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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1521: An Act To Require All State Agencies To Provide A Zero-Based Budget Once Every 10 Years

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1521 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on April 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Require All State Agencies To Provide A Zero-Based Budget Once Every 10 Years. Primary sponsor: Jack Ducharme (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2026): The Bill was in the possession of the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jack DucharmePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Amy ArataCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Bruce BickfordCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Paul FlynnCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Tavis HasenfusCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Mathew McIntyreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Shelley RudnickiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Trey StewartCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. The Bill was in the possession of the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
  2. Work Session Held - TABLED
  3. Carry Over Approved
  4. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
  5. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
  6. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  7. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
  8. Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source