Billy Bob Faulkingham is a Republican state representative from Maine House District 12 who is running for Maine State Senate District 6 in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1][2]A fisherman and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran, he was elected House minority leader in November 2022 and was unable to file for re-election to the House because of term limits.[1][2]
Billy Bob Faulkingham lives in Winter Harbor, Maine, and served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1999 to 2002.[1]His career experience includes working as a fisherman.[1]
Faulkingham won re-election to House District 12 in November 2024, defeating Democrat Norman Bamford, 61.1% to 38.9%.[1]He served on the Marine Resources Committee in the 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 sessions and was ranking member of the Rules and Business of the House Committee in 2023–2024.[1]He advanced from the Republican primary on June 9, 2026, and faces independent candidate Aaron Dana in the general election.[1]
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
›Jobs & cost of living252 with · 15 against267 votes
As introduced, suspends employer paid family and medical leave premiums until January 1, 2026 (employers may keep paying) and directs the Labor Department to set rules by November 1, 2025 for expedited approval of private plans, waiving premiums while applications are pending.
On the version voted Mar 13, 2025: Makes supplemental appropriations and allocations for state government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and changes related laws, including carrying unspent funds into the next fiscal year and updating state tax references to the federal tax code.
Feb 11, 2025 · Passed 73–71 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Sets Maine's state budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 and adjusts fiscal 2025 spending, and changes related laws, including raising the cigarette tax from $2 to $3.50 per pack starting January 5, 2026, with a matching increase on other tobacco products.
Jun 18, 2025 · Passed 74–73 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, requires public school and college teams to be designated male, female or coed, bars male students from female teams, and requires restrooms, changing rooms and sleeping quarters to be designated for one sex.
Jun 13, 2025 · Failed 72–72 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Feb 10, 2026: Extends ranked-choice voting to general and special elections for Governor, State Senator and State Representative, with technical wording changes, and states the winner is the candidate with a plurality of votes.
Jun 18, 2025 · Passed 74–73 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, broadens drug-impairment testing law to cover impairment by any drug, replaces "drug recognition expert" with "law enforcement officer", and clarifies that the Secretary of State immediately suspends the license of a person who fails to submit to or complete the test.
Jun 10, 2025 · Passed 73–72 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Mar 26, 2026: Declares that people in Maine have a right to harvest fish and wildlife by hunting, fishing or trapping for their own nourishment, sustenance, health or well-being, subject to applicable laws and rules.
Jun 12, 2025 · Passed 75–73 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Removes the time limit on directing forward capacity market payments to beneficial electrification, and adds electric vehicles to heat pumps as an eligible use of those funds.
Apr 15, 2025 · Passed 77–72 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Directs the Department of Environmental Protection to report on levels of chemicals and metals in air and soil statewide, and on soil testing at solar farm sites before, after and during operation.
May 20, 2025 · Passed 75–72 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Limits increases in total premiums for active and retired state employee health insurance, for fiscal years ending after June 30, 2026, to the Consumer Price Index percentage increase plus 10%, excluding the fully insured Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan.
As introduced, bars school administrative units from conducting student evaluations that test or diagnose intellectual, emotional, behavioral, psychological or physical development without first obtaining parental consent.
Allows, at the prescriber's request, labels on mifepristone, misoprostol and their generics to show the prescriber's health care facility instead of the prescriber's name.
May 20, 2025 · Passed 75–71 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, requires public school and college teams to be designated male, female or coed, bars male students from female teams, and requires restrooms, changing rooms and sleeping quarters to be designated for one sex.
Jun 13, 2025 · Failed 72–72 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Directs the Department of Education to study placing child care facilities in public schools and set up pilot programs in at least 4 school administrative units, serving children of school staff, with funding appropriated.
As introduced, bars state-funded schools and colleges from letting a person whose sex assigned at birth is male join female-designated competitive athletics or use female-only facilities.
Jun 13, 2025 · Passed 73–72 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Changes the annual housing data that municipalities of 4,000 or more residents report to the Maine Office of Community Affairs, moving the deadline to March 31 and revising the building-type categories, and encourages smaller towns to report.
On the version voted Apr 2, 2026: Raises the state reimbursement to municipalities and Indian tribes for general assistance costs from 70% to 75% of direct costs incurred on or after July 1, 2026.
Jun 17, 2025 · Passed 75–71 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, adds status as a recipient of public assistance, including medical assistance and housing subsidies, to Maine's housing discrimination law, covering inquiries, sales, rentals, evictions and loans, and bars refusing to rent to recipients because of that status.
As introduced, broadens drug-impairment testing law to cover impairment by any drug, replaces "drug recognition expert" with "law enforcement officer", and clarifies that the Secretary of State immediately suspends the license of a person who fails to submit to or complete the test.
Jun 10, 2025 · Passed 73–72 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, proposes a constitutional amendment requiring at least 60% of automobile-related sales and use tax revenue to go to the Highway Fund starting July 1, 2027, for all modes of transportation.
Directs the Maine Connectivity Authority to review the laws on the ConnectMaine Authority and recommend changes to move its functions to the Maine Connectivity Authority by October 1, 2027, with a report due January 15, 2027.
Feb 24, 2026 · Passed 65–64 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to give independent repairers and owners repair documentation, parts and tools on fair terms from 2028, and bars software parts pairing in newer consumer electronics; excludes vehicles, medical devices and game consoles; bars suits by owners and repairers.
On the version voted Apr 9, 2026: Enacts the Maine Online Data Privacy Act, letting residents access, correct, delete and opt out of sale or targeted-advertising use of their personal data held by businesses, and limiting collection of sensitive data; as amended, takes effect September 1, 2027.
Feb 10, 2026 · Passed 71–68 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Prohibits sending Maine's state military forces into foreign combat without a congressional declaration of war or action for an enumerated constitutional purpose, while allowing the Governor to deploy them for civil missions in the U.S.
Apr 24, 2025 · Passed 109–33 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 41 of 727 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Rights & public safety (15), Jobs & cost of living (12), Climate & energy (7)
An Act to Enact the Remaining Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act
What it does: Lets the Mi'kmaq Nation elect a House representative from 2027, allows Wabanaki Nation members to subtract tribal employment pay from Maine income, and exempts certain manufactured housing sales on tribal land from sa…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 75–0, Republicans 5–64
An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations
What it does: Establishes a working group to recommend how to extend federal laws that benefit Indian tribes to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi'kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe and Penobscot Nation, reporting to the judici…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 75–0, Republicans 13–54
An Act to Regulate and Prevent Children's Access to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots with Human-like Features and Social Artificial Intelligence Companions
What it does: Bars AI chatbot operators from making chatbots with human-like features available to minors starting February 15, 2027, requires systems to detect and respond to minors' stated intent to harm themselves or others, and…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 75–0, Republicans 26–43
What it does: Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider residential affordability, publish utility credit and collection data, review electric delivery rate components, and develop an energy-burden affordability metric,…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 73–0, Republicans 10–56
An Act to Protect Private Wells from Hazardous Substances
What it does: Creates a Well Contamination Response Fund at the Department of Environmental Protection with $1,000,000 a year in General Fund money starting in 2026-27 for PFAS contamination work, including in private wells.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 71–0, Republicans 31–37
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
LD 307 · ME HOUSE
An Act Regarding Energy, Utilities and Technology
YesVOTED
Motion: Move the Previous Question
A yes vote moved to end debate and bring the pending question on LD 307, establishing the Maine Data Center Coordination Council, to an immediate vote. (AI-written)
On the version voted Apr 14, 2026: Requires the Department of Energy Resources to convene a Maine Data Center Coordination Council to report by February 1, 2027, and bars permits for data centers of 20 megawatts or more before November 1, 2027.
A yes vote supported overriding the Governor's veto of LD 307 (Maine Data Center Coordination Council and temporary data center limit); a two-thirds vote was required. (AI-written)
On the version voted Apr 14, 2026: Requires the Department of Energy Resources to convene a Maine Data Center Coordination Council to report by February 1, 2027, and bars permits for data centers of 20 megawatts or more before November 1, 2027.
Requires the Department of Energy Resources to convene a Maine Data Center Coordination Council to report by February 1, 2027, and bars permits for data centers of 20 megawatts or more before November 1, 2027.
An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products
NoVOTED
Motion: Enactment
Requires producers of electronic smoking devices to submit a stewardship plan for collecting unwanted devices, requires retailers selling them to join as collection sites within 3 years of plan approval, and sets a minimum $2 incentive per returned device (up to 2 a day).
An Act to Create a Separate Department of Child and Family Services
NoVOTED
Motion: Acc Maj Ought Not to Pass Rep
As introduced, creates a Department of Child and Family Services and moves child and family services and child welfare functions to it from the Department of Health and Human Services.
An Act to Restore Full Civil Rights to Possess Firearms to Persons Previously Convicted of Certain Nonviolent Felony Crimes
YesVOTED
Motion: SUSPEND RULES -
As amended, lets a person with a single Class B or C felony conviction ask a District Court to restore firearm rights 10 years after completing the sentence, excluding crimes such as robbery, arson and offenses involving firearms; requires a background check.
An Act to Strengthen Legislative Oversight of Government Agencies and Programs by Reaffirming the Legislature's Access to Confidential Records
NoVOTED
Motion: ACC MIN OTP-AM BY CA-B
Requires the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability director to brief the Government Oversight Committee every two years on confidentiality policies, and lets the director share a confidential copy of a final report with it before public release, after the agency review period.
An Act to Strengthen Legislative Oversight of Government Agencies and Programs by Reaffirming the Legislature's Access to Confidential Records
YesVOTED
Motion: suspend house rule 515
Requires the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability director to brief the Government Oversight Committee every two years on confidentiality policies, and lets the director share a confidential copy of a final report with it before public release, after the agency review period.
