Governor Janet Mills yesterday, June 26, signed 35 new bills into law, including banning the sale or transfer of guns to a person who’s not allowed to own or possess one.
Another law bans the sale of bottled water that contains PFAS above state or federal standards.
- LD 22, An Act to Impede the Transfer of Firearms to Prohibited Persons
- LD 187, An Act to Eliminate the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund and to Provide Needs-based Low-income Assistance
- LD 327, An Act to Provide Maine Ratepayers with Equitable Access to Interconnection of Distributed Generation Resources
- LD 438, An Act to Clarify and Amend the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Licensing Laws
- LD 542, Resolve, Directing the Public Utilities Commission to Investigate Time-of-use Rates
- LD 636, An Act to Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to License and Ensure the Quality of Personal Care Agencies
- LD 717, An Act to Adopt the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
- LD 783, An Act to Protect Certain Private Emergency Services Personnel from Liability Under the Maine Tort Claims Act
- LD 819, An Act to Reduce the Penalty for Operating a Motor Vehicle Under a Suspended License in Certain Situations
- LD 1106, Resolve, to Improve the Transition to Adult Services for Children with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder
- LD 1223, An Act to Clarify Insurance in the Joint Use of Public Utility Equipment
- LD 1248, An Act to Ensure the Quality of Bottled Water
- LD 1336, An Act to Increase Transparency in Municipal Ballot Referenda Expenditures
- LD 1400, An Act to Allow Certain Social Workers to Diagnose Organic Mental Illnesses
- LD 1435, An Act to Reduce Commercial Sexual Exploitation
- LD 1453, An Act to Amend the Physical Therapist Practice Laws
- LD 1456, Resolve, to Study the Effect of Current Laws and Rules on the Expansion of Broadband
- LD 1528, Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Submit a Report on Services Provided By the Child Development Services System and by School Administrative Units
- LD 1539, An Act to Promote a Diverse, More Experienced Workforce and Ensure High-quality Careers by Increasing Registered Apprenticeship Programs
- LD 1559, An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council
- LD 1568, An Act to Protect Access to Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes
- LD 1591, An Act to Promote Economic Reuse of Contaminated Land Through Clean Energy Development
- LD 1592, An Act to Amend the Law Governing Special Motions to Dismiss to Include Workplace and Title IX Claims
- LD 1624, An Act to Clarify the Procedure for Amending the Birth Certificate of an Adult to Recognize a Parent Not Known or Listed at the Time of Birth
- LD 1630, An Act Regarding Campaign Finance and Lobbying Disclosure and Enforcement of Income Source Reporting Requirements
- LD 1655, An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Consumer-owned Water Utilities
- LD 1692, An Act to Create the Guilford-Sangerville Utilities District
- LD 1709, An Act to Update the Elevator and Tramway Safety Laws Regarding Construction Hoists
- LD 1713, An Act to Update Electrical Education and Other Licensure Requirements for Electricians
- LD 1724, An Act to Enact the Beneficial Electrification Policy Act
- LD 1745, An Act to Support Public Health by Clarifying Authorized Activities Regarding Drug Checking
- LD 1749, An Act to Establish the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact
- LD 1855, Resolve, Directing the Office of Tax Policy to Study Maine’s Mining Excise Tax
- LD 1968, An Act to Amend the Membership of the Somerset Woods Trustees
- LD 1980, An Act to Improve Election Laws and Notarial Laws
