Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 I cosponsors

LD 693 — An Act To Protect Inland Water Quality, Shorelines, Wildlife And Public Safety By Prohibiting Operation Of A Wake Boat To Create An Enhanced Wake Close To Shore Or In Shallow Water

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 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 “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 230 Yeas 30 - Nays 4 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  3. On motion by Senator LaFOUNTAIN of Kennebec the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence

  4. Reports Read

  5. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. (Yeas 91 - Nays 47 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  7. ROLL CALL NO. 126

  8. On motion of Representative LANDRY of Farmington, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  9. Reports READ.

  10. Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

  11. Voted - Divided Report

  12. Work Session Held

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

  14. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence

  15. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  16. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE.

  17. Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 36 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Walter RISEMAN

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

ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT

Passed 30 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 16101
Independent 0100
Republican 7200
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 30401
% of votes cast 86%11%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Nay
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 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 Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
James D. Libby Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Passed 91 Yea · 47 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 272304
Republican 411103
Unaffiliated 231204
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 0001
Total 9147012
% of votes cast 61%31%0%8%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Not Voting
BOYLE of Gorham — Not Voting
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
DAVIS of East Machias — Yea
DUNPHY of Embden — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GALLETTA of Durham — Not Voting
HOBBS of Wells — Yea
JAUCH of Topsham — Nay
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NESS of Fryeburg — Yea
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
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 — Nay
PRINGLE of Windham — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Not Voting
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WORTH of Ellsworth — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ambureen Rana Democrat Nay
Amy Kuhn Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Nay
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Nay
Daniel Sayre Democrat Nay
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Nay
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Not Voting
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Eaton Democrat Nay
Holly Sargent Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Karen Montell Democrat Nay
Kelly Murphy Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Not Voting
Laura Supica Democrat Not Voting
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Nay
Mana Abdi Democrat Nay
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michel Lajoie Democrat Not Voting
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nina Milliken Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Sally Cluchey Democrat Nay
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
Walter Runte Democrat Yea
William Bridgeo Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Not Voting
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Ann Fredericks Republican Yea
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Yea
Benjamin Hymes Republican Not Voting
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 Nay
Dean Cray Republican Yea
Donald Ardell Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
James White Republican Yea
Jeffrey Adams Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Katrina Smith Republican Yea
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Yea
Laurel Libby Republican Yea
Lucas Lanigan Republican Not Voting
Mark Babin Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Walker Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
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 Nay
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Nutting Republican Yea
Roger Albert Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Not Voting
Stephen Wood Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Yea
Thomas Lavigne Republican Yea
Tiffany Strout Republican Yea
Timothy Guerrette Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 693?
LD 693 is sponsored by Sophia Warren (Democrat), Laura Supica (Democrat), Lois RECKITT, William Pluecker (Independent), Tavis Hasenfus (Democrat), Jessica FAY, Janice Dodge (Democrat), Anne M. Carney (Democrat), James BOYLE, and Walter RISEMAN.
What is the current status of LD 693?
This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “In Committee” 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 693?
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