Office of the Revisor of Statutes

LEGISLATIVE BILL REQUEST FORM

132nd Legislature First Regular Session

FOR USE BY LEGISLATORS AND LEGISLATIVE STAFF ONLY

CLOTURE

Cloture is established by the 132nd Legislature to be January 10, 2025 at 4:00pm.

Legislative Bill Request Form

Bill requests may no longer be filed using this form.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LEGISLATORS FOR USING
THE ELECTRONIC BILL REQUEST FORM

A bill request must be accompanied by sufficient instructions, information and data required for its preparation.

The following questions are guidelines that you should consider as you prepare to submit a bill request. These questions are very general and may not all apply to your particular proposal. Reviewing these questions prior to filling out the form below will help to ensure that your legislation more closely reflects your intent.

What is the problem you are seeking to address?

What is your proposed solution?

Is it essential that this proposal take effect immediately (requiring a 2/3 vote of each House) or can it take effect 90 days after adjournment of the Legislature? If it is an emergency, why is it an emergency?

Who is being directed to implement your proposal?

How will it be enforced? Are there any penalties?

Do you have any background material that would help staff draft your proposal? If so, please get these materials to the Revisor's Office, either by e-mailing them to revisor.office@legislature.maine.gov or having them delivered to our office in Room 108 of the State House.

Are you aware of any other States that have tried your proposed solution? If so, which States?

Has this solution been proposed to the Maine Legislature in the past? If so, when?

Staff may need to discuss certain elements of your proposal in order to properly draft it. Is there any person that you would prefer we not contact? Is there a specific person whom we should contact?

The Joint Rules of the 131st Legislature allowed a sponsor to designate the title and sponsor of a bill request as confidential until after cloture. Would you like the title and sponsor of your proposal to remain confidential, if the joint rules of the 132nd Legislature allow for such confidentiality?

If you need assistance completing the form below,
please call the Office of the Revisor of Statutes at 287-1650.

Legislator's Name(Required)

First Last

Legislator's E-mail Address(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

Requestor's Name (if different)

First Last

Legislator's daytime telephone number (for verification)(Required)

Legislator's District Number(Required)

Please enter a number from 1 to 200.

Legislator's Seat Number

Please enter a number from 1 to 200.

Suggested Title

Title of your bill request, (optional)

Summary of Proposal

Please summarize your proposal, see the questions above for assistance.

Do you have a draft you would like to provide?

Yes, I will e-mail it to revisor.office@legislature.maine.gov

Draft or Supporting Document Upload

If you have up to 5 documents that would assist with drafting this bill, please upload here. (This feature is being tested, please check with revisor.office@legislature.maine.gov to verify reception of your document.)

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: docx, pdf, xlsx, csv, Max. file size: 75 MB, Max. files: 5.

What agency will this proposal most likely affect?

Is this an emergency? (Please explain if yes)

Emergency

Not an emergency

Emergency Explanation

Please explain why your bill is an emergency bill.

Is there anyone that the staff *may NOT contact* for assistance in drafting this bill? If so, who?

Please list anyone the staff must not contact while preparing this bill.

Is there anyone in particular that the staff may contact for assistance in drafting this bill? If so, what is that person's name and phone number?

Has this been proposed before in the Maine Legislature? If so, when?

Has this been proposed before somewhere other than the Maine Legislature? If so, where and when?

Reminder: A Bill Request must be accompanied by sufficient instructions, information and data required for its preparation.

Any further comments?

Any additional information that may help drafting this bill can be put here.