Maine 129th Legislature (2019-2020) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 6 R · 1 D cosponsors

LD 517 — An Act To Facilitate Fair Ballot Representation For All Candidates

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

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. (Placed in the Legislative Files. DEAD.)

  2. 83 having voted in the affirmative and 57 in the negative, with 9 being absent, and 2 excused, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become law and the veto was sustained.

  3. ROLL CALL NO. 341V

  4. Subsequently, This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"

  5. Speaker laid before the House

  6. Later today assigned.

  7. On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland the Bill was TABLED pending RECONSIDERATION.

  8. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 324 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  9. Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence

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

  11. On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  12. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  13. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  14. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-164) in concurrence

  15. Committee Amendment "A" (H-164) READ and ADOPTED

  16. READ ONCE

  17. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 133 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  18. Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  19. Taken from the table by the President

  20. On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report

  21. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 104 Yeas 16 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 1

  22. Subsequently The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED

  23. Taken from the table by the President

  24. On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report in NON-CONCURRENCE. Roll Call Ordered

  25. Senator LUCHINI of Hancock moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report in NON-CONCURRENCE.

  26. Taken from the table by the President

  27. On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  28. Reports READ

  29. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  30. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-164).

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

  32. Committee Amendment "A" (H-164) was READ and ADOPTED.

  33. The Bill was READ ONCE.

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

  35. Reports READ.

  36. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence

  37. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

  39. Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 28 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (176)

176 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

Reconsideration - Veto

Failed 83 Yea · 57 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 513508
Republican 22300
Democrat 81901
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 835709
% of votes cast 56%38%0%6%
How each member voted (149)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BABINE of Scarborough — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Not Voting
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Nay
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Not Voting
CURTIS of Madison — Yea
DENK of Kennebunk — Nay
DeVEAU of Caribou — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOLLOFF of Rumford — Yea
DOORE of Augusta — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Nay
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Not Voting
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Not Voting
HANDY of Lewiston — Nay
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HOBBS of Wells — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Nay
KESCHL of Belgrade — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Not Voting
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Nay
KRYZAK of Acton — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LOCKMAN of Bradley — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
MAXMIN of Nobleboro — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Not Voting
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Not Voting
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PAULHUS of Bath — Yea
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
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 — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SCHNECK of Bangor — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
STROM of Pittsfield — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
 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 Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea

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ENACTMENT

Passed 23 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15901
Republican 7100
Democrat 1100
Total 231101
% of votes cast 66%31%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Yea
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Not Voting
CARSON of Cumberland — Yea
CHENETTE of York — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Nay
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Nay
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Nay
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HERBIG of Waldo — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Nay
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
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 Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
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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ACCEPT

Passed 19 Yea · 16 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 121300
Republican 7100
Democrat 0200
Total 191600
% of votes cast 54%46%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Yea
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Nay
CARSON of Cumberland — Nay
CHENETTE of York — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Nay
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Nay
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Nay
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Nay
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HERBIG of Waldo — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Nay
MILLETT of Cumberland — Nay
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN, H. of Cumberland — Nay
SANBORN, L. of Cumberland — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Nay
James Dill Democrat Nay
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
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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ACCEPT MIN ONTP RPT

Failed 16 Yea · 18 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 141100
Republican 1601
Democrat 1100
Total 161801
% of votes cast 46%51%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Nay
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Yea
CARSON of Cumberland — Yea
CHENETTE of York — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Nay
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Nay
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Nay
FARRIN of Somerset — Nay
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Nay
HERBIG of Waldo — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
ROSEN of Hancock — Nay
SANBORN, H. of Cumberland — Yea
SANBORN, L. of Cumberland — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
James Dill Democrat Nay
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Not Voting
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 517?
LD 517 is sponsored by William Tuell (Republican), Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III (Republican), Marianne Moore (Republican), Ryan Fecteau (Democrat), Richard T. Bradstreet (Republican), Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican), Robert ALLEY, Genevieve McDONALD, Scott STROM, and Richard Campbell (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 517?
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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