Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: In Committee

LD 160 — An Act To Prohibit The Mining Of Massive Sulfide Ore Deposits Under The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 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 “In Committee” 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. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 369 Yeas 29 - Nays 6 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  3. Subsequently The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED

  4. Taken from the table by the President

  5. On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report,

  6. Senator SAVIELLO of Franklin moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report.

  7. Reports READ

  8. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  9. (Yeas 98 - Nays 42 - Absent 9 - Excused 2)

  10. ROLL CALL NO. 123

  11. Subsequently, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  12. Speaker laid before the House

  13. Later today assigned.

  14. On motion of Representative GOLDEN of Lewiston, TABLED pending the motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report.

  15. Representative TUCKER of Brunswick moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report.

  16. Reports READ.

  17. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence

  18. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  19. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

  20. Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

  • DUCHESNE · Primary
  • SAVIELLO · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on · 14 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • DUCHESNE

Co-sponsors (1)

  • SAVIELLO

Not signed on (184)

184 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

ACCEPT MAJ ONTP RPT

Passed 29 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 23600
Republican 5000
Democrat 1000
Total 29600
% of votes cast 83%17%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Nay
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Yea
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Yea
CARSON of Cumberland — Yea
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 — Nay
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HILL of York — Yea
KATZ of Kennebec — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LANGLEY of Hancock — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
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 — 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 Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea

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Acc Maj Ought Not to Pass Rep

Passed 98 Yea · 42 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 782808
Democrat 61000
Republican 14403
Total 9842011
% of votes cast 65%28%0%7%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Nay
ALLEY of Beals — Not Voting
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BATES of Westbrook — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Not Voting
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
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 — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOORE of Augusta — Not Voting
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Nay
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
FREY of Bangor — Not Voting
FULLER of Lewiston — Nay
GERRISH of Lebanon — Yea
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Yea
GINZLER of Bridgton — Yea
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Nay
GRANT of Gardiner — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Yea
HAMANN of South Portland — Nay
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 — Nay
HERRICK of Paris — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Nay
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 — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Nay
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Yea
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 — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McELWEE of Caribou — Nay
McLEAN of Gorham — Yea
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PARKER of South Berwick — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
POULIOT of Augusta — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
REED of Carmel — Yea
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SANBORN of Portland — Yea
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Yea
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Yea
SHEATS of Auburn — Not Voting
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
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 — Nay
WALLACE of Dexter — Yea
WARD of Dedham — Yea
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 Nay
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Nay
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Nay
Michael Tipping Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Not Voting
Mark Cooper Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Not Voting
Quentin Chapman Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 160?
LD 160 is sponsored by DUCHESNE and SAVIELLO.
What is the current status of LD 160?
This bill died with 128th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “In Committee” 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 160?
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