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Rep. Melissa Innes


Representative
Melissa Walsh Innes
District 107 -
Representing Yarmouth
400 East Elm Street
Yarmouth, ME 04096
Home tel: (207) 846-4302

About Rep. Innes

Rep. Melissa Walsh Innes is serving her first term in the Maine House of Representatives and is a member of the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

A native to the Yarmouth area, Rep. Innes currently works in special education. She graduated from the University of Southern Maine, earning her degree in Social Work, and since then has worked to support Maine citizens with mental illness, Alzheimer's Disease, and developmental disabilities.
Rep. Innes has also owned a professional organizing business.

Locally, Rep. Innes has been a leader on energy conservation issues as the co-chair of the Yarmouth Energy Savers Committee, which has worked to cut costs and energy usage of municipal and residential buildings.

Rep. Innes, along with her husband Shawn and three daughters, attends the First Universalist Church of Yarmouth, where she chairs the Faith in Action Council, which seeks to advance economic and environmental justice in the surrounding community.

To view high resolution photos of Rep. Melissa Innes click here.

News

September 12, 2009Rep. Innes’ bill to facilitate lactation in the workplace takes effect
Legislation helps support new mothers
August 5, 2009Rep. Innes returns from Council of State Governments Annual Meeting
Yarmouth legislator reports back on work sessions with national leaders
May 28, 2009Maine House votes to “free the grapes”
Legislation would allow Mainers to buy wine from other states
May 1, 2009House unanimously enacts bill to support new mothers
Legislation would help facilitate lactation in the workplace
April 9, 2009Innes petition to President, Congress and US DEP makes a difference
Agreement reached to follow California emission standards nationwide
April 7, 2009Rep. Melissa Walsh Innes appointed to Zone F Lobster Council
March 24, 2009Labor Committee approves lactation support in the workplace
Panel takes a step further and prohibits discrimination against nursing mothers

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Committees

Rep. Innes serves on the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

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Issues

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Legislation

Click on the buttons below to see all bills and joint resolutions and orders I sponsored or cosponsored this session, as well as legislative sentiments that honor and recognize people from our district and throughout the state.

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Contact Me

Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online Contact Form to reach me.

You can also contact me at my home:

400 East Elm Street
Yarmouth, ME 04096
Home tel: (207) 846-4302

When the Legislature is in session, you can leave a message for me by calling the State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TTY Line: (207) 287-4469.

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Leaders

Rep. John Piotti
Rep. Seth Berry
 
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