An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development and Commercialization

Where it is in the process

Plain-English Summary

This bill proposes a $50,000,000 bond issue for research and development and commercialization in Maine. If approved by voters, these funds would support technological innovation in specific sectors like life sciences, renewable energy, and advanced manufacturing. The money would be awarded competitively to Maine-based public and private institutions, requiring them to match the funds with private and federal money.

No official summary on file for this bill · generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash from its full text

Votes

Sponsorship · 7 Sponsors

Democrat5Republican2Independent0Other0

D · PrimeTeresa Pierce
R · CoRichard Bennett
D · CoKristen Cloutier
D · CoMatthea Larsen Daughtry
D · CoRyan Fecteau
D · CoNicole Grohoski
R · CoTiffany Strout

Read full bill text →↓ Why am I seeing this?

Want updates?

Get notified when ME LD506 moves stage

Pick a channel below. Every option is opt-in, and we tell you exactly what we store.

Email

Identified

We store your email address and the bill ID. We'll send a confirmation link first; alerts only start after you click it. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe.

Coming soon

RSS feed· Atom 1.0 + JSON Feed per bill
Bluesky· follow a CivicRadar bot post per status change
Telegram· channel or DM via bot
Discord· channel webhook
WhatsApp· via WhatsApp Business
SMS· via Twilio