Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: In Committee 4 R cosponsors

LD 1174 — An Act To Clarify The Use Of Public Money For Bulk Mailing In The Election Process

Last action — Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    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 the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  2. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report.

  4. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  5. On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Senate INSISTED To ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report AND PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-214)

  6. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  8. (Yeas 73 - Nays 68 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)

  9. ROLL CALL NO. 283

  10. Subsequently, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  11. On motion of Representative FREDETTE of Newport, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  12. On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  13. Reports READ.

  14. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  15. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-214)

  16. Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) READ and ADOPTED

  17. READ ONCE

  18. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 261 Yeas 18 - Nays 16 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  19. On motion by Senator COLLINS of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.

  20. Reports Read

  21. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

  23. 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

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • CUSHING

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (180)

180 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

ACC MIN OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Passed 73 Yea · 68 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 555108
Democrat 15001
Republican 31701
Total 7368010
% of votes cast 48%45%0%7%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Nay
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
HAMANN of South Portland — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Nay
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 — 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 — 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 — Yea
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 — Not Voting
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Nay
VACHON of Scarborough — Nay
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Not Voting
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay

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ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT

Passed 18 Yea · 16 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 141401
Republican 4100
Democrat 0100
Total 181601
% of votes cast 51%46%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 — Nay
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 — 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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1174?
LD 1174 is sponsored by CUSHING, THIBODEAU, Richard Mason (Republican), Stacey K. Guerin (Republican), Alicia Collins (Republican), and Kenneth Fredette (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1174?
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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