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130 Maine Legislature 130th Maine Legislature Joint Standing Committees December 11, 2020 Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Education and Cultural Affairs James F. Dill, Chair (D-Penobscot) Matthea Daughtry, Chair (D-Cumberland) Chloe S. Maxmin (D-Lincoln) Joseph Rafferty (D-York) Russell Black (R-Franklin) David C. Woodsome (R-York) Margaret M. O'Neil, Chair (D-Saco) Michael F. Brennan, Chair (D-Portland) David Harold McCrea (D-Fort Fairfield) Rebecca J. Millett (D-Cape Elizabeth) H. Scott Landry, Jr. (D-Farmington) David Harold McCrea (D-Fort Fairfield) Laurie Osher (D-Orono) Janice S. Dodge (D-Belfast) Randall C. Hall (R-Wilton)* W. Edward Crockett (D-Portland) Thomas H. Skolfield (R-Weld) Suzanne M. Salisbury (D-Westbrook) Susan Bernard (R-Caribou) Paul A. Stearns (R-Guilford)* Jeffrey Allen Gifford (R-Lincoln) Heidi H. Sampson (R-Alfred) Joseph F. Underwood (R-Presque Isle) Sheila A. Lyman (R-Livermore Falls) William D. Pluecker (I-Warren) Timothy M. Roche (R-Wells) Appropriations and Financial Affairs Energy, Utilities and Technology Catherine E. Breen, Chair (D-Cumberland) Mark W. Lawrence, Chair (D-York) Donna Bailey (D-York) Eloise A. Vitelli (D-Sagadahoc) Paul T. Davis, Sr. (R-Piscataquis) Harold “Trey” L. Stewart, III (R-Aroostook) Teresa S. Pierce, Chair (D-Falmouth) Seth A. Berry, Chair (D-Bowdoinham) John L. Martin (D-Eagle Lake) Scott W. Cuddy (D-Winterport) Patricia Hymanson (D-York) Nicole Grohoski (D-Ellsworth) Jessica L. Fay (D-Raymond) Christopher J. Kessler (D-South Portland) Barbara A. Cardone (D-Bangor) Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr. (D-Montville) Kristen Sarah Cloutier (D-Lewiston) Barbara A. Wood (D-Portland) H. Sawin Millett, Jr. (R-Waterford)* Nathan J. Wadsworth (R-Hiram)* Amy Bradstreet Arata (R-New Gloucester) Chad Wayne Grignon (R-Athens) Patrick W. Corey (R-Windham) Steven D. Foster (R-Dexter) Justin Fecteau (R-Augusta) Nathan Michael Carlow (R-Buxton) Criminal Justice and Public Safety Environment and Natural Resources Susan A. Deschambault, Chair (D-York) Stacy Brenner, Chair (D- Cumberland) Mark W. Lawrence (D-York) Anne M. Carney (D- Cumberland) Scott W. Cyrway (R-Kennebec) Richard A. Bennett (R-Oxford) Charlotte Warren, Chair (D-Hallowell) Ralph L. Tucker, Chair (D-Brunswick) Victoria E. Morales (D-South Portland) Lydia C. Blume (D-York) Lois Galgay Reckitt (D-SouthPortland) Lori K. Gramlich (D-Old Orchard Beach) Braden Sharpe (D-Durham) Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr. (D-Montville) Grayson B. Lookner (D-Portland) Victoria W. Doudera (D-Camden) Richard A. Pickett (R-Dixfield)* Arthur L. Bell (D-Yarmouth) Danny Edward Costain (R-Plymouth) Jeffrey P. Hanley (R-Pittston)* Shelley Rudnicki (R-Fairfield) Chris A. Johansen (R-Monticello) Daniel J. Newman (R-Belgrade) Beth A. O'Connor (R-Berwick) William D. Pluecker (I-Warren) William R. Tuell (R-East Machias) Health and Human Services John E. Ducharme III (R-Madison) Ned Claxton, Chair (D-Androscoggin) Amanda N. Collamore (R-Pittsfield) Joseph Baldacci (D- Penobscot) Marianne Moore (R-Washington) Michele Meyer, Chair (D-Eliot) Margaret Craven (D-Lewiston) Anne C. Perry (D-Calais) Colleen M. Madigan (D-Waterville) Holly B. Stover (D-Boothbay) Samuel Lewis Zager (D-Portland) Kathy Irene Javner (R-Chester)* Abigail W. Griffin (R-Levant) Jonathan M. Connor (R-Lewiston) Michael H. Lemelin (R-Chelsea) Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Heather B. Sanborn, Chair (D-Cumberland) Stacy Brenner (D- Cumberland) Harold “Trey” L. Stewart, III (R-Aroostook) Denise A. Tepler, Chair (D-Topsham) Heidi E. Brooks (D-Lewiston) Gina M. Melaragno (D-Auburn) Poppy Arford (D-Brunswick) Richard A. Evans (D-Dover-Foxcroft) Kristi Michele Mathieson (D-Kittery) Joshua Morris (R-Turner)* Mark John Blier (R-Buxton) Jonathan M. Connor (R-Lewiston) Tracy L. Quint (R-Hodgdon) Inland Fisheries and Wildlife James F. Dill, Chair (D-Penobscot) Glenn “Chip” Curry (D-Waldo) Russell Black (R-Franklin) H. Scott Landry, Jr., Chair (D-Farmington) John L. Martin (D-Eagle Lake) Roland Danny Martin (D-Sinclair) Robert W. Alley, Sr. (D-Beals) Allison Hepler (D-Woolwich) Timothy S. Theriault (R-China)* Peter A. Lyford (R-Eddington) Lester S. Ordway (R-Standish) Richard G. Mason (R-Lisbon) Cathy R. Nadeau (R-Winslow) Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Commerce Glenn “Chip” Curry, Chair (D-Waldo) Louis Joseph Luchini (D-Hancock) Scott W. Cyrway (R-Kennebec) Tiffany Roberts, Chair (D-South Berwick) Sarah Pebworth (D-Blue Hill) Kyle R. Bailey (D-Gorham) Valli D. Geiger (D-Rockland) Tavis Rock Hasenfus (D-Readfield) Susan Bernard (R-Caribou)* Susan M. W. Austin (R-Gray) John Andrews (R-Paris) Judiciary Walter N. Riseman (I-Harrison) Anne M. Carney, Chair (D- Cumberland) Heather B. Sanborn (D-Cumberland) Lisa M. Keim (R-Oxford) Thom Harnett, Chair (D-Gardiner) Christopher W. Babbidge (D-Kennebunk) Lois Galgay Reckitt (D-South Portland) Stephen W. Moriarty (D-Cumberland) Erin R. Sheehan (D-Biddeford) David G. Haggan (R-Hampden)* Kathy L. Downes (R-Bucksport) Laurel D. Libby (R-Auburn) Jennifer L. Poirier (R-Skowhegan) Jeffrey Evangelos (I-Friendship) Rena D. Newell (the Passamaquoddy Tribe) Labor and Housing Joseph Rafferty, Chair (D-York) David R. Miramant (D-Knox) Stacey K. Guerin (R-Penobscot) Michael A. Sylvester, Chair (D-Portland) Scott W. Cuddy (D-Winterport) Sarah Pebworth (D-Blue Hill) Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) Amy J. Roeder (D-Bangor) Richard T. Bradstreet (R-Vassalboro)* Joshua Morris (R-Turner) Dwayne W. Prescott (R-Waterboro) Gary A. Drinkwater (R-Milford) Sophie B. Warren (I-Scarborough) Marine Resources David R. Miramant, Chair (D-Knox) Chloe S. Maxmin (D-Lincoln) Kimberley C. Rosen (R-Penobscot) Joyce "Jay" McCreight, Chair (D-Harpswell) Robert W. Alley, Sr. (D-Beals) Lydia C. Blume (D-York) Allison Hepler (D-Woolwich) Genevieve McDonald (D-Stonington) Lydia V. Crafts (D-Newcastle) Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor)* Sherman H. Hutchins (R-Penobscot) Peggy Jo Stanley (R-Medway) James E. Thorne (R-Carmel) State and Local Government Joseph Baldacci, Chair (D- Penobscot) Ned Claxton (D-Androscoggin) Kimberley C. Rosen (R-Penobscot) Ann Higgins Matlack, Chair (D-St. George) Mark E. Bryant (D-Windham) Donna R. Doore (D-Augusta) Sean C. Paulus (D-Bath) Lynn H. Copeland (D-Saco) William R. Tuell (R-East Machias)* Frances M. Head (R-Bethel) Kathy L. Downes (R-Bucksport) Randall Adam Greenwood (R-Wales) Taxation Government Oversight Committee Benjamin M. Chipman, Chair (D-Cumberland) Nathan L. Libby, Chair (D-Androscoggin) Matthea Daughtry (D-Cumberland) Donna Bailey (D-York) Matthew Pouliot (R-Kennebec) Eloise A. Vitelli (D-Sagadahoc) Maureen Fitzgerald Terry, Chair (D-Gorham) Lisa M. Keim (R-Oxford) Benjamin T. Collings (D-Portland) Jeffrey L. Timberlake (R-Androscoggin) Lori K. Gramlich (D-Old Orchard Beach) Lisa M. Keim (R-Oxford) Ann Higgins Matlack (D-St. George) Genevieve McDonald, Chair (D-Stonington) Joseph C. Perry, Sr. (D-Bangor) Margaret M. O'Neil (D-Saco) Melanie F. Sachs (D-Freeport) Holly B. Stover (D-Boothbay) Theodore Joseph Kryzak, Jr. (R-Acton)* Kathleen R. J. Dillingham (R-Oxford)* Bruce A. Bickford (R-Auburn) H. Sawin Millett, Jr. (R-Waterford) Jeffrey P. Hanley (R-Pittston) Amy Bradstreet Arata (R-New Gloucester) Meldon H. Carmichael (R-Greenbush) *Ranking Republican Member Transportation G. William Diamond, Chair (D-Cumberland) Benjamin M. Chipman (D-Cumberland) Bradlee T. Farrin (R-Somerset) Roland Danny Martin, Chair (D-Sinclair) Mark E. Bryant (D-Windham) Bruce A. White (D-Waterville) Kevin J. M. O’Connell (D-Brewer) Lynn A. Williams (D-Bar Harbor) Michael D. Perkins (R-Oakland)* Richard M. Cebra (R-Naples) Wayne R. Parry (R-Arundel) Dustin Michael White (R-Mars Hill) Thomas H. Martin, Jr. (R-Greene) Veterans and Legal Affairs Louis Joseph Luchini, Chair (D-Hancock) Susan A. Deschambault (D-York) Bradlee T. Farrin (R-Somerset) Christopher James Caiazzo, Chair (D-Scarborough) Joyce "Jay" McCreight (D-Harpswell) John L. Tuttle, Jr. (D-Sanford) Morgan J. Rielly (D-Westbrook) Laura D. Supica (D-Bangor) Barbara A. Wood (D-Portland) MaryAnne Kinney (R-Knox)* Matthew A. Harrington (R-Sanford) Patrick W. Corey (R-Windham) Josanne C. Dolloff (R-Milton Township) .
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