LD 156 — An Act To Promote School Attendance By Exempting Virtual Public Charter School And Private School Students From Immunization Requirements
Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
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.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
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Read LD 156 on the official Maine source →Action History
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Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 211 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
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On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
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Reports Read
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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(Yeas 81 - Nays 62 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
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ROLL CALL NO. 122
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On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
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Reports READ.
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Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM
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Voted - Divided Report
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Work Session Held
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Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
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The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
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Received by the Clerk of the House on January 19, 2021.
Sponsors
- Heidi SAMPSON · Cosponsor
- Gary Drinkwater · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on · 38 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Gary Drinkwater Republican Voted No
Co-sponsors (1)
- Heidi SAMPSON
Not signed on (184)
184 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 184 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 60% | 37% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| BREEN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| CHIPMAN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| CLAXTON of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| DAVIS of Piscataquis | — | Nay |
| DESCHAMBAULT of York | — | Yea |
| DIAMOND of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| FARRIN of Somerset | — | Nay |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| LUCHINI of Hancock | — | Yea |
| MAXMIN of Lincoln | — | Yea |
| MIRAMANT of Knox | — | Nay |
| POULIOT of Kennebec | — | Nay |
| ROSEN of Hancock | — | Nay |
| SANBORN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| VITELLI of Sagadahoc | — | Yea |
| Anne M. Carney | Democrat | Yea |
| Craig V. Hickman | Democrat | Yea |
| Donna Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Glenn "Chip" Curry | Democrat | Yea |
| James Dill | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph E. Rafferty | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph M. Baldacci | Democrat | Yea |
| Mark W. Lawrence | Democrat | Yea |
| Matthea E.L. Daughtry | Democrat | Yea |
| Stacy F. Brenner | Democrat | Yea |
| Richard A. Bennett | Independent | Nay |
| Caldwell Jackson | Republican | Yea |
| David Woodsome | Republican | Not Voting |
| Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey L. Timberlake | Republican | Nay |
| Marianne Moore | Republican | Nay |
| Russell J. Black | Republican | Nay |
| Scott W. Cyrway | Republican | Nay |
| Stacey K. Guerin | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 44 | 30 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unenrolled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 81 | 62 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 41% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| ALLEY of Beals | — | Yea |
| ANDREWS of Paris | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Yea |
| CARDONE of Bangor | — | Yea |
| CARMICHAEL of Greenbush | — | Nay |
| CEBRA of Naples | — | Not Voting |
| CLOUTIER of Lewiston | — | Yea |
| COLLINGS of Portland | — | Yea |
| CONNOR of Lewiston | — | Nay |
| COREY of Windham | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Yea |
| EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft | — | Yea |
| FAY of Raymond | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Not Voting |
| JOHANSEN of Monticello | — | Nay |
| KINNEY of Knox | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| SAMPSON of Alfred | — | Nay |
| SHARPE of Durham | — | Yea |
| SHEEHAN of Biddeford | — | Yea |
| SKOLFIELD of Weld | — | Nay |
| STANLEY of Medway | — | Nay |
| STEARNS of Guilford | — | Not Voting |
| STETKIS of Canaan | — | Nay |
| SYLVESTER of Portland | — | Yea |
| TUCKER of Brunswick | — | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Poppy Arford | Democrat | Yea |
| Rachel Talbot Ross | Democrat | Yea |
| Ryan Fecteau | Democrat | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Abigail Griffin | Republican | Nay |
| Amanda Collamore | Republican | Nay |
| Amy Arata | Republican | Nay |
| Billy Bob Faulkingham | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Nathan Carlow | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Susan Bernard | Republican | Nay |
| Tracy Quint | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne Parry | Republican | Nay |
| William Tuell | Republican | Nay |
| W. Crockett | Unenrolled | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors LD 156?
- LD 156 is sponsored by Heidi SAMPSON and Gary Drinkwater (Republican).
- What is the current status of LD 156?
- 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.
- Where can I track LD 156?
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