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

LD 254 — An Act To Update The Sex Education And Consent Curriculum

Last action — Died in Possession of the Senate 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 March 05, 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 Senate Upon Conclusion of the 131st Legislature and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)

  2. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1482.

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

  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  6. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-537).

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

  9. Committee Amendment "A" (S-537) was READ and ADOPTED.

  10. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  11. (Yeas 74 - Nays 62 - Absent 14 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  12. ROLL CALL NO. 379

  13. On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  14. Reports READ.

  15. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

  16. READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-537)

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

  18. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.

  19. Committee Amendment "A" (S-537) READ and ADOPTED

  20. READ ONCE

  21. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 542 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  22. On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.

  23. Reports Read

  24. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  25. Voted - Divided Report

  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 Held - TABLED

  31. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.

  32. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  33. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.

  34. Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 60 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (185)

185 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

ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 74 Yea · 62 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 53002
Republican 05204
Unaffiliated 191008
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 7462014
% of votes cast 49%41%0%9%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
BOYLE of Gorham — Not Voting
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
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 — Yea
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Not Voting
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Not Voting
NESS of Fryeburg — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Not Voting
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Not Voting
PRINGLE of Windham — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Not Voting
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Not Voting
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
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 Yea
Cheryl Golek Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Yea
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Yea
David Sinclair Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Karen Montell Democrat Yea
Kelly Murphy 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
Mana Abdi Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Ann Fredericks Republican Nay
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Nay
Benjamin Hymes Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David Boyer Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Not Voting
David Woodsome Republican Nay
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 Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Walker Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Michael Soboleski Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Not Voting
Rachel Henderson Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Reagan Paul Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
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 Nay
Thomas Lavigne Republican Not Voting
Tiffany Strout Republican Nay
Timothy Guerrette Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

Official roll call →

ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Passed 20 Yea · 12 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 17001
Independent 0100
Republican 1701
Unaffiliated 2401
Total 201203
% of votes cast 57%34%0%9%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Not Voting
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
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 Yea
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 Nay
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 Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 254?
LD 254 is sponsored by Matthea E.L. Daughtry (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 254?
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 254?
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