ME LD 2226

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• Kelly MURPHYprimary

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1. 2026-03-03

   Representative MURPHY for the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 84, section 2, subsection 4 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.

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2. 2026-03-03

   Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

3. 2026-03-03

   The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

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4. 2026-03-03

   Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

5. 2026-03-03

   Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.

6. 2026-03-03

   On motion by Senator Rafferty of York REFERRED to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, in concurrence.

7. 2026-04-13

   Reports READ.

8. 2026-04-13

   On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

9. 2026-04-13

   ROLL CALL NO. 806

10. 2026-04-13

    (Yeas 122 - Nays 23 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

11. 2026-04-13

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

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12. 2026-04-13

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046) was READ and ADOPTED.

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13. 2026-04-13

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

14. 2026-04-13

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046).

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15. 2026-04-13

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

16. 2026-04-13

    Reports Read

17. 2026-04-13

    On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.

18. 2026-04-13

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 947 Yeas 28 - Nays 6 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

19. 2026-04-13

    READ ONCE

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20. 2026-04-13

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046) READ and ADOPTED

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21. 2026-04-13

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046) in concurrence.

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22. 2026-04-13

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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23. 2026-04-13

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

24. 2026-04-13

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

25. 2026-04-14

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table

26. 2026-04-14

    Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.

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27. 2026-04-16

    Signed by Governor

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28. 2026-03-19

    Work Session Held

29. 2026-03-19

    Voted - Divided Report

30. 2026-04-09

    Work Session Reconsidered

31. 2026-04-09

    Voted - OTP-AM/ONTP

32. 2026-04-10

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

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• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

  2026-04-13 · pass · 122-23

  Member-level votes (150)

  • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
  • ADAMS of Lebanon: no
  • ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
  • ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
  • 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: no
  • BECK of South Portland: yes
  • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
  • BISHOP of Bucksport: yes
  • BLIER of Buxton: yes
  • 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: yes
  • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
  • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
  • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
  • COLLINS of Sidney: yes
  • COOPER of Windham: no
  • COPELAND of Saco: yes
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
  • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
  • 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: yes
  • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
  • EATON of Deer Isle: yes
  • EDER of Waterboro: yes
  • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
  • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
  • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
  • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
  • FLYNN of Albion: yes
  • FOLEY of Wells: no
  • FOSTER of Dexter: yes
  • FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
  • FREDETTE of Newport: yes
  • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
  • FROST of Belgrade: yes
  • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
  • 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: other
  • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
  • HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
  • HALL of Wilton: yes
  • HARRIMAN of Lewiston: yes
  • HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
  • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
  • HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
  • HYMES of Waldo: yes
  • JACKSON of Oxford: other
  • JULIA of Waterville: yes
  • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
  • KUHN of Falmouth: yes
  • LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
  • LANCE of Paris: yes
  • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
  • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
  • LEE of Auburn: yes
  • LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
  • LIBBY of Auburn: no
  • LOOKNER of Portland: yes
  • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
  • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
  • MALON of Biddeford: yes
  • MASON of Lisbon: yes
  • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
  • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
  • MATLACK of St. George: yes
  • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
  • MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
  • MEYER of Eliot: yes
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
  • MINGO of Calais: yes
  • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
  • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
  • MOONEN of Portland: yes
  • MORRIS of Turner: no
  • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
  • NUTTING of Oakland: yes
  • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
  • OLSEN of Raymond: yes
  • OSHER of Orono: yes
  • PARRY of Arundel: yes
  • PAUL of Winterport: no
  • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
  • PLUECKER of Warren: yes
  • POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
  • 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: 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: no
  • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
  • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
  • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
  • SKOLD of Portland: yes
  • SMITH of Palermo: no
  • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
  • STOVER of Boothbay: yes
  • STROUT of Harrington: yes
  • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
  • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
  • TERRY of Gorham: yes
  • 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: yes
  • WEBB of Durham: yes
  • WHITE of Guilford: no
  • WHITE of Ellsworth: yes
  • WOOD of Norway: yes
  • WOOD of Greene: other
  • WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
  • YUSUF of Portland: yes
  • ZAGER of Portland: yes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

  2026-04-13 · pass · 28-6

  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: yes
  • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: yes
  • 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: yes
  • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: yes
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: yes
  • HARRINGTON of York: yes
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
  • INGWERSEN of York: yes
  • LAWRENCE of York: yes
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: yes
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
  • 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: yes
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

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