify Landowners' Liability Regarding Public Access

ME - LD309 An Act To Restore Judicial Discretion

ME - LD429 An Act Concerning Guardians Ad Litem and Determinations Regarding the Best Interest of a Child in Custodial Relative Caregiver Cases

ME - LD363 An Act To Make a Child Living with a Custodial Relative Caregiver Eligible for State-paid Legal Services

ME - LD365 An Act To Waive Background Checks for the Parent of a Child Who Is the Subject of an Adoption Proceeding

ME - LD366 An Act To Ensure Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities

ME - LD364 An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Laws Governing Child Support

ME - LD362 An Act To Allow Relative Caregivers Standing in Court

ME - LD348 An Act To Increase Consumer Protection for Time-share Owners

ME - LD677 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Post-conviction Review in Order To Facilitate the Fair Hearing of All Evidence in Each Case Involving a Claim of Innocence

ME - LD641 Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study the Availability of Information Regarding Related Incidents in Domestic Violence Cases

ME - LD807 An Act Regarding Guardianships

ME - LD896 An Act To Promote Retention and Recruitment of Judicial Marshals and Sergeants

ME - LD668 An Act To Facilitate the Return of Unclaimed Property

ME - LD1043 An Act To Promote Impartiality in the Probate Court

ME - LD1057 An Act To Protect Condominium Owners in the Event of a Power Outage

ME - LD1047 An Act To Protect Homeowners from Improper Foreclosure Fees

ME - LD1716 An Act To Protect Persons Who Provide Assistance to Law Enforcement Dogs, Search and Rescue Dogs and Service Dogs

ME - LD1691 Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State To Study the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts

ME - LD1717 An Act To Clarify the Authority of the Chief Medical Examiner To Properly Dispose of Abandoned Human Remains

ME - LD1187 An Act To Amend the Child Protective Services Statutes

ME - LD821 An Act To Enact the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

ME - LD1267 An Act To Protect Licensing Information of Medical Professionals

ME - LD1541 An Act To Protect Certain Administrative Licensing Files

ME - LD1885 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Address the Opioid Crisis in the State Regarding Increased Access to Drug Courts

ME - LD1695 An Act To Clarify Educational Placement and Notification in Regard to Parental Rights and Responsibilities

ME - LD196 An Act To Protect Personal Information of Participants in a Community Well-being Check Program

ME - LD486 An Act To Authorize Vacating the Convictions of Members of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Convicted under Prior Laws Governing the Possession and Use of Marijuana

ME - LD1817 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Working Group To Improve the Provision of Indigent Legal Services Concerning the Membership of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services

ME - LD1240 An Act To Provide Immunity to Medical Professionals Who Provide Free Health Care Services to Uninsured and Underserved Populations of the State

ME - LD1884 An Act To Create a Community Protection Order To Allow Courts To Prevent High-risk Individuals from Possessing Firearms

ME - LD1876 An Act Regarding Financial Orders Requested by the Attorney General

ME - LD1833 An Act To Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities

ME - LD1616 An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine

ME - LD1315 An Act Regarding the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission and Directing the Commission To Address Issues To Improve the Relationship between the State and the Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and Aroostook Band of Micmacs

ME - SC39 JUD, Confirmation, Joseph M. Jabar, Supreme Judicial Court Justice

ME - LD1260 Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Create a Plan for the Establishment of a Probate Court System with Full-time Judges

ME - SC131 JUD, Confirmation, Honorable Robert W. Clifford of Lewiston, for reappointment as an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.

ME - LD1264 Resolve, Regarding Court Facilities in York County

ME - SC90 Governor, Nomination Letter, Arnold S. Clark, Esq. of Calais for reappointment to the Maine Human Rights Commission

ME - SC91 Governor, Nomination Letter, Justice Robert W. Clifford of Lewiston for reappointment to Active Retired Status of the Maine

ME - LD198 An Act To Protect Landlords from Lawsuits for Damage or Harm Caused by Assistance Animals

ME - LD410 An Act To Except from the Freedom of Access Act Certain Information in the Possession of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

ME - LD1275 An Act To Amend and Remove the Need for Periodic Update of the Laws Governing the Validation of Title Defects

ME - LD1311 An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Lien Recordings on Statutory Road Associations

ME - LD1305 An Act To Protect Victims of Sexual Assault

ME - LD1442 An Act To Raise the Debtor's Exemption on Vehicles and To Exempt Amounts Rolled Over from 401(k) or 403(b) Accounts to Individual Retirement Accounts

ME - LD1465 An Act To Protect Elders from Financial Exploitation and Ensure the Efficient Use of Litigation Resources for the State

ME - LD1889 An Act To Increase Safety for Maine Citizens by Amending the Definition of "Likelihood of Serious Harm" in the Laws Governing Mental Health and Hospitalization To Include Consideration of a Person's Potential for Future Serious Harm

ME - LD1216 An Act To Clarify the Law Regarding Arbitration Privacy with Respect to Executive and Legislative Branch Employees

ME - LD21 An Act To Amend the Law Regarding the Execution of Temporary Powers of Attorney

ME - LD63 An Act To Ensure Complete Investigations by Guardians Ad Litem

ME - LD81 An Act Regarding the Payment of Back Child Support

ME - LD80 An Act To Increase the Penalty for Multiple Violations of Protection from Abuse Orders

ME - LD64 An Act To Require Mediation within 90 Days of a Homeowner's Receipt of a Foreclosure Notice

ME - LD146 An Act To Protect the Confidentiality of Local Government Employees' Private Information

ME - LD1670 An Act To Revise the Grandparents Visitation Act

ME - LD1658 An Act To Make Criminal History Record Information Maintained in a Database Confidential

ME - LD327 An Act To Allow a Wrongful Death Cause of Action for the Death of a Viable Fetus

ME - LD282 An Act To Support Caregivers When Children Have Been Abandoned by Their Parents

ME - LD283 An Act To Increase the Jurisdictional Limits for Small Claims

ME - LD281 An Act To Amend the Percentage of Votes Needed for Condominium Governance

ME - LD280 An Act To Include Tax-exempt, Nonprofit Regional Transportation Providers under the Maine Tort Claims Act

ME - LD331 An Act To Correct the Maine Uniform Trust Code Concerning Certain Beneficiaries

ME - LD457 An Act To Repeal the Sunset Date on the Children's Guardians Ad Litem Law

ME - LD969 An Act Regarding Nonprobate Transfers on Death

ME - LD934 An Act To Establish an Expedited Temporary Guardianship Process

ME - LD815 An Act To Allow a Council of Governments To Provide Municipal Services to Small Towns under the Maine Tort Claims Act

ME - LD1241 An Act To Encourage Child Support Accountability

ME - LD1812 Resolve, Directing an Independent, Nonpartisan, Objective Evaluation of the Provision of Indigent Legal Services

ME - SC168 JUD Confirmation, Arnold S. Clark, Esq. of Calais, for reappointment to the Maine Human Rights Commission

ME - SC118 JUD, Confimation, Honorable Daniel F. Driscoll of Biddeford, for reappointment as a District Court Judge

ME - SC255 Gov, nominating Geoffrey A. Rushlau, Esq. of Dresden for appointment as a District Court Judge

ME - SC119 JUD, Confimation, Michael A. Duddy, Esq. of Cape Elizabeth, for appointment as a District Court Judge

ME - SC117 JUD, Confimation, Honorable Beth Dobson of Falmouth, for reappointment as a District Court Judge

ME - SC3 Nomination for reappointment, Joseph M. Jabar of Waterville as an Associate Justice to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

ME - LD170 An Act To Allow and Recognize a Legal Name Change upon Marriage

ME - LD1139 An Act To Clarify Certain Right-of-way Limitations

ME - LD1190 An Act Regarding Driver's License Suspensions for Nondriving-related Violations

ME - LD1827 An Act To Amend the Maine Uniform Trust Code Regarding Reporting by Trustees and the Duties of Trustees to Settlors

ME - LD197 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Explicitly Protect against Sex Discrimination

ME - LD773 An Act To Enact the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act

ME - LD1894 An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine

ME - LD1788 An Act To Enhance Safety for Victims of Sexual Assault and Stalking and To Amend the Laws Governing Harassment and Protection from Abuse

ME - SC338 JUD, Confirmation, Geoffrey A. Rushlau, Esq. of Dresden, for appointment as a District Court Judge

ME - LD147 An Act To Amend the Maine Parentage Act

ME - LD1239 An Act To Increase Efficiency in Enforcement of the Maine Human Rights Act