Maine Jobs Council Legislative Report

Bills that MJC Supported and Became Law:

• LD 229: “An Act To Increase Investment Caps in the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program” MJC testimony here.
• LD 313: “An Act To Advance Career and Technical Education Opportunities in Maine” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1517: “An Act To Establish the Maine Workforce, Research, Development and Student Achievement Institute” MJC testimony here.
• LD 149/1131 “An Act To Allow Reciprocity for Licensed Workers from Out of State” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1412: “An Act To Require the Department of Education To Provide Information to Students Allowing Them To Make Informed Choices Regarding Their Education and Professional Futures” MJC testimony here.

Bills that MJC Opposed and Were Defeated:

• LD 1711: "An Act To Enhance Enforcement of Employment Laws"
• Click Here to read a copy of MJC’s testimony. 
• Click Here to read MJC’s veto request to Gov. Mills.
• Click Here to read MJC’s Letter to the Editor in the Portland Press Herald.
• Click Here to read Governor Mills Veto Letter.

• LD 553: “An Act to An Act To End At-will Employment”
• Click here to read a copy of MJC’s Testimony 
• Click here to read a copy of the letter MJC sent to the full Legislature asking them to not support. 
• Here is a link to letters from MJC Members that were sent to Governor Mills.

• Significant Tax Increase Proposals
• LD 498: “An Act To Reauthorize a 3 Percent Tax on Income over $200,000 To Lift All Maine Workers out of Poverty” MJC testimony here.
• LD 501: “An Act To Amend Maine's Corporate Income Tax by Increasing the Top Rate from 8.93 Percent to 12.4 Percent” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 495: “An Act To Improve Income Tax Progressivity by Establishing New Top Individual Income Tax Rates” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 532: “An Act To Lower Income Taxes for Middle-income Families in Maine” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 570: “An Act To Provide for Fairness in the Taxation of Extraordinary and Unearned Income by Establishing a 3 Percent Surcharge on Net Capital Gains and Dividends Income over $250,000 for Taxpayers Filing Single or Married Separate Returns and over $500,000 for Taxpayers Filing Joint Returns” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 1342: “An Act To Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Lodging and Other Goods and Provide Funding for Tax Abatement and Rental Relief” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 1418: “An Act To Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Meals and Lodging” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 1136: “An Act To Promote Fairness in Income Tax Rates by Making Them More Progressive” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 1443: “An Act Regarding Higher Income Tax Levels” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 1500: “An Act To Bring Equity to Maine's Tax Law by Adjusting Certain Individual Income Tax Rates” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1514: “An Act To Provide for Fairness in Property Taxation by Assessing a One-time Tax on Financial Assets” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 1677: “An Act To Support Frontline Workers by Adding a Temporary Tax Bracket Affecting High Earners” MJC testimony here. 

• LD 938: “An Act To Ensure Maine Workers' Right To Request a Schedule Change at Their Places of Employment” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1279: “An Act To Increase the Minimum Wage” MJC testimony here.

Carryover Bills:

• LD 1073: MJC Supports - “ Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Research Effective Strategies and Efficiencies of Legislatures” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 446: MJC Supports - “An Act To Reestablish the State Planning Office” MJC testimony here.
• LD 607: MJC Opposes - “An Act To Restore Overtime Protections for Maine Workers” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1329:MJC Supports in Concept “An Act To Establish the Career Advancement and Navigation Initiative in the Department of Education To Lower Barriers to Career Advancement” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1338: MJC Opposes “An Act To Protect Employees' Exercise of Workplace Rights” MJC testimony here.

Bills that MJC Supported but Were Defeated:

• LD 1403: “An Act To Protect Maine Businesses, Nonprofits, Educational Institutions and Municipalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1280: “An Act To Bolster Rural Economies” MJC testimony here.
• LD 750: “An Act To Increase Transparency of and Lower Health Care Costs” MJC testimony here. 
• LD 751: “An Act To Allow Employers To Shop for Competitive Health Plan Options” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1047: “An Act To Create an Alternate Minimum Wage Applicable to Student Employees Who Are under 20 Years of Age and to Employees Who Are under 18 Years of Age” MJC testimony here.

Bills that MJC Opposed and Were Passed:

• LD 1564: “An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation"
• Click here to read MJC Testimony in opposition to all Unemployment Insurance reform legislation. 
• Click here to read MJC Letter on the U.I. Legislation Passing.

• MJC letter to the Maine Legislature passing a simple majority budget. You can read this here.
• LD 1150: “An Act To Eliminate Insurance Rating Based on Age, Geographic Location or Smoking History and To Reduce Rate Variability Due to Group Size” MJC testimony here.
• LD 1541: "An Act To Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money” MJC testimony here.