Proudly Serving House District 5:
Berwick & North Berwick (part)
Representative Beth O’Connor serves on the Committee on Environment & Natural Resources
Previously, Rep. O’Connor has previously served on the Health and Human Services Committee, and the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.
In addition to her work as a State Representative, Rep. O’Connor has a diverse background where she has worked in Finance, Real Estate as well as the restaurant business. She is also a member of Maine Taxpayers United and formerly served as Director of the SAD 60 School Board.
She makes her home in Berwick where she lives with her husband Edward. They have four children: Noel, Johanna, George and James. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, cooking and reading.
Environment & Natural Resources
Air and water quality; natural resource protection; site location of development laws, shoreland zoning, subdivisions and growth management; management and disposal of solid, hazardous, biomedical and special wastes; returnable containers; hydropower and dams; waste-to-energy facilities; mining; wind energy development; and general environmental policy, including oversight of the Department of Environmental Protection.
Constituent Services
Congratulatory letters, Legislative Sentiments, flags flown over the Capitol, assistance with state departments, general comments or questions about legislative matters.
Contact Information
Mail: 2 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04330
Email: Beth.OConnor@legislature.maine.gov
Legislative Office: (207) 287-1440
Sponsored Legislation (2019-2020
| LD 35 | (HP36) |
| An Act To Exempt All Disabled Veterans in Maine from All Income Tax and To Increase Their Homestead Exemption to $50,000 | |
| LD 41 | (HP42) |
| An Act To Replace Net Energy Billing with a Market-based Mechanism | |
| LD 49 | (HP50) |
| An Act Regarding the Designation of Traumatic Brain Injury on Driver’s Licenses and Nondriver Identification Cards | |
| LD 77 | (HP63) |
| An Act To Increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption to $50,000 for Persons 75 Years of Age and Older | |
| LD 79 | (HP65) |
| An Act To Protect Shooting Ranges | |
| LD 84 | (HP70) |
| Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Allow Spouses To Provide Home and Community-based Services to Eligible MaineCare Members | |
| LD 85 | (HP71) |
| An Act To Establish a Sales Tax Exemption and an Income Tax Deduction for the Purchase of Firearm Safety Devices | |
| LD 179 | (HP142) |
| An Act To Change the Name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day | |
| LD 185 | (HP148) |
| An Act To Provide a Method for a Student To Be Excused from Standardized Testing | |
| LD 186 | (HP149) |
| RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Specify the Qualifications of Electors | |
| LD 189 | (HP152) |
| An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Long-term Care Insurance | |
| LD 190 | (HP153) |
| An Act To Provide Antlerless Deer Permits to Senior Resident Lifetime Hunting License Holders | |
| LD 203 | (HP166) |
| Resolve, To Add a Safety Fence to the Penobscot Narrows Bridge | |
| LD 297 | (HP221) |
| An Act To Strengthen Brain Injury Resources for Underserved Populations, Including Opioid Overdose Brain Injury Survivors | |
| LD 309 | (HP233) |
| An Act To Eliminate the Regional Adjustment for Public School Systems | |
| LD 343 | (HP269) |
| An Act To Promote Equity in Business Opportunity for Tobacco Specialty Stores | |
| LD 347 | (HP273) |
| An Act To Provide Sustainable Funding for Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure | |
| LD 358 | (SP98) |
| An Act To Fully Fund Career and Technical Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19 | |
| LD 488 | (SP153) |
| An Act To Provide Campground Owners Immunity from Liability for the Inherent Risks of Camping | |
| LD 504 | (HP361) |
| An Act To Enhance the Development of Innovative Career and Technical Education Programs | |
| LD 541 | (HP398) |
| Resolve, To Reduce Food Waste in Schools | |
| LD 589 | (HP433) |
| Resolve, Directing the State Board of Education To Adopt Rules Prohibiting Teachers in Public Schools from Engaging in Political, Ideological or Religious Advocacy in the Classroom | |
| LD 655 | (HP476) |
| An Act To Allow Municipalities To Send Separate Tax Bills for Municipal and County and School Taxes | |
| LD 659 | (HP480) |
| An Act Regarding the Use of Interchangeable Biological Products | |
| LD 665 | (HP486) |
| An Act To Enact the Campus Free Expression Act | |
| LD 725 | (HP530) |
| An Act To Provide an Income Tax Credit To Encourage Small Business Hiring | |
| LD 795 | (HP583) |
| RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Right to Food | |
| LD 822 | (HP596) |
| An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Motor Fuel Containing More than 10% Ethanol | |
| LD 882 | (HP656) |
| Resolve, To Require the Examination of the System of Learning Results | |
| LD 884 | (HP658) |
| An Act To Repeal the Board of Licensing of Dietetic Practice | |
| LD 899 | (HP663) |
| An Act To Increase Access to Health Care by Attracting Qualified Physicians to Maine | |
| LD 948 | (HP703) |
| An Act To Restrict Ordinances That Affect the Posting of Property for Municipal and Private Land | |
| LD 965 | (HP720) |
| An Act To Restrict Cell Phone Use by Students While in School | |
| LD 970 | (HP725) |
