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Barbara Bagshaw

Republican · ME · ME State Representative

Barbara Bagshaw is a Republican incumbent State Representative for State House District 106 (2024), seeking re-election in 2026.

Track record

Environment and Public Health

· 1 record

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw sponsored LD 69, a bill to repeal Maine's restrictions on certain plastic, paper, and single-use retail bags.

    January 8, 2025Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Housing Affordability

· 1 record

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Nay on accepting the amended majority report for LD 2230, which funded construction of industrialized housing; the motion prevailed 78-69.

    April 13, 2026Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Social Programs and Welfare

· 1 record

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Nay on accepting the amended majority report for LD 2064, which established an early-childhood nutrition grant program for public preschools; the motion prevailed 71-56.

    March 25, 2026Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Public Education Quality

· 7 records

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Nay on accepting the amended majority report for LD 2226, which changed Maine's Essential Programs and Services school-funding formula; the motion prevailed 122-23.

    April 13, 2026Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Nay on accepting the amended majority report for LD 2064, which established an early-childhood nutrition grant program for public preschools; the motion prevailed 71-56.

    March 25, 2026Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • On the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Representative Barbara Bagshaw signed the minority Ought Not to Pass report on LD 1474, which proposed strengthening Wabanaki-studies instruction.

    May 16, 2025Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw sponsored LD 1588, a bill requiring greater transparency in student-transfer requests.

    April 10, 2025For

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw presented her sponsored LD 220, proposing education savings accounts for eligible private-school and home-instruction students.

    March 12, 2025For

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw presented her sponsored LD 482, proposing equal access to public-school classes, activities, and services for students in private schools and other equivalent-instruction programs.

    March 12, 2025For

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw presented testimony supporting her sponsored LD 1741, which proposed an educational-choice tax credit, fewer charter-school restrictions, more charter authorizers, and revised immunization policy.

    May 8, 2023For

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Gun Control

· 1 record

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Yea on the motion to recede and concur on LD 208, which eliminated the 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases; the motion failed 72-76.

    April 9, 2026Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Women's Reproductive Rights

· 1 record

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Nay on accepting the majority report for LD 335, titled An Act to Safeguard Reproductive Rights; the motion prevailed 70-61.

    January 20, 2026Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Election Integrity

· 2 records

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Nay on accepting the amended majority report for LD 702, which designated January 6 as a remembrance day and preserved witness accounts; the motion prevailed 74-65.

    May 13, 2025Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw testified in support of LD 349, which proposed repealing Maine's same-day voter-registration laws.

    February 10, 2025For

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Data Privacy

· 1 record

  • Representative Barbara Bagshaw voted Nay on the motion to recede and concur on LD 1822, the Maine Online Data Privacy Act; the motion failed 70-79.

    April 9, 2026Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Civil Rights

· 1 record

  • On the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Representative Barbara Bagshaw signed the minority Ought Not to Pass report on LD 1474, which proposed strengthening Wabanaki-studies instruction.

    May 16, 2025Against

    Source: legislature.maine.gov · researched July 24, 2026

General

· 2 records

  • Barbara Bagshaw serves as the incumbent State Representative for State House District 106 (2024) (in office as of the 2026 cycle).

    January 13, 2025

    Source: ballotpedia.org · researched July 16, 2026

  • Former Maine House member Mike McClellan publicly endorsed Barbara Bagshaw for House District 106, citing her attention to fuel and food prices, trafficking, and other issues affecting Mainers.

    October 11, 2022

    Source: pressherald.com · researched July 24, 2026

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Profile last researched July 16, 2026.