COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Buxton, Old Orchard Beach and Saco.
There are 27,266 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Donna Bailey, a Democrat from Saco. Sen. Bailey has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2016; she served in the House from 2017-2020.
Sen. Bailey was part of the first group of children to attend the national Head Start program, while living in New Hampshire, to which she attributes a lifelong appreciation and high regard for education and learning. She was inspired to pursue a legal career by New Hampshire Rep. Hilda Brungot, her maternal great-aunt, who served the longest of any woman in a State legislature, and whose portrait hangs in the New Hampshire State House. She is a member of the York County Bar. Sen. Bailey has served on the Saco Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and as York County Probate Court Judge, and is currently a mayoral appointee to the Saco Senior Tax Abatement Committee.
Sen. Bailey serves as chairwoman of the Senate conduct and ethics committee, on the housing and economic development committee and as chairwoman of the health coverage, insurance and financial services committee.
The housing and economic development committee covers affordable housing; accessory dwelling units; housing-related subdivision law; housing-related site location of development law; land use, subdivisions and growth management; planning and regulation, including municipal zoning; Maine State Housing Authority; mortgage lending; foreclosure prevention; housing safety; building codes; insulation; lead testing; homelessness; economic development; economic planning and development agencies; venture capital and trade programs; opportunity zones; import competition; product marketing; research and development; technology commercialization; technology transfers; tourism; business regulation, including automobile and fuel sales; retail pricing; franchising; advertising; real estate practices; Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), excluding student assistance programs at FAME; business and nonprofit organizations; Uniform Commercial Code; and Maine Land Use Planning Commission.
The health coverage, insurance and financial services committee covers banking; financial institutions; credit unions; consumer credit; credit law (business-related); Uniform Consumer Credit Code; Bureau of Financial Institutions; Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection; mortgage lending; foreclosure prevention; servicing of student loans; debt collection practices and debt buyers; Office of Securities; stocks, mutual funds, bonds and other securities; financial services; Bureau of Insurance; credit, automobile, life, property and casualty insurance; private health insurance; health and medical data; Maine Health Data Organization; health maintenance organizations; mandated health benefits; health care reform; compliance with federal Affordable Care Act; prescription drugs; pharmacy benefit managers; cost containment; multiple employer welfare arrangements; State Employee Health Commission and state employee group health plan; longterm care insurance; disability income insurance; insurance rating, regulation and practices; insurance producers; professional and occupational licensing for health care and financial services; Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company; workers’ compensation insurance; selfinsurance; and viatical and life settlement contracts.
Information for this lawmaker’s biography has been compiled from numerous public sources, including pages maintained by political parties, individual lawmakers and the Maine Legislature.
Contact this lawmaker: Donna.Bailey@legislature.maine.gov or 207-284-9962
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Donna Bailey (D) and Craig Pendleton (U).
View contributions to each candidate, campaign expenditures and campaign filings on the Maine Ethics Commission website.
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
The following chart is a compilation of legislation sponsored by Sen. Bailey during the 132nd Legislature. To learn more about each legislation and see where it is in the legislative process, click on the bill ID in the first column. View each vote cast by Sen. Bailey.
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