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LD1005 • 2025

Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews

Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Grayson Lookner
Last action
2025-06-25
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews

Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews Sponsor: Representative Grayson Lookner Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews Sponsor: Representative Grayson Lookner Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1983(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1983(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1005 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-25 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-06-12 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-06-11 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-06-10 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-03-11 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews
Sponsor:
Representative Grayson Lookner
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1983(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 652 - L.D. 1005
Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with
Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews
Sec. 1. Office of State Fire Marshal to convene working group. Resolved:
That the Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal, referred to in this
resolve as "the office," shall convene a working group, referred to in this resolve as "the
working group," to study allowing the office to authorize municipal fire departments with
trained personnel to conduct fire sprinkler system plan reviews.
Sec. 2. Membership. Resolved: That the working group must consist of a broad
representation of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the following members:
1. The State Fire Marshal, or the fire marshal's designee;
2. The chair of the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission established in the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-J, subsection 12, or the chair's designee;
3. A representative from a statewide association of fire chiefs;
4. A representative from a statewide association of municipalities; and
5. A representative from a municipal fire department seeking to conduct the fire
department's own fire sprinkler system plan reviews.
Sec. 3. Duties of working group. Resolved: That the working group shall
examine:
1. The status of fire sprinkler system plan reviews in the State, including, but not
limited to, data regarding the number of fire sprinkler system permits issued annually, the
amount of time taken to issue the permits and the number of preliminary fire sprinkler
system permits issued;
2. The best procedures to allow the office to grant authority to a municipal fire
department to conduct the municipality's fire sprinkler system plan reviews; and
3. Strategies to address the office's staffing needs.
Sec. 4. Report. Resolved: That, by December 3, 2025, the office shall submit a
report that includes the findings and recommendations of the working group, including
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 25, 2025
CHAPTER
103
RESOLVES
Page 2 - 132LR1983(03)
suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public
Safety and the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic Development. The
Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety may submit legislation
based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.