121st MAINE LEGISLATURE - FIRST REGULAR SESSION
LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS SORTED BY SUBJECT - UPDATED 1/15/2003

Prepared by the Office of the Revisor Of Statutes
The information in this document is current through January 15, 2003. Changes in sponsorship or title may occur.
Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryAppropriations and Financial AffairsBanking and Insurance
Business and Economic DevelopmentCriminal JusticeEducation and Cultural Affairs
Health and Human ServicesInland Fisheries and WildlifeJudiciary
LaborLegal and Veterans AffairsMarine Resources
Natural ResourcesState and Local GovernmentTaxation
TransportationUtilities and Energy

Labor
LAB - COMPENSATION - MINIMUM WAGE
LR 1503 HATCH PH An Act to Increase Maine's Minimum Wage
LAB - COMPENSATION - WAGES
LR 332 EDER An Act to Ensure that Health Care Workers are Paid a Livable Wage
LR 346 TWOMEY An Act to Require that Certain Employees Be Paid on a Weekly Basis
LR 713 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Establish a Living Wage for Maine Citizens
LR 1501 HUTTON An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Wage and Benefit Records kept by Contractors Working on Public Works Projects
LAB - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - HEALTH INSURANCE
LR 499 DUPLESSIE An Act To Protect Maine Families When Workplace Fatalities Occur
LAB - EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES -
LR 395 BRUNO An Act to Define and Revise Noncompete Employment Contracts
LR 1157 NORBERT An Act To Protect Health Care Workers who Report Medical Errors
LR 1652 HUTTON An Act to Improve Standards for Public Assistance to Maine Employers
LAB - EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - FAMILY LEAVE
LR 91 An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Committee to Continue to Study the Benefits and Costs for Increasing Access to Family and Medical Leave for Maine Families
LR 1146 STRIMLING An Act to Provide Paid Family and Medical Leave
LR 1386 LAFOUNTAIN An Act to Strengthen the Family Medical Leave Act
LR 1701 SIMPSON An Act to Provide Paid Leave for New Parents through the Unemployment Fund
LAB - EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - MINORS
LR 313 O'NEIL An Act to Amend the Child Labor Laws
LR 446 EDMONDS An Act to Ensure that Child Labor Laws Apply to Public Sector Employers
LR 313 O'NEIL An Act to Amend the Child Labor Laws
LR 446 EDMONDS An Act to Ensure that Child Labor Laws Apply to Public Sector Employers
LR 1505 DUPLESSIE An Act To Improve the Health and Safety of Young Workers
LAB - EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - PERSONNEL FILES
LR 1207 MILLS J An Act Regarding an Employee's Access to Personnel Files
LR 1499 HATCH PR An Act to Provide Employees Fair Access to Their Personnel Files
LAB - EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - TERMINATION
LR 535 HUTTON An Act Regarding Wrongful Discharge
LAB - EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - WORK HOURS
LR 1506 DUPLESSIE An Act to Amend Maine's Overtime Laws
LAB - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS
LR 27 BRYANT An Act To Require a Toll-free Telephone NumberTo Be Maintained by the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
LR 176 CLARK An Act to Expand Unemployment Benefits
LR 372 JACKSON An Act to Require Disclosure of the Amount and Duration of Unemployment Benefits to Recipients
LR 373 JACKSON An Act to Allow Recipients to Withdraw from Receiving Unemployment Benefits by Phone and at Any Time Before Receiving Benefits
LR 1502 NORTON An Act to Ensure that Maine's Unemployment System is Responsive to the Needs of Today's Workforce
LAB - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION
LR 778 MARTIN An Act To Clarify Employment Status of Owner-operators in the Trucking Industry
LAB - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - PROVISIONS REVISED
LR 26 BRYANT An Act Relating to Unemployment Compensation
LR 531 HUTTON An Act to Eliminate the Social Security Offset for Unemployment Benefits
LAB - JOB TRAINING -
LR 445 EDMONDS An Act to Conform State Workforce Development Laws and the Federal Workforce Investment Act
LAB - LABOR DEPT - POWERS
LR 992 DAGGETT An Act to Provide Health Insurance to Unemployed Workers
LAB - LABOR RELATIONS - COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
LR 759 MARTIN An Act to Create a Woods-related Bargaining Council
LR 1321 SMITH W An Act to Provide Collective Bargaining Rights to Certain Forest Products Workers
LR 1568 NORTON An Act to Give Teachers a Greater Voice in School Improvement
LAB - LABOR RELATIONS - LABOR DISPUTES
LR 116 PINEAU An Act to Ban Strikebreakers
LAB - LABOR RELATIONS - LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
LR 630 COLWELL An Act to Extend the Jurisdiction of the Maine Labor Relations Board to Employees of Public Higher Education Institutions Who Have Been Employed Less than Six Months
LAB - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY - PROCEDURES
LR 266 FAIRCLOTH An Act to Promote Safety and Fair Labor Practices for Forest Products Workers
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM -
LR 1655 DUPLESSIE An Act to Change the Retirement Eligibility Requirements for Military Firefighters, Military Firefighter Supervisors, Military Firefighter Chiefs and Military Security Police Officers
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - ADMINISTRATION
LR 300 An Act to Establish the Administrative Operating Budget for the Maine State Retirement System for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2004
LR 300 An Act to Establish the Administrative Operating Budget for the Maine State Retirement System for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2004
LR 755 EDMONDS An Act To Allow Certain Employees of the Maine Technical College System To Amend Their Retirement System Election
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - BENEFITS
