ME LD 297

• BIOSOLIDS
• MANAGEMENT
• SOLID WASTES

• William BRIDGEOprimary
• Michael SOBOLESKIcosponsor

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1. 2025-06-20

   Signed by Governor

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2. 2025-06-16

   Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 571 Yeas 24 - Nays 10 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

3. 2025-06-16

   PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED

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4. 2025-06-16

   Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

5. 2025-06-16

   PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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6. 2025-06-16

   ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

7. 2025-06-16

   Subsequently, the House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-392)

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8. 2025-06-16

   (Yeas 49 - Nays 94 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)

9. 2025-06-16

   ROLL CALL NO. 511

10. 2025-06-16

    Motion of Representative ANKELES of Brunswick, to RECEDE FAILED.

11. 2025-06-13

    Sent down for concurrence

12. 2025-06-13

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 505 Yeas 25 - Nays 10 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

13. 2025-06-13

    Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) thereto, in NON-CONCURRENCE. PREVAILED

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14. 2025-06-13

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 504 Yeas 9 - Nays 26 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

15. 2025-06-13

    Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED

16. 2025-06-13

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 503 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

17. 2025-06-13

    Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford to RECONSIDER ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) FAILED

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18. 2025-06-13

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 502 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

19. 2025-06-13

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) READ and ADOPTED. PREVAILED

20. 2025-06-13

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

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21. 2025-06-13

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO ENACTED

22. 2025-06-12

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

23. 2025-06-12

    Subsequently, Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor WITHDREW his motion to RECONSIDER whereby the Bill FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

24. 2025-06-12

    Speaker laid before the House

25. 2025-06-12

    Sent down for concurrence

26. 2025-06-12

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 505 Yeas 25 - Nays 10 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

27. 2025-06-12

    Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) , in NON-CONCURRENCE. PREVAILED

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28. 2025-06-12

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 504 Yeas 9 - Nays 26 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

29. 2025-06-12

    Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED

30. 2025-06-12

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 503 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

31. 2025-06-12

    Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford to RECONSIDER ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) FAILED

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32. 2025-06-12

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 502 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

33. 2025-06-12

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) READ and ADOPTED. PREVAILED

34. 2025-06-12

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

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35. 2025-06-12

    On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO ENACTED

36. 2025-06-11

    Later today assigned.

37. 2025-06-11

    Further motion of the same Representative, TABLED pending his motion to RECONSIDER.

38. 2025-06-11

    Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, MOVED to RECONSIDER whereby the Bill FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

39. 2025-06-11

    (Yeas 85 - Nays 57 - Absent 7 - Excused 2)

40. 2025-06-11

    ROLL CALL NO. 440

41. 2025-06-11

    This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.

42. 2025-06-11

    FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

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43. 2025-06-11

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 447 Yeas 23 - Nays 9 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

44. 2025-06-11

    PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) in concurrence. PREVAILED

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45. 2025-06-11

    Subsequently, Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME.

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46. 2025-06-11

    Senator Bennet OBJECTED to Second Reading of the Bill

47. 2025-06-11

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 446 Yeas 7 - Nays 25 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

48. 2025-06-11

    Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED

49. 2025-06-11

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 445 Yeas 13 - Nays 19 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

50. 2025-06-11

    Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ADOPT Senate Amendment "A" (S-324) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) FAILED

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51. 2025-06-11

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) READ.

52. 2025-06-11

    Bill READ ONCE.

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53. 2025-06-11

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 444 Yeas 22 - Nays 10 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

54. 2025-06-11

    Subsequently, The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED

55. 2025-06-11

    Taken from the table by the President

56. 2025-06-10

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) Report in concurrence.

57. 2025-06-10

    Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc moved to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) Report.

58. 2025-06-10

    Report READ

59. 2025-06-09

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

60. 2025-06-09

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537).

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61. 2025-06-09

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

62. 2025-06-09

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) was READ and ADOPTED.

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63. 2025-06-09

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

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64. 2025-06-09

    (Yeas 100 - Nays 44 - Absent 5 - Excused 2)

65. 2025-06-09

    ROLL CALL NO. 356

66. 2025-06-09

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

67. 2025-06-09

    Reports READ.

68. 2025-06-06

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

69. 2025-05-14

    Voted - Divided Report

70. 2025-05-14

    Work Session Held

71. 2025-05-07

    Work Session Held - TABLED

72. 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.

73. 2025-01-30

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

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74. 2025-01-30

    Received by the Clerk of the House on January 30, 2025.

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• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

  2025-06-09 · pass · 100-44

  Member-level votes (151)

  • ABDI of Lewiston: no
  • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
  • 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: yes
  • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
  • 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: other
  • CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
  • CARLOW of Buxton: yes
  • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
  • CHAPMAN of Auburn: yes
  • CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
  • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
  • COLLINS of Sidney: yes
  • COOPER of Windham: yes
  • COPELAND of Saco: no
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
  • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
  • CROCKETT of Portland: yes
  • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
  • DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
  • DHALAC of South Portland: no
  • DILL of Old Town: no
  • DODGE of Belfast: no
  • DOUDERA of Camden: yes
  • DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
  • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
  • EATON of Deer Isle: other
  • EDER of Waterboro: yes
  • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: no
  • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
  • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
  • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
  • 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: yes
  • GEIGER of Rockland: no
  • GERE of Kennebunkport: no
  • GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
  • GOLEK of Harpswell: no
  • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
  • 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: yes
  • 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: yes
  • LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
  • LANCE of Paris: yes
  • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
  • LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
  • LEE of Auburn: yes
  • 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: yes
  • MATHIESON of Kittery: no
  • MATLACK of St. George: no
  • MCCABE of Lewiston: no
  • MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
  • MEYER of Eliot: yes
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
  • MINGO of Calais: yes
  • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
  • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
  • MOONEN of Portland: no
  • MORRIS of Turner: yes
  • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
  • NUTTING of Oakland: yes
  • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
  • 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: yes
  • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
  • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
  • ROEDER of Bangor: no
  • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
  • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
  • RUNTE of York: yes
  • SACHS of Freeport: no
  • SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
  • SARGENT of York: yes
  • SATO of Gorham: no
  • SAYRE of Kennebunk: no
  • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
  • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
  • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: other
  • 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: 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: no
  • WEBB of Durham: no
  • WHITE of Guilford: yes
  • WHITE of Ellsworth: yes
  • WOOD of Norway: yes
  • WOOD of Greene: yes
  • WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
  • YUSUF of Portland: no
  • ZAGER of Portland: no

• PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

  2025-06-11 · pass · 23-9

  Member-level votes (35)

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

• ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-324) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

  2025-06-11 · fail · 13-19

  Member-level votes (35)

  • 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: other
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: other
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: other
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
  • 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: yes
  • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
  • CURRY of Waldo: yes
  • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
  • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: no
  • DUSON of Cumberland: yes
  • FARRIN of Somerset: no

• INDEFINITELY POSTPONE

  2025-06-11 · fail · 7-25

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
  • 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: no
  • CARNEY of Cumberland: no
  • 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: yes
  • INGWERSEN of York: no
  • LAWRENCE of York: other
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: yes
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
  • RAFFERTY of York: no
  • RENY of Lincoln: other
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: other
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: no
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

• Enactment - Emer

  2025-06-11 · fail · 85-57

  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: yes
  • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
  • 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: yes
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
  • COLLINS of Sidney: yes
  • COOPER of Windham: yes
  • COPELAND of Saco: no
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
  • CRAY of Palmyra: other
  • CROCKETT of Portland: yes
  • 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: other
  • DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
  • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
  • EATON of Deer Isle: other
  • EDER of Waterboro: yes
  • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: no
  • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
  • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
  • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
  • 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: yes
  • GEIGER of Rockland: no
  • GERE of Kennebunkport: no
  • GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
  • GOLEK of Harpswell: no
  • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
  • 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: other
  • HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
  • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
  • HEPLER of Woolwich: no
  • HYMES of Waldo: yes
  • JACKSON of Oxford: other
  • 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: yes
  • 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: 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: yes
  • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
  • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
  • ROEDER of Bangor: no
  • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
  • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
  • RUNTE of York: yes
  • SACHS of Freeport: no
  • SALISBURY of Westbrook: no
  • SARGENT of York: yes
  • 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: yes
  • YUSUF of Portland: no
  • ZAGER of Portland: no

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

  2025-06-11 · pass · 22-10

  Member-level votes (35)

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

• INDEFINITELY POSTPONE

  2025-06-12 · fail · 9-26

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
  • 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: yes
  • 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: yes
  • INGWERSEN of York: no
  • LAWRENCE of York: no
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
  • RAFFERTY of York: no
  • RENY of Lincoln: yes
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: no
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: no

• PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

  2025-06-12 · pass · 25-10

  Member-level votes (35)

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

• RECONSIDER

  2025-06-12 · fail · 13-21

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: no
  • BENNETT of Oxford: yes
  • 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: 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: yes
  • INGWERSEN of York: yes
  • LAWRENCE of York: yes
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: yes
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: no
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: other
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

• ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-392) to LD 297

  2025-06-12 · pass · 24-9

  Member-level votes (35)

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

• ENACTMENT

  2025-06-16 · pass · 24-10

  Member-level votes (35)

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

• RECEDE

  2025-06-16 · fail · 49-94

  Member-level votes (151)

  • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
  • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
  • 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: no
  • BELL of Yarmouth: no
  • 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: yes
  • CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
  • CARLOW of Buxton: no
  • CARUSO of Caratunk: no
  • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
  • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
  • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: no
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
  • COLLINS of Sidney: no
  • COOPER of Windham: no
  • COPELAND of Saco: other
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: no
  • CRAY of Palmyra: no
  • CROCKETT of Portland: other
  • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
  • DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
  • DHALAC of South Portland: no
  • DILL of Old Town: no
  • DODGE of Belfast: yes
  • DOUDERA of Camden: no
  • 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: yes
  • GATTINE of Westbrook: no
  • GEIGER of Rockland: yes
  • GERE of Kennebunkport: no
  • GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
  • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
  • 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: 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: no
  • 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: yes
  • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
  • 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: no
  • MEYER of Eliot: no
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
  • MINGO of Calais: no
  • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
  • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
  • MOONEN of Portland: yes
  • MORRIS of Turner: no
  • MURPHY of Scarborough: no
  • NUTTING of Oakland: no
  • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
  • 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: yes
  • QUINT of Hodgdon: no
  • RANA of Bangor: yes
  • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
  • RIELLY of Westbrook: no
  • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
  • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
  • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
  • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
  • RUNTE of York: no
  • SACHS of Freeport: yes
  • SALISBURY of Westbrook: no
  • SARGENT of York: no
  • 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: no
  • STROUT of Harrington: no
  • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
  • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
  • TERRY of Gorham: no
  • 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: no
  • WHITE of Guilford: no
  • WHITE of Ellsworth: no
  • WOOD of Norway: no
  • WOOD of Greene: no
  • WOODSOME of Waterboro: no
  • YUSUF of Portland: no
  • ZAGER of Portland: yes

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