Maine 129th Legislature (2019-2020) Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 4 D · 2 R cosponsors

LD 1161 — An Act To Restrict The Use Of Mercury In Dental Fillings In State-Funded Dental Procedures

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

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    Introduced
  2. 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 “In Committee” 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 the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  2. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report.

  4. Sent down for concurrence

  5. Subsequently On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate INSISTED To Acceptance of The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report AND PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-181)

  6. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 203 Yeas 15 - Nays 19 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  7. Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin moved to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED

  8. Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc moved to INSIST

  9. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  10. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  11. (Yeas 106 - Nays 38 - Absent 4 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)

  12. ROLL CALL NO. 180

  13. On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  14. Reports READ.

  15. Sent down for concurrence

  16. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-181)

  17. Committee Amendment "A" (S-181) READ and ADOPTED

  18. READ ONCE

  19. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 189 Yeas 24 - Nays 11 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  20. Subsequently The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  21. Taken from the table by the President

  22. On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .

  23. Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .

  24. Reports READ

  25. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  26. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

  27. On motion by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  28. Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 22 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Michael CARPENTER

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

RECEDE AND CONCUR

Failed 15 Yea · 19 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71701
Republican 7100
Democrat 1100
Total 151901
% of votes cast 43%54%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Nay
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Nay
CARSON of Cumberland — Nay
CHENETTE of York — Not Voting
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Nay
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 — Yea
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 — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN, H. of Cumberland — Nay
SANBORN, L. of Cumberland — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Nay
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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ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Passed 106 Yea · 38 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 711905
Republican 21301
Democrat 141400
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 0100
Total 1063806
% of votes cast 71%25%0%4%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Nay
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BABINE of Scarborough — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
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 — Yea
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 — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HAGGAN of Hampden — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Nay
HOBBS of Wells — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KESCHL of Belgrade — Yea
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 — Yea
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
MAXMIN of Nobleboro — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Nay
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — 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 — Yea
PEOPLES of Westbrook — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
REED of Carmel — Yea
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
RYKERSON of Kittery — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SHARPE of Durham — Yea
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
VEROW of Brewer — Not Voting
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Yea
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 Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Nay
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Nay
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Not Voting
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Nay
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 Yea
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 24 Yea · 11 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20500
Republican 2600
Democrat 2000
Total 241100
% of votes cast 69%31%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 — Yea
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 Yea
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 Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1161?
LD 1161 is sponsored by Michael CARPENTER, Ned CLAXTON, Thom HARNETT, Anne PERRY, Denise Tepler (Democrat), Rachel Talbot Ross (Democrat), Gregory Swallow (Republican), Holly Stover (Democrat), Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III (Republican), and Michele Meyer (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 1161?
This bill died with 129th Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “In Committee” 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 1161?
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