An Act To Enhance The Energy Security Of Maine Residents
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LD 697 — An Act To Enhance The Energy Security Of Maine Residents
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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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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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ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
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The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report.
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Sent down for concurrence
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On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate INSISTED To The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED In NON-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-935) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1001) thereto.
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Committee Amendment "A" (H-935) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1001) thereto was ADOPTED.
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(Yeas 79 - Nays 54 - Absent 14 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
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ROLL CALL NO. 559
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On further motion of same Representative House Amendment "A" (H-1001) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-935) was READ and ADOPTED.
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On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the House RECEDED.
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Speaker laid before the House
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Later today assigned.
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On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
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Sent down for concurrence
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 748 Yeas 30 - Nays 1 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 In NON-CONCURRENCE
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On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED
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Taken from the table by the President
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On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
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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-935).
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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-935) was READ and ADOPTED.
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The Bill was READ ONCE.
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(Yeas 78 - Nays 58 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
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ROLL CALL NO. 526
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On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, 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 Held
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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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Carry Over Approved
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Carry Over Requested
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Work Session Held - TABLED
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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 ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 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 March 2, 2021.
Sponsors
- Seth BERRY · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 32 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Seth BERRY
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (185)
185 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 185 →"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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 39 | 26 | 0 | 12 |
| Republican | 4 | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unenrolled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 79 | 54 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 37% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (147)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| STANLEY of Medway | — | Nay |
| ALLEY of Beals | — | Yea |
| ANDREWS of Paris | — | Nay |
| AUSTIN of Gray | — | Nay |
| BABBIDGE of Kennebunk | — | Yea |
| BERRY of Bowdoinham | — | Yea |
| BLUME of York | — | Yea |
| BOYLE of Gorham | — | 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 | — | Not Voting |
| COLLINGS of Portland | — | Yea |
| CONNOR of Lewiston | — | Not Voting |
| COREY of Windham | — | Nay |
| COSTAIN of Plymouth | — | Not Voting |
| CRAVEN of Lewiston | — | Not Voting |
| CUDDY of Winterport | — | Not Voting |
| DILLINGHAM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| DOLLOFF of Milton Township | — | Nay |
| 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 |
| KINNEY of Knox | — | Not Voting |
| LANDRY of Farmington | — | Yea |
| LAROCHELLE of Augusta | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Auburn | — | Nay |
| LYFORD of Eddington | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| PERRY of Bangor | — | Yea |
| PICKETT of Dixfield | — | Nay |
| PRESCOTT of Waterboro | — | Not Voting |
| 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 |
| STEARNS of Guilford | — | Nay |
| STETKIS of Canaan | — | Nay |
| SYLVESTER of Portland | — | Yea |
| TUCKER of Brunswick | — | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | Yea |
| John Ducharme | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| Tracy Quint | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne Parry | Republican | Nay |
| William Tuell | Republican | Nay |
| W. Crockett | Unenrolled | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 3% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (34)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| BREEN of Cumberland | — | Not Voting |
| CHIPMAN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| CLAXTON of Androscoggin | — | Yea |
| DAVIS of Piscataquis | — | Not Voting |
| DESCHAMBAULT of York | — | Yea |
| DIAMOND of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| FARRIN of Somerset | — | Yea |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Androscoggin | — | Not Voting |
| MAXMIN of Lincoln | — | Yea |
| MIRAMANT of Knox | — | Yea |
| POULIOT of Kennebec | — | Yea |
| ROSEN of Hancock | — | Yea |
| 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 | 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 40 | 29 | 0 | 8 |
| Republican | 4 | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unenrolled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 78 | 58 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 53% | 39% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (147)
| 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 |
| BOYLE of Gorham | — | Nay |
| 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 | — | Not Voting |
| CRAVEN of Lewiston | — | Yea |
| CUDDY of Winterport | — | Yea |
| DILLINGHAM of Oxford | — | Nay |
| DOLLOFF of Milton Township | — | Nay |
| 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 |
| KINNEY of Knox | — | Nay |
| LANDRY of Farmington | — | Yea |
| LAROCHELLE of Augusta | — | Yea |
| LIBBY of Auburn | — | Nay |
| LYFORD of Eddington | — | Not Voting |
| MADIGAN of Waterville | — | Yea |
| McCREA of Fort Fairfield | — | Yea |
| McCREIGHT of Harpswell | — | Yea |
| McDONALD of Stonington | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | — | Not Voting |
| PAULHUS of Bath | — | Yea |
| PEBWORTH of Blue Hill | — | Yea |
| PERRY of Calais | — | Yea |
| PERRY of Bangor | — | Not Voting |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| John Ducharme | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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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