LD 1109 — An Act To Improve General Assistance Reimbursements
Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
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.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read LD 1109 on the official Maine source →Action History
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Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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LD 1109 In Senate, July 9, 2018, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 21 IN FAVOR and 13 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 683 Yeas 22 - Nays 9 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
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PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence
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On Motion by Senator KATZ of Kennebec taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
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CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
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On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 560 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
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On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With ACCEPTANCE of Report A OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED AND PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "B" (S-409)
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Roll Call Ordered
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Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin Moved for The Senate to INSIST
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ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
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The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-409).
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Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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Committee Amendment "B" (S-409) was READ and ADOPTED.
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The Bill was READ ONCE.
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On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
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Reports READ.
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Sent down for concurrence
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Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "C" (S-410)
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Committee Amendment "C" (S-410) READ and ADOPTED
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READ ONCE
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On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin Report B Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "C" (S-410) ACCEPTED
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Reports READ
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Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
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CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
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On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With Bill and accompanying papers COMMITTED to the Committee on Health and Human Services in concurrence
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ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The House RECEDED. On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, the Bill and accompanying papers were COMMITTED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
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Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin The Senate INSISTED To ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report
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ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
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The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-273).
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Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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Committee Amendment "A" (S-273) was READ and ADOPTED.
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The Bill was READ ONCE.
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(Yeas 77 - Nays 70 - Absent 4 - Excused 0)
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ROLL CALL NO. 352
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On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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Reports READ.
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Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 338 Yeas 18 - Nays 17 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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Subsequently The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED
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Taken from the table by the President
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On motion by Senator CUSHING of Penobscot TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report . Roll Call Ordered
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Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report .
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Reports READ
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In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
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Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
Sponsors
- CHIPMAN · Primary
- DENNO · Cosponsor
- HAMANN · Cosponsor
- HYMANSON · Cosponsor
- JORGENSEN · Cosponsor
- LIBBY · Cosponsor
- MADIGAN · Cosponsor
- PARKER · Cosponsor
- PERRY · Cosponsor
- Rachel Talbot Ross · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 23 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- CHIPMAN
Co-sponsors (9)
- DENNO
- HAMANN
- HYMANSON
- JORGENSEN
- LIBBY
- MADIGAN
- PARKER
- PERRY
- Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat
Not signed on (176)
176 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 176 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 60% | 37% | 0% | 3% |
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 | — | Yea |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| GRATWICK of Penobscot | — | Yea |
| HAMPER of Oxford | — | Nay |
| KATZ of Kennebec | — | Yea |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| LANGLEY of Hancock | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| MAKER of Washington | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| WHITTEMORE of Somerset | — | Nay |
| PEBWORTH of Blue Hill | — | Yea |
| James Dill | Democrat | Yea |
| Alicia Collins | Republican | Nay |
| Caldwell Jackson | Republican | Yea |
| David Woodsome | Republican | Nay |
| Richard Mason | Republican | Nay |
| Scott W. Cyrway | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 63% | 26% | 0% | 11% |
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 | — | Not Voting |
| DAVIS of Piscataquis | — | Not Voting |
| DESCHAMBAULT of York | — | Yea |
| DIAMOND of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| DION of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| DOW of Lincoln | — | Yea |
| GRATWICK of Penobscot | — | Yea |
| HAMPER of Oxford | — | Nay |
| KATZ of Kennebec | — | Yea |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| LANGLEY of Hancock | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| MAKER of Washington | — | Nay |
| MILLETT of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| MIRAMANT of Knox | — | Yea |
| ROSEN of Hancock | — | Not Voting |
| SAVIELLO of Franklin | — | Yea |
| THIBODEAU of Waldo | — | Nay |
| VITELLI of Sagadahoc | — | Yea |
| VOLK of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| WHITTEMORE of Somerset | — | Nay |
| PEBWORTH of Blue Hill | — | Yea |
| James Dill | Democrat | Yea |
| Alicia Collins | Republican | Yea |
| Caldwell Jackson | Republican | Yea |
| David Woodsome | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Mason | Republican | Nay |
| Scott W. Cyrway | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 66% | 31% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| BELLOWS of Kennebec | — | Yea |
| BRAKEY of Androscoggin | — | Nay |
| BREEN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| CARPENTER of Aroostook | — | Yea |
| CARSON of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| CHENETTE of York | — | Yea |
| CHIPMAN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| CUSHING of Penobscot | — | Nay |
| DAVIS of Piscataquis | — | Nay |
| DESCHAMBAULT of York | — | Yea |
| DIAMOND of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| DION of Cumberland | — | Not Voting |
| DOW of Lincoln | — | Yea |
| GRATWICK of Penobscot | — | Yea |
| HAMPER of Oxford | — | Nay |
| HILL of York | — | Yea |
| KATZ of Kennebec | — | Yea |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| LANGLEY of Hancock | — | Nay |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| MAKER of Washington | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 58 | 52 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 77 | 70 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 51% | 46% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| ACKLEY of Monmouth | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Yea |
| CEBRA of Naples | — | Nay |
| CHACE of Durham | — | Nay |
| COLLINGS of Portland | — | Yea |
| COREY of Windham | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| GOLDEN of Lewiston | — | Yea |
| GRANT of Gardiner | — | Yea |
| GRIGNON of Athens | — | Not Voting |
| GROHMAN of Biddeford | — | Not Voting |
| HAGGAN of Hampden | — | Nay |
| HAMANN of South Portland | — | Yea |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | Yea |
| PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield | — | Nay |
| PICKETT of Dixfield | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| SIROCKI of Scarborough | — | Nay |
| SKOLFIELD of Weld | — | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 51% | 49% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| BELLOWS of Kennebec | — | Nay |
| BRAKEY of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| BREEN of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| CARPENTER of Aroostook | — | Nay |
| CARSON of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| CHENETTE of York | — | Nay |
| CHIPMAN of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| CUSHING of Penobscot | — | Yea |
| DAVIS of Piscataquis | — | Yea |
| DESCHAMBAULT of York | — | Nay |
| DIAMOND of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| DION of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| DOW of Lincoln | — | Yea |
| GRATWICK of Penobscot | — | Nay |
| HAMPER of Oxford | — | Yea |
| HILL of York | — | Nay |
| KATZ of Kennebec | — | Yea |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Yea |
| LANGLEY of Hancock | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Nay |
| MAKER of Washington | — | Yea |
| MILLETT of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| MIRAMANT of Knox | — | Nay |
| ROSEN of Hancock | — | Yea |
| SAVIELLO of Franklin | — | Yea |
| THIBODEAU of Waldo | — | Yea |
| VITELLI of Sagadahoc | — | Nay |
| VOLK of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| WHITTEMORE of Somerset | — | Yea |
| James Dill | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Collins | Republican | Yea |
| Caldwell Jackson | Republican | Nay |
| David Woodsome | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Mason | Republican | Yea |
| Scott W. Cyrway | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors LD 1109?
- LD 1109 is sponsored by CHIPMAN, DENNO, HAMANN, HYMANSON, JORGENSEN, LIBBY, MADIGAN, PARKER, PERRY, and Rachel Talbot Ross (Democrat).
- What is the current status of LD 1109?
- 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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