Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House 1 D cosponsors

LD 1966 — An Act To Allow Candidates For County Office To Participate In The Maine Clean Election Act

Last action — Died in Possession of the Governor Upon Conclusion of the 131st Legislature and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” 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.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on May 10, 2024.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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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Action History

  1. Died in Possession of the Governor Upon Conclusion of the 131st Legislature and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence

  3. On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  4. On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  5. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  7. Ordered sent down forthwith.

  8. READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-753), in concurrence.

  9. COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.

  10. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.

  11. Committee Amendment "A" (H-753) READ and ADOPTED

  12. READ ONCE

  13. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 537 Yeas 18 - Nays 9 - Excused 8 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  14. On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  15. Reports READ

  16. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  17. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-753).

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

  19. Committee Amendment "A" (H-753) was READ and ADOPTED.

  20. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  21. (Yeas 74 - Nays 60 - Absent 16 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  22. ROLL CALL NO. 371

  23. On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  24. Reports READ.

  25. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  26. Work Session Held

  27. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.

  28. Carry Over Approved

  29. Carry Over Requested

  30. Work Session Reconsidered - TABLED

  31. Voted - Divided Report

  32. Work Session Held

  33. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence

  34. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  35. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.

  36. Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on · 56 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Benjamin COLLINGS

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (184)

184 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 MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Passed 18 Yea · 9 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 14004
Independent 1000
Republican 1602
Unaffiliated 2302
Total 18908
% of votes cast 51%26%0%23%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Not Voting
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Not Voting
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Not Voting
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Not Voting
Jill C. Duson Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Not Voting
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Timothy E. Nangle Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Bradlee T. Farrin Republican Not Voting
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
James D. Libby Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Not Voting
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 74 Yea · 60 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 50203
Republican 04808
Unaffiliated 221005
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 7460016
% of votes cast 49%40%0%11%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
BOYLE of Gorham — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
DAVIS of East Machias — Nay
DUNPHY of Embden — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GALLETTA of Durham — Not Voting
HOBBS of Wells — Yea
JAUCH of Topsham — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Not Voting
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NESS of Fryeburg — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Nay
PRINGLE of Windham — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Not Voting
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Not Voting
WORTH of Ellsworth — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ambureen Rana Democrat Yea
Amy Kuhn Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Anne Graham Democrat Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Charles Skold Democrat Not Voting
Cheryl Golek Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Yea
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Yea
David Sinclair Democrat Nay
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Eaton Democrat Yea
Holly Sargent Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Karen Montell Democrat Yea
Kelly Murphy 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 Not Voting
Mana Abdi Democrat Yea
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michel Lajoie Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nina Milliken Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Not Voting
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Sally Cluchey Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
Walter Runte Democrat Yea
William Bridgeo Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Nay
Abigail Griffin Republican Not Voting
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Ann Fredericks Republican Nay
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Nay
Benjamin Hymes Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Not Voting
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David Boyer Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
David Woodsome Republican Not Voting
Dean Cray Republican Nay
Donald Ardell Republican Nay
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Gregory Swallow Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
James White Republican Nay
Jeffrey Adams Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Nay
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Katrina Smith Republican Nay
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Laurel Libby Republican Nay
Lucas Lanigan Republican Not Voting
Mark Babin Republican Not Voting
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Walker Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Michael Soboleski Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Rachel Henderson Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Not Voting
Reagan Paul Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Not Voting
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Nutting Republican Nay
Roger Albert Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Stephen Wood Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Not Voting
Thomas Lavigne Republican Nay
Tiffany Strout Republican Nay
Timothy Guerrette Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1966?
LD 1966 is sponsored by Morgan Rielly (Democrat) and Benjamin COLLINGS.
What is the current status of LD 1966?
This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” 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 1966?
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