Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 R cosponsors

LD 1656 — An Act To Promote Energy-Efficient Affordable Housing

Last action — Signed by Governor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 03, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  5. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) thereto.

  7. Sent down for concurrence

  8. PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE

  9. Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) thereto ADOPTED

  10. On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) READ and ADOPTED

  11. On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) was ADOPTED

  12. On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-479)

  13. On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  14. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302

  15. On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  16. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  17. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  18. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) in concurrence

  19. Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) READ and ADOPTED

  20. READ ONCE

  21. On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.

  22. Reports Read

  23. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  24. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479).

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

  26. Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) was READ and ADOPTED.

  27. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  28. (Yeas 80 - Nays 63 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)

  29. ROLL CALL NO. 203

  30. On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  31. Reports READ.

  32. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  33. Voted - Divided Report

  34. Work Session Held

  35. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

  36. Received by the Clerk of the House on May 3, 2021.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 31 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Rebecca MILLETT

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

ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 80 Yea · 63 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 433105
Republican 23002
Democrat 33201
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 806308
% of votes cast 53%42%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 — Nay
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 — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Not Voting
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
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 — 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 — Nay
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 — Yea
TUTTLE of Sanford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Not Voting
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 Nay
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
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

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Subjects

housing energy
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1656?
LD 1656 is sponsored by Michael SYLVESTER, Sarah PEBWORTH, Craig V. Hickman (Democrat), Nicole C. Grohoski (Democrat), Traci Gere (Democrat), Ryan Fecteau (Democrat), Scott CUDDY, Stacy F. Brenner (Democrat), Rebecca MILLETT, and Caldwell Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1656?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 03, 2021. Enacted.
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