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ME LD 115

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An Act To Assess Impact Fees On Megayachts

Maine · 132 · upper

Quick answers

Did ME LD 115 pass?

No. ME LD 115 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2025-06-02). Latest recorded action (2025-06-02): Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

What is ME LD 115 about?

ME LD 115 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act To Assess Impact Fees On Megayachts”.

Who sponsors ME LD 115?

Richard BENNETT is the primary sponsor of ME LD 115, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-06-02 — Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Richard BENNETTprimary
  • Grayson LOOKNERcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  2. 2025-01-08

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-08

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-03-21

    CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  5. 2025-05-21

    Reports READ

  6. 2025-05-21

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT.

  7. 2025-05-27

    Taken from the table by the President

  8. 2025-05-27

    On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland to ACCEPT The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-118) Report. PREVAILED

  9. 2025-05-27

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 232 Yeas 17 - Nays 16 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  10. 2025-05-27

    READ ONCE

    reading-1

  11. 2025-05-27

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-118) READ and ADOPTED

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-118)

    reading-2,reading-3

  13. 2025-05-27

    Held at the Request of STEWART of Aroostook

  14. 2025-05-28

    RELEASED.

  15. 2025-05-28

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook the Senate RECONSIDERED it's action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-118)

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  16. 2025-05-28

    On further motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-118)

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-29

    Taken from the table by the President

  18. 2025-05-29

    PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-118) FAILED.

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  19. 2025-05-29

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 270 Yeas 16 - Nays 19 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  20. 2025-05-29

    Sent down forthwith.

  21. 2025-06-02

    Reports READ.

  22. 2025-06-02

    On motion of Representative CRAFTS of Newcastle, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

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  23. 2025-06-02

    ROLL CALL NO. 250

  24. 2025-06-02

    (Yeas 77 - Nays 59 - Absent 15 - Excused 0)

  25. 2025-06-02

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  26. 2025-06-02

    Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

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  27. 2025-04-10

    Work Session Held

  28. 2025-04-10

    Voted - Divided Report

  29. 2025-05-07

    Work Session Reconsidered

  30. 2025-05-07

    Voted - Divided Report

  31. 2025-05-20

    Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

    2025-05-27 · pass · 17-16

    Member-level votes (35)
    • BAILEY of York: yes
    • BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
    • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
    • BENNETT of Oxford: yes
    • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
    • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
    • BLACK of Franklin: other
    • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
    • BRENNER of Cumberland: yes
    • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
    • CURRY of Waldo: no
    • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
    • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: no
    • DUSON of Cumberland: no
    • FARRIN of Somerset: other
    • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
    • GUERIN of Penobscot: yes
    • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
    • HARRINGTON of York: no
    • HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
    • INGWERSEN of York: yes
    • LAWRENCE of York: yes
    • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
    • MARTIN of Oxford: no
    • MOORE of Washington: no
    • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
    • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
    • RAFFERTY of York: yes
    • RENY of Lincoln: yes
    • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
    • STEWART of Aroostook: no
    • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
    • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
    • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
    • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
  • PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

    2025-05-29 · fail · 16-19

    Member-level votes (35)
    • BAILEY of York: yes
    • BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
    • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
    • BENNETT of Oxford: yes
    • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
    • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
    • BLACK of Franklin: no
    • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
    • BRENNER of Cumberland: yes
    • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
    • CURRY of Waldo: no
    • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
    • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: no
    • DUSON of Cumberland: no
    • FARRIN of Somerset: no
    • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
    • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
    • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
    • HARRINGTON of York: no
    • HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
    • INGWERSEN of York: yes
    • LAWRENCE of York: yes
    • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
    • MARTIN of Oxford: no
    • MOORE of Washington: no
    • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
    • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
    • RAFFERTY of York: yes
    • RENY of Lincoln: yes
    • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
    • STEWART of Aroostook: no
    • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
    • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
    • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
    • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
  • ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

