Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 1 I · 1 D cosponsors

LD 194 — An Act To Prohibit Contributions, Expenditures And Participation By Foreign Government-Owned Entities To Influence Referenda

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Action History

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. RELEASED.

  3. HELD at the Request of Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin.

  4. LD 194 In Senate, June 30, 2021, 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 Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 22 and 12, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.

  5. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  6. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  8. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 347 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  9. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-125) AND House Amendment "A" (H-581) in concurrence

  10. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  11. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  12. (Yeas 87 - Nays 54 - Absent 10 - Excused 0)

  13. ROLL CALL NO. 253

  14. Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-125). and House Amendment "A" (H-581)

  15. On further motion of same Representative House Amendment "A" (H-581) was READ and ADOPTED.

  16. On motion of Representative GROHOSKI of Ellsworth, under suspension of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

  17. Speaker laid before the House

  18. Later today assigned.

  19. On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

  20. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  21. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-125).

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

  23. Committee Amendment "A" (S-125) was READ and ADOPTED.

  24. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  25. (Yeas 76 - Nays 55 - Absent 20 - Excused 0)

  26. ROLL CALL NO. 209

  27. Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  28. Speaker laid before the House

  29. Later today assigned.

  30. On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.

  31. Representative CAIAZZO of Scarborough moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.

  32. Reports READ.

  33. Sent down for concurrence

  34. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-125)

  35. Committee Amendment "A" (S-125) READ and ADOPTED

  36. READ ONCE

  37. On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  38. Reports READ

  39. Reported Out - ONTP-AM/ONTP

  40. Voted - Divided Report

  41. Work Session Held

  42. Work Session Held - TABLED

  43. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.

  44. Work Session Held - TABLED

  45. Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 36 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Reconsideration - Veto

Failed 22 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 7201
Independent 1000
Republican 4400
Unaffiliated 10600
Total 221201
% of votes cast 63%34%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Nay
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
ROSEN of Hancock — Nay
SANBORN of Cumberland — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Not Voting
James Dill Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Nay
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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RECEDE AND CONCUR

Passed 23 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 7300
Independent 1000
Republican 5300
Unaffiliated 10501
Total 231101
% of votes cast 66%31%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Not Voting
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Nay
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN of Cumberland — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Nay
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Nay
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED

Passed 87 Yea · 54 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 443005
Republican 62404
Democrat 35001
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 8754010
% of votes cast 58%36%0%7%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Not Voting
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Not Voting
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KRYZAK of Acton — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Yea
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
TUTTLE of Sanford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Not Voting
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Not Voting
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Not Voting
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Not Voting
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Not Voting
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep

Passed 76 Yea · 55 Nay · 20 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3728014
Republican 62503
Democrat 31203
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 7655020
% of votes cast 50%36%0%13%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Not Voting
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Not Voting
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Not Voting
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Not Voting
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Not Voting
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Not Voting
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Not Voting
KRYZAK of Acton — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Not Voting
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Not Voting
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
TUTTLE of Sanford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Not Voting
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Not Voting
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Not Voting
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Not Voting
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Not Voting
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Not Voting
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 194?
LD 194 is sponsored by Josanne DOLLOFF, Paul DAVIS, John ANDREWS, Richard A. Bennett (Independent), Louis LUCHINI, and Nicole C. Grohoski (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 194?
This bill died with 130th Legislature (2021-2022). It reached “To Executive” 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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