State House leaders reconsider bills for 2010

AUGUSTA -- Maine lawmakers whose bills have been denied consideration during the upcoming session are back at the State House asking to have their proposals reconsidered.

Leaders of the House and Senate are meeting today to consider more than 70 bills that were turned back last month for introduction for the session that starts in January. The 10-member Legislative Council said it wanted to restrict the workload in 2010 to the state's most pressing issues.

Bills to be reconsidered today run the gamut from where sex offenders may live to rural transportation and noise restrictions.