Maine Agriculture and Forestry Bond Measure (2026)
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| Topic Agriculture policy and Bond issues |
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| Type Bond issue |
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The Maine Agriculture and Forestry Bond Measure (2026) may be on the ballot in Maine as a legislatively-referred bond measure on November 3, 2026.
The measure would issue $40 million in bonds to fund agriculture and forestry in the State of Maine.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The official ballot title is as follows:[1]
| “ | Do you favor a $40,000,000 bond issue to support the agricultural and forestry sectors in Maine?[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure can be read here.
Path to the ballot
In Maine, voter approval is required for state bond issues that exceed $2 million, with exceptions to bonds for the purpose of suppressing insurrection, repelling invasion, or for purposes of war, as well as for temporary loans paid out of money raised by taxation during the fiscal year which they are made, or for loans to be paid within 12 months with federal transportation funds.
A two thirds majority (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Maine State Legislature to place a bond issue on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 101 votes in the Maine House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Maine State Senate, assuming no vacancies. State bond issues require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Legislative Document 2094 (2026)
The following is the timeline of the measure in the state legislature:[3]
- January 7, 2026: State Rep. William Pluecker (I-44) introduced the amendment to the state Senate as Legislative Document 2094 (LD 2094).
- March 30, 2026: The state House voted to send LD 2094 to the state Senate in a vote of 73-64. The state Senate then amended the measure and voted to send the measure back to the state House in a vote of 18-14.
- March 31, 2026: The state House voted on LD 2094 and failed to achieve the two-thirds vote necessary to advance the measure to the state Senate.
External links
See also
View other measures certified for the 2026 ballot across the U.S. and in Maine.
Explore Maine's ballot measure history, including
Understand how measures are placed on the ballot and the rules that apply.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Maine Legislature, "Text of Legislative Document 2094," accessed March 31, 2026
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ State of Maine Legislature, "Summary of LD 2094," accessed March 31, 2026
