Maine 129th Legislature (2019-2020) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 3 R · 2 D cosponsors

LD 832 — An Act To Expand Options For Consumers Of Cable Television In Purchasing Individual Channels And Programs

Last action — PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.

  2. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  4. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence

  5. READ ONCE

  6. Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED

  7. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 146 Yeas 14 - Nays 21 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  8. Motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York to Accept the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED

  9. Reports Read

  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

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

  13. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  14. (Yeas 94 - Nays 45 - Absent 9 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)

  15. ROLL CALL NO. 132

  16. On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  17. Reports READ.

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

  19. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 18 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Jeffrey EVANGELOS

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

ACCEPT MIN ONTP RPT

Failed 14 Yea · 21 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 101500
Republican 3500
Democrat 1100
Total 142100
% of votes cast 40%60%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Nay
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Nay
CARSON of Cumberland — Nay
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 — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Nay
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HERBIG of Waldo — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Nay
MILLETT of Cumberland — Nay
MIRAMANT of Knox — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Nay
SANBORN, H. of Cumberland — Yea
SANBORN, L. of Cumberland — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
James Dill Democrat Nay
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
David Woodsome Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP

Passed 94 Yea · 45 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 583007
Republican 81403
Democrat 26101
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 9445011
% of votes cast 63%30%0%7%
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 — Nay
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Rumford — Not Voting
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 — Nay
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 — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Not Voting
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Not Voting
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Not Voting
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
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 Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 832?
LD 832 is sponsored by Jeffrey EVANGELOS, Thom HARNETT, Erik JORGENSEN, Matthew POULIOT, Arthur VEROW, Michael Tipping (Democrat), Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III (Republican), Michael Brennan (Democrat), Russell J. Black (Republican), and Bruce Bickford (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 832?
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.
Where can I track LD 832?
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