Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 3 D · 2 R cosponsors

LD 1521 — An Act To Strengthen Protections Against Civil Asset Forfeiture

Last action — PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

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

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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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.

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Action History

  1. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  2. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  4. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-711) in concurrence

  5. Committee Amendment "A" (H-711) READ and ADOPTED

  6. READ ONCE

  7. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 452 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  8. On motion by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  9. Taken from the table by the President

  10. On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  11. Reports READ

  12. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  13. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-711).

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

  15. Committee Amendment "A" (H-711) was READ and ADOPTED.

  16. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  17. Subsequently, on motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  18. (Yeas 11 - Nays 129 - Absent 11 - Excused 0)

  19. ROLL CALL NO. 354

  20. Motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.

  21. Reports READ.

  22. Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

  23. Voted - Divided Report

  24. Work Session Held

  25. REFERENCED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence

  26. Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence

  27. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  28. On motion of Representative WARREN, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.

  29. Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

  30. Representative WARREN from the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Reports a recommendation for a CHANGE OF COMMITEE.

  31. Report of the Chair-Pursuant to Joint Order S.P. 9

  32. Reported Out - REFER TO OTHER

  33. Refer Approved by Chairs/Leads - REFER TO OTHER

  34. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

  35. Received by the Clerk of the House on April 15, 2021.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on · 60 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (178)

178 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

ACCEPT MIN OTP-A RPT

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9001
Independent 1000
Republican 8000
Unaffiliated 15001
Total 33002
% of votes cast 94%0%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 — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Failed 11 Yea · 129 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 663010
Republican 23200
Democrat 33201
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 0100
Total 11129011
% of votes cast 7%85%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 — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Nay
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Nay
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Nay
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Nay
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Not Voting
HARNETT of Gardiner — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Nay
JAVNER of Chester — Not Voting
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 — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
MORALES of South Portland — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Nay
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Not Voting
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Not Voting
TUTTLE of Sanford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Nay
WOOD of Portland — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Amy Roeder Democrat Nay
Ann Matlack Democrat Nay
Arthur Bell Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Not Voting
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Nay
Laura Supica Democrat Nay
Laurie Osher Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Nay
Lynn Copeland Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Nay
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Nay
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Poppy Arford Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Nay
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Nay
Traci Gere Democrat Nay
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
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 Nay
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 Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1521?
LD 1521 is sponsored by David MIRAMANT, Chloe MAXMIN, Laurel Libby (Republican), John ANDREWS, Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican), Ryan Fecteau (Democrat), Sophia Warren (Democrat), and Rachel Talbot Ross (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 1521?
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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