Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

LD 1373 — An Act To Protect And Expand Access To Solar Power In Maine

Last action — Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

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Action History

  1. Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.

  3. Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.

  4. On motion by Senator WOODSOME of York Bill and accompanying papers COMMITTED to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology in concurrence

  5. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. On further motion of same Representative the Bill and accompanying papers were COMMITTED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

  7. On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-566)

  8. HELD at the Request of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham.

  9. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-566).

  10. (Yeas 73 - Nays 64 - Absent 13 - Excused 1)

  11. ROLL CALL NO. 440

  12. Subsequently, House Amendment "A" (H-566) was ADOPTED.

  13. (Yeas 64 - Nays 73 - Absent 13 - Excused 1)

  14. ROLL CALL NO. 439

  15. Motion of Representative TIMBERLAKE of Turner to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE House Amendment "A" (H-566) FAILED.

  16. On motion of Representative SANBORN of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-566) was READ.

  17. (Yeas 81 - Nays 56 - Absent 13 - Excused 1)

  18. ROLL CALL NO. 438

  19. Subsequently, the Rules were Suspended for the purpose of giving this bill it's Second Reading

  20. Subsequently, the Chair RULED the Bill was properly before the body.

  21. Representative FREDETTE of Newport ASKED the Chair to RULE if the Bill was properly before the body.

  22. Representative FREDETTE of Newport OBJECTED to SUSPENDING THE RULES for the purpose of giving this Bill its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  23. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  24. READ.

  25. Received by the Clerk of the House on August 1, 2017 pursuant to Joint Rule 309.

  26. From the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

  27. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence

  28. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  29. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

  30. Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

  • BERRY · Primary
  • ACKLEY · Cosponsor
  • DeCHANT · Cosponsor
  • DENNO · Cosponsor
  • DION · Cosponsor
  • DOW · Cosponsor
  • MAREAN · Cosponsor
  • POULIOT · Cosponsor
  • RYKERSON · Cosponsor
  • SEAVEY · Cosponsor
  • Caldwell Jackson · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 175 not signed on · 32 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • BERRY

Co-sponsors (10)

  • ACKLEY
  • DeCHANT
  • DENNO
  • DION
  • DOW
  • MAREAN
  • POULIOT
  • RYKERSON
  • SEAVEY
  • Caldwell Jackson Republican

Not signed on (175)

175 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

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Passed 81 Yea · 56 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6043011
Democrat 14002
Republican 71301
Total 8156014
% of votes cast 54%37%0%9%
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 — Not Voting
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
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 — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Nay
GINZLER of Bridgton — Nay
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Not Voting
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 — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Not Voting
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Not Voting
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Not Voting
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
JORGENSEN of Portland — Not Voting
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 — 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 — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SUTTON of Warren — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Not Voting
VACHON of Scarborough — Yea
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Not Voting
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea

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INDEF PP HAH-566

Failed 64 Yea · 73 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4855011
Democrat 01402
Republican 16401
Total 6473014
% of votes cast 42%48%0%9%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Nay
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BATES of Westbrook — Nay
BATTLE of South Portland — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CASÁS of Rockport — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Yea
CHACE of Durham — Not Voting
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COREY of Windham — Yea
CRAIG of Brewer — Yea
DeCHANT of Bath — Nay
DENNO of Cumberland — Nay
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOORE of Augusta — Nay
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Nay
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Yea
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Nay
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Nay
FREY of Bangor — Nay
FULLER of Lewiston — Nay
GERRISH of Lebanon — Yea
GIDEON of Freeport — Nay
GILLWAY of Searsport — Yea
GINZLER of Bridgton — Yea
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Not Voting
GRANT of Gardiner — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Yea
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Nay
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 — Not Voting
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HERBIG of Belfast — Nay
HERRICK of Paris — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Not Voting
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Nay
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Not Voting
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Not Voting
KINNEY of Limington — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Nay
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Nay
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Yea
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Nay
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MADIGAN of Rumford — Nay
MALABY of Hancock — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McELWEE of Caribou — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
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 — Not Voting
REED of Carmel — Yea
RILEY of Jay — Nay
RYKERSON of Kittery — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SANBORN of Portland — Nay
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Yea
SCHNECK of Bangor — Not Voting
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Yea
SHEATS of Auburn — Nay
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
STROM of Pittsfield — Yea
SUTTON of Warren — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
TURNER of Burlington — Not Voting
VACHON of Scarborough — Yea
WALLACE of Dexter — Yea
WARD of Dedham — Not Voting
WHITE of Washburn — Yea
WINSOR of Norway — Yea
WOOD of Greene — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Nay
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Drew Gattine Democrat Nay
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Not Voting
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Abden Simmons Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Kenneth Fredette Republican Yea
Mark Cooper Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
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 Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Not Voting
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea

Official roll call →

ADOPT HAH-566

Passed 73 Yea · 64 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5449011
Democrat 14002
Republican 51501
Total 7364014
% of votes cast 48%42%0%9%
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 — Not Voting
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 — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Nay
GINZLER of Bridgton — Nay
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Not Voting
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 — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Not Voting
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
JORGENSEN of Portland — Not Voting
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 — 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 — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
POULIOT of Augusta — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Not Voting
VACHON of Scarborough — Nay
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Not Voting
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1373?
LD 1373 is sponsored by BERRY, ACKLEY, DeCHANT, DENNO, DION, DOW, MAREAN, POULIOT, RYKERSON, SEAVEY, and Caldwell Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1373?
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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