The Chamber’s Advocacy Committee meets on your behalf to survey the current legislative landscape and the great number of bills being considered that could have significant impact on your business. Understanding that the KV Chamber represents a diversity of views on any given policy issue, it is the mission of the Advocacy Committee to keep you informed of proposed legislation and aware of the opportunities for members to participate in the legislative process. It is also our aim to respectfully advocate for those positions in which the Chamber community is in substantial agreement.
It is imperative that the business community be engaged in the process so that the legislative decisions that are ultimately made are ones that are informed by our testimony and experience and cognizant of their real impacts to our businesses and our employees.
LD 42 - "An Act Making Certain Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government" (Emergency) Sponsored by Representative Teresa Pierce
LD 46 - "An Act To Further Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills" (Emergency) Sponsored by Representative Denise Tepler
LD 61 - "An Act To Include Grandparents under Maine's Family Medical Leave Laws" (Emergency) Sponsored by Representative Paul Stearns
LD 80 - "An Act To Provide Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet and Broadband Infrastructure" (Emergency) Sponsored by Representative David McCrea
LD 87 - "An Act To Implement the State Climate Action Plan, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Enhance Maine's Economy" Sponsored by Representative Ralph Tucker
LD 105 - "An Act To Adopt the Department of Economic and Community Development's 10-year Economic Development Strategy for Maine" Sponsored by Representative Kyle Bailey
LD 110 - "An Act To Clarify Prepayment Requirements in Home Construction Contracts" Sponsored by Representative Joyce McCreight
LD 122 - "An Act To Protect Home Ownership" Sponsored by Senator Heather Sanborn
LD 126 - "An Act To Allow a Journeyman Electrician To Supervise Three Helper Electricians" Sponsored by Senator Matthew Pouliot
LD 137 - "An Act Regarding Absence from Work for Emergency Response" Sponsored by Representative Nicole Grohoski
LD 140 - "An Act To Assist Certain Businesses in the State That Sell Prepared Food or Alcohol" Sponsored by Representative Kathleen Dillingham
LD 155 - "Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use" Sponsored by Representative Nicole Grohoski
LD 163 - "An Act To Revise Maine's Environmental Laws" Sponsored by Representative Ralph Tucker
LD 180 - "An Act To Amend the Storage Requirements for Consumer Fireworks" Sponsored by Representative Michael Perkins
LD 182 - "An Act To Expand the Definition of "Essential Worker" To Include Retail and Food Service Workers" Sponsored by Representative Sean Paulhus
LD 188 - "An Act Regarding the Transportation of Products in the Forest Products Industry" Sponsored by President Troy Jackson
LD 206 - "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 234: Lead Testing in School Drinking Water Rule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention" (Emergency)
LD 225 - "An Act Regarding the Treatment of Vacation Time upon the Cessation of Employment" Sponsored by Representative Amy Roeder
LD 227 - "Resolve, To Conduct a Feasibility Study for Extending Passenger Rail Service from Brunswick through Augusta and Waterville to Bangor" Sponsored by Senator Joseph Baldacci
LD 239 - "An Act To Improve the Transparency of Real Estate Appraisals" Sponsored by Representative Allison Hepler
LD 241 - "An Act To Support the Trades through a Tax Credit for Apprenticeship Programs" Sponsored by Senator Glenn Curry
LD 246 - "An Act Regarding the Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund" Sponsored by Senator Stacey Guerin
LD 249 -"An Act To Eliminate the Current Net Energy Billing Policy in Maine" Sponsored by Senator Harold Stewart
LD 296 - "An Act To Provide a Tax Credit for Family Caregivers" Sponsored by Representative Kristen Cloutier
LD 298 - "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Capital Improvements and Equipment for Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions To Prepare Students To Join Maine's Workforce" Sponsored by Speaker Ryan Fecteau
LD 306 - "An Act To Temporarily Waive Certain Requirements for Relicensing for Restaurants That Serve Liquor" (Emergency) Sponsored by Senator Louis Luchini
LD 307 - "An Act To Expand the Market for Maine Liquor Manufacturers" (Emergency) Sponsored by Senator Louis Luchini
LD 313 - "An Act To Advance Career and Technical Education Opportunities in Maine" Sponsored by Senator David Woodsome
LD 316 - "An Act To Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos" Sponsored by Representative Victoria Doudera
LD 425 - "Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor To Establish a State Unemployment Program for Self-employed Workers and Independent Contractors" (Emergency) Sponsored by Senator Glenn Curry
