LD 488 — An Act To Provide For Municipalities To Allow Grocery Stores Up To 10,000 Square Feet To Open On Thanksgiving, Easter And Christmas
Last action — ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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.
Bill Text
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ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
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87 having voted in the affirmative and 51 in the negative, with 12 being absent, and 1 excused, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become a law and the veto was sustained.
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ROLL CALL NO. 182V
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This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"
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PASSED 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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Ordered sent down forthwith
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READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.
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COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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READ ONCE
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 115 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
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Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
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Taken from the table by the President
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On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending her motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report, in concurrence
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Senator VOLK of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.
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Reports READ
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
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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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The Bill was READ ONCE.
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On motion of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
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(Yeas 66 - Nays 79 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
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ROLL CALL NO. 65
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Motion of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
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Reports READ.
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The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in concurrence
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development suggested and ordered printed.
Sponsors
- GILLWAY · Primary
- CHACE · Cosponsor
- HOGAN · Cosponsor
- LYFORD · Cosponsor
- MADIGAN · Cosponsor
- SPEAR · Cosponsor
- STEARNS · Cosponsor
- VOLK · Cosponsor
- WARD · Cosponsor
- Richard Campbell · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 31 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- GILLWAY
Co-sponsors (9)
- CHACE
- HOGAN
- LYFORD
- MADIGAN
- SPEAR
- STEARNS
- VOLK
- WARD
- Richard Campbell Republican
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 | 65 | 39 | 0 | 10 |
| Democrat | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 87 | 51 | 0 | 13 |
| % of votes cast | 58% | 34% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| ACKLEY of Monmouth | — | Nay |
| ALLEY of Beals | — | Yea |
| AUSTIN of Skowhegan | — | Nay |
| AUSTIN of Gray | — | Yea |
| BABBIDGE of Kennebunk | — | Nay |
| BATES of Westbrook | — | Not Voting |
| BATTLE of South Portland | — | Not Voting |
| BERRY of Bowdoinham | — | Nay |
| BLUME of York | — | Yea |
| BROOKS of Lewiston | — | Not Voting |
| BRYANT of Windham | — | Nay |
| CARDONE of Bangor | — | Nay |
| CASÁS of Rockport | — | Yea |
| CEBRA of Naples | — | Yea |
| CHACE of Durham | — | Yea |
| COLLINGS of Portland | — | Nay |
| COREY of Windham | — | Yea |
| CRAIG of Brewer | — | Yea |
| DeCHANT of Bath | — | Yea |
| DENNO of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| DEVIN of Newcastle | — | Not Voting |
| DILLINGHAM of Oxford | — | Not Voting |
| DOORE of Augusta | — | Nay |
| DUCHESNE of Hudson | — | Nay |
| DUNPHY of Old Town | — | Nay |
| ESPLING of New Gloucester | — | Yea |
| FARNSWORTH of Portland | — | Nay |
| FARRIN of Norridgewock | — | Yea |
| FAY of Raymond | — | Nay |
| FREY of Bangor | — | Nay |
| FULLER of Lewiston | — | Nay |
| GERRISH of Lebanon | — | Yea |
| GIDEON of Freeport | — | Nay |
| GILLWAY of Searsport | — | Yea |
| GINZLER of Bridgton | — | Yea |
| GOLDEN of Lewiston | — | Nay |
| GRANT of Gardiner | — | Nay |
| GRIGNON of Athens | — | Yea |
| GROHMAN of Biddeford | — | Not Voting |
| HAGGAN of Hampden | — | Yea |
| HAMANN of South Portland | — | Yea |
| HANDY of Lewiston | — | Nay |
| HANINGTON of Lincoln | — | Yea |
| HANLEY of Pittston | — | Yea |
| HARLOW of Portland | — | Nay |
| HARVELL of Farmington | — | Yea |
| HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor | — | Yea |
| HEAD of Bethel | — | Yea |
| HERBIG of Belfast | — | Yea |
| HERRICK of Paris | — | Not Voting |
| HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft | — | Yea |
| HILLIARD of Belgrade | — | Yea |
| HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach | — | Yea |
| HUBBELL of Bar Harbor | — | Nay |
| HYMANSON of York | — | Not Voting |
| JOHANSEN of Monticello | — | Not Voting |
| JORGENSEN of Portland | — | Nay |
| KINNEY of Limington | — | Yea |
| KINNEY of Knox | — | Yea |
| KORNFIELD of Bangor | — | Nay |
| KUMIEGA of Deer Isle | — | Nay |
| LOCKMAN of Amherst | — | Yea |
| LONGSTAFF of Waterville | — | Nay |
| LUCHINI of Ellsworth | — | Nay |
| LYFORD of Eddington | — | Yea |
| MADIGAN of Waterville | — | Nay |
| MADIGAN of Rumford | — | Yea |
| MALABY of Hancock | — | Yea |
| MAREAN of Hollis | — | Yea |
| McCREA of Fort Fairfield | — | Yea |
| McCREIGHT of Harpswell | — | Nay |
| McELWEE of Caribou | — | Yea |
| McLEAN of Gorham | — | Yea |
| MELARAGNO of Auburn | — | Nay |
| MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth | — | Nay |
| NADEAU of Winslow | — | Yea |
| O'CONNOR of Berwick | — | Yea |
| O'NEIL of Saco | — | Nay |
| ORDWAY of Standish | — | Yea |
| PARKER of South Berwick | — | Nay |
| PERRY of Calais | — | Not Voting |
| PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield | — | Yea |
| PICKETT of Dixfield | — | Yea |
| POULIOT of Augusta | — | Yea |
| PRESCOTT of Waterboro | — | Yea |
| RECKITT of South Portland | — | Yea |
| REED of Carmel | — | Yea |
| RILEY of Jay | — | Nay |
| RYKERSON of Kittery | — | Nay |
| SAMPSON of Alfred | — | Yea |
| SANBORN of Portland | — | Nay |
| SANDERSON of Chelsea | — | Yea |
| SCHNECK of Bangor | — | Nay |
| SEAVEY of Kennebunkport | — | Yea |
| SHEATS of Auburn | — | Nay |
| SHERMAN of Hodgdon | — | Yea |
| SIROCKI of Scarborough | — | Yea |
| SKOLFIELD of Weld | — | Yea |
| SPEAR of South Thomaston | — | Yea |
| STANLEY of Medway | — | Yea |
| STEARNS of Guilford | — | Yea |
| STETKIS of Canaan | — | Yea |
| STROM of Pittsfield | — | Yea |
| SUTTON of Warren | — | Yea |
| SYLVESTER of Portland | — | Nay |
| TUCKER of Brunswick | — | Yea |
| TURNER of Burlington | — | Yea |
| VACHON of Scarborough | — | Yea |
| WALLACE of Dexter | — | Yea |
| WARD of Dedham | — | Yea |
| WHITE of Washburn | — | Yea |
| WINSOR of Norway | — | Yea |
| WOOD of Greene | — | Yea |
| ZEIGLER of Montville | — | Nay |
| Anne-Marie Mastraccio | Democrat | Yea |
| Craig V. Hickman | Democrat | Nay |
| Denise Tepler | Democrat | Nay |
| Donna Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Drew Gattine | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark W. Lawrence | Democrat | Nay |
| Matt Moonen | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthea E.L. Daughtry | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Tipping | Democrat | Nay |
| Parnell Terry | Democrat | Yea |
| Pinny H. Beebe-Center | Democrat | Yea |
| Rachel Talbot Ross | Democrat | Nay |
| Ryan Fecteau | Democrat | Nay |
| Sophia Warren | Democrat | Nay |
| Teresa S. Pierce | Democrat | Yea |
| Teresa S. Pierce | Democrat | Yea |
| Abden Simmons | Republican | Not Voting |
| Bruce Bickford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chad Perkins | Republican | Yea |
| Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey L. Timberlake | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joseph E. Martin | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph E. Martin | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Fredette | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Cooper | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew A. Harrington | Republican | Yea |
| Nancy Theriault | Republican | Yea |
| Nathan Wadsworth | Republican | Yea |
| Quentin Chapman | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Campbell | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Mason | Republican | Yea |
| Richard T. Bradstreet | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Foley | Republican | Yea |
| Russell J. Black | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey K. Guerin | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne Parry | Republican | Yea |
| William Tuell | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 57% | 37% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| BELLOWS of Kennebec | — | Nay |
| BRAKEY of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| BREEN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| CARPENTER of Aroostook | — | Nay |
| CARSON of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| CHENETTE of York | — | Nay |
| CHIPMAN of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| CUSHING of Penobscot | — | Yea |
| DAVIS of Piscataquis | — | Nay |
| DESCHAMBAULT of York | — | Nay |
| DIAMOND of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| DION of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| DOW of Lincoln | — | Yea |
| GRATWICK of Penobscot | — | Nay |
| HAMPER of Oxford | — | Yea |
| HILL of York | — | Yea |
| KATZ of Kennebec | — | Not Voting |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| LANGLEY of Hancock | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Nay |
| MAKER of Washington | — | Not Voting |
| MILLETT of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| MIRAMANT of Knox | — | Yea |
| ROSEN of Hancock | — | Yea |
| SAVIELLO of Franklin | — | Yea |
| THIBODEAU of Waldo | — | Yea |
| VITELLI of Sagadahoc | — | Yea |
| VOLK of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| WHITTEMORE of Somerset | — | 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 | 49 | 60 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 66 | 79 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 44% | 52% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | Yea |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| CRAIG of Brewer | — | Nay |
| DeCHANT of Bath | — | Nay |
| DENNO of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| DEVIN of Newcastle | — | Nay |
| DILLINGHAM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| DOORE of Augusta | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| GROHMAN of Biddeford | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Not Voting |
| HERBIG of Belfast | — | Not Voting |
| HERRICK of Paris | — | Nay |
| HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft | — | Nay |
| HILLIARD of Belgrade | — | Nay |
| HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| MALABY of Hancock | — | Nay |
| MAREAN of Hollis | — | Nay |
| McCREA of Fort Fairfield | — | Yea |
| McCREIGHT of Harpswell | — | Yea |
| McELWEE of Caribou | — | Not Voting |
| McLEAN of Gorham | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Not Voting |
| SPEAR of South Thomaston | — | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| Wayne Parry | Republican | Nay |
| William Tuell | Republican | Nay |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors LD 488?
- LD 488 is sponsored by GILLWAY, CHACE, HOGAN, LYFORD, MADIGAN, SPEAR, STEARNS, VOLK, WARD, and Richard Campbell (Republican).
- What is the current status of LD 488?
- 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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