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ME LD 1667

enacted

Resolve, To Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. To Sue The State

Maine · 132 · upper

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Did ME LD 1667 pass?

Yes. ME LD 1667 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-01-11): Became Law without Governor's Signature

What is ME LD 1667 about?

ME LD 1667 is a bill in the 132 titled “Resolve, To Allow Hemphill Farms, Inc. To Sue The State”.

Who sponsors ME LD 1667?

Harold STEWART is the primary sponsor of ME LD 1667, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-11 — Became Law without Governor's Signature
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Harold STEWARTprimary
  • Timothy GUERRETTEcosponsor
  • Susan BERNARDcosponsor
  • Joseph UNDERWOODcosponsor
  • Donald ARDELLcosponsor
  • Roger ALBERTcosponsor
  • Mark BABINcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-11

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

    became-law

  2. 2025-07-08

    HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.

  3. 2025-06-18

    FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.

    passage

  4. 2025-06-17

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. 2025-06-17

    FINALLY PASSED.

    passage

  6. 2025-06-17

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. 2025-06-17

    The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-06-17

    Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  9. 2025-06-17

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto was ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-06-17

    Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) was READ and ADOPTED.

  11. 2025-06-17

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) was READ.

  12. 2025-06-17

    The Resolve was READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  13. 2025-06-17

    On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  14. 2025-06-17

    (Yeas 48 - Nays 99 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)

  15. 2025-06-17

    ROLL CALL NO. 563

  16. 2025-06-17

    Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.

  17. 2025-06-17

    Reports READ.

  18. 2025-06-17

    Sent down for concurrence

  19. 2025-06-17

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto

    reading-2,reading-3

  20. 2025-06-17

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) thereto ADOPTED

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-06-17

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-422) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) READ and ADOPTED

  22. 2025-06-17

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) READ

  23. 2025-06-17

    Subsequently The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-406) Report ACCEPTED.

  24. 2025-06-17

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 597 Yeas 11 - Nays 24 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  25. 2025-06-17

    ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED

  26. 2025-06-17

    Taken from the table by the President

  27. 2025-06-16

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report. Roll Call Ordered

  28. 2025-06-16

    Senator CARNEY of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report

  29. 2025-06-16

    Report READ

  30. 2025-06-13

    Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

  31. 2025-05-09

    Voted - Divided Report

  32. 2025-05-09

    Work Session Held

  33. 2025-04-17

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  34. 2025-04-17

    The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-04-17

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

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

    2025-06-17 · fail · 48-99

    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: no
    • ARDELL of Monticello: no
    • ARFORD of Brunswick: no
    • 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: no
    • BUNKER of Farmington: no
    • CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
    • CARLOW of Buxton: no
    • CARUSO of Caratunk: no
    • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
    • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
    • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
    • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
    • 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: no
    • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
    • DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
    • DHALAC of South Portland: yes
    • DILL of Old Town: no
    • DODGE of Belfast: yes
    • DOUDERA of Camden: yes
    • DRINKWATER of Milford: no
    • DUCHARME of Madison: no
    • EATON of Deer Isle: other
    • EDER of Waterboro: no
    • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
    • FARRIN of Jefferson: no
    • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
    • FECTEAU of Biddeford: no
    • FLYNN of Albion: no
    • FOLEY of Wells: no
    • FOSTER of Dexter: no
    • FREDERICKS of Sanford: no
    • FREDETTE of Newport: no
    • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
    • FROST of Belgrade: no
    • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
    • GEIGER of Rockland: no
    • GERE of Kennebunkport: no
    • GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
    • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
    • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: no
    • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: no
    • GREENWOOD of Wales: no
    • GRIFFIN of Levant: other
    • GUERRETTE of Caribou: no
    • HAGGAN of Hampden: no
    • HALL of Wilton: no
    • HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
    • HENDERSON of Rumford: no
    • 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: no
    • LANCE of Paris: no
    • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
    • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
    • LEE of Auburn: no
    • LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
    • LIBBY of Auburn: no
    • LOOKNER of Portland: no
    • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
    • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
    • MALON of Biddeford: yes
    • MASON of Lisbon: other
    • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
    • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
    • MATLACK of St. George: no
    • MCCABE of Lewiston: no
    • MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
    • MEYER of Eliot: yes
    • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
    • MINGO of Calais: no
    • MITCHELL of Cumberland: no
    • MONTELL of Gardiner: no
    • MOONEN of Portland: yes
    • MORRIS of Turner: no
    • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
    • NUTTING of Oakland: no
    • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: no
    • OLSEN of Raymond: no
    • OSHER of Orono: yes
    • 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: no
    • QUINT of Hodgdon: no
    • RANA of Bangor: no
    • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
    • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
    • ROBERTS of South Berwick: no
    • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
    • ROLLINS of Augusta: no
    • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
    • RUNTE of York: yes
    • SACHS of Freeport: no
    • SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
    • SARGENT of York: yes
    • SATO of Gorham: yes
    • SAYRE of Kennebunk: no
    • 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: no
    • WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
    • WALKER of Naples: no
    • 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
  • ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT

    2025-06-17 · fail · 11-24

    Member-level votes (35)
    • BAILEY of York: yes
    • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
    • 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: no
    • 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: no
    • 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: no
    • STEWART of Aroostook: no
    • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: no
    • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
    • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
    • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

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