The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature.

The House consists of 151 members (excluding two nonvoting members) representing an equal amount of districts across the state.

The lower house of the Maine Legislature is noted as being the highest level of American government a Green Party member has been elected to.

Composition

The two nonvoting members within the House represent the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe. The representatives can sponsor legislation relating to Natives and Native land claims, as well as cosponsor any other legislation. The Penobscot and Passamaquoddy representatives are also entitled to sit as nonvoting members of joint standing committees during hearings and deliberations.

Speaker

John G. Richardson

Functions

• IDEA DEVELOPED - bill sponsorship begins
• BILL DRAFTED - research and development of the bill
• BILL INTRODUCED - draft presented before Clerk of the House and added to the calendar
• COMMITTEE REFERENCE
• COMMITTEE ACTION
• GENERAL ORDER
• SECOND READING
• SECOND CHAMBER
• GOVERNOR
• LAW

References

• House of Representative - Official Page