Maine Legislature

Maine State Legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral
Chambers	Senate House of Representatives
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
Leadership
President of the Senate	Troy Jackson (D) since December 5, 2018
Senate Majority Leader	Eloise Vitelli (D) since February 1, 2021
Senate Minority Leader	Trey Stewart (R) since December 7, 2022
Speaker of the House	Rachel Talbot Ross (D) since December 7, 2022
House Majority Leader	Maureen Fitzgerald Terry (D) since December 7, 2022
House Minority Leader	Billy Bob Faulkingham (R) since December 7, 2022
Structure
Seats	186 35 Senators 151 Representatives (plus 3 non-voting Representatives not shown in diagrams below)
Senate political groups	Democratic (22)   Republican (12)   Vacant (1)
House of Representatives political groups	Democratic (79)   Republican (67)   Independent (2)   Nonpartisan (1 non-voting)   Vacant (3 (plus 2 non-voting))
Length of term	Both chambers: 2 years
Elections
Last Senate election	November 8, 2022
Last House of Representatives election	November 8, 2022
Next Senate election	November 5, 2024
Next House of Representatives election	November 5, 2024
Redistricting	Legislative control
Motto
Dirigo
Meeting place
Maine State House Augusta
Website
Maine State Legislature
Constitution
Constitution of Maine

The Maine State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The legislature convenes at the State House in Augusta, where it has met since 1832.

The House of Representatives consists of 151 members, each chosen from single-member constituencies. The House is uniquely the only state legislative body in the U.S. to set aside special seats for American Indians,^[1] where there are three non-voting Representatives from the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and the Houlton Band of Maliseets.^[2] The Senate currently has 35 members, though under the Maine Constitution there may be 31, 33, or 35.