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An Act to Bring Parity to the State's Recognition of the Wabanaki Nations' Authority to Provide Electric Power Districts and Child Support Enforcement

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This bill grants the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and the Mi'kmaq Nation the authority to establish tribal power districts and enforce child.

The bill allows the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and the Mi'kmaq Nation to create tribal power districts to provide electric power within their respective trust lands. It extends child support enforcement tools to these tribes, enabling them to certify noncompliant support obligors to licensing boards, potentially leading to license revocation. The Penobscot Nation and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians can issue notices to obligors, request hearings, and determine obligors' ability to pay past-due support. The bill also mandates annual reporting of licensure information to these tribes.

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Roll Call Votes

20 Yea

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12 Nay

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3 Absent

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Calendar

May 21, 2025

1:00 PM

Hearing

May 16, 2025

9:30 AM

Hearing

History

Jun 9, 2025

House

PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

Jun 9, 2025

House

Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

Jun 9, 2025

Senate

PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.