Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

LD 1492 — An Act To Attract, Educate And Retain New Mainers To Strengthen The Workforce

Last action — In possession of the Senate when the Senate ADJOURNED SINE DIE and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES (DEAD).

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 128th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Action History

  1. In possession of the Senate when the Senate ADJOURNED SINE DIE and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES (DEAD).

  2. CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.

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

  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  6. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-368).

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

  9. Committee Amendment "B" (S-368) was READ and ADOPTED.

  10. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  11. (Yeas 87 - Nays 58 - Absent 6 - Excused 0)

  12. ROLL CALL NO. 519

  13. On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  14. Reports READ.

  15. Sent down for concurrence

  16. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "B" (S-368)

  17. Committee Amendment "B" (S-368) READ and ADOPTED

  18. READ ONCE

  19. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 534 Yeas 26 - Nays 7 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  20. On motion by Senator LANGLEY of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-368) Report ACCEPTED

  21. Taken from the table by the President

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

  23. Reports READ

  24. Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.

  25. CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.

  26. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  27. On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor the Bill and accompanying papers were COMMITTED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.

  28. Reports READ.

  29. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  30. On motion by Same Senator Bill and accompanying papers COMMITTED to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs

  31. Senator LANGLEY of Hancock asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw his motion to accept the Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report.

  32. Taken from the table by the President

  33. On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,

  34. Senator LANGLEY of Hancock moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.

  35. Reports READ

  36. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  37. Subsequently, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.

  38. Speaker laid before the House

  39. Later today assigned.

  40. On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending REFERENCE in concurrence.

  41. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  42. On motion by Senator LANGLEY of Hancock The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

  43. Senator DAVIS of Piscataquis asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw his motion.

  44. Senator DAVIS of Piscataquis moved that The Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  45. Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • KATZ

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 87 Yea · 58 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 674205
Democrat 15100
Republican 51501
Total 875806
% of votes cast 58%38%0%4%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Not Voting
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CASÁS of Rockport — Not Voting
CEBRA of Naples — Nay
CHACE of Durham — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
CRAIG of Brewer — Nay
DeCHANT of Bath — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Yea
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
FREY of Bangor — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Nay
GINZLER of Bridgton — Yea
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Nay
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
HAMANN of South Portland — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Not Voting
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Nay
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Yea
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KINNEY of Limington — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Nay
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Yea
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Nay
McLEAN of Gorham — Yea
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PARKER of South Berwick — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
POULIOT of Augusta — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
REED of Carmel — Nay
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SANBORN of Portland — Yea
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Nay
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Not Voting
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SUTTON of Warren — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Not Voting
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Nay
VACHON of Scarborough — Yea
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Nay
WHITE of Washburn — Nay
WINSOR of Norway — Nay
WOOD of Greene — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Quentin Chapman Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Not Voting

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ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT

Passed 26 Yea · 7 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21602
Republican 4100
Democrat 1000
Total 26702
% of votes cast 74%20%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Yea
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Yea
CARSON of Cumberland — Yea
CHENETTE of York — Not Voting
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CUSHING of Penobscot — Nay
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Nay
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DION of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HILL of York — Not Voting
KATZ of Kennebec — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LANGLEY of Hancock — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
MAKER of Washington — Yea
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SAVIELLO of Franklin — Yea
THIBODEAU of Waldo — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
VOLK of Cumberland — Yea
WHITTEMORE of Somerset — Nay
James Dill Democrat Yea
Alicia Collins Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1492?
LD 1492 is sponsored by KATZ, LANGLEY, MAKER, Anne-Marie Mastraccio (Democrat), Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III (Republican), and PEBWORTH of Blue Hill.
What is the current status of LD 1492?
This bill died with 128th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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