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

LD 1748 — An Act To Reform The School Budget Referendum Process By Limiting The Circumstances In Which Referenda Occur

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate INSISTED To Accept The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report In NON-CONCURRENCE

  3. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-638).

  5. Sent down for concurrence

  6. Subsequently The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE

  7. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 420 Yeas 12 - Nays 22 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 FAILED

  8. Senator RAFFERTY of York moved to Accept The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report

  9. Reports READ

  10. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  11. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  12. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-638).

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

  14. Committee Amendment "A" (H-638) was READ and ADOPTED.

  15. The Bill was READ ONCE.

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

  17. Reports READ.

  18. Voted - Divided Report

  19. Work Session Held

  20. Work Session Held - TABLED

  21. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence

  22. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

  24. Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on · 18 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (177)

177 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 TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Failed 12 Yea · 22 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 71100
Independent 0100
Republican 2700
Unaffiliated 3301
Total 122201
% of votes cast 34%63%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Not Voting
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Nay
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Nay
Jill C. Duson Democrat Nay
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Nay
Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo Democrat Nay
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Nay
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Nay
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Nay
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 Nay
James D. Libby Republican Yea
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

education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1748?
LD 1748 is sponsored by Holly Stover (Democrat), Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo (Democrat), Deqa Dhalac (Democrat), Aaron DANA, Margaret CRAVEN, Sally Cluchey (Democrat), Kristen CLOUTIER, