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

LD 31 — An Act Regarding Rules Adopted By The Connectme Authority

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 January 09, 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.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote 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. Ordered sent down forthwith

  6. READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.

  7. COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.

  8. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.

  9. READ ONCE

  10. Subsequently On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence

  11. Taken from the table by the President

  12. On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Acceptance of Report

  13. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  14. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

  15. READ the Second Time.

  16. Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.

  17. TOMORROW ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING.

  18. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  19. (Yeas 85 - Nays 48 - Absent 16 - Excused 1 - Vacant - 2)

  20. ROLL CALL NO. 2

  21. The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

  22. On OBJECTION of Representative DILLINGHAM of Oxford REMOVED.

  23. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

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

  25. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

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

Sponsors

  • Seth BERRY · Primary
  • Christopher CAIAZZO · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin COLLINGS · Cosponsor
  • Jennifer DeCHANT · Cosponsor
  • Susan DESCHAMBAULT · Cosponsor
  • Jeffrey EVANGELOS · Cosponsor
  • Norman HIGGINS · Cosponsor
  • Rena NEWELL · Cosponsor
  • David Woodsome · Cosponsor
  • William Pluecker · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Seth BERRY

Co-sponsors (9)

  • Christopher CAIAZZO
  • Benjamin COLLINGS
  • Jennifer DeCHANT
  • Susan DESCHAMBAULT
  • Jeffrey EVANGELOS
  • Norman HIGGINS
  • Rena NEWELL
  • David Woodsome Republican
  • William Pluecker Independent

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

ACC OUGHT TO PASS REP

Passed 85 Yea · 48 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5231011
Republican 61603
Democrat 25102
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 8548016
% of votes cast 57%32%0%11%
How each member voted (149)
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 — Yea
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 — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Not Voting
CURTIS of Madison — Nay
DENK of Kennebunk — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DeVEAU of Caribou — Nay
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Rumford — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
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 — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KRYZAK of Acton — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LOCKMAN of Bradley — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Nay
MAXMIN of Nobleboro — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Not Voting
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
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PEOPLES of Westbrook — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Not Voting
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Not Voting
REED of Carmel — Nay
RILEY of Jay — Not Voting
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 — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
VEROW of Brewer — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
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 Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Not Voting
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Not Voting
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 Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Not Voting
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Not Voting
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 Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 31?
LD 31 is sponsored by Seth BERRY, Christopher CAIAZZO, Benjamin COLLINGS, Jennifer DeCHANT, Susan DESCHAMBAULT, Jeffrey EVANGELOS, Norman HIGGINS, Rena NEWELL, David Woodsome (Republican), and William Pluecker (Independent).
What is the current status of LD 31?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2019. Enacted.
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