LR 537 RICHARDSON J An Act to Create a Legislative Study to Consider Uniform Retirement and Health Insurance Benefits for Municipal Law Enforcement Officers
LR 538 RICHARDSON J An Act to Create Parity for Retirement Benefits for State and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers
LR 831 MILLS P An Act To Supplement Benefits for State Employees and Teachers Whose Pensions are Subject To Reductions Enacted in 1993
LR 839 MILLS P An Act to Create a New Pension System for Newly Hired Teachers and State Employees
LR 925 WESTON An Act to Allow Former State Employees Who Leave State Service to be Covered by State Health Insurance When Retired
LR 951 BARSTOW Resolve, Directing the Maine State Retirement System to Study the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Program to Determine Whether it Truly Adversely Impacts Retired Members of the Maine State Retirement System and to Present Recommendations for Amending the Windfall Elimination Provision That Can Be Supported by Maine's Congressional Delegation
LR 1444 MITCHELL An Act to Provide an Alternative Method of Payment under the Maine State Retirement System
LR 1446 MITCHELL An Act to Clarify the Purchase of Military Time Served Under the Maine State Retirement System
LR 1650 DUPLESSIE An Act to Clarify Eligibility in the Maine State Retirement System Life Insurance Program
LR 1657 DUPLESSIE An Act to Clarify Inequities in Retirement Relating to Hazardous Materials Workers
LR 1669 DAGGETT An Act to Fully Fund Retirement Benefits for Game Wardens and Marine Patrol Officers
LR 1740 RICHARDSON J An Act to Create Portability Between State and Municipal Law Enforcement Retirement Plans
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - BOARD OF TRUSTEES
LR 520 O'BRIEN J An Act To Increase the Number of Members of the Board of Trustees of the Maine State Retirement System
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - DEATH BENEFITS
LR 536 RICHARDSON J An Act to Amend the Line of Duty Death Benefit for Law Enforcement
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - DISABILITY
LR 161 DUNLAP An Act Concerning Disability Benefits Under the Maine State Retirement System
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - EARLY RETIREMENT
LR 891 LERMAN Resolve, Directing the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to Examine the Potential Cost Savings of Offering State Employees Early Retirement
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - PARTICIPATING LOCAL DISTRICTS
LR 1482 MCLAUGHLIN An Act Pertaining to Former Members of the Maine State Retirement System
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - TEACHERS
LR 519 O'BRIEN J An Act to Provide Retired Teacher Health Insurance Contribution to All Retired Teachers
LR 666 JACKSON An Act to Assist Retired Teachers with Health Insurance Payments
LAB - STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - VETERANS
LR 1047 COWGER An Act to Allow the Buyback of Active Duty Military Time for Maine State Retirement Credit
LAB - VOCATIONAL REHAB -
LR 256 MAYO An Act to Provide Funding for Positions to Provide Computer Services to the Blind
LR 1026 GAGNON An Act To Establish a Transportation Assistance Program and Revolving Loan Fund
LR 1237 MITCHELL An Act Regarding the Operation of Vending Services in Public Buildings
LAB - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - BENEFITS
LR 281 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Extension of Benefits for Partial Incapacity Under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992
LR 281 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Extension of Benefits for Partial Incapacity Under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992
LR 552 GOODWIN An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 as it Relates to Compensation for Amputation of a Body Part
LR 660 JACKSON An Act to Assist Seasonal Workers with Workers' Compensation
LR 1549 DUPREY G An Act to Bring Parity to Private Sector and Public Service Employees
LAB - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - BOARD
LR 280 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Workers' Compensation Board Administrative Fund
LR 283 An Act To Increase the Assessment on Workers' Compensation Insurance To Fund the Workers' Compensation Board Administrative Fund
LR 280 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Workers' Compensation Board Administrative Fund
LR 282 An Act To Require the Workers' Compensation Board To Adopt Rules To Require Electronic Filing
LR 283 An Act To Increase the Assessment on Workers' Compensation Insurance To Fund the Workers' Compensation Board Administrative Fund
LR 529 HUTTON An Act Regarding the Reappointment of Hearing Officers by the Workers' Compensation Board
LR 1235 EDMONDS An Act Regarding Employment of Workers' Compensation Board Hearing Officers and Mediators
LR 1484 SMITH W An Act to Improve the Operation of the Workers' Compensation Board
LAB - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - CLAIMS
LR 1430 DOUGLASS An Act to Ensure Access to Expert Testimony
LAB - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - PROCEDURES
LR 430 WATSON An Act to Reimburse Employees for Attorney's Fees and Costs When Forced to Pursue Petitions for Payment of Medical Services
LR 431 WATSON An Act to Allow for Employee Attorney's Fees and Costs in Cases When the Employee Prevails
LR 444 EDMONDS An Act To Improve Collection of Information About Work-related Injuries and To Enhance Injury Prevention Efforts
LR 1147 O'NEIL An Act to Reduce Workers' Compensation Costs for Self-insured Public Utilities
LR 1160 NORBERT An Act to Provide Qualified Interpretation and Translation Services in Workers' Compensation Proceedings
LR 1512 SMITH W An Act to Discourage Unfounded Workers' Compensation Disputes
LR 1517 SMITH W An Act to Encourage Workers' Compensation Dispute Resolutions

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