Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 4 D · 3 R cosponsors

LD 2008 — Resolve, To Remove The Prohibition Against Live Plants In State-Owned Buildings

Last action — FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.

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

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.

  2. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. FINALLY PASSED.

  4. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. (Yeas 74 - Nays 64 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  6. ROLL CALL NO. 164

  7. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED

  8. Sent down for concurrence

  9. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate INSISTED To PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED.

  10. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  11. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  12. The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  13. Sent down for concurrence

  14. On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland, under suspension of the Rules, READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee.

  15. Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 47 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (176)

176 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

RECEDE AND CONCUR

Passed 74 Yea · 64 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 421002
Republican 143704
Unaffiliated 171606
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 0100
Total 7464012
% of votes cast 49%43%0%8%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
BOYLE of Gorham — Not Voting
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Yea
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 — Nay
GALLETTA of Durham — Not Voting
HOBBS of Wells — Yea
JAUCH of Topsham — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Not Voting
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NESS of Fryeburg — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Not Voting
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Nay
PRINGLE of Windham — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WORTH of Ellsworth — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Ambureen Rana Democrat Nay
Amy Kuhn Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Anne Graham Democrat Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
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
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Eaton Democrat Yea
Holly Sargent Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
James Dill Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Karen Montell Democrat Yea
Kelly Murphy Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Not Voting
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Nay
Mana Abdi Democrat Yea
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michel Lajoie Democrat Not Voting
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nina Milliken Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
Walter Runte Democrat Yea
William Bridgeo Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Nay
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Ann Fredericks Republican Nay
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Nay
Benjamin Hymes Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
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 Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
James White Republican Nay
Jeffrey Adams Republican Not Voting
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Katrina Smith Republican Nay
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Laurel Libby Republican Nay
Lucas Lanigan Republican Not Voting
Mark Babin Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Walker Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Michael Soboleski Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Rachel Henderson Republican Yea
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Reagan Paul Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Nutting Republican Nay
Roger Albert Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Stephen Wood Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Nay
Thomas Lavigne Republican Nay
Tiffany Strout Republican Yea
Timothy Guerrette Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Not Voting
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 2008?
LD 2008 is sponsored by Eloise VITELLI, Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III (Republican), Lisa KEIM, Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican), Matthea E.L. Daughtry (Democrat), Kristen CLOUTIER, Stacy F. Brenner (Democrat), Caldwell Jackson (Republican), Rachel Talbot Ross (Democrat), and Parnell Terry (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 2008?
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.
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