LD 552 — An Act To Strengthen The Individualized Education Program Process
Last action — In possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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In possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
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CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
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On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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FINALLY PASSED.
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On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED To PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-247) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-739) thereto in concurrence
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ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
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Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-247) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-739) thereto.
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Committee Amendment "A" (H-247) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-739) thereto was ADOPTED.
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(Yeas 77 - Nays 63 - Absent 11 - Excused 0)
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ROLL CALL NO. 403
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On further motion of same Representative House Amendment "A" (H-739) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-247) was READ and ADOPTED.
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On further motion of the same Representative, under further SUSPENSION of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-247).
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On further motion of the same Representative, under further SUSPENSION of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-247).
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the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Resolve was FINALLY PASSED.
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On motion of Representative MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth, under SUSPENSION of the rules,
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Bill RECALLED From Governor (Pursuant to Joint Order - House Paper 1291)
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FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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FINALLY PASSED.
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Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-247) in concurrence
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Committee Amendment "A" (H-247) READ and ADOPTED
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READ ONCE
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 189 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
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On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
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Reports Read
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-247).
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Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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Committee Amendment "A" (H-247) was READ and ADOPTED.
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The Bill was READ ONCE.
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(Yeas 81 - Nays 63 - Absent 7 - Excused 0)
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ROLL CALL NO. 84
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On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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Reports READ.
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Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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Voted - Divided Report
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Work Session Reconsidered
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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 February 22, 2021.
Sponsors
- Lynne WILLIAMS · Cosponsor
- Joseph E. Rafferty · Cosponsor
- David McCREA · Cosponsor
- Janice Dodge · Cosponsor
- Margaret CRAVEN · Cosponsor
- Rebecca MILLETT · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 42 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Rebecca MILLETT
Co-sponsors (5)
- Lynne WILLIAMS
- Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat
- David McCREA
- Janice Dodge Democrat
- Margaret CRAVEN
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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 42 | 32 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Unenrolled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 77 | 63 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 51% | 42% | 0% | 7% |
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 | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | — | 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 | — | Yea |
| 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 | — | 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 | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Lydia Crafts | Democrat | Yea |
| Lynn Copeland | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Nay |
| Bruce Bickford | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Perkins | Republican | Nay |
| David G. Haggan | Republican | Nay |
| Gary Drinkwater | Republican | Not Voting |
| Irene Gifford | Republican | Nay |
| James Thorne | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer Poirier | Republican | Nay |
| John Ducharme | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joseph E. Martin | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph E. Martin | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph E. Martin | Republican | Nay |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 40% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| 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 | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 42 | 32 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Unenrolled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 81 | 63 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 42% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| 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 | — | 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 | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors LD 552?
- LD 552 is sponsored by Lynne WILLIAMS, Joseph E. Rafferty (Democrat), David McCREA, Janice Dodge (Democrat), Margaret CRAVEN, and Rebecca MILLETT.
- What is the current status of LD 552?
- 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 552?
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