ME LD 16

• COURTS
• DOWNEAST MAINE
• JUDICIAL REGIONS

• Marianne MOOREprimary
• Tiffany STROUTcosponsor
• Arthur MINGOcosponsor
• Nina MILLIKENcosponsor
• William TUELLcosponsor
• Nicole GROHOSKIcosponsor
• Aaron DANAcosponsor
• Mathew MCINTYREcosponsor

Not provided by source.

1. 2025-01-08

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2

   receipt,referral-committee

2. 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.

3. 2025-05-14

   Reports Read

4. 2025-05-14

   On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED

5. 2025-05-14

   Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 167 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

6. 2025-05-14

   Held at the Request of RENY of Lincoln

7. 2025-05-20

   RELEASED.

8. 2025-05-20

   On motion by Senator RENY of Lincoln to RECONSIDER whereby The Senate ACCEPTED The Majority OUGHT NOT TO PASS Report PREVAILED

9. 2025-05-20

   ACCEPTANCE of the The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED

10. 2025-05-20

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 184 Yeas 14 - Nays 18 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

11. 2025-05-20

    Subsequently, The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Report ACCEPTED

12. 2025-05-20

    READ ONCE

    reading-1

13. 2025-05-20

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) READ and ADOPTED

    committee-passage-favorable

14. 2025-05-20

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81)

    reading-2,reading-3

15. 2025-05-20

    Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

16. 2025-05-22

    Reports READ.

17. 2025-05-22

    On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

    committee-failure

18. 2025-05-22

    ROLL CALL NO. 174

19. 2025-05-22

    (Yeas 76 - Nays 65 - Absent 10 - Excused 0)

20. 2025-05-22

    In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

21. 2025-05-22

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

22. 2025-05-27

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending CONSIDERATION.

23. 2025-05-28

    Taken from the table by the President

24. 2025-05-28

    Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved to INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81)

    reading-3

25. 2025-05-28

    Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York that the Senate INSIST and ASK for a COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. FAILED.

26. 2025-05-28

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 253 Yeas 14 - Nays 19 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

27. 2025-05-28

    Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) in NON-CONCURRENCE.

    reading-3

28. 2025-05-28

    Sent down for concurrence

29. 2025-05-29

    The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report

30. 2025-05-29

    Motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM or Winter Harbor to RECONSIDER FAILED.

31. 2025-05-29

    ROLL CALL NO. 226

32. 2025-05-29

    (Yeas 68 - Nays 73 - Absent 10 - Excused 0)

33. 2025-05-29

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

34. 2025-05-29

    Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

    failure

35. 2025-01-28

    Work Session Held - TABLED

36. 2025-02-24

    Work Session Held

37. 2025-02-24

    Voted - Divided Report

38. 2025-05-13

    Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

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• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT

  2025-05-14 · pass · 19-15

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
  • BENNETT of Oxford: no
  • 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: yes
  • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
  • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
  • DUSON of Cumberland: yes
  • FARRIN of Somerset: no
  • GROHOSKI of Hancock: no
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
  • HARRINGTON of York: no
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
  • 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: yes
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: yes
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
  • STEWART of Aroostook: other
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT

  2025-05-20 · fail · 14-18

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: no
  • BENNETT of Oxford: no
  • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
  • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: other
  • BLACK of Franklin: no
  • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
  • BRENNER of Cumberland: other
  • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
  • CURRY of Waldo: yes
  • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
  • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
  • DUSON of Cumberland: yes
  • FARRIN of Somerset: no
  • GROHOSKI of Hancock: no
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
  • HARRINGTON of York: no
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
  • INGWERSEN of York: yes
  • LAWRENCE of York: yes
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: other
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: no
  • 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

  2025-05-22 · pass · 76-65

  Member-level votes (151)

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

• INSIST/ASK FOR COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

  2025-05-28 · fail · 14-19

  Member-level votes (35)

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

• RECONSIDER

  2025-05-29 · fail · 68-73

  Member-level votes (151)

  • ABDI of Lewiston: no
  • ADAMS of Lebanon: yes
  • ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
  • ANKELES of Brunswick: no
  • ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
  • ARCHER of Saco: no
  • 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: yes
  • 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: other
  • CARLOW of Buxton: yes
  • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
  • CHAPMAN of Auburn: other
  • CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
  • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: no
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
  • COLLINS of Sidney: yes
  • COOPER of Windham: yes
  • COPELAND of Saco: other
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: no
  • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
  • CROCKETT of Portland: no
  • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
  • DEBRITO of Waterville: other
  • DHALAC of South Portland: no
  • DILL of Old Town: yes
  • DODGE of Belfast: no
  • DOUDERA of Camden: other
  • DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
  • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
  • EATON of Deer Isle: no
  • EDER of Waterboro: yes
  • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: no
  • FARRIN of Jefferson: no
  • 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: no
  • 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: yes
  • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
  • HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
  • HALL of Wilton: other
  • HASENFUS of Readfield: no
  • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
  • HEPLER of Woolwich: no
  • 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: other
  • 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: yes
  • MACIAS of Topsham: no
  • MALON of Biddeford: no
  • MASON of Lisbon: yes
  • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: no
  • MATHIESON of Kittery: no
  • MATLACK of St. George: no
  • MCCABE of Lewiston: no
  • MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
  • MEYER of Eliot: no
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
  • MINGO of Calais: yes
  • MITCHELL of Cumberland: no
  • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
  • MOONEN of Portland: no
  • MORRIS of Turner: yes
  • MURPHY of Scarborough: no
  • NUTTING of Oakland: yes
  • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: no
  • 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: no
  • ROEDER of Bangor: no
  • ROLLINS of Augusta: no
  • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
  • RUNTE of York: no
  • SACHS of Freeport: no
  • SALISBURY of Westbrook: no
  • SARGENT of York: no
  • SATO of Gorham: no
  • SAYRE of Kennebunk: no
  • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
  • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: no
  • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
  • SINCLAIR of Bath: no
  • SKOLD of Portland: no
  • SMITH of Palermo: yes
  • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: yes
  • STOVER of Boothbay: no
  • STROUT of Harrington: yes
  • 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: yes
  • 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: other
  • YUSUF of Portland: no
  • ZAGER of Portland: no

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