3-27-26 Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs

Maine Legislature Appropriations Committee · March 27, 2026

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Opening and member introductions

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Senate Chair Peggy Rotondo opened the Appropriations Committee and asked members to introduce themselves; multiple legislators identified their districts and committee roles (including House Chair Drew Gatine).

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Appropriations Committee met to vote on supplemental budget lines across education, judiciary, HHS and AI initiatives; major debates included funding a 16-bed youth psychiatric residential treatment facility proposed at Sweetser's Saco campus and a package of trimmed AI investments across state government.

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