ME LD 73
enactedAn Act To Designate The Wood Turtle As The Official State Reptile
Maine · 132 · lower
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2025-04-20 — Became Law without Governor's Signature
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Laurie OSHERprimary
- Stacy BRENNERcosponsor
- Daniel ANKELEScosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-06
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025.
receipt
2025-01-06
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
referral-committee
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.
2025-03-25
Reports READ.
2025-03-25
On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
2025-03-25
ROLL CALL NO. 58
2025-03-25
(Yeas 85 - Nays 58 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
2025-03-25
The Bill was READ ONCE.
reading-1
2025-03-25
Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
2025-03-25
The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
reading-3
2025-03-25
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-03-27
Reports Read
2025-03-27
On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
2025-03-27
Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 79 Yeas 27 - Nays 6 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
2025-03-27
READ ONCE
reading-1
2025-03-27
Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence.
reading-2,reading-3
2025-04-01
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
passage
2025-04-01
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-04-08
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
passage
2025-04-20
Became Law without Governor's Signature
became-law
2025-03-03
Work Session Held
2025-03-03
Voted - Divided Report
2025-03-21
Reported Out - OTP/ONTP
Versions
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Votes
ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP
2025-03-25 · pass · 85-58
Member-level votes (150)
- ABDI of Lewiston: yes
- ADAMS of Lebanon: no
- ALBERT of Madawaska: no
- ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
- ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
- 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: yes
- BELL of Yarmouth: yes
- BISHOP of Bucksport: yes
- BLIER of Buxton: yes
- BOYER of Poland: yes
- BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
- BRENNAN of Portland: yes
- BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
- BUNKER of Farmington: yes
- CAMPBELL of Orrington: other
- CARLOW of Buxton: yes
- CARUSO of Caratunk: no
- CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
- CIMINO of Bridgton: no
- CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
- CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
- COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
- COLLINS of Sidney: no
- 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: no
- DUCHARME of Madison: no
- EATON of Deer Isle: yes
- EDER of Waterboro: other
- FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
- FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
- FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
- FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
- 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: yes
- GEIGER of Rockland: yes
- GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
- 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: no
- 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: other
- JACKSON of Oxford: yes
- JAVNER of Chester: no
- JULIA of Waterville: yes
- KESSLER of South Portland: yes
- KUHN of Falmouth: yes
- LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
- LANCE of Paris: no
- LANIGAN of Sanford: other
- LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
- LEE of Auburn: yes
- LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
- LOOKNER of Portland: yes
- LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
- MACIAS of Topsham: yes
- MALON of Biddeford: yes
- MASON of Lisbon: other
- MASTRACCIO of Sanford: no
- MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
- MATLACK of St. George: yes
- MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
- MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
- MEYER of Eliot: yes
- 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: yes
- NUTTING of Oakland: no
- O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
- OLSEN of Raymond: other
- 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: yes
- ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
- ROEDER of Bangor: yes
- ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
- RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
- 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: 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: other
- 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 TO PASS REPORT
2025-03-27 · pass · 27-6
Member-level votes (35)
- BAILEY of York: yes
- BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
- BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
- BENNETT of Oxford: yes
- BERNARD of Aroostook: yes
- BICKFORD of Androscoggin: yes
- BLACK of Franklin: yes
- BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
- BRENNER of Cumberland: other
- CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
- CURRY of Waldo: yes
- CYRWAY of Kennebec: yes
- DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
- DUSON of Cumberland: yes
- FARRIN of Somerset: other
- GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
- GUERIN of Penobscot: no
- HAGGAN of Penobscot: yes
- HARRINGTON of York: yes
- 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: 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: no
- TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
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