Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Passed House

LD 654 — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Certain Sexual Offenses

Last action — PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  1. ✓
    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. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  2. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  4. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-113) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-320) thereto.

  6. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  7. PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-113) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-320) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE

  8. Committee Amendment "A" (S-113) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-320) thereto ADOPTED

  9. On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-320) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-113) READ and ADOPTED

  10. Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator RECONSIDERED whereby The Senate ADOPTED Committee Amendment "A" (S-113)

  11. On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED

  12. On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

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

  14. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  15. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  16. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  17. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-113).

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

  19. Committee Amendment "A" (S-113) was READ and ADOPTED.

  20. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  21. (Yeas 83 - Nays 59 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)

  22. ROLL CALL NO. 227

  23. Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  24. Speaker laid before the House

  25. Later today assigned.

  26. On motion of Representative FREDETTE of Newport, TABLED pending the motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.

  27. Representative WARREN of Hallowell moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.

  28. Reports READ.

  29. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  30. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-113)

  31. Committee Amendment "A" (S-113) READ and ADOPTED

  32. READ ONCE

  33. Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  34. Taken from the table by the President

  35. Motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report

  36. On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED Report was ACCEPTED

  37. On motion by Senator ROSEN of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  38. Reports READ

  39. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  40. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

  41. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  42. REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

  43. Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed

Sponsors

  • CARPENTER · Primary
  • CASÁS · Cosponsor
  • DESCHAMBAULT · Cosponsor
  • ESPLING · Cosponsor
  • HERBIG · Cosponsor
  • MILLETT · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • CARPENTER

Co-sponsors (5)

  • CASÁS
  • DESCHAMBAULT
  • ESPLING
  • HERBIG
  • MILLETT

Not signed on (180)

180 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

Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep

Passed 83 Yea · 59 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 624408
Democrat 15100
Republican 61401
Total 835909
% of votes cast 55%39%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 — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Yea
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 — 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 — Not Voting
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 — 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 — Not Voting
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 — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
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 — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Not Voting
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 — 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 — Yea
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 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 Not Voting
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 Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 654?
LD 654 is sponsored by CARPENTER, CASÁS, DESCHAMBAULT, ESPLING, HERBIG, and MILLETT.
What is the current status of LD 654?
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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