Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

LD 1707 — An Act To Reduce The Cost Of Care Resulting From Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases

Last action — in concurrence

  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 December 22, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. in concurrence

  2. LD 1707 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?" 25 IN FAVOR and 8 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 102 having voted in the affirmative and 40 in the negative, with 9 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since two-thirds of the members of the House so voted.

  5. ROLL CALL NO. 711V

  6. 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?"

  7. PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence

  8. On Motion by Senator KATZ of Kennebec taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  9. CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.

  10. On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  11. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  12. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  13. On motion by Senator MAKER of Washington The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) AND House Amendment "A" (H-648) in concurrence

  14. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  15. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  16. Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) and House Amendment "A" (H-648).

  17. On motion of Representative VACHON of Scarborough, House Amendment "A" (H-648) was READ and ADOPTED.

  18. Speaker laid before the House

  19. Later today assigned.

  20. On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604).

  21. On further motion of the same Representative the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

  22. On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

  23. FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

  24. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.

  25. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) in concurrence

  26. Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) READ and ADOPTED

  27. READ ONCE

  28. Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) Report ACCEPTED

  29. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 522 Yeas 13 - Nays 20 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  30. Motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.

  31. Reports Read

  32. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  33. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604).

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

  35. Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) was READ and ADOPTED.

  36. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  37. (Yeas 99 - Nays 40 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)

  38. ROLL CALL NO. 495

  39. On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  40. Reports READ.

  41. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

  42. Received by the Clerk of the House on December 19, 2017.

Sponsors

  • MAKER · Cosponsor
  • VACHON · Primary
  • COREY · Cosponsor
  • LANGLEY · Cosponsor
  • James Dill · Cosponsor
  • PICCHIOTTI · Cosponsor
  • VOLK · Cosponsor
  • Matthew A. Harrington · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on · 13 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • VACHON

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (178)

178 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

Reconsideration - Veto

Passed 102 Yea · 40 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 743208
Democrat 16000
Republican 12801
Total 1024009
% of votes cast 68%26%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 — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Not Voting
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Yea
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Not Voting
FREY of Bangor — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Yea
GINZLER of Bridgton — Yea
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 — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Not Voting
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Nay
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Nay
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
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 — Not Voting
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Nay
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Yea
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PARKER of South Berwick — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Not Voting
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 — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
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 — Yea
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Nay
WHITE of Washburn — Nay
WINSOR of Norway — Not Voting
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 Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Not Voting
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
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 Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Quentin Chapman Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea

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ACCEPT MIN ONTP RPT

Failed 13 Yea · 20 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 101702
Republican 3200
Democrat 0100
Total 132002
% of votes cast 37%57%0%6%
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 — Not Voting
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Nay
DION of Cumberland — Nay
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Nay
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HILL of York — Not Voting
KATZ of Kennebec — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LANGLEY of Hancock — Nay
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
MAKER of Washington — Nay
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 — Nay
WHITTEMORE of Somerset — Yea
James Dill Democrat Nay
Alicia Collins Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
David Woodsome Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea

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ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 99 Yea · 40 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 762909
Democrat 14101
Republican 91002
Total 9940012
% of votes cast 66%26%0%8%
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 — Not Voting
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 — 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 — Yea
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Not Voting
HAMANN of South Portland — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
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 — Not Voting
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 — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
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 — Not Voting
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PARKER of South Berwick — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
POULIOT of Augusta — Yea
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 — Not Voting
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Not Voting
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
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 — Yea
WALLACE of Dexter — Yea
WARD of Dedham — Nay
WHITE of Washburn — Nay
WINSOR of Norway — Nay
WOOD of Greene — Not Voting
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1707?
LD 1707 is sponsored by MAKER, VACHON, COREY, LANGLEY, James Dill (Democrat), PICCHIOTTI, VOLK, and Matthew A. Harrington (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1707?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 22, 2017. Enacted.
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