Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Passed House 4 R cosponsors

LD 1625 — An Act To Repeal The Ranked-Choice Voting Law

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  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. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. Subsequently The Senate INSISTED To ACCEPTANCE of Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-302) AND PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-302)

  3. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 390 Yeas 12 - Nays 18 - Excused 5 - Absent 0

  4. Motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED

  5. Senator MASON of Androscoggin moved to INSIST

  6. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of REPORT B Ought to Pass as Amended and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-303) and ASKED for a COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE.

  8. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  9. Subsequently The Senate INSISTED To ACCEPTANCE of Report A Ought to Pass As Amended AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-302)

  10. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 389 Yeas 15 - Nays 20 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  11. Motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook To RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED

  12. Senator COLLINS of York moved To INSIST

  13. Taken from the table by the President

  14. On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending FURTHER CONSIDERATION

  15. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  16. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  17. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-303).

  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 "B" (S-303) was READ and ADOPTED.

  20. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  21. (Yeas 79 - Nays 66 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)

  22. ROLL CALL NO. 404

  23. On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, REPORT B Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  24. Reports READ.

  25. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  26. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-302)

  27. Committee Amendment "A" (S-302) READ and ADOPTED

  28. READ ONCE

  29. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 381 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  30. Subsequently Report A Ought to Pass As Amended as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-302) ACCEPTED

  31. Taken from the table by the President

  32. On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT Report A Ought to Pass as Amended Report,

  33. Senator MASON of Androscoggin moved to ACCEPT Report A Ought to Pass as Amended .

  34. Reports READ

  35. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  36. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.

  37. Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 19 voted No

Sponsors (1)

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

RECEDE AND CONCUR

Failed 15 Yea · 20 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 131600
Republican 1400
Democrat 1000
Total 152000
% of votes cast 43%57%0%0%
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 — Nay
DION of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Nay
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Nay
HILL of York — Nay
KATZ of Kennebec — Nay
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 — Nay
SAVIELLO of Franklin — Nay
THIBODEAU of Waldo — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
VOLK of Cumberland — Nay
WHITTEMORE of Somerset — Nay
James Dill Democrat Yea
Alicia Collins Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay

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ACC REPORT 'B' OTP AS AMEND

Passed 79 Yea · 66 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 604905
Democrat 15100
Republican 41601
Total 796606
% of votes cast 52%44%0%4%
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 — Nay
CRAIG of Brewer — Nay
DeCHANT of Bath — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Not Voting
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 — 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 — 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 — Not Voting
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 — 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 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 Not Voting
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay

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ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP-A

Passed 21 Yea · 13 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 171101
Republican 4100
Democrat 0100
Total 211301
% of votes cast 60%37%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
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 — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DION of Cumberland — Not Voting
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Nay
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HILL of York — Yea
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 1625?
LD 1625 is sponsored by CARPENTER, DUNPHY, SIROCKI, THIBODEAU, TUCKER, Joseph E. Martin (Republican), Kenneth Fredette (Republican), Alicia Collins (Republican), Richard Mason (Republican), and PEBWORTH of Blue Hill.
What is the current status of LD 1625?
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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