Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

LD 173 — An Act To Reduce Food Insecurity

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
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    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. CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 601.

  4. On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT

  5. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. (Yeas 84 - Nays 58 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)

  7. ROLL CALL NO. 222

  8. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  9. Ordered sent down forthwith.

  10. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-121), in concurrence.

  11. Committee Amendment "A" (H-121) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.

  12. READ ONCE.

  13. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.

  14. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  15. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-121).

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

  17. Committee Amendment "A" (H-121) was READ and ADOPTED.

  18. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  19. (Yeas 89 - Nays 53 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)

  20. ROLL CALL NO. 185

  21. Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.

  22. Speaker laid before the House

  23. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  24. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

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

  26. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  27. Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.

  28. Speaker laid before the House

  29. Later today assigned.

  30. On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.

  31. The Committee Report was READ.

  32. On OBJECTION of Representative HERBIG of Belfast REMOVED.

  33. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  34. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence

  35. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  36. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY.

  37. Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

  • HERBIG · Primary
  • DAVIS · Cosponsor
  • DUNPHY · Cosponsor
  • Russell J. Black · Cosponsor
  • GIDEON · Cosponsor
  • HIGGINS · Cosponsor
  • JORGENSEN · Cosponsor
  • KATZ · Cosponsor
  • Caldwell Jackson · Cosponsor
  • James Dill · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • HERBIG

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (176)

176 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Enactment

Passed 84 Yea · 58 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 634308
Democrat 15100
Republican 61401
Total 845809
% of votes cast 56%38%0%6%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CASÁS of Rockport — Nay
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 — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 — Nay
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
HAMANN of South Portland — Not Voting
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Nay
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Not Voting
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Nay
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Nay
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 — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Not Voting
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Yea
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Not Voting
MAREAN of Hollis — Nay
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 — Not Voting
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
POULIOT of Augusta — Nay
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 — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SUTTON of Warren — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Nay
VACHON of Scarborough — Nay
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea

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Acceptance of Committee Report

Passed 89 Yea · 53 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 674007
Democrat 15100
Republican 71202
Total 895309
% of votes cast 59%35%0%6%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Not Voting
BATTLE of South Portland — Not Voting
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CASÁS of Rockport — Yea
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 — Not Voting
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 — Yea
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 — Nay
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Nay
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
HAMANN of South Portland — Not Voting
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Nay
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Not Voting
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Nay
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Not Voting
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KINNEY of Limington — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
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 — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Yea
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 — Yea
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 — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SUTTON of Warren — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Nay
VACHON of Scarborough — Nay
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Yea
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 Not Voting
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Not Voting
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
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 Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 173?
LD 173 is sponsored by HERBIG, DAVIS, DUNPHY, Russell J. Black (Republican), GIDEON, HIGGINS, JORGENSEN, KATZ, Caldwell Jackson (Republican), and James Dill (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 173?
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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