ME LD 1731

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• Nicole GROHOSKIprimary
• Ann MATLACKcosponsor
• Valli GEIGERcosponsor
• Marianne MOOREcosponsor
• Holly EATONcosponsor
• Glenn CURRYcosponsor
• Billy Bob FAULKINGHAMcosponsor

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1. 2025-04-22

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

2. 2025-04-22

   The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

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3. 2025-04-22

   In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

4. 2025-06-11

   Reports Read

5. 2025-06-11

   On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland Report B Ought to Pass ACCEPTED.

6. 2025-06-11

   Bill READ ONCE.

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7. 2025-06-11

   Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

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8. 2025-06-11

   Sent down for concurrence

9. 2025-06-11

   Reports READ.

10. 2025-06-11

    Motion of Representative ANKELES of Brunswick to ACCEPT REPORT A Ought Not to Pass FAILED.

11. 2025-06-11

    ROLL CALL NO. 438

12. 2025-06-11

    (Yeas 68 - Nays 76 - Absent 5 - Excused 2)

13. 2025-06-11

    On motion of Representative ANKELES of Brunswick, REPORT B Ought to Pass was ACCEPTED.

14. 2025-06-11

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

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15. 2025-06-11

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

16. 2025-06-11

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

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17. 2025-06-11

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

18. 2025-06-11

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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19. 2025-06-11

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

20. 2025-06-13

    FAILED PASSAGE to be ENACTED

21. 2025-06-13

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 480 Yeas 16 - Nays 18 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

22. 2025-06-13

    HELD at the Request of Senator MOORE of Washington.

23. 2025-06-13

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland RECONSIDERED FAILED ENACTMENT In NON-CONCURRENCE

24. 2025-06-13

    Tabled pending ENACTMENT

25. 2025-06-16

    Taken from the table by the President

26. 2025-06-16

    Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. PREVAILED

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27. 2025-06-16

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 553 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

28. 2025-06-25

    LD 1731 In Senate, June 25, 2025, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 16 and 16, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.

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29. 2025-06-25

    Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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30. 2025-05-15

    Work Session Held

31. 2025-05-15

    Voted - Divided Report

32. 2025-06-10

    Reported Out - ONTP/OTP/OTP-AM

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• ACC REPORT "A" ONTP

  2025-06-11 · fail · 68-76

  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: yes
  • 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: no
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
  • COLLINS of Sidney: yes
  • COOPER of Windham: yes
  • COPELAND of Saco: no
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: other
  • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
  • CROCKETT of Portland: no
  • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
  • DEBRITO of Waterville: no
  • DHALAC of South Portland: no
  • DILL of Old Town: no
  • DODGE of Belfast: no
  • DOUDERA of Camden: no
  • DRINKWATER of Milford: no
  • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
  • EATON of Deer Isle: other
  • 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: no
  • 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: other
  • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
  • HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
  • HALL of Wilton: yes
  • 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: yes
  • LANCE of Paris: yes
  • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
  • LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
  • LEE of Auburn: no
  • LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
  • LIBBY of Auburn: no
  • LOOKNER of Portland: no
  • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
  • 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: no
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
  • MINGO of Calais: other
  • 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: 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: yes
  • 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: no
  • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: other
  • WADSWORTH of Hiram: yes
  • WALKER of Naples: other
  • 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

• ENACTMENT

  2025-06-12 · fail · 16-18

  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: 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: yes
  • 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: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: yes
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: no
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: other
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

• ENACTMENT

  2025-06-16 · pass · 19-14

  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: 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: yes
  • 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: other
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
  • 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

• VETO OVERRIDE (2/3)

  2025-06-25 · fail · 16-16

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: other
  • 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: 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: yes
  • 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: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
  • RAFFERTY of York: other
  • 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

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