ME LD 1576

enacted

An Act To Extend A One-Year Lobbying Prohibition To Partisan And Nonpartisan Staff Of The Legislature

Maine · 132 · lower

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-06-08 — Became Law without Governor's Signature
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

2025-04-10
Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
2025-04-10
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-04-10
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
referral-committee
2025-05-20
Reports READ.
2025-05-20
On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
2025-05-20
ROLL CALL NO. 156
2025-05-20
(Yeas 115 - Nays 28 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
2025-05-20
The Bill was READ ONCE.
reading-1
2025-05-20
Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
2025-05-20
The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
reading-3
2025-05-20
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-21
Reports Read
2025-05-21
On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
2025-05-21
Bill READ ONCE
reading-1
2025-05-21
Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence.
reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-27
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
passage
2025-05-27
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-27
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
passage
2025-06-08
Became Law without Governor's Signature
became-law
2025-05-02
Work Session Held - TABLED
2025-05-12
Work Session Held
2025-05-12
Voted - Divided Report
2025-05-16
Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

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Votes

ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP
2025-05-20 · pass · 115-28
Member-level votes (150)
- ABDI of Lewiston: yes
- ADAMS of Lebanon: yes
- ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
- ANKELES of Brunswick: no
- ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
- ARCHER of Saco: yes
- ARDELL of Monticello: yes
- ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
- BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
- BAGSHAW of Windham: yes
- BECK of South Portland: yes
- BELL of Yarmouth: yes
- BISHOP of Bucksport: no
- BLIER of Buxton: yes
- BOYER of Poland: yes
- BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
- BRENNAN of Portland: no
- BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
- BUNKER of Farmington: yes
- CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
- CARLOW of Buxton: yes
- CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
- CHAPMAN of Auburn: yes
- CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
- CLOUTIER of Lewiston: no
- CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
- COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
- COLLINS of Sidney: yes
- COOPER of Windham: yes
- COPELAND of Saco: yes
- CRAFTS of Newcastle: no
- CRAY of Palmyra: other
- CROCKETT of Portland: yes
- DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
- DEBRITO of Waterville: other
- DHALAC of South Portland: yes
- DILL of Old Town: yes
- DODGE of Belfast: yes
- DOUDERA of Camden: yes
- DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
- DUCHARME of Madison: yes
- EATON of Deer Isle: other
- EDER of Waterboro: yes
- FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
- FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
- FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
- FECTEAU of Biddeford: no
- FLYNN of Albion: no
- FOLEY of Wells: yes
- FOSTER of Dexter: yes
- FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
- FREDETTE of Newport: no
- FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
- FROST of Belgrade: yes
- GATTINE of Westbrook: no
- GEIGER of Rockland: yes
- GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
- GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
- GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
- GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
- GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
- GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
- GRIFFIN of Levant: yes
- GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
- HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
- HALL of Wilton: yes
- HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
- HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
- HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
- HYMES of Waldo: yes
- JACKSON of Oxford: yes
- JAVNER of Chester: yes
- JULIA of Waterville: yes
- KESSLER of South Portland: yes
- KUHN of Falmouth: yes
- LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
- LANCE of Paris: yes
- LANIGAN of Sanford: no
- LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
- LEE of Auburn: yes
- LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
- LOOKNER of Portland: yes
- LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
- MACIAS of Topsham: yes
- MALON of Biddeford: yes
- MASON of Lisbon: no
- MASTRACCIO of Sanford: no
- MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
- MATLACK of St. George: yes
- MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
- MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
- MEYER of Eliot: no
- MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
- MINGO of Calais: no
- MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
- MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
- MOONEN of Portland: yes
- MORRIS of Turner: yes
- MURPHY of Scarborough: other
- NUTTING of Oakland: yes
- O'HALLORAN of Brewer: no
- OLSEN of Raymond: yes
- OSHER of Orono: other
- PARRY of Arundel: yes
- PAUL of Winterport: yes
- PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
- PLUECKER of Warren: no
- POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
- POMERLEAU of Standish: yes
- PUGH of Portland: yes
- QUINT of Hodgdon: yes
- RANA of Bangor: yes
- RAY of Lincolnville: yes
- RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
- ROBERTS of South Berwick: no
- ROEDER of Bangor: yes
- ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
- RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
- RUNTE of York: yes
- SACHS of Freeport: yes
- SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
- SARGENT of York: yes
- SATO of Gorham: yes
- SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
- SHAGOURY of Hallowell: no
- SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
- SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
- SKOLD of Portland: other
- SMITH of Palermo: yes
- SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
- STOVER of Boothbay: yes
- STROUT of Harrington: yes
- SUPICA of Bangor: yes
- SWALLOW of Houlton: yes
- TERRY of Gorham: no
- THORNE of Carmel: yes
- TUELL of East Machias: no
- UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: yes
- WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
- WALKER of Naples: other
- WARREN of Scarborough: yes
- WEBB of Durham: yes
- WHITE of Guilford: yes
- WHITE of Ellsworth: no
- WOOD of Norway: yes
- WOOD of Greene: yes
- WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
- YUSUF of Portland: yes
- ZAGER of Portland: yes

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