# Bill Pluecker

Bill Pluecker is an independent member of the Maine House for district 44.

- Party: Independent
- Seat: Maine House, district 44
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: ME 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/30ae681d-e01b-4305-9c6e-60df2e62b49b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/30ae681d-e01b-4305-9c6e-60df2e62b49b (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

Pluecker voted against the majority of Maine House Democrats 73 times; party unity 91.1%, in the bottom tenth of the Maine House (average 95.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.33 (standard error 0.01), from 16 donors and 1,158 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House independents score lower.

## Votes (ME 2025–26 session)

804 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (Maine House 94.9%). Party unity 91.1% (95.9%). 73 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · RECEDE AND CONCUR · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · 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 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 53. 81.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maine House 64.1%; rank 20 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LD 299: An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture (passed both chambers, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- LD 2238: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Chapter 348: Exemption For On-Farm Raising, Slaughter, And Processing Of Less Than 1,000 Ready-To-Cook Whole Poultry,… (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2238/
- LD 2094: An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine'S Agricultural And Forestry Sectors (passed both chambers, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2094/
- LD 2051: An Act To Ensure Access To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program In Maine (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2051/
- LD 2040: An Act To Survey Food Insecurity In Maine (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2040/
- LD 2158: An Act To Address Vacancies On The Knox County Budget Committee (became law, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2158/
- LD 2039: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Portions Of Chapter 1: Fee Schedule, A Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And… (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2039/
- LD 2089: An Act To Amend The Law Governing Agricultural Labor Housing Standards (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2089/
- LD 2026: An Act Regarding Distributions From The Stipend Fund For Agricultural Fair Competitions And Events (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2026/
- LD 948: An Act To Reduce Administrative Burdens And Expand Access In The Laws Governing Cannabis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD948/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $820 (State House independents median $820). 51% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/MemberProfiles/Details/1383 https://legislature.maine.gov/representative-bill-pluecker
- Campaign site: https://billpluecker.com/ https://pluecker.mainecandidate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillPluecker/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bill.pluecker.16/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/30ae681d-e01b-4305-9c6e-60df2e62b49b