[5] While Maine had already eliminated the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits brought by these survivors in 2000, the bill did not apply retroactively, making it more difficult for people who were victims as children to bring a case.
WMTW reported that Gramlich commented "We know there is a lot of plastic waste in our ocean, and this is a step in the direction to begin to hopefully decrease some of that".
[6] The bill faced significant opposition from the foodservice industry, as well as grocery stores, truckers, and bottled water producers.
[6] Gramlich also introduced a bill that banned the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as "PFAS" or "forever chemicals", the latter attributed to the long life of the plastic.
[8] In 2019, Gramlich co-sponsored a bill that banned all forms of conversion therapy for queer people in Maine.