Key Agriculture Committee Bill Requests Filed by Cloture
123rd Maine Legislature

AGRICULTURE DEPT

ADMINISTRATION

LD 876 Resolve, To Study Maine's Agricultural Creative Economy Sector
SPONSOR: Representative Pieh

LD 1299 An Act To Amend the Farm and Open Space Tax Law
SPONSOR: Senator Sherman

LD 1664 An Act To Exempt Vegetable Seeds and Fertilizer from the Sales Tax
Sponsored by Representative Donald Marean

POWERS

LD 1070 An Act To Create the Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Council
SPONSOR: Representative Pieh

LD 564: An Act To Streamline the Regulation of Agricultural Composting Operations
SPONSOR: Senator Nutting, J.

1700 Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources To Study Invasive Terrestrial Plant Species
SPONSOR: Representative Flood

LD 1157 "Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources To Establish Rules Concerning Certified Organic Seed"
SPONSOR: Representative Cray

1873 An Act To Ensure the Long-term Viability of Traditional Farming in Maine
SPONSOR: Representative Pieh

ANIMAL WELFARE

ENFORCEMENT

1687 An Act To Improve Animal Care in the State
SPONSOR: Senator Rotundo

LD 971 An Act To Amend the Animal Welfare Laws
SPONSOR: Representative Pieh

ANIMALS

DISEASES

LD 971 An Act To Amend Certain Animal Health Laws
SPONSOR: Representative Pieh

LIVESTOCK

LD 571: An Act To Protect Aroostook Beef Producers
SPONSOR: Representative Theriault

FARMS

PRESERVATION

LD 1414 An Act To Support Farms and Limit Sprawl
SPONSOR: Representative Piotti

LD 1684 An Act To Create Maine's Agriculture Protection Act
SPONSOR: Senator Sherman

PROMOTION

LD 1713 Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources To Implement a Pilot Program for the Transfer of Development Rights
SPONSOR: Representative Holman

2077 An Act To Create the Working Farmland Access Program
SPONSOR: Representative Piotti

FOOD

LABELING

1340 An Act To Require Supermarkets To Label Produce, Fish and Meat To Identify the Country of Origin
SPONSOR: Representative Campbell

FAIR STIPEND

LD 924 An Act To Preserve Agricultural Fairs in Rural Maine
SPONSOR: Representative Lundeen

HORTICULTURE

INSPECTION

LD 325 An Act To Clarify the Tax-exempt Status of Ornamental Horticulture
SPONSOR: Representative Finch

LD 1650 An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Genetically Engineered Plants and Seeds
Sponsored by Representative Schatz

MILK

HANDLERS

LD 1468 An Act To Adjust the Milk Handling Fee
SPONSOR: Senator Mills, P.

PRICES

LD 852 An Act To Raise Benefits for Farmers under the Milk Program and To Prevent Price Gouging in the Sale of Milk
SPONSOR: Senator Mills, P.

PESTICIDES

APPLICATION PROCESS

329 An Act To Prohibit the Use of Deltamethrin or "DECA"
SPONSOR: Representative Faircloth

LD 406 An Act To Prohibit Aerial Spraying of Pesticides near Buildings, Roads and Bodies of Water
SPONSOR: Representative Schatz

PRODUCTS

MAPLE PRODUCTS

LD 983 An Act To Define Maple Syrup
SPONSOR: Representative Piotti

MEATS

LD 57 An Act Regarding the Slaughter of Animals
SPONSOR: Representative Pieh

CONVEYANCES

1484 An Act To Limit State Ownership of Land
SPONSOR: Senator Smith, D.

1551 An Act Concerning New Donated State Lands
SPONSOR: Representative Flood

LAND FOR MAINE'S FUTURE BOARD

LD 1075 An Act To Establish the Maine Local Land Trust Board
SPONSOR: Representative Adams

LAND TRUSTS

LD 761 An Act To Enable Municipalities To Establish Municipal Land Banks Funded by Local Option Real Estate Transfer Taxes
SPONSOR: Representative Rector

SUPPLIES

FERTILIZER

LD 1074 An Act To Amend Maine's Commercial Fertilizer Laws
SPONSOR: Representative Lundeen

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