The Maine Economic Research Institute’s Watch List provides information about economic legislation being proposed and debated in Augusta. It provides bill titles, bill sponsors, and summaries of legislation we will be using to rate legislators on their economic performance.
Legislation MERI Supports
LD203 An Act to Provide an Income Tax Credit for Employer-supported Child Care (Stewart of Aroostook)
LD788 An Act to Promote an Innovation-driven Economy by Increasing Research and Development Spending (Pierce of Cumberland)
LD898 An Act to Support Rural Workforce Recruitment by Allowing Pay Differentials Based on Work Site Location and Employee Experience and Credentials Under the Maine Equal Pay Law (Stewart of Aroostook)
LD926 An Act to Promote Research and Development in the State by Amending the Research Expense Tax Credit (Sayer of Kennebunk)
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD229 An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates (Matlack of St. George)
LD283 An Act to Expand Local Revenues by Including Meals and Lodging Sales Tax Revenue Under the State-Municipal Revenue Sharing Program (Hepler of Woolwich)
LD632 An Act to Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Affordable Housing (Skold of Portland)
LD655 An Act Establishing a State Minimum Hourly Wage for Agricultural Workers (Brennan of Portland)
LD746 An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing (Friedmann of Bar Harbor)
LD853 An Act to Replace the Minimum Hourly Wage with a Regionally Based Living Wage (Geiger of Rockland)
LD941 An Act Requiring Employers to Disclose Wage Ranges in Job Postings (Archer of Saco)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD506 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development and Commercialization (Pierce of Cumberland)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD342 An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (Paul of Winterport)
LD810 An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines (Kessler of S. Portland)
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD469 An Act to Prioritize State Access to Electricity Generated in Canada via High-impact Electric Transmission Lines (Martin of Oxford)
LD568 An Act to Modify the Process for Standard-offer Contracts with the Public Utilities Commission (Harrington of York)
LD801 An Act to Prevent Consumer-generated Electricity from Being Used by Anyone Other than That Consumer (Cimino of Bridgton)
LD860 An Act to Require Competitive Electricity Providers to Provide Certain Information to the Public Advocate (Sachs of Freeport)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD430 An Act to Impose Moratoria on Hydropower Dam Removal and on Water Release from Nonhydropower Dams and to Make Other Changes to the Laws Regulating Such Dams (Campbell of Orrington)
LD987 An Act Clarifying Exemptions from the Notification Requirements for Products Containing PFAS (Farrin of Somerset)
LD1037 An Act to Lower the Energy Burden of Residents by Advancing Climate Change Goals (Warren of Scarborough)
LD1210 An Act to Regarding Renewable Electricity Generation by Hydropower Projects (Farrin of Somerset)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD788 An Act to Promote an Innovation-driven Economy by Increasing Research and Development Spending (Pierce of Cumberland)
LD970 An Act to Prioritize Affordable Housing by Expediting Reviews for Affordable Housing Projects Applying for Funding from the Maine State Housing Authority (Malon of Biddeford)
LD977 Resolve, Requiring the Maine Health Data Organization to Develop a Plan for Measuring Gaps in Home and Community-based Services (Cluchey of Bowdoinham)
LD997 An Act to Allow Residential Use Development in Commercial Districts (Malon of Biddeford)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD1224 An Act to Comprehensively Protect Consumer Privacy (Roberts of S. Berwick)
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD194 An Act to Improve the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act (Lee of Auburn)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD206 An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage (Timberlake of Androscoggin)
LD898 An Act to Support Rural Workforce Recruitment by Allowing Pay Differentials Based on Work Site Location and Employee Experience and Credentials Under the Maine Equal Pay Law (Stewart of Aroostook)
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD54 An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees’ Pay Histories (Roeder of Bangor)
LD589 An Act to Make Agricultural Workers and Other Related Workers Employees Under the Wage and Hour Laws (Talbot Ross of Cumberland)
LD599 An Act to Codify the Federal Salary Threshold for Overtime Pay (Tipping of Penobscot)
LD655 An Act Establishing a State Minimum Hourly Wage for Agricultural Workers (Brennan of Portland)
LD853 An Act to Replace the Minimum Hourly Wage with a Regionally Based Living Wage (Geiger of Rockland)
LD941 An Act Requiring Employers to Disclose Wage Ranges in Job Postings (Archer of Saco)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD191 An Act to Support Maine Businesses by Establishing a Pass-through Entity Tax and Tax Credit (Hasenfus of Readfield)
LD203 An Act to Provide an Income Tax Credit for Employer-supported Child Care (Stewart of Aroostook)
LD926 An Act to Promote Research and Development in the State by Amending the Research Expense Tax Credit (Sayer of Kennebunk)
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD225 An Act to Reduce Property Taxes and Finance Public School Construction and Education Through a 3 Percent Sales Tax on Hotel and Lodging Place Rentals (Brennan of Portland)
LD229 An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates (Matlack of St. George)
LD283 An Act to Expand Local Revenues by Including Meals and Lodging Sales Tax Revenue Under the State-Municipal Revenue Sharing Program (Hepler of Woolwich)
LD632 An Act to Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Affordable Housing (Skold of Portland)
LD746 An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Municipalities and Affordable Housing (Friedmann of Bar Harbor)
LD819 An Act Concerning the Status of Battery Storage Systems with Regard to the Business Equipment Tax Exemption (Sato of Gorham)
LD1047 An Act to Impose an Additional Tax on Certain Unearned Income (Lookner of Portland)
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