Maine 129th Legislature (2019-2020) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 15 D · 5 R · 1 I cosponsors

LD 955 — An Act To Prohibit Offshore Oil And Natural Gas Drilling And Exploration

Last action — Signed by Governor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 72 sponsors

    1 primary, 71 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (15 D · 5 R · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  5. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-425) in concurrence

  6. Committee Amendment "A" (H-425) READ and ADOPTED

  7. READ ONCE

  8. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 183 Yeas 31 - Nays 4 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  9. On motion by Senator CARSON of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.

  10. Reports Read

  11. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  12. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-425).

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

  14. Committee Amendment "A" (H-425) was READ and ADOPTED.

  15. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  16. (Yeas 96 - Nays 45 - Absent 7 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)

  17. ROLL CALL NO. 166

  18. On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  19. Reports READ.

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

  21. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

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

Sponsors

  • Michael DEVIN · Primary
  • Kent ACKLEY · Cosponsor
  • Robert ALLEY · Cosponsor
  • Betty AUSTIN · Cosponsor
  • Christopher BABBIDGE · Cosponsor
  • Shawn BABINE · Cosponsor
  • Shenna BELLOWS · Cosponsor
  • Seth BERRY · Cosponsor
  • Lydia BLUME · Cosponsor
  • Heidi BROOKS · Cosponsor
  • Mark BRYANT · Cosponsor
  • Barbara CARDONE · Cosponsor
  • Everett CARSON · Cosponsor
  • Justin CHENETTE · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin CHIPMAN · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin COLLINGS · Cosponsor
  • Diane DENK · Cosponsor
  • Donna DOORE · Cosponsor
  • Dana DOW · Cosponsor
  • Michelle DUNPHY · Cosponsor
  • Jeffrey EVANGELOS · Cosponsor
  • Jessica FAY · Cosponsor
  • Billy Bob Faulkingham · Cosponsor
  • Janice Dodge · Cosponsor
  • Matthea E.L. Daughtry · Cosponsor
  • Mark Cooper · Cosponsor
  • Anne M. Carney · Cosponsor
  • Donna Bailey · Cosponsor
  • Sara GIDEON · Cosponsor
  • Geoffrey GRATWICK · Cosponsor
  • James HANDY · Cosponsor
  • Thom HARNETT · Cosponsor
  • Daniel HOBBS · Cosponsor
  • Brian HUBBELL · Cosponsor
  • Patricia HYMANSON · Cosponsor
  • Erik JORGENSEN · Cosponsor
  • Victoria KORNFIELD · Cosponsor
  • Nathan LIBBY · Cosponsor
  • Colleen MADIGAN · Cosponsor
  • Donald MAREAN · Cosponsor
  • David McCREA · Cosponsor
  • Joyce McCREIGHT · Cosponsor
  • Genevieve McDONALD · Cosponsor
  • Rebecca MILLETT · Cosponsor
  • David MIRAMANT · Cosponsor
  • Rena NEWELL · Cosponsor
  • Sarah PEBWORTH · Cosponsor
  • Anne PERRY · Cosponsor
  • Walter RISEMAN · Cosponsor
  • Deane RYKERSON · Cosponsor
  • Braden SHARPE · Cosponsor
  • Bettyann SHEATS · Cosponsor
  • Stephen STANLEY · Cosponsor
  • Michael SYLVESTER · Cosponsor
  • Ralph TUCKER · Cosponsor
  • Arthur VEROW · Cosponsor
  • Stanley ZEIGLER · Cosponsor
  • William Tuell · Cosponsor
  • Denise Tepler · Cosponsor
  • Holly Stover · Cosponsor
  • Tiffany Roberts · Cosponsor
  • Teresa S. Pierce · Cosponsor
  • Matt Moonen · Cosponsor
  • Michele Meyer · Cosponsor
  • Robert Foley · Cosponsor
  • Ryan Fecteau · Cosponsor
  • William Pluecker · Cosponsor
  • Mark W. Lawrence · Cosponsor
  • Allison Hepler · Cosponsor
  • Nicole C. Grohoski · Cosponsor
  • Robert Foley · Cosponsor
  • Michael Brennan · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 71 co-sponsors · 114 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Michael DEVIN

Co-sponsors (71)

Not signed on (114)

114 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

ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT

Passed 31 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22300
Republican 7100
Democrat 2000
Total 31400
% of votes cast 89%11%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Yea
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Yea
CARSON of Cumberland — Yea
CHENETTE of York — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Nay
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Nay
HERBIG of Waldo — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN, H. of Cumberland — Yea
SANBORN, L. of Cumberland — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 96 Yea · 45 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 612905
Republican 71602
Democrat 27001
Unenrolled 0001
Independent 1000
Total 964509
% of votes cast 64%30%0%6%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BABINE of Scarborough — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Nay
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
CURTIS of Madison — Nay
DENK of Kennebunk — Yea
DeVEAU of Caribou — Not Voting
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Rumford — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HOBBS of Wells — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KESCHL of Belgrade — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KRYZAK of Acton — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LOCKMAN of Bradley — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
MAXMIN of Nobleboro — Not Voting
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Yea
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Yea
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PEOPLES of Westbrook — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
REED of Carmel — Nay
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SHARPE of Durham — Yea
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
VEROW of Brewer — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Not Voting
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Not Voting
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Gregory Swallow Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Not Voting
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 955?
LD 955 is sponsored by Michael DEVIN, Kent ACKLEY, Robert ALLEY, Betty AUSTIN, Christopher BABBIDGE, Shawn BABINE, Shenna BELLOWS, Seth BERRY, Lydia BLUME, Heidi BROOKS, Mark BRYANT, Barbara CARDONE, Everett CARSON, Justin CHENETTE, Benjamin CHIPMAN, Benjamin COLLINGS, Diane DENK, Donna DOORE, Dana DOW, Michelle DUNPHY, Jeffrey EVANGELOS, Jessica FAY, Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican), Janice Dodge (Democrat), Matthea E.L. Daughtry (Democrat), Mark Cooper (Republican), Anne M. Carney (Democrat), Donna Bailey (Democrat), Sara GIDEON, Geoffrey GRATWICK, James HANDY, Thom HARNETT, Daniel HOBBS, Brian HUBBELL, Patricia HYMANSON, Erik JORGENSEN, Victoria KORNFIELD, Nathan LIBBY, Colleen MADIGAN, Donald MAREAN, David McCREA, Joyce McCREIGHT, Genevieve McDONALD, Rebecca MILLETT, David MIRAMANT, Rena NEWELL, Sarah PEBWORTH, Anne PERRY, Walter RISEMAN, Deane RYKERSON, Braden SHARPE, Bettyann SHEATS, Stephen STANLEY, Michael SYLVESTER, Ralph TUCKER, Arthur VEROW, Stanley ZEIGLER, William Tuell (Republican), Denise Tepler (Democrat), Holly Stover (Democrat), Tiffany Roberts (Democrat), Teresa S. Pierce (Democrat), Matt Moonen (Democrat), Michele Meyer (Democrat), Robert Foley (Republican), Ryan Fecteau (Democrat), William Pluecker (Independent), Mark W. Lawrence (Democrat), Allison Hepler (Democrat), Nicole C. Grohoski (Democrat), and Michael Brennan (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 955?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2019. Enacted.
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