LD1576 • 2025

An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Representative Morgan Rielly
Last action: 2025-06-08
Official status: Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature

An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature Sponsor: Representative Morgan Rielly Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature Sponsor: Representative Morgan Rielly Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-08 Governor
Became Law without Governor's Signature
2025-05-27 House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-27 Senate
PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
2025-05-16 Committee
Reported Out; OTP/ONTP
2025-05-12 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-12 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-05-02 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-04-10 Committee
Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature
Sponsor:
Representative Morgan Rielly
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0867(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1034 - L.D. 1576
An Act to Extend a One-year Lobbying Prohibition to Partisan and
Nonpartisan Staff of the Legislature
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §318-B, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 337, §2, is amended by
amending the section headnote to read:
§318-B. Former executive branch or legislative branch employee lobbying prohibited
Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §318-B, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 337, §2, is repealed
and the following enacted in its place:
C. "Former employee from the executive branch or legislative branch" means:
(1) An employee who was employed in the executive branch of this State:
(a) In the unclassified service, as defined in Title 5, section 7032, subsection
6‑A;
(b) In the classified service;
(c) In a position for which the salary is subject to adjustment by the Governor
under Title 2, section 6; or
(d) In a major policy-influencing position under Title 5, chapter 71; and
(2) An employee who was employed in the Legislature, including a partisan
legislative employee, nonpartisan legislative employee, committee clerk or
employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House.
Sec. 3. 3 MRSA §318-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 337, §2, is repealed
and the following enacted in its place:
2. Lobbying prohibited. Beginning January 1, 2026, a former officer or former
employee from the executive branch or legislative branch may not engage in compensated
lobbying until one year after the termination of the employee's executive branch or
legislative branch employment.
Sec. 4. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 8, 2025
CHAPTER
185
PUBLIC LAW