ME LD 455

• CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
• ELECTION
• STATE GOVERNMENT

• Richard BENNETTprimary
• Jeffrey TIMBERLAKEcosponsor
• Laura SUPICAcosponsor
• Craig HICKMANcosponsor
• Bradlee FARRINcosponsor
• Richard BRADSTREETcosponsor

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1. 2025-02-11

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 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. 2025-06-09

   Reports READ

4. 2025-06-09

   On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT.

5. 2025-06-09

   Taken from the table by the President

6. 2025-06-09

   Motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report FAILED

7. 2025-06-09

   Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 411 Yeas 16 - Nays 18 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

8. 2025-06-09

   Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED

9. 2025-06-09

   Sent down for concurrence

10. 2025-06-10

    Reports READ.

11. 2025-06-10

    Motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.

12. 2025-06-10

    ROLL CALL NO. 403

13. 2025-06-10

    (Yeas 71 - Nays 76 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)

14. 2025-06-10

    On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

15. 2025-06-10

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

16. 2025-06-10

    Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

    failure

17. 2025-04-23

    Work Session Held

18. 2025-04-23

    Voted - Divided Report

19. 2025-06-05

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

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• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

  2025-06-09 · fail · 16-18

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: no
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: no
  • BENNETT of Oxford: yes
  • BERNARD of Aroostook: yes
  • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: yes
  • BLACK of Franklin: yes
  • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: yes
  • BRENNER of Cumberland: other
  • 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: no
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: yes
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: yes
  • HARRINGTON of York: yes
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
  • INGWERSEN of York: no
  • LAWRENCE of York: no
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • 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: yes
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: no
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: yes
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: no

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

  2025-06-10 · fail · 71-76

  Member-level votes (151)

  • KESSLER of South Portland: no
  • KUHN of Falmouth: no
  • LAJOIE of Lewiston: no
  • LANCE of Paris: yes
  • 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: 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: 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: yes
  • 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
  • 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: 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: no
  • 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: yes
  • 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: 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: other
  • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
  • HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
  • HALL of Wilton: yes
  • 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

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