Not sure who your legislators are? Find a list of all your state and federal elected officials HERE. Or visit the Legislature website to find a full list of all Maine Senators and Maine Representatives.

Emails and phone calls from constituents are particularly persuasive. Use the link above to find your legislators and their contact info. Call or email them and let them know why you support or oppose a specific piece of legislation. Once you’ve submitted your testimony for a bill (see below), send your legislators a copy!

On the day of a bill vote, call the 1-800 numbers listed below and leave messages with your name and town, your legislators’ names, the bill number you’re calling about, and how you’d like them to vote. Messages are transcribed and delivered to legislators’ desks throughout the day.

Maine House:
1-800-423-2900

Maine Senate:
1-800-423-6900

TTY: Use Maine Relay 711

All bills and state agency commissioner nominees are assigned to one of 19 standing joint committees and receive a public hearing. Members of the public can offer testimony in support or opposition to a bill in person or via Zoom during the public hearing or in writing. If you want to testify during the hearing via Zoom, you must register at least 30 minutes before the hearing begins. You do not need to register to testify in person.

To register for Zoom or to submit your testimony in writing, follow these steps:

• Visit the legislative testimony page HERE.
• Select Public hearing
• Select the committee that is hearing the bill
• Select the date and time of the hearing
• Select the appropriate bill number
• To register for Zoom, select “I would like to testify electronically over Zoom.”
• To submit written testimony, upload your file or enter the testimony in the field.
• If you plan to testify in person, you are asked to bring 20 copies of your testimony to distribute to committee members.

You can find committee assignments and public hearing dates and times on the bill’s website. While you can submit testimony at any time and it will be shared with committee members and become part of the public record, only testimony submitted online by midnight on the day of the bill’s public hearing will be included on the bill’s web page.

People with special needs who require accommodations to participate in a hearing should contact the Legislative Information Office as soon as possible by phone (207) 287-1692 or email lio@legislature.maine.gov.

The Wabanaki Alliance often submits legislative testimony in support of or opposition to bills before the Maine Legislature and the U.S. Congress. Read our latest testimony on our Legislative Testimony page.

Once you’ve written your testimony, turn it into a letter to the editor! Find tips on writing letters and a list of newspaper contact info in our LTE Guide.

Find priority bills from previous legislative sessions and see how your legislators ranked on Wabanaki Alliance priority issues:

• Priority Bills from the 132nd Maine Legislature
• 132nd Maine Legislature Scorecard
• Priority Bills from the 131st Maine Legislature
• 131st Maine Legislature Scorecard
• 130th Maine Legislature Legislative Scorecard

Find actions on Wabanaki Alliance priority federal and state legislation and other issues on our Take Action page.