Bills

Changing the citizen initiative process  LD 31
This bill would have amended our state constitution to make it more difficult for citizen initiatives to get on the ballot.
MPA stance
Opposed
Funding voter-approved Medicaid expansion law  LD 873
This bill would have provided administrative funding for Medicaid expansion, passed overwhelmingly by voters last fall.
MPA stance
Supported
Promoting community solar  LD 1444
This bill would have promoted the development of large-scale community solar over the next four years.
MPA stance
Supported
Continuing preventative care of ACA  LD 1476
This bill requires health insurance plans in Maine to continue covering preventative care in the case of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
MPA stance
Supported
Student loan Bill of Rights  LD 1507
This bill would have established a Student Loan Bill of Rights.
MPA stance
Supported
Fair Chance Act ("Ban the box")  LD 1566
This bill would have provided job-seekers who have criminal records a better chance at getting hired by allowing employers to judge applicants on their qualifications first rather than the stigma of a record.
MPA stance
Supported
Stopping lunch shaming at school  LD 1684
This bill would have prohibited schools from punishing or stigmatizing a student who cannot pay for a meal or whose family is behind payments.
MPA stance
Supported
Funding for syringe exchange programs  LD 1707
This bill would have allocated funds for syringe exchange programs to curb the spread of preventable infectious diseases, such as hepatitis C, which is on the rise in Maine.
MPA stance
Supported
Banning signature collection at the polls  LD 1726
This bill would have made it illegal to collect signatures at polling locations.
MPA stance
Opposed
Attack on the minimum wage  LD 1757
This bill would have cut future wage increases for Maine workers and allowed employers to pay young employees less than the minimum wage.
MPA stance
Opposed
Cutting overtime pay  LD 1769
This bill would have cut wages for roughly 19,000 Mainers this year by changing the state’s overtime rules.
MPA stance
Opposed
Forcing compliance with Trump's anti-immigration policies  LD 1833
This bill would have forced local police to act as federal immigration agents and would have financially punished municipalities that refused to comply.
MPA stance
Opposed
Sending Homecare for All to ballot  LD 1864
This vote was to send Homecare for All to the ballot this November 2018.
MPA stance
Supported
Increasing restrictions on the citizen initiative process  LD 1865
This bill would have put in place additional, unnecessary hoops for citizen initiatives to jump through.
MPA stance
Opposed
Immigrant stigmatization  LD 1904
This bill, which came from an anti-Muslim hate group, would have redundantly criminalized the currently non-existent practice of female genital mutilation in Maine.
MPA stance
Opposed