131st Maine Legislature, First Regular and First Special Sessions

1.  Ongoing Study Commissions

• Cannabis Advisory Commission (28-B MRSA c. 1, subchapter 9)
• Right to Know Advisory Committee (1 MRSA §411)
• State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force (20-A MRSA, Chapter 437)

2.   Interim Study Commissions 2023 (131st Legislature, First Regular and First Special Sessions)
The Maine Legislature will convene several interim committee studies and study commissions to examine certain complex issues and to formulate recommendations and propose legislation for consideration during the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. The study commissions and committees listed below are staffed by the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis (OPLA).  For more information about one of these studies, please contact  OPLA at (207) 287-1670.  For information on meeting dates of study commissions that are not staffed by OPLA, please refer to the Legislative Calendar. For a listing of other studies, boards or commissions, please refer to the Legislative Information Office, Boards, Commissions and Interim Study Groups list.  For information on task forces created by the Governor, please refer to the Governor’s Office website.  For information on studies staffed by the Office of Fiscal and Program Review (OFPR), please visit OFPR’s website.

 

• Blue Ribbon Commission to Design a Plan for Sustained Investment in Preventing Disease and Improving the Health of Maine Communities (Resolve 2023, c. 100) 
• Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Emergency Medical Services in the State
  (Resolve 2023, c. 99) 
• Blue Ribbon Commission to Study the Organization of and Service Delivery by the Department of Health and Human Services (Resolve 2023, c. 98) 
• Criminal Records Review Commission (Resolve 2023, c. 103) 
• Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living in Maine (Resolve 2023, c. 93) 
• Commission to Study Expansion of Public Preschool and Early Care and Education (P.L. 2023, c. 477) 
• Commission to Update Maine’s Public Policy on Higher Education (Resolve 2023, c. 102) 
• Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission (Resolve 2023, c. 95) 
• Task Force on Accessibility to Appropriate Communications Methods for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Patients (Resolve 2023, c. 97) 
• Task Force to Evaluate the Impact of Facility Fees on Patients (P.L. 2023, c. 410) 
• Task Force to Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education System (Resolve 2023, c. 92)