2-27-26 Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs

Joint Standing Committees on Appropriations & Financial Affairs and Judiciary (with ACF) · February 27, 2026

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Opening, committee introductions, and meeting purpose

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Senate and House appropriations and judiciary members introduced themselves and the chairs opened the committee hearing on the governors supplemental budget (LD 22/12), noting it is the final day of public hearings and that judiciary-related sections will be heard with the committee. Chair Peggy Rotondo asked members to identify themselves before testimony began.

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Joint Appropriations and Judiciary committees heard testimony on the governor's supplemental budget (LD 22/12), focusing on attorney general and judiciary staffing requests, public defense shortfalls and positions, Human Rights Commission federal funding uncertainty, public-lands operating shortfalls, and public testimony urging ongoing funding for victim advocates, civil legal services and Land for Maine's Future.

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