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LD 609

An Act Making Certain Appropriations And Allocations And Changing Certain Provisions Of Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government

132nd Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Drew Gattine

LD 609 enacts the state’s FY24–25 budget, authorizing General Fund and federal spending, transfers and statutory changes to fund all agencies and services.

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Bill Summary · LD 609

Summary — LD 609 (132nd Legislature)

Title: An Act Making Certain Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government
Sponsor: Rep. Drew Gattine (primary)
Introduced: February 20, 2025 — Signed by Governor: March 21, 2025

Purpose and intent

LD 609 is the Legislature’s biennial budget bill for the period covering fiscal years in the FY24–25 biennium. It makes the appropriations, allocations, transfers and statutory changes required to fund and operate state government programs and services. The bill packages General Fund, federal, and other special revenue spending proposals, authorizes agency operating and capital spending, and includes technical and statutory changes needed to implement funding.

Key provisions and changes

  • Appropriations and allocations across many state agencies and funds for the biennium (detailed in “Parts” and individual section lines within the bill and amendment packages).
  • Funding sources include General Fund, Federal Expenditures Fund, Fund for a Healthy Maine, ARP/ARP State Fiscal Recovery funds, Maine Recovery Fund, and multiple internal service and special revenue funds.
  • Mix of ongoing and one‑time appropriations, transfers and reserve changes. The fiscal note shows large programmatic appropriations in federal and special funds as well as General Fund actions.
  • Committee Amendment A (H‑13) and House Amendment R (H‑33) were adopted; numerous other House amendments were considered and many were indefinitely postponed.
  • The bill includes statutory adjustments necessary for appropriation implementation (authorities, allocations by section/part, and some program‑level policy tweaks typical in an operating budget).

Fiscal impact (from legislative fiscal notes)

  • General Fund net appropriations shown in the fiscal notes: approximately $126.43 million in FY 2024‑25 and approximately $119.18 million in FY 2025‑26.
  • All‑funds appropriations in the fiscal notes: about $5.57 billion in FY 2024‑25 and about $5.70 billion in FY 2025‑26 (documented by the Office of Fiscal and Program Review/LR 1775 fiscal notes).
  • The bill also shows large federal and other special revenue outlays and transfers (multiple line‑items and fund‑by‑fund allocations are included in the fiscal note tables).
  • The bill contains both increases and offsets (including transfers and one‑time items); the fiscal notes provide a detailed section‑by‑section table of appropriations, transfers and fund impacts.

Who or what is affected

  • All state agencies and many programs funded from the General Fund, federal grants, and other special revenue/internal service funds.
  • Recipients of state services funded in the bill (health programs, education-related allocations, emergency communications, internal operations, etc.) as reflected by line‑item appropriations in the fiscal tables.
  • State fiscal posture and reserves due to transfers and one‑time allocations included in the bill.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced February 20, 2025; work session March 14, 2025.
  • Passed by the Legislature (House and Senate actions and roll calls recorded on March 20, 2025) as amended by Committee Amendment A (H‑13) and House Amendment R (H‑33).
  • Signed by the Governor March 21, 2025.
  • A fiscal note associated with a House amendment observed that removal of an emergency preamble could delay some FY24‑25 actions if the Legislature adjourned after March 31; the bill as enacted should be reviewed for effective dates of specific sections.

For full line‑by‑line appropriations, transfers and section‑level detail, consult the bill text and the accompanying fiscal notes (LR 1775 series) produced by the Legislative Fiscal Office / Appropriations & Financial Affairs Committee.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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