Legislators have ended the 2025 session, but they left behind hundreds of bills to be dealt with in the 2026 session.

Energy & Environment

• Create a Climate Super Fund and impose penalties on climate polluters (LD 1870)

Privacy

• Enact the Maine online data privacy act (LD 1822)

Labor

• Require disclosure of pay ranges (LD 54)
• Require written explanation for denying employee flexible work schedule request (LD 60)
• Raise salary threshold for overtime pay to $58,656 (LD 599)

Tax

• Establish a pass-through entity tax & tax credit option (LD 191)
• Adjust & expand income tax brackets, increase top rate to 8.95% (LD 229)
• Impose a 2% income surtax on millionaires (LD 1089)
• Adjust & expand income tax brackets, increase higher rates up to 10.15% (LD 1682)
• Increase top corporate tax rate to 10% for income over $3.5 million (LD 1879)

Other

• Lower employer threshold to 3 or more workers in Maine Retirement Savings Program (LD 355)

Some of these bills are still in committee; others are awaiting final enactment into law or were unfinished business when the legislature adjourned.

Information on these and other bills is available here: https://legislature.maine.gov/

MYSTERY BILLS CARRIED OVER TO 2026

Several “Concept Draft” bills were carried over.  What the sponsors intend is a mystery because the bills contain no proposed law and give no specific outline or description.

• Strengthen the health care system in Maine (LD 378)
• Improve conditions for Maine workers and retirees (LD 571)
• Improve labor conditions for workers in Maine (LD 574)
• Advance equitable energy policy in Maine (LD 725)
• Improve the State’s transportation infrastructure (LD 394)