Complete List of Bills Sponsored by Sara Gideon

Sara Gideon is the current Speaker of the Maine House and Democratic candidate for US Senate.  Below is a complete list of every bill she’s sponsored since first elected as Freeport’s representative in 2012.  She’s been re-elected 3 times and has served as House Speaker since 2016.

Gideon is running against Republican incumbent Susan Collins, Independent Max Linn and Independent Lisa SavageThis will be the second Maine US congressional election to use rank-choice voting, and the first for a US senate seat.

126th Legislature (2013-2014)

1.

HS535
Sentiment

2.

HS918
Sentiment

3.

LD 689 (HP481)
An Act To Clarify Compensation for the Panel of Mediators

4.

LD 844 (HP595)
Resolve, To Require a Study of the Availability of Food Packaging without Bisphenol A

5.

LD 1201 (HP845)
An Act To Protect Employees from Abusive Work Environments

6.

LD 1477 (HP1058)
An Act To Impose a Temporary One Percent Sales Tax for Education and Revenue Sharing

7.

LD 1686 (HP1209)
An Act To Address Preventable Deaths from Drug Overdose

8.

LD 1783 (HP1276)
An Act To Expand Consumer Choice for Wine

127th Maine State Legislature (2015-2016)

1.

HO3
House Order – Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to furnish each member of the House with a copy of the Advance Journal and Calendar

2.

HO31
House Order, To Inform the Senate That a quorum of the House is present to consider such business as may come before it, Second Regular Session of the127th, January 6, 2016

3.

HR1
House Resolution To Affirm Our State’s Values and Principles

4.

HS350
Wayne Hollingworth, of Freeport

5.

HS601
Sentiment

6.

HS648
Sentiment

7.

HS649
Sentiment

8.

HS650
Sentiment

9.

HS651
Sentiment

10.

HS652
Sentiment

11.

HS653
Sentiment

12.

HS654
Sentiment

13.

HS655
Sentiment

14.

HS724
Sentiment

15.

HS737
Sentiment

16.

HS766
Sentiment

17.

HS875
Sentiment

18.

HS937
Sentiment

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HS1013
Sentiment

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HS1130
Sentiment

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HS1229
Sentiment

22.

HS1230
Sentiment

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HS1267
Sentiment

24.

LD 511 (HP350)
An Act To Permit a Licensed Sales Representative To Provide Spirits at an Approved Tasting Event

25.

LD 695 (HP471)
An Act To Empower Parents in the Education of Their Children by Allowing an Opt-out from Standardized Assessments

26.

LD 791 (HP540)
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Wind Energy Development Permitting

27.

LD 923 (HP642)
An Act To Create Jobs and Increase Consumer Wine Choice

28.

LD 948 (HP651)
An Act To Harmonize Maine’s Laws Governing Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Products with Those of Other States

29.

LD 1000 (HP695)
An Act To Define Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices for Purposes of the Sales Tax Law

30.

LD 1063 (HP732)
An Act To Promote Community Broadband Planning and Strengthen Economic Opportunity throughout Maine

31.

LD 1215 (HP833)
An Act To Provide Lower Energy Costs to Maine Businesses and Residences by Carrying Out the Legislature’s Intent Regarding Funding of the Efficiency Maine Trust

32.

LD 1250 (HP850)
An Act To Reform Public Charter Schools

33.

LD 1263 (HP863)
Resolve, To Create Sustainable Growth in Maine’s Distributed Energy Sector That Uses Market Forces To Fairly Compensate Energy Producers

34.

LD 1547 (HP1054)
An Act To Provide Access to Affordable Naloxone Hydrochloride for First Responders

35.

LD 1693 (HP1158)
Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study the Economic, Environmental and Energy Benefits of the Maine Biomass Industry

128th State Legislature (2017-2018)

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HP1317
JOINT RESOLUTION TO REAFFIRM FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MAINE AND TAIWAN, TO ENHANCE BILATERAL RELATIONS AND TO SUPPORT TAIWAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

2.

HP1353
Joint Order the Senate concurring, that, in accordance with emergency authority granted under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 2, the Second Regular Session of the 128th Legislature is extended for up to 4 legislative days.

3.

HP1359
Joint Order, To Recall LD 1915 from Legislative Files

4.

HS60
Sentiment

5.

HS331
Sentiment

6.

HS500
Sentiment

7.

HS545
Sentiment

8.

HS1222
Sentiment

9.

HS1283
Sentiment

10.

HS1422
Sentiment

11.

HS1560
Sentiment

12.

HS1591
Sentiment

13.

LD 243 (HP176)
An Act To Change the Oversight Agency for Recreational Marijuana from the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations and To Allocate Funds for Implementation

14.

LD 1277 (HP890)
An Act To Combat Human Trafficking by Requiring Prevention Training for Commercial Drivers

15.

LD 1475 (HP1014)
An Act To Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments in Families Today

16.

LD 1644 (HP1135)
An Act To Fund the Agreement with Executive Branch Employees

17.

LD 1774 (HP1223)
An Act To Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments in Families for Tomorrow

18.

LD 1788 (HP1235)
An Act To Enhance Safety for Victims of Sexual Assault and Stalking and To Amend the Laws Governing Harassment and Protection from Abuse

19.

LD 1892 (HP1325)
An Act To Clarify the Prescribing and Dispensing of Naloxone Hydrochloride by Pharmacists

129th State Legislature (2019-2020)

1.

HP1307
Joint Order, Establishing the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act

2.

HS434
Sentiment

3.

HS684
Sentiment

4.

HS758
Sentiment

5.

HS778
Sentiment

6.

HS847
Sentiment

7.

LD 382 (HP291)
An Act To Fund Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons at the Maine State Library

8.

LD 923 (HP678)
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade Municipal Culverts at Stream Crossings

9.

LD 1155 (HP844)
An Act To Protect Patients and the Prudent Layperson Standard

10.

LD 1261 (HP922)
An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions

11.

LD 1410 (HP1023)
An Act To Create Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits

12.

LD 1463 (HP1070)
An Act To Create an Automatic Voter Registration System

13.

LD 1612 (HP1164)
An Act Regarding the Presumption of Abandonment of Gift Obligations

14.

LD 1613 (HP1165)
An Act Regarding Women’s Health and Economic Security

15.

LD 1630 (HP1173)
Resolve, To Ensure Access to Opiate Addiction Treatment

16.

LD 1713 (HP1223)
An Act To Return Funds to Maine Property Tax Payers

17.

LD 1741 (HP1240)
Resolve, Directing the Public Utilities Commission To Examine Performance-based Rates for Electric Utilities

18.

LD 1774 (HP1261)
An Act To Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments so Families Can Thrive

19.

LD 1775 (HP1262)
An Act To Protect Sustenance Fishing

20.

LD 2007 (HP1425)
An Act To Enact the Made for Maine Health Coverage Act and Improve Health Choices in Maine

21.

LD 2009 (HP1430)
An Act To Permit the Expansion of Municipal Membership of the Greater Portland Transit District

22.

LD 2096 (HP1493)
An Act To Save Lives by Capping the Out-of-pocket Cost of Certain Medications

23.

LD 2105 (HP1501)
An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Emergency Medical Bills

24.

LD 2162 (HP1546)
An Act To Restore Honor to Certain Service Members

25.

LD 2163 (HP1547)
An Act To Address Funding Needs Related to COVID-19