Maine State Senate
Senator Joe Rafferty
| Seat | Senate District 34 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | State House |
| Mailing address | 3 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 |
| Capitol phone | 207-287-1515 |
| Write to | joe.rafferty@legislature.maine.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since December 2, 2020 |
Committees 2
- Joint Education and Cultural Affairs Committee Chair joint
- Joint Labor Committee joint
Bills, 132nd Legislature 18 as principal author · 86 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- LD 2046An Act To Update Certain Duties Regarding Student Health Related To Communicable And Infectious DiseaseEnacted100
- LD 1992An Act To Create A Process For The Residents Of A Municipality To Withdraw From A School UnionEnacted100
- LD 470An Act To Require School Administrative Units To Adopt Mentoring Programs For Teachers And To Improve Existing ProgramsEnacted100
- LD 587An Act To Require Cardiac Emergency Response Plans And Athletic Emergency Action Plans For Schools And School-Sponsored…Enacted100
- LD 22An Act To Update The Laws Governing Education In The Unorganized TerritoryEnacted100
- LD 384An Act To Prevent Student HomelessnessEnacted100
- LD 1543An Act To Establish The Maine Green Schools NetworkEnacted100
- LD 1718An Act To Establish The Maine Charter School Commission As A Public Instrumentality Of The StateEnacted100
- LD 1103An Act Regarding Unallocated Balances In A School Administrative Unit School BudgetEnacted100
- LD 21An Act To Update The Provision Of Law Concerning Student Codes Of Conduct In Order To Reflect Best Practices Regarding…Enacted100
- LD 586An Act To Provide A Court Authority To Issue Proximity Restrictions In Protection From Abuse OrdersEnacted100
- LD 1719An Act Regarding Superintendent Agreements For Transfer StudentsPassed both chambers69
- LD 1824An Act To Prohibit The Public Release Of Information Regarding A Railroad FatalityIn Senate committee42
- LD 471Resolve, To Establish A Pilot Program To Expand Intensive English Language Learner ProgramsIn Senate committee36
- LD 354An Act To Improve Education In MaineIn Senate committee30
All 18 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of LD 1069, LD 1097, LD 1098, LD 1163, LD 1202, LD 1290, LD 1327, LD 1332, LD 1404, LD 1412, LD 1433, LD 1558 and 74 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 132nd Legislature, 2025–26
37th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 18 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 12 / 12 / 12 |
| … became law | 11 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 115 ÷ 176.35 = 0.65 |
| Most-authored topics | Schools (K–12) (10), Transportation & vehicles (3), Health & mental health (2) |
Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26
Most bills written together
- Kelly Murphy DHouse 125 44
- Jan Dodge DHouse 39 35
- Teresa Pierce DSenate 25 26
- Holly Sargent DHouse 147 23
- Christina Mitchell DHouse 110 22
- Joe Baldacci DSenate 9 19
- Michael Brennan DHouse 115 19
- Jim Libby RSenate 22 16
- Henry Ingwersen DSenate 32 13
- Amy Kuhn DHouse 111 12
“Written together” = 132nd Legislature bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 34
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- Drew Gattine (126), Marshall Archer (129), Lynn Copeland (130), Lori Gramlich (131), Ryan Fecteau (132), Marc Malon (133), Traci Gere (134), Dan Sayre (135), John Eder (136), Nathan Carlow (137), Mark Blier (138), Woody Woodsome (139), Wayne Parry (140), Lucas Lanigan (141), Anne-Marie Mastraccio (142), Ann Fredericks (143), Jeff Adams (144), Bob Foley (145), Gerry Runte (146), Holly Sargent (147), Thomas Lavigne (148), Tiffany Roberts (149), Michele Meyer (150), Kristi Mathieson (151)
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Copied from https://legislature.maine.gov/District34 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Maine State Senate.