Maine 129th Legislature (2019-2020) Status: Passed House 4 R cosponsors

LD 255 — Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Require That Signatures On A Direct Initiative Of Legislation Come From Each Congressional District

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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

This bill died with 129th Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “Passed House” 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. On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate INSISTED To FINALLY PASSED In NON-CONCURRENCE

  3. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. The House INSISTED on FAILING OF FINAL PASSAGE.

  5. (Yeas 77 - Nays 64 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)

  6. ROLL CALL NO. 295

  7. RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED

  8. Sent down for concurrence

  9. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 323 Yeas 24 - Nays 10 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  10. Subsequently FINALLY PASSED - 2/3 Elected Required In NON-CONCURRENCE

  11. On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  12. On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - 2/3 Elected Required In NON-CONCURRENCE

  13. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  14. (Yeas 81 - Nays 63 - Absent 6 - Excused 1)

  15. ROLL CALL NO. 250

  16. This being a Constitutional Amendment, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House present being necessary, a total was taken.

  17. FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.

  18. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  19. The RESOLUTION was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-247).

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

  21. Committee Amendment "A" (S-247) was READ and ADOPTED.

  22. The RESOLUTION was READ ONCE.

  23. On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  24. Reports READ.

  25. Sent down for concurrence

  26. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-247)

  27. Committee Amendment "A" (S-247) READ and ADOPTED

  28. READ ONCE

  29. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 261 Yeas 24 - Nays 11 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  30. On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.

  31. Reports Read

  32. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  33. The RESOLUTION was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.

  34. 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

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 175 not signed on · 31 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (175)

175 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

RECEDE AND CONCUR - EMER

Failed 77 Yea · 64 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5036010
Republican 22300
Democrat 42400
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 1000
Total 7764010
% of votes cast 51%42%0%7%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Nay
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Not Voting
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BABINE of Scarborough — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
CURTIS of Madison — Yea
DENK of Kennebunk — Nay
DeVEAU of Caribou — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOLLOFF of Rumford — Yea
DOORE of Augusta — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GIDEON of Freeport — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HAGGAN of Hampden — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Nay
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HOBBS of Wells — Not Voting
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Nay
KESCHL of Belgrade — Not Voting
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KRYZAK of Acton — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LOCKMAN of Bradley — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
MAXMIN of Nobleboro — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Not Voting
MORALES of South Portland — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PAULHUS of Bath — Nay
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
PEOPLES of Westbrook — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
REED of Carmel — Yea
RILEY of Jay — Not Voting
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SCHNECK of Bangor — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Not Voting
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
STROM of Pittsfield — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
VEROW of Brewer — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Ann Matlack Democrat Nay
Anne M. Carney Democrat Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Drew Gattine Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Nay
Michael Tipping Democrat Nay
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Cooper Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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Passed 24 Yea · 10 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15901
Republican 7100
Democrat 2000
Total 241001
% of votes cast 69%29%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Nay
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Not Voting
CARSON of Cumberland — Nay
CHENETTE of York — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Nay
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HERBIG of Waldo — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN, H. of Cumberland — Nay
SANBORN, L. of Cumberland — Nay
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 Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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Final Passage - Con Res

Failed 81 Yea · 63 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 553506
Republican 22300
Democrat 32401
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 1000
Total 816307
% of votes cast 54%42%0%5%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Nay
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BABINE of Scarborough — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
CURTIS of Madison — Yea
DENK of Kennebunk — Nay
DeVEAU of Caribou — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOLLOFF of Rumford — Yea
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GIDEON of Freeport — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HAGGAN of Hampden — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Nay
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HOBBS of Wells — Nay
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Not Voting
HYMANSON of York — Nay
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Nay
KESCHL of Belgrade — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KRYZAK of Acton — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LOCKMAN of Bradley — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
MAXMIN of Nobleboro — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PAULHUS of Bath — Nay
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
PEOPLES of Westbrook — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
REED of Carmel — Yea
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
RYKERSON of Kittery — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SCHNECK of Bangor — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Not Voting
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
STROM of Pittsfield — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
VEROW of Brewer — Not Voting
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Nay
Anne M. Carney Democrat Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Not Voting
Drew Gattine Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Nay
Michael Tipping Democrat Nay
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Cooper Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT

Passed 24 Yea · 11 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 141100
Republican 8000
Democrat 2000
Total 241100
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Nay
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Yea
CARSON of Cumberland — Nay
CHENETTE of York — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Nay
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Nay
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HERBIG of Waldo — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MILLETT of Cumberland — Nay
MIRAMANT of Knox — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN, H. of Cumberland — Nay
SANBORN, L. of Cumberland — Nay
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 Yea
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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 255?
LD 255 is sponsored by Michael CARPENTER, Kathleen DILLINGHAM, Chad GRIGNON, Sheldon HANINGTON, Louis LUCHINI, Joel STETKIS, Scott STROM, Jeffrey L. Timberlake (Republican), Richard T. Bradstreet (Republican), Amy Arata (Republican), and Bradlee T. Farrin (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 255?
This bill died with 129th Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “Passed House” 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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