    2025-06-02 · pass · 77-59

    Member-level votes (151)
    • ABDI of Lewiston: no
    • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
    • ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
    • ANKELES of Brunswick: no
    • ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
    • ARCHER of Saco: other
    • ARDELL of Monticello: yes
    • ARFORD of Brunswick: no
    • BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
    • BAGSHAW of Windham: yes
    • BECK of South Portland: no
    • BELL of Yarmouth: no
    • BISHOP of Bucksport: other
    • BLIER of Buxton: yes
    • BOYER of Poland: yes
    • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: no
    • BRENNAN of Portland: no
    • BRIDGEO of Augusta: no
    • BUNKER of Farmington: no
    • CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
    • CARLOW of Buxton: yes
    • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
    • CHAPMAN of Auburn: yes
    • CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
    • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
    • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: other
    • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
    • COLLINS of Sidney: yes
    • COOPER of Windham: yes
    • COPELAND of Saco: other
    • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
    • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
    • CROCKETT of Portland: other
    • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
    • DEBRITO of Waterville: other
    • DHALAC of South Portland: no
    • DILL of Old Town: no
    • DODGE of Belfast: no
    • DOUDERA of Camden: no
    • DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
    • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
    • EATON of Deer Isle: other
    • EDER of Waterboro: yes
    • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: no
    • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
    • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
    • FECTEAU of Biddeford: no
    • FLYNN of Albion: yes
    • FOLEY of Wells: yes
    • FOSTER of Dexter: yes
    • FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
    • FREDETTE of Newport: yes
    • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: no
    • FROST of Belgrade: yes
    • GATTINE of Westbrook: no
    • GEIGER of Rockland: no
    • GERE of Kennebunkport: no
    • GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
    • GOLEK of Harpswell: no
    • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: no
    • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: no
    • GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
    • GRIFFIN of Levant: other
    • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
    • HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
    • HALL of Wilton: other
    • HASENFUS of Readfield: no
    • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
    • HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
    • HYMES of Waldo: yes
    • JACKSON of Oxford: yes
    • JAVNER of Chester: yes
    • JULIA of Waterville: no
    • KESSLER of South Portland: no
    • KUHN of Falmouth: no
    • LAJOIE of Lewiston: no
    • LANCE of Paris: yes
    • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
    • LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
    • LEE of Auburn: no
    • LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
    • LIBBY of Auburn: yes
    • LOOKNER of Portland: no
    • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: other
    • MACIAS of Topsham: no
    • MALON of Biddeford: no
    • MASON of Lisbon: yes
    • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
    • MATHIESON of Kittery: no
    • MATLACK of St. George: no
    • MCCABE of Lewiston: no
    • MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
    • MEYER of Eliot: yes
    • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
    • MINGO of Calais: yes
    • MITCHELL of Cumberland: no
    • MONTELL of Gardiner: no
    • MOONEN of Portland: no
    • MORRIS of Turner: yes
    • MURPHY of Scarborough: no
    • NUTTING of Oakland: yes
    • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
    • OLSEN of Raymond: yes
    • OSHER of Orono: no
    • PARRY of Arundel: yes
    • PAUL of Winterport: yes
    • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: yes
    • PLUECKER of Warren: no
    • POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
    • POMERLEAU of Standish: yes
    • PUGH of Portland: no
    • QUINT of Hodgdon: yes
    • RANA of Bangor: no
    • RAY of Lincolnville: no
    • RIELLY of Westbrook: no
    • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
    • ROEDER of Bangor: no
    • ROLLINS of Augusta: no
    • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
    • RUNTE of York: yes
    • SACHS of Freeport: no
    • SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
    • SARGENT of York: yes
    • SATO of Gorham: no
    • SAYRE of Kennebunk: no
    • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
    • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: no
    • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
    • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
    • SKOLD of Portland: no
    • SMITH of Palermo: yes
    • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: yes
    • STOVER of Boothbay: yes
    • STROUT of Harrington: other
    • SUPICA of Bangor: no
    • SWALLOW of Houlton: yes
    • TERRY of Gorham: no
    • THORNE of Carmel: yes
    • TUELL of East Machias: yes
    • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: other
    • WADSWORTH of Hiram: other
    • WALKER of Naples: yes
    • WARREN of Scarborough: no
    • WEBB of Durham: no
    • WHITE of Guilford: yes
    • WHITE of Ellsworth: yes
    • WOOD of Norway: yes
    • WOOD of Greene: yes
    • WOODSOME of Waterboro: no
    • YUSUF of Portland: no
    • ZAGER of Portland: no

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