[Due 3/22/2025] Maine - LD 775 - Voter Approval of Legislative & Gubernatorial Pay Increases

Published on 17 March 2025 at 13:41

Background

The Committee on State and Local Government will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM at
📍 Cross Building, Room 214, 111 Sewall St., Augusta, to discuss LD 775 "An Act Requiring Voter Approval of Legislative and Gubernatorial Pay Increases."

If you want to read LD 775, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?snum=132&paper=HP0498PID=1456

If you pick through the left side menu, you can find all kinds of good info!

In lieu of personally testifying in support of this bill, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.  

See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony! 

🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "State and Local Government" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: March 24, 2025, 1:00 PM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 775
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".

 

Action Time-Window

⚠️ Please consider taking action by March 22, 2025.

Template

The below is a community member's testimony.  Feel free to use it, something of your own, or something as simple as  "I support LD 775, and it "ought to pass."  To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here: https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/SLG/03-24-2025?panel=0&time=1&sortdir=0&sortby=2 after clicking on the bill number.

I support LD 775 “An Act Requiring Voter Approval of Legislative and Gubernatorial Pay Increases.”

This bill requires that an increase in the annual salary of the Governor, the Senate, and House of Representatives must include the opportunity to be voted on by the legal voters of the state for approval/rejection.

This is common sense legislation.  As a Maine taxpayer, I want the opportunity to determine if the governor or legislature deserve a pay increase.  I never, and most likely, no employees ever unilaterally get to give themselves a raise.  The fiscally responsible course of action is to put it to a Maine citizens vote.

I support LD 775 and it “ought to pass.” 

Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).

Disclaimer

A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on LD 775. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.

 

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