Maine Legislature 2027 Session: 133rd Sworn In Wed., Dec. 2 at 10 a.m.

Maine’s 133rd Legislature convenes Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2026, in Augusta, with members sworn in at 10 a.m., according to the Legislative Council’s convening schedule. The Maine State Legislature’s page sets a statutory adjournment date of the third Wednesday in June for the first regular session, which is Wednesday, June 16, 2027. The table below puts every dated step in order, and a free printable tracker keeps them on one sheet. Facts were read on Nov. 12, 2026.

Maine’s first regular session starts before the new year. The Constitution (Article IV, Part 3, Section 1) says the Legislature “shall convene on the first Wednesday of December following the general election.”

Maine Legislature 2027 session dates to mark

Weekdays, the 50th day and the 2028 dates are our computation from the rules quoted in each row.

Date	Weekday	What happens	Source
Nov. 16, 2026	Monday	Members-elect payroll and benefit forms due in the online system	Orientation memo, Nov. 5, 2026
Dec. 1, 2026	Tuesday	Pay-option forms due	Orientation memo, Nov. 5, 2026
Dec. 2, 2026	Wednesday	Convening of the 133rd Legislature: 10 a.m. swearing-in; 2 p.m. joint convention	Legislative Council schedule
Jan. 6, 2027	Wednesday	Governor’s four-year term starts	Maine Constitution, Art. V
Jan. 21, 2027	Thursday	Initiative petitions due, 50th day after convening	Maine Constitution, Art. IV
June 16, 2027	Wednesday	Statutory adjournment, first regular session	About the Legislature
Jan. 5, 2028	Wednesday	Second regular session convenes	About the Legislature
April 19, 2028	Wednesday	Statutory adjournment, second regular session	About the Legislature

What happens on Dec. 2, 2026, the first day?

The Legislative Council’s schedule for the Pre-Legislative Conference, which runs “November 30 – December 3, 2026,” lists Wednesday, Dec. 2 as the “Convening of the 133rd Maine Legislature.” The program lists these events.

Time	Event
10:00 AM	Swearing-in of members by Gov. Janet T. Mills
Time not listed	Election of a presiding officer in each chamber, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives
2:00 PM	Joint Convention of the 133rd Legislature: election of constitutional officers

The Legislature has a Senate of 35 members and a House of Representatives of 151 members, plus three non-voting tribal members from the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. The Dec. 2 votes decide who presides in each chamber, and this page names no nominees.

Who does the joint convention elect on Dec. 2?

The Constitution has the Legislature choose three officers by joint ballot of the Senators and Representatives in convention. The Secretary of State and the Treasurer are chosen biennially at the first session (Article V, Part 2, Section 1 and Part 3, Section 1). The Attorney General is chosen biennially the same way (Article IX, Section 11). The schedule lists the 2 p.m. convention as the election of constitutional officers.

When does the Maine Legislature adjourn in 2027?

The statutory adjournment date for the first regular session is the third Wednesday in June, which is June 16, 2027. The Legislature’s page calls it a statutory date; no actual adjournment date is posted. For comparison, the 132nd Legislature’s second regular session adjourned sine die on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM, according to the House page (last edited Nov. 9, 2026). That is last Legislature’s result, not a forecast.

The second regular session convenes on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday in January, which is Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2028. Its statutory adjournment date is the third Wednesday in April, Wednesday, April 19, 2028.

What deadlines follow convening day?

• Governor’s term: Article V, Part 1, Section 2 gives the governor four years “from the first Wednesday of January next following the election,” Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027 by our count. For other offices, see when 2026 election winners take office.
• Initiative petitions: Article IV, Part 3, Section 18 sets “on or before the 50th day after the date of convening of the Legislature in first regular session.” Counting 50 days from Dec. 2 gives Thursday, Jan. 21, 2027.
• Bill requests: Joint Rule 204 sets state agency bill requests “by 4:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday in December,” which would be Dec. 2, 2026 if the 133rd keeps the rule. Each Legislature adopts its own joint rules. For the 132nd, Rule 202 set legislator bill requests “by 4:00 p.m. on January 10, 2025,” last Legislature’s date.
• Cloture: Rule 203 says “The Legislative Council shall set a cloture date.” The 133rd’s date is not posted.

When do Maine laws passed in 2027 take effect?

A non-emergency law takes effect 90 days after the recess of the session in which it passed, under Article IV, Part 3, Section 16. The recess date is not announced, so there is no effective date to give. An emergency law needs a two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House.

Print the Maine 133rd Legislature tracker

The free tracker lists the dates above from the Nov. 16 forms to the June 16 adjournment limit, with a box to check off each, and prints the cloture and recess dates as not announced. Pair it with a December 2026 calendar, a January 2027 calendar and a June 2027 calendar. Other legislatures start on their own schedules: see the California Legislature 2027-28 session and the Florida Legislature 2027 session.