Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House 6 D cosponsors

LD 1653 — Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Allow Persons Under Guardianship For Mental Illness To Be Electors And To Protect All Electors From Harassment And Intimidation

Last action — ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

  2. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to FINAL PASSAGE.

  3. This being a Constitutional Amendment, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House present was necessary a total was taken.

  4. Sent down for concurrence

  5. FINALLY PASSED - Emergency 2/3 of the membership of the Senate present was necessary In NON-CONCURRENCE

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

  7. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

  8. On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - 2/3 Present Required, in NON-CONCURRENCE.

  9. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  10. FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.

  11. This being a Constitutional Amendment, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of Article X of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House present was necessary.

  12. Reported Out - OTP-AM

  13. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  14. The RESOLUTION was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-366).

  15. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  16. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  17. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

  18. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-366).

  19. Committee Amendment "A" (S-366) READ and ADOPTED.

  20. READ ONCE.

  21. Report READ and ACCEPTED.

  22. Voted - OTP-AM

  23. Work Session Held

  24. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  25. The RESOLUTION was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.

  26. Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 8 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

RECEDE AND CONCUR

Passed 84 Yea · 12 Nay · 54 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 410013
Republican 188026
Unaffiliated 244014
Unenrolled 0001
Independent 1000
Total 8412054
% of votes cast 56%8%0%36%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Not Voting
BOYER of Poland — Yea
BOYLE of Gorham — Not Voting
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
JAUCH of Topsham — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NESS of Fryeburg — Yea
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Yea
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Not Voting
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Not Voting
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Yea
PRINGLE of Windham — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Not Voting
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Not Voting
SHAW of Auburn — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Not Voting
WHITE of Guilford — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Not Voting
WOOD of Greene — Yea
WORTH of Ellsworth — Not Voting
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Yea
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Yea
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Not Voting
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Eaton Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Lori Gramlich Democrat Not Voting
Lydia Crafts Democrat Not Voting
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Mana Abdi Democrat Yea
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Not Voting
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michel Lajoie Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Not Voting
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Ann Fredericks Republican Not Voting
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Not Voting
Benjamin Hymes Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Not Voting
Chad Perkins Republican Not Voting
David G. Haggan Republican Not Voting
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Dean Cray Republican Not Voting
Donald Ardell Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Not Voting
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jeffrey Adams Republican Not Voting
Jennifer Poirier Republican Not Voting
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Not Voting
Joshua Morris Republican Not Voting
Katrina Smith Republican Not Voting
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Lucas Lanigan Republican Not Voting
Mark Babin Republican Not Voting
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Walker Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Not Voting
Michael Soboleski Republican Not Voting
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Rachel Henderson Republican Not Voting
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Not Voting
Reagan Paul Republican Not Voting
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Not Voting
Robert Nutting Republican Yea
Roger Albert Republican Not Voting
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Not Voting
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Yea
Thomas Lavigne Republican Not Voting
Tiffany Strout Republican Not Voting
Timothy Guerrette Republican Not Voting
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Not Voting

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Subjects

civil-rights elections
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1653?
LD 1653 is sponsored by Laura Supica (Democrat), Morgan Rielly (Democrat), Cameron D. Reny (Democrat), Karen Montell (Democrat), Stacy F. Brenner (Democrat), and Craig V. Hickman (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 1653?
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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