# Jeff Adams

Jeff Adams is a Republican member of the Maine House for district 144.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maine House, district 144
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: ME 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2288cf22-64f4-4f1f-b5e3-b1ada5c72914

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2288cf22-64f4-4f1f-b5e3-b1ada5c72914 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Adams missed 22% of 804 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Maine House (average 94.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.05), from 10 donors and 439 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ME 2025–26 session)

804 roll calls. Attendance 78% (Maine House 94.9%). Party unity 98.0% (95.9%). 34 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-29 · voted not voting · reconsideration-veto · LD 307 An Act Regarding Energy, Utilities And Technology · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD307/
- 2026-04-29 · voted not voting · Move the Previous Question · LD 307 An Act Regarding Energy, Utilities And Technology · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD307/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · Acc Maj Ought Not to Pass Rep · LD 555 An Act To Create A Separate Department Of Child And Family Services · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD555/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · Enactment - Bond Issue · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · suspension of house rule 515 · LD 127 An Act To Strengthen Legislative Oversight Of Government Agencies And Programs By Reaffirming The Legislature'S Access To Confidential Records · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD127/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · suspend house rule 515 · LD 127 An Act To Strengthen Legislative Oversight Of Government Agencies And Programs By Reaffirming The Legislature'S Access To Confidential Records · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD127/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · SUSPEND RULES - · LD 1009 An Act To Restore Full Civil Rights To Possess Firearms To Persons Previously Convicted Of Certain Nonviolent Felony Crimes · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1009/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · recon of maj rep otp-am by ca-a · LD 127 An Act To Strengthen Legislative Oversight Of Government Agencies And Programs By Reaffirming The Legislature'S Access To Confidential Records · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD127/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · RECEDE AND CONCUR · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · Enactment · LD 1519 An Act To Create A Stewardship Program For Electronic Smoking Devices And Related Products · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1519/

## Legislation (ME 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 7.

Recent sponsored bills:

- LD 1622: An Act To Exempt Certain Income From State Income Tax (in committee, 2025-05-28) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1622/
- LD 718: An Act To Require Municipal Clerks To Issue Absentee Ballots Only To Residents Of That Municipality And To Eliminate Ongoing Absentee Voter Status (in committee, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD718/
- LD 542: An Act Regarding Municipal Property Tax Levy Limits (passed one chamber, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD542/
- LD 177: An Act To Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD177/
- LD 1809: An Act To Prohibit Health Care Services Without Parental Consent (passed both chambers, 2023-06-21) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1809/
- LD 1261: An Act To Establish Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Gross Sexual Assaults And Sex Trafficking Of Children (in committee, 2023-04-27) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1261/
- LD 1176: An Act To Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing (in committee, 2023-05-04) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1176/
- LD 1133: An Act Regarding Emergency Management Funding For Municipal Shelters (in committee, 2023-05-25) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1133/
- LD 1175: An Act To Provide For The Review And Uniform Application Of All Transmission And Distribution Utility Rates (in committee, 2023-05-04) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1175/
- LD 1112: An Act To Provide Workers' Compensation For Temporary Employees (in committee, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1112/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,250 (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 46% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/MemberProfiles/Details/1469

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2288cf22-64f4-4f1f-b5e3-b1ada5c72914