Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Enacted

LD 1629 — An Act To Protect The Elderly From Tax Lien Foreclosures

Last action — Signed by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced June 05, 2017. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  5. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. (Yeas 61 - Nays 34 - Absent 55 - Excused 0 Vacant 1)

  7. ROLL CALL NO. 751

  8. On motion of Speaker GIDEON of Freeport, the House RECEDED AND CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto.

  9. (Yeas 40 - Nays 55 - Absent 55 - Excused 0 Vacant 1)

  10. ROLL CALL NO. 750

  11. Motion of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester to RECEDE failed.

  12. Sent down for concurrence

  13. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE

  14. Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE

  15. On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) To Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) READ and ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE

  16. Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) READ

  17. Subsequently Report Accepted in concurrence

  18. Taken from the table by the President

  19. On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Report

  20. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  21. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771).

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

  23. Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) was READ and ADOPTED.

  24. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  25. Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.

  26. Speaker laid before the House

  27. Carried over to any special session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.

  28. Later today assigned.

  29. (Yeas 79 - Nays 69 - Absent 3 - Excused 0)

  30. ROLL CALL NO. 618

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

  32. The Committee Report was READ.

  33. On OBJECTION of Representative HERBIG of Belfast REMOVED.

  34. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

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

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

  37. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence

  38. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  39. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION.

  40. Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

  • ESPLING · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 31 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • ESPLING

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (185)

185 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

RECEDE

Failed 40 Yea · 55 Nay · 55 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 2640047
Democrat 21202
Republican 12306
Total 4055055
% of votes cast 27%37%0%37%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Nay
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BATTLE of South Portland — Not Voting
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Not Voting
BLUME of York — Not Voting
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CASÁS of Rockport — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CHACE of Durham — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COREY of Windham — Yea
CRAIG of Brewer — Yea
DeCHANT of Bath — Nay
DENNO of Cumberland — Not Voting
DEVIN of Newcastle — Nay
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Not Voting
DOORE of Augusta — Not Voting
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Not Voting
DUNPHY of Old Town — Not Voting
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Yea
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Not Voting
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Nay
FREY of Bangor — Nay
FULLER of Lewiston — Nay
GERRISH of Lebanon — Not Voting
GIDEON of Freeport — Nay
GILLWAY of Searsport — Not Voting
GINZLER of Bridgton — Yea
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Nay
GRANT of Gardiner — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Not Voting
HAGGAN of Hampden — Not Voting
HAMANN of South Portland — Not Voting
HANDY of Lewiston — Nay
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARLOW of Portland — Nay
HARVELL of Farmington — Not Voting
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Not Voting
HERBIG of Belfast — Nay
HERRICK of Paris — Not Voting
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Not Voting
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Yea
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Not Voting
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Nay
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Not Voting
JORGENSEN of Portland — Nay
KINNEY of Limington — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Not Voting
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Nay
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Yea
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Nay
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Not Voting
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MADIGAN of Rumford — Nay
MALABY of Hancock — Not Voting
MAREAN of Hollis — Not Voting
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McELWEE of Caribou — Not Voting
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Not Voting
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Not Voting
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
ORDWAY of Standish — Not Voting
PARKER of South Berwick — Not Voting
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
POULIOT of Augusta — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
REED of Carmel — Not Voting
RILEY of Jay — Not Voting
RYKERSON of Kittery — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Not Voting
SANBORN of Portland — Not Voting
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Yea
SCHNECK of Bangor — Nay
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Yea
SHEATS of Auburn — Nay
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Not Voting
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Not Voting
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Not Voting
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Not Voting
STETKIS of Canaan — Not Voting
STROM of Pittsfield — Yea
SUTTON of Warren — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
TURNER of Burlington — Yea
VACHON of Scarborough — Yea
WALLACE of Dexter — Not Voting
WARD of Dedham — Not Voting
WHITE of Washburn — Yea
WINSOR of Norway — Not Voting
WOOD of Greene — Not Voting
ZEIGLER of Montville — Not Voting
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Nay
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Nay
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Not Voting
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Not Voting
Michael Tipping Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Abden Simmons Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Not Voting
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Kenneth Fredette Republican Yea
Mark Cooper Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Not Voting
Nancy Theriault Republican Not Voting
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Not Voting
Quentin Chapman Republican Not Voting
Richard Campbell Republican Not Voting
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea

Official roll call →

RECEDE AND CONCUR

Passed 61 Yea · 34 Nay · 55 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4422047
Democrat 13102
Republican 41106
Total 6134055
% of votes cast 41%23%0%37%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Not Voting
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Not Voting
BLUME of York — Not Voting
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CASÁS of Rockport — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CHACE of Durham — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
CRAIG of Brewer — Nay
DeCHANT of Bath — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Not Voting
DEVIN of Newcastle — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Not Voting
DOORE of Augusta — Not Voting
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Not Voting
DUNPHY of Old Town — Not Voting
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Not Voting
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
FREY of Bangor — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Not Voting
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Not Voting
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Not Voting
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Not Voting
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Nay
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Not Voting
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 — Nay
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Not Voting
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Yea
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Yea
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Not Voting
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Not Voting
MAREAN of Hollis — Not Voting
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Not Voting
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Not Voting
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Not Voting
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Not Voting
PARKER of South Berwick — Not Voting
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
POULIOT of Augusta — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
REED of Carmel — Not Voting
RILEY of Jay — Not Voting
RYKERSON of Kittery — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Not Voting
SANBORN of Portland — Not Voting
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Nay
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Not Voting
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Not Voting
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Not Voting
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Not Voting
STETKIS of Canaan — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
WARD of Dedham — Not Voting
WHITE of Washburn — Nay
WINSOR of Norway — Not Voting
WOOD of Greene — Not Voting
ZEIGLER of Montville — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Not Voting
Nancy Theriault Republican Not Voting
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Not Voting
Quentin Chapman Republican Not Voting
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 Nay

Official roll call →

TABLE UNTIL LATER

Passed 79 Yea · 69 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 605202
Democrat 14101
Republican 51600
Total 796903
% of votes cast 52%46%0%2%
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 — Nay
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 — 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 — 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 — Nay
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 — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea

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