| An Act To Encourage Policies Regarding Accessory Dwelling Units under Local Comprehensive Plans and Zoning Requirements | |
| LD 981 | (HP736) |
| An Act To Implement the State’s Recently Approved Request for a Section 1115 Demonstration for MaineCare | |
| LD 987 | (SP277) |
| An Act To Provide Autonomy for Health Care Providers To Practice Patient-centered Care by Amending the Laws Governing Medical Exemptions to Immunization Requirements | |
| LD 1027 | (HP757) |
| An Act To Eliminate the 100-megawatt Limit on Hydroelectric Generators under the Renewable Resources Laws | |
| LD 1031 | (HP761) |
| An Act To Base the Vehicle and Mobile Home Excise Tax on Actual Value | |
| LD 1044 | (HP774) |
| An Act To Advance Children’s Cancer Research in Maine | |
| LD 1105 | (HP809) |
| An Act To Allow Acupuncture Detoxification Specialists To Administer an Auricular Acupuncture Treatment for Addiction | |
| LD 1112 | (HP816) |
| An Act To Provide Employee Vaccination Compensation | |
| LD 1213 | (HP877) |
| An Act To Repeal the Ranked-choice Voting Law | |
| LD 1232 | (HP893) |
| An Act To Ensure the Right To Work without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union as a Condition of Employment | |
| LD 1244 | (HP905) |
| An Act To Authorize the Gambling Control Board To Accept an Application from the Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate 50 Slot Machines in the Tribe’s High-stakes Beano Facility | |
| LD 1255 | (HP916) |
| RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require Referenda To Receive 60 Percent of the Vote To Become Law | |
| LD 1292 | (HP935) |
| An Act To Lower Maine’s Individual Income Tax | |
| LD 1302 | (HP945) |
| An Act To Remove Vacancy Provisions for Certain Positions in County Government | |
| LD 1325 | (SP413) |
| An Act To Allow Workplace Substance Use Testing for Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone and Oxymorphone Use at the Employer’s Discretion | |
| LD 1351 | (SP419) |
| An Act To Allow for the Recovery and Redistribution of Food in Public Schools | |
| LD 1371 | (SP426) |
| An Act To Ensure Nondiscriminatory Treatment of Public, Educational and Governmental Access Channels by Cable System Operators | |
| LD 1422 | (HP1035) |
| An Act Regarding Conditions in Correctional Facilities for Female Prisoners | |
| LD 1425 | (HP1038) |
| An Act To Maintain the Integrity of the Department of Education by Prohibiting Its Promotion of Policies and Practices That Are Not Based on Rigorous Peer Review and Analysis, Limiting Acceptance of Private Funding in Implementing and Influencing State Policy and Retaining the Home Rule Powers to School Administrative Units | |
| LD 1438 | (HP1050) |
| An Act To Clarify the Intent of Referendum Questions for Voters | |
| LD 1444 | (HP1056) |
| An Act To Make the Distance to Schools for Marijuana Establishments Consistent with the Liquor Laws | |
| LD 1449 | (HP1061) |
| An Act To Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities | |
| LD 1450 | (HP1062) |
| Resolve, To Mitigate the Increasing Waiting List for Services under the MaineCare Section 21 Waiver Program | |
| LD 1512 | (HP1105) |
| An Act Regarding Persons Who Are Found Not Criminally Responsible and Are Sent out of State for Treatment | |
| LD 1515 | (HP1108) |
| An Act To Allow Sports Wagering in Maine | |
| LD 1531 | (HP1114) |
| An Act To Establish the Maine Food System Investment Program To Create Quality Jobs and Support Farms, Fisheries and Food-related Businesses | |
| LD 1616 | (HP1168) |
| An Act To Establish the Vaccine Consumer Protection Program | |
| LD 1621 | (SP518) |
| An Act To Allow Delivery of Adult Use Marijuana and Adult Use Marijuana Products by an Approved Marijuana Store | |
| LD 1651 | (HP1187) |
| An Act To Promote Equitable and Responsible Broadband Investment | |
| LD 1653 | (HP1189) |
| Resolve, Establishing the Conference To Address and Improve Relations between Maine Indian Tribes and the Legislature | |
| LD 1661 | (SP538) |
| An Act To Create the Drug Donation and Redispensing Program | |
| LD 1662 | (SP539) |
| An Act To Save Lives by Establishing the Low Barrier Opioid Treatment Response Program | |
| LD 1669 | (HP1196) |
| RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Help Ensure That Direct Initiatives of Legislation Are Compatible with the Constitution of Maine and Statutory Law | |
| LD 1735 | (SP577) |
| An Act To Clarify the Pathway for a Registered Dispensary under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act To Become a For-profit Entity | |
| LD 1772 | (HP1259) |
| An Act To Secure Transitions to Economic Prosperity for Maine Families and Children | |
| LD 1774 | (HP1261) |
| An Act To Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments so Families Can Thrive | |
| LD 1968 | (HP1412) |
| An Act To Restrict Maine Clean Election Act Candidates from Seeking or Accepting Employment with Vendors | |
| LD 1976 | (SP678) |
| An Act To Help Retain School Bus Drivers | |
| LD 1991 | (SP693) |
| An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Drug Paraphernalia That Encourage Drug Use by Young People | |
| LD 2096 | (HP1493) |
| An Act To Save Lives by Capping the Out-of-pocket Cost of Certain Medications | |
| LD 2135 | (HP1525) |
| An Act To Amend the Definition of “Tobacco Product” To Exclude Matches and Lighters | |
| LD 2141 | (HP1529) |
| Resolve, To Ensure Continued Services for Children with Disabilities by Imposing a Delay on MaineCare Rulemaking until an Impact Study Is Completed |