• L.R. 106: Develop a statewide curriculum to encourage lifelong entrepreneurship and to provide Maine people with the tools needed to be successful. Status: Drafting

• L.R. 142: Promote equal access to justice by creating a consumer and commercial court. Status: Drafting

• L.R. 1545: Establish a study committee to make recommendations for promoting and sustaining Maine entrepreneurs.

• L.R. 1544: Reinstate the MERITS scholarship program, which gives students working experience in the fields of science and technology. Status: Drafting

• L.D. 399: Create the Future for Youth in Maine Loan Repayment Program to recruit and retain college graduates to start new technology-based businesses and to work in occupations and industries facing labor shortages in the state. Status: Referred to the Business, Research and Economic Development committee

• L.R. 1687: Authorize a $50,000,000 bond issue to support education loan repayment for Maine residents. Status: Drafting

• L.R. 1874: Provide Maine businesses and people with access to affordable broadband Internet access. Status: Drafting

• L.R. 105: Direct state agencies to do more outreach to small business community, and offer procurement assistance through the Market Development Center. Status: Drafting

• L.R. 1254: Authorize a bond issue of $6,000,000 to support the growth of small businesses: $5 million to fund the Small Enterprise Growth Fund; $1 million for seed capital grants. Status: Drafting

• L.R. 1546: Establish “3-1-1” as a statewide business information and referral service. Status: Drafting

• L.D. 192: Encourage Maine’s natural resource-based recreation industries by providing them with the same sort of considerations provided to other industries that operate in Pine Tree Enterprise Zones. Status: Referred to the Business, Research and Economic Development committee

• L.R. 107: Create the position of the small business ombudsman in the governor’s office to advocate for the concerns of Maine’s small businesses. Also reinvigorates the Maine Regulatory Fairness Board, charging it to recommend regulatory and statutory changes to enhance the state’s business climate. Status: Drafting

• L.D. 169: Repeal changes made to the resale certificate law by the last Legislature, returning resale certificates to retailers with annual gross sales of $10,000 or more. Status: Referred to the Taxation Committee

• L.D. 136: Grant commercial insurance consumers the same rights of cancellation appeal that residential insurance consumers enjoy. Status: Referred to the Insurance and Financial Services Committee