LD216 • 2025

An Act to Change the Statutory Adjournment Date for the Second Regular Session of the Legislature

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Sponsor: Representative Tavis Hasenfus
Last action: 2025-03-27
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Change the Statutory Adjournment Date for the Second Regular Session of the Legislature

An Act to Change the Statutory Adjournment Date for the Second Regular Session of the Legislature Sponsor: Representative Tavis Hasenfus Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Change the Statutory Adjournment Date for the Second Regular Session of the Legislature Sponsor: Representative Tavis Hasenfus Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

2025-03-27 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-03-26 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP
2025-03-21 House
Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
2025-03-12 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-03-12 Committee
Voted; ONTP
2025-01-16 Committee
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Change the Statutory Adjournment Date for the Second Regular Session of the Legislature
Sponsor:
Representative Tavis Hasenfus
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 216
H.P. 139 House of Representatives, January 21, 2025
An Act to Change the Statutory Adjournment Date for the Second
Regular Session of the Legislature
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 16, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HASENFUS of Readfield.

Page 1 - 132LR0071(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §2, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 2019, c. 475, §11, is further amended
3 to read:
4 The first regular session of the Legislature, after its convening, shall must adjourn no
5 later than the 3rd Wednesday in June and the 2nd second regular session of the Legislature
6 shall must adjourn no later than the 3rd Wednesday preceding the 3rd Monday in April.
7 The Legislature, in case of emergency, may by a vote of 2/3 of the members of each House
8 present and voting, extend the date for adjournment for the first or 2nd second regular
9 session by no more than 5 legislative days, and in case of further emergency, may by a vote
10 of 2/3 of the members of each House present and voting, further extend the date for
11 adjournment by 5 additional legislative days. The times dates for adjournment for the first
12 and 2nd second regular sessions may also be extended for one additional legislative day for
13 the purpose of considering possible objections of the Governor to any bill or resolution
14 presented to the Governor by the Legislature under the Constitution of Maine, Article IV,
15 Part Third, Section 2.
16SUMMARY
17 This bill moves the day of adjournment for the second regular session to the
18 Wednesday preceding Patriot's Day.
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