LD 447 - "An Act To Require Equivalent Paid Parental Leave for All Parents Employed by Companies Offering Paid Parental Leave" Sponsored by Representative Amy Roeder
LD 455 - "An Act To Give the State the Sole Authority To Establish a Minimum Wage and Hazard Pay with Certain Exceptions" Sponsored by Representative Daniel Newman
LD 469 - "An Act To Ensure Safety across Maine's Construction Industry" Sponsored by Representative Michael Sylvester
LD 481 - "An Act To Propose a General Fund Bond Issue To Train Workers in High-demand Sectors and Support the State's 10-year Economic Plan Goal of Increasing Wages by 10 Percent" Sponsored by Representative H. Millett
LD 492 - "An Act To Create a Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff" Sponsored by Senator Harold Stewart
LD 498 - "An Act To Reauthorize a 3 Percent Tax on Income over $200,000 To Lift All Maine Workers out of Poverty" Sponsored by Representative Michael Sylvester
LD 501 - "An Act To Amend Maine's Corporate Income Tax by Increasing the Top Rate from 8.93 Percent to 12.4 Percent" Sponsored by Representative Heidi Brooks
LD 519 - "An Act To Protect Children from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals" Sponsored by Representative Lori Gramlich
LD 525 - "An Act To Allow Medical and Adult Use Marijuana Stores To Share a Common Space" Sponsored by Senator David Miramant
LD 543 - "An Act To Provide That the Minimum Wage Increases by the Cost of Living Every 3 Years" Sponsored by Representative Richard Bradstreet
LD 553 - "An Act To End At-will Employment" Sponsored by Representative Michael Sylvester
LD 570 - "An Act To Provide for Fairness in the Taxation of Extraordinary and Unearned Income by Establishing a 3 Percent Surcharge on Net Capital Gains and Dividends Income over $250,000 for Taxpayers Filing Single or Married Separate Returns and over $500,000 for Taxpayers Filing Joint Returns" Sponsored by Representative Seth Berry
District 53 - State Representative Allison Hepler (D - Woolwich)
Towns: Arrowsic/ Dresden/ Georgetown/ Phippsburg/ Richmond (Part) / Woolwich
(207) 319-4396
District 76 - State Representative Daniel J. Newman (R - Belgrade)
Towns: Belgrade/ Fayette/ Mount Vernon/ Rome/ Vienna/ Wayne
(207) 458-1837
District 80 - State Representative Richard T. Bradstreet (R - Vassalboro)
Towns: Augusta (Part) / Hibberts Gore/ Somerville/ Vassalboro/ Windsor
(207) 861-1657
District 81 - State Representative Tavis Rock Hasenfus (D - Readfield)
Towns: Monmouth (Part) / Readfield/ Winthrop
(207) 446-0016
District 82 - State Representative Randall Adam Greenwood (R - Wales)
Towns: Litchfield/ Wales/ Monmouth (Part)
(207) 754-6604
District 83 - State Representative Thom Harnett (D - Gardiner)
Towns: Farmingdale/ Gardiner
(207) 522-1254
District 84 - State Representative Charlotte Warren (D - Hallowell)
Towns: Hallowell/ Manchester/ West Gardiner
(207) 441-9116
District 85 - State Representative Donna R. Doore (D - Augusta)
Towns: Augusta (Part)
(207) 592-6849
District 86 - State Representative Justin Fecteau (R - Augusta)
Towns: Augusta (Part)
(207) 248-7183
District 87 - State Representative Jeffery P. Hanley (R - Pittston)
Towns: Alna/ Pittston/ Randolph/ Wiscasset
(207) 458-9009
District 88 - State Representative Michael H. Lemelin (R - Chelsea)
Towns: Chelsea/ Jefferson/ Nobleboro (Part) / Whitefield
(207) 798-9399
Senate District 13 - Chloe S. Maxmin (D-Lincoln)
Towns: Alna, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Bremen, Bristol, Coopers Mills, Damariscotta, Edgecomb, Hibberts Gore, Jefferson, Louds Island, Medomak, Monhegan Island Plantation, Newcastle, New Harbor, Nobleboro, Pemaquid, Round Pond, Somerville, South Bristol, Southport, Waldoboro, Washington, Westport Island, Whitefield, Windsor, and Wiscasset
(207) 200-6224
Senate District 14 - VACANT
Towns: Chelsea, Farmingdale, Gardiner, Hallowell, Manchester, Monmouth, Pittston, Randolph, Readfield, West Gardiner, and Winthrop
Senate District 15 - Matthew Pouliot (R-Kennebec)
Towns: Augusta, China, Oakland, Sidney, and Vassalboro
(207) 441- 9418
Senate District 17 - Russell Black (R-Franklin)
Towns: Avon, Belgrade, Carrabassett Valley, Carthage, Chesterville, Coplin Plantation, Dallas Plantation, East Central Franklin, Eustis, Farmington, Fayette, Industry, Jay, Kingfield, Mount Vernon, New Sharon, New Vineyard, North Franklin, Phillips, Rangeley, Rangeley Plantation, Sandy River Plantation, Strong, Temple, Vienna, Weld, West Central Franklin, and Wilton
(207) 645-2990
Senate District 22 - Jeffrey Timberlake (R-Androscoggin)
Towns: Durham, Greene, Leeds, Lisbon, Litchfield, Sabattus, Turner, Wales, and Wayne
(207) 754-6000
Senate District 23 - Eloise A. Vitelli (D-Sagadahoc)
Towns: Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Woolwich and the unorganized township of Perkins
(207) 443-4660