Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

LD 61 — An Act To Include Grandparents Under Maine'S Family Medical Leave Laws

Last action — Signed by Governor

  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 January 11, 2021. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 66% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

Read LD 61 on the official Maine source →

Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 270 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  6. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-27)

  8. Sent down for concurrence

  9. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Senate Amendment "A" (S-27) In NON-CONCURRENCE

  10. On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-27) READ and ADOPTED

  11. Same Senator moved to RECONSIDER whereby The Senate PASSED The Bill TO BE ENGROSSED

  12. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 230 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  13. On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York

  14. Taken from the table by the President

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

  16. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required In NON-CONCURRENCE

  17. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  18. (Yeas 88 - Nays 55 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)

  19. FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED. ROLL CALL NO. 19

  20. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.

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

  22. READ ONCE

  23. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 54 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  24. On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.

  25. Reports Read

  26. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  27. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

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

  29. The Bill was READ ONCE.

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

  31. Reports READ.

  32. Reported Out - OTP/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 January 11, 2021.

Sponsors

  • Stacey K. Guerin · Cosponsor
  • Jessica FAY · Cosponsor
  • Paul DAVIS · Cosponsor
  • Patrick COREY · Cosponsor
  • Paul STEARNS · Primary
  • William Tuell · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 32 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Paul STEARNS

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 180 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

ENACTMENT

Passed 21 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 10000
Independent 0100
Republican 1601
Unaffiliated 10501
Total 211202
% of votes cast 60%34%0%6%
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 — Not Voting
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
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

Official roll call →

SUSPEND RULES (2/3)

Passed 23 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 10000
Independent 0100
Republican 1601
Unaffiliated 12400
Total 231101
% of votes cast 66%31%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 — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
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

Official roll call →

ACCEPT MAJ OTP RPT

Passed 22 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 10000
Independent 0100
Republican 1700
Unaffiliated 11401
Total 221201
% of votes cast 63%34%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 — Not Voting
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
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 Nay
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

Official roll call →

Enactment - Emer

Failed 88 Yea · 55 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 472903
Republican 52504
Democrat 35100
Unenrolled 0001
Independent 1000
Total 885508
% of votes cast 58%36%0%5%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Not Voting
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Not Voting
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 — 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 — Yea
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Nay
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 — Nay
KRYZAK of Acton — Not Voting
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 — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
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 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 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 Not Voting
Chad Perkins Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
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 Nay
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

healthcare labor
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 61?
LD 61 is sponsored by Stacey K. Guerin (Republican), Jessica FAY, Paul DAVIS, Patrick COREY, Paul STEARNS, and William Tuell (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 61?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2021. Enacted.
Where can I track LD 61?
Track LD 61 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on LD 61

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of LD 61

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →