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

LD 1311 — An Act Regarding The Sale Of Dogs And Cats At Pet Shops

Last action — PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

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  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.

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Action History

  1. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  2. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  4. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-272).

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

  7. Committee Amendment "A" (S-272) was READ and ADOPTED.

  8. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  9. Subsequently, On further motion of same Representative the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  10. (Yeas 67 - Nays 79 - Absent 4 - Excused 1)

  11. ROLL CALL NO. 251

  12. Motion of Representative HICKMAN of Winthrop to accept the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.

  13. Sent down for concurrence

  14. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-272)

  15. Committee Amendment "A" (S-272) READ and ADOPTED

  16. READ ONCE

  17. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 278 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  18. On motion by Senator DILL of Penobscot The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  19. Reports READ

  20. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  21. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY.

  22. Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

Sponsors

  • Benjamin CHIPMAN · Primary
  • Michael CARPENTER · Cosponsor
  • David McCREA · Cosponsor
  • Donna Bailey · Cosponsor
  • Richard Campbell · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 181 not signed on · 33 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Benjamin CHIPMAN

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (181)

181 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 MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Failed 67 Yea · 79 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 405204
Republican 22300
Democrat 42301
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 1000
Total 677905
% of votes cast 44%52%0%3%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BABINE of Scarborough — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COREY of Windham — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Nay
CURTIS of Madison — Yea
DENK of Kennebunk — Nay
DeVEAU of Caribou — Nay
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOLLOFF of Rumford — Yea
DOORE of Augusta — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Nay
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
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 — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Not Voting
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Nay
KESCHL of Belgrade — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Nay
KRYZAK of Acton — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LOCKMAN of Bradley — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
MAXMIN of Nobleboro — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Nay
McLEAN of Gorham — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
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 — Yea
PEOPLES of Westbrook — 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 — Nay
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 — Nay
WHITE of Mars Hill — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
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 Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
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 MIN OTP-A RPT

Passed 22 Yea · 13 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19600
Republican 2600
Democrat 1100
Total 221300
% of votes cast 63%37%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 — 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 — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
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 Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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Subjects

ANIMALS PETS PET SHOPS, ANIMAL RESCUE ORGS
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1311?
LD 1311 is sponsored by Benjamin CHIPMAN, Michael CARPENTER, David McCREA, Donna Bailey (Democrat), and Richard Campbell (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1311?
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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