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As we come to the end of 2019 and prepare for the year ahead, it’s good to take stock of our successes from the past year. Here, for your reading pleasure, is an overview of state legislation we helped pass. This is the results of the hard work of thousands of Mainers who knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors to support candidates for state office who would move Maine forward and help the state begin the long road to recovery after 8 years of damaging cuts to health care, social services, environmental protections, workers\u2019 rights, and racial and social justice protections. <\/span>We invite you to peruse this partial list of new laws and follow the links for more information and to see how your legislators voted. We didn\u2019t win every legislative fight. And we\u2019ll have our work cut out for us when the 129th Maine Legislature convenes for its second session after the first of the year. But for now, we\u2019re going to take a moment to celebrate these victories and to thank all of the legislators, advocates, Suit Up Maine members, and Maine citizens who helped make them a reality. We encourage you to write your legislators and thank them for their support of the bills we championed. <\/span>Find your legislators here<\/b><\/a>. And we invite you to track new legislation in the second session of the 129th Maine Legislature, as well as bills that were carried over from 2019, in our Legislature Roundup<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Onward!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\nENVIRONMENT<\/span>\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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HEALTH CARE<\/span><\/h2>\n
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UPDATE 9\/18:<\/strong><\/span> Unfortunately, anti-vaccine groups have reportedly collected enough signatures to add a “people’s veto” to the ballot in March to repeal LD 798, an evidence-based public health law passed earlier this year in Maine that strengthened requirements for childhood vaccines. The Secretary of State has 30 days to verify the signatures. If enough signatures are verified, we will be working with Maine Families for Vaccines, public health experts, health care providers and others to provide Mainers with factual information on vaccines before they go to the polls in March. And we are confidant that Mainers will reject the veto and support LD 798 to protect the most vulnerable Mainers from preventable childhood diseases.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE<\/span><\/h2>\n
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