An Act To Prioritize Family Members As Surrogates For Medical Decisions
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LD 1607 — An Act To Prioritize Family Members As Surrogates For Medical Decisions
Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
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.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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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Read LD 1607 on the official Maine source →Action History
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Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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On motion by Senator COLLINS of York The Senate INSISTED To ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report AND PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-465) In NON-CONCURRENCE
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ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report.
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Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-465) In NON-CONCURRENCE
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Committee Amendment "A" (H-465) READ and ADOPTED
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READ ONCE Roll Call Number 275 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
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On motion by Senator KEIM of Oxford The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
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Reports READ
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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(Yeas 74 - Nays 67 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)
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ROLL CALL NO. 286
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On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
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Reports READ.
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The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.
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Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
Sponsors
- HAWKE · Primary
- GERRISH · Cosponsor
- HANINGTON · Cosponsor
- MALABY · Cosponsor
- PICKETT · Cosponsor
- ROSEN · Cosponsor
- SANDERSON · Cosponsor
- STETKIS · Cosponsor
- Robert Foley · Cosponsor
- Russell J. Black · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 17 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- HAWKE
Co-sponsors (9)
- GERRISH
- HANINGTON
- MALABY
- PICKETT
- ROSEN
- SANDERSON
- STETKIS
- Robert Foley Republican Voted No
- Russell J. Black Republican
Not signed on (176)
176 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 176 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 51% | 43% | 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 | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| KATZ of Kennebec | — | Yea |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Yea |
| LANGLEY of Hancock | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Not Voting |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 55 | 51 | 0 | 8 |
| Democrat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 74 | 67 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 49% | 44% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| ACKLEY of Monmouth | — | Not Voting |
| ALLEY of Beals | — | Not Voting |
| AUSTIN of Skowhegan | — | Yea |
| AUSTIN of Gray | — | Nay |
| BABBIDGE of Kennebunk | — | Yea |
| BATES of Westbrook | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | 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 | Yea |
| 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 |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors LD 1607?
- LD 1607 is sponsored by HAWKE, GERRISH, HANINGTON, MALABY, PICKETT, ROSEN, SANDERSON, STETKIS, Robert Foley (Republican), and Russell J. Black (Republican).
- What is the current status of LD 1607?
- 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 1607?
- Track LD 1607 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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