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ME LD 73

enacted

An Act To Designate The Wood Turtle As The Official State Reptile

Maine · 132 · lower

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2025-04-20 — Became Law without Governor's Signature
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Laurie OSHERprimary
  • Stacy BRENNERcosponsor
  • Daniel ANKELEScosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-06

    Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025.

    receipt

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 2025-03-25

    Reports READ.

  5. 2025-03-25

    On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  6. 2025-03-25

    ROLL CALL NO. 58

  7. 2025-03-25

    (Yeas 85 - Nays 58 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)

  8. 2025-03-25

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  9. 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.

  10. 2025-03-25

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-25

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  12. 2025-03-27

    Reports Read

  13. 2025-03-27

    On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED

  14. 2025-03-27

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 79 Yeas 27 - Nays 6 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  15. 2025-03-27

    READ ONCE

    reading-1

  16. 2025-03-27

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

    reading-2,reading-3

  17. 2025-04-01

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

    passage

  18. 2025-04-01

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  19. 2025-04-08

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    passage

  20. 2025-04-20

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

    became-law

  21. 2025-03-03

    Work Session Held

  22. 2025-03-03

    Voted - Divided Report

  23. 2025-03-21

    Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

Versions

Documents

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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