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Legislature

131st Legislative Session

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Representative Jan Dodge Maine

Over the course of my legislative service, I have worked particularly hard on education, labor and retiree issues. In my third term/131st Legislative Session I continued to serve on the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. I am running to serve my fourth and final term representing House District #39 Belfast-Northport-Belmont.

  • LD 15 An Act to Amend the Law Governing the State Grant Program Administered by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission (passed)

  • LD 153 An Act to Allow Electronic Distribution of Certain Documents  to Municipalities and Electronic Acknowledgment of Receipt of Certain Documents as Acceptable Communications (passed)

  • LD 679 An Act Regarding Animals Abandoned by Tenants (passed)

  • LD 1588 An Act to Provide Public Sector Labor Unions Reasonable Access to Information Regarding Employees (passed)

  • LD 976 Resolve, to Establish the Task Force on Accessibility to Appropriate Communication Methods for Deaf and Hard-of hearing Patients.  (passed & went to Special Appropriations Study Table)

  • LD 1002 An Act to Require a Lunch Period of at Least 30 Minutes for Students and Reduce Food Waste (passed & part of study of school day)

  • LD 70 An Act to Eliminate the Cap on Retirement Benefits for State Employees and Teachers to Which a Cost-of-living Adjustment Is Made (passed House & Senate; not funded)

  • LD 1096 An Act to Help Retired Teachers and State Employees Keep Pace with Inflation by Matching the Cost-of-living Adjustment for Social Security Benefits (passed House & Senate; not funded)

  • LD 99 An Act to Clarify the Allowable Temperature Range in Certain Long-term Care Facilities (voted Ought Not to Pass (ONTP) out of Health and Human Services Committee

130th Legislative Session

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In my second term (130th Legislative Session), I worked to get five bills passed as well as a bipartisan budget amendment to increase the funding for retiree health insurance up from 45% to 55%.

  • LD 1428 An Act to Increase the Availability of Nasal Naloxone In Community and Corrections Settings

  • LD 511 An Act to Require Telephone Service Providers To Provide at No Cost to Customers Services Designed To Reduce the Number of So-called Robocalls and Automatically Dialed Telephone Calls

  • LD 655 An Act To Require at Least a 30-minute Lunch Period for Students – became a legislative study

  • LD 864 An Act To Protect Teachers’ Privacy While Delivering Remote Instruction

  • LD 1227  An Act To Provide Equity in the State Income Tax Deduction for Certain Public Employees Retirement Systems Pensions

129th Legislative Session

Proud that as a freshman legislator in the 129th legislature I got three bills passed:

  • LD 167 Anti-Food Shaming in Maine Schools

  • LD 176 Act to Allow an Active Teacher to Sit on the State Board of Education

  • LD 1878 Resolve to Study the Use of Adjunct Professors in the College System

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Jan is a member of the following bipartisan caucuses:

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Climate/Coastal

Gun Safety

Aging and Rural Health (former member)

Broadband (former member)

Also
Submitted

  • LD 1166  An Act to Increase the Property Tax Exemption for Veterans by 50 Percent

  • LD 1385  An Act To Provide for Timely Placement with Respect to Violent Patients in Hospital Emergency Rooms

  • LD 1477  Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Collaborate with the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program To Convene a Stakeholder Group To Make Recommendations for In-home Rehabilitation Services

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  1. LD 86 An Act to Make Sales to Area Agencies on Aging Tax Exempt

  2. LD 155  Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonictinoids 

  3. LD 535  An Act To Provide the Well-being of Companion Animals upon the Dissolution of Marriages

  4. LD 976  An Act to Amend the Definition of “Machine Gun” To Include Bump Stock Devices

  1. LD 1659  An Act To Create the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator

  2. LD 1946  An Act To Ensure Constitutionally Adequate Contact With Counsel

  3. LD 1898  An Act To Address the Economic Impact of Federal Closures on Maine’s Fixed Gear Fishing Industry

  4. LD 1716 An Act to Ensure Full Payment of the State’s Salary Supplement Obligation to Teachers with National Board Certification

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