Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 I · 1 R cosponsors

LD 428 — An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses Under The Inland Fisheries And Wildlife Laws And Increase The Efficiency Of The Criminal Justice System

Last action — Signed by Governor

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 02, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on July 26, 2023.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (2 D · 1 I · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  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-124), 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-124) READ and ADOPTED

  12. READ ONCE

  13. On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-124) Report ACCEPTED

  14. Reports READ

  15. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  16. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-124).

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

  18. Committee Amendment "A" (H-124) was READ and ADOPTED.

  19. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  20. (Yeas 121 - Nays 20 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  21. ROLL CALL NO. 73

  22. On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  23. Reports READ.

  24. Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

  25. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.

  26. Voted - Divided Report

  27. Work Session Held

  28. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence

  29. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  30. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

  31. Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 14 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (180)

180 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 121 Yea · 20 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 371403
Republican 54001
Unaffiliated 28605
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 1212009
% of votes cast 81%13%0%6%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
BOYLE of Gorham — Not Voting
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
DAVIS of East Machias — Yea
DUNPHY of Embden — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GALLETTA of Durham — Not Voting
HOBBS of Wells — Not Voting
JAUCH of Topsham — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NESS of Fryeburg — Yea
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Yea
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Yea
PRINGLE of Windham — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WORTH of Ellsworth — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Not Voting
Adam Lee Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ambureen Rana Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Cheryl Golek Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Not Voting
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Yea
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Yea
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Eaton Democrat Nay
Holly Sargent Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Karen Montell Democrat Yea
Kelly Murphy Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Nay
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Mana Abdi Democrat Yea
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Nay
Michel Lajoie Democrat Not Voting
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nina Milliken Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Nay
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 Not Voting
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
Walter Runte Democrat Nay
William Bridgeo Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Ann Fredericks Republican Yea
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Yea
Benjamin Hymes Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
David Boyer Republican Yea
David G. Haggan Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Dean Cray Republican Yea
Donald Ardell Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Yea
James Thorne Republican Yea
James White Republican Yea
Jeffrey Adams Republican Yea
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Katrina Smith Republican Yea
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Yea
Laurel Libby Republican Yea
Lucas Lanigan Republican Yea
Mark Babin Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Walker Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Yea
Michael Soboleski Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Rachel Henderson Republican Yea
Randall Greenwood Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Reagan Paul Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Nutting Republican Yea
Roger Albert Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea
Sheila Lyman Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Stephen Wood Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Yea
Thomas Lavigne Republican Not Voting
Tiffany Strout Republican Yea
Timothy Guerrette Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 428?
LD 428 is sponsored by Sophia Warren (Democrat), Suzanne Salisbury (Democrat), Robert Nutting (Republican), Daniel NEWMAN, Eric BRAKEY, and William Pluecker (Independent).
What is the current status of LD 428?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 02, 2023. Enacted.
Where can I track LD 428?
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