Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Passed House 3 R cosponsors

LD 1745 — An Act Regarding A Biomass-Generated Energy Purchase And Sale Agreement And Payments To Contractors

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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  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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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.

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Action History

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. LD 1745 In Senate, May 2, 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?" 22 IN FAVOR and 12 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.

  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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

  7. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  8. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-464).

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

  10. Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) was READ and ADOPTED.

  11. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  12. (Yeas 116 - Nays 27 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)

  13. ROLL CALL NO. 609

  14. On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  15. Reports READ.

  16. Sent down for concurrence

  17. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-464)

  18. Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) READ and ADOPTED

  19. READ ONCE

  20. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 633 Yeas 23 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  21. On motion by Senator WOODSOME of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  22. Reports READ

  23. Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

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

Failed 22 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19901
Republican 2300
Democrat 1000
Total 221201
% of votes cast 63%34%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Yea
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Not Voting
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 — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DION of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Nay
HILL of York — Nay
KATZ of Kennebec — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LANGLEY of Hancock — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
MAKER of Washington — Nay
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Nay
SAVIELLO of Franklin — Yea
THIBODEAU of Waldo — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
VOLK of Cumberland — Nay
WHITTEMORE of Somerset — Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Alicia Collins Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay

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ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT

Passed 23 Yea · 12 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20900
Republican 2300
Democrat 1000
Total 231200
% of votes cast 66%34%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 — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DION of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Nay
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Nay
HILL of York — Yea
KATZ of Kennebec — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LANGLEY of Hancock — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
MAKER of Washington — Nay
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Nay
SAVIELLO of Franklin — Yea
THIBODEAU of Waldo — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
VOLK of Cumberland — Yea
WHITTEMORE of Somerset — Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Alicia Collins Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay

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ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 116 Yea · 27 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 862107
Democrat 16000
Republican 14601
Total 1162708
% of votes cast 77%18%0%5%
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 — Yea
CHACE of Durham — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
CRAIG of Brewer — Yea
DeCHANT of Bath — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
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 — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
FREY of Bangor — Not Voting
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 — Yea
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Not Voting
HAGGAN of Hampden — Yea
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 — 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 — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KINNEY of Limington — Yea
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 — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Yea
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 — 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 — 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 — Not Voting
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Yea
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 — Yea
WINSOR of Norway — Yea
WOOD of Greene — Yea
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 Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Yea
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Quentin Chapman Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Not Voting
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
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 1745?
LD 1745 is sponsored by BERRY, CARPENTER, GIDEON, SAVIELLO, STANLEY, David Woodsome (Republican), Joseph E. Martin (Republican), and Caldwell Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1745?
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.
Where can I track LD 1745?
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