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LD 210

An Act Making Unified Appropriations And Allocations From The General Fund And Other Funds For The Expenditures Of State Government And Changing Certain Provisions Of The Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government For The Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 And June 30, 2027

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

Maine LD 210 enacts a unified biennial budget for FY2025–27, allocating General and other funds to state agencies, with large transfers and federal fund adjustments.

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Bill Summary · LD 210

Summary — LD 210 (132nd Maine Legislature)

Title: An Act Making Unified Appropriations And Allocations From The General Fund And Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027

Status: Enacted (Signed by Governor June 20, 2025)
Introduced: January 14, 2025
Committee of Reference: Appropriations and Financial Affairs

Purpose and intent

LD 210 is the biennial unified appropriations (omnibus budget) bill for State government for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, 2026 and 2027. Its purpose is to appropriate and allocate General Fund, federal, and other special revenue funds to state departments and programs and to make related statutory adjustments necessary for the operation of state government.

Key provisions and changes

  • Appropriations and allocations across multiple funds (General Fund, Federal Expenditures Fund, other special revenue funds, Fund for a Healthy Maine, ARP/SRR funds, and internal service funds). The fiscal notes break out dozens of line items by PART and SECTION (e.g., PART A sections 1–40, PART D, PART JJ).
  • Large fund adjustments and transfers identified in the fiscal notes, including a significant use/reduction of the Abandoned Property Fund (documented at approximately ($180,049,407) in multiple fiscal-year columns).
  • Changes affecting federal grant-funded accounts, including reductions in Federal Block Grant Fund (~$11.8 million) and certain ARRA/ARP federal expenditures funds (roughly $1.5 million reductions in some years).
  • Program-level appropriations and revenue adjustments across state operations (examples in the fiscal notes include allocations to financial/personnel services, information services, retiree health insurance, consolidated emergency communications, state alcoholic beverage and lottery funds).
  • The bill was amended in committee (Committee Amendment H-759) and further amended in the Senate (Senate Amendment S‑438 adopted). Several other proposed Senate amendments were considered and indefinitely postponed.

Fiscal impact (high-level, per fiscal notes)

  • The fiscal notes present numerous line-item impacts across funds. Representative summary figures (from fiscal notes as amended) include:
    • General Fund appropriation/allocations and net costs shown across the FY 2025‑26 through FY 2028‑29 projections (examples: General Fund row shows figures in the tens of millions in the fiscal note tables; specific line items vary by amendment).
    • Notable revenue and transfer changes: General Fund revenue increases shown in the fiscal notes (e.g., ~$67.1 million in FY25‑26 and ~$109.9 million in FY26‑27 in one fiscal note table) and major use of the Abandoned Property Fund (~$180.0 million).
    • Several federal fund reductions shown across years (Federal Block Grant Fund ~($11.8M) in FY25‑26 and similar amounts in subsequent years).
  • Because LD 210 is omnibus and was amended during passage, the fiscal impacts are detailed and distributed across many accounts. The fiscal notes accompanying the engrossed/amended versions provide the authoritative line-by-line fiscal detail.

Who is affected

  • All state departments and agencies receiving appropriations or allocations in the bill.
  • Recipients of state-administered federal grants and special revenue programs (impacts vary by fund and line item).
  • Internal service funds (e.g., central motor pool, information services) and dedicated funds (e.g., Abandoned Property Fund, Fund for a Healthy Maine).
  • Municipalities, providers, or other third parties may be affected indirectly through program funding changes (details in the departmental line items of the bill/fiscal notes).

Procedural and timeline notes

  • Committee amendment H‑759 (majority OTP‑AM) was adopted as amended by Senate Amendment S‑438; the House and Senate passed the bill with those amendments in close roll-call votes on June 18, 2025.
  • The Governor signed the bill on June 20, 2025; provisions take effect per statutory timing in the enacted language (the omnibus includes appropriations for FYs ending June 30, 2025, 2026 and 2027).
  • Multiple fiscal notes were prepared during amendment (including revised versions); one Senate amendment was noted as having no fiscal impact.

For detailed line‑by‑line appropriation amounts, fund‑specific changes, and the enacted statutory language, consult the engrossed/enacted bill text and the accompanying fiscal note tables (LR 2409(02), LR 2409(17), LR 2409(06)).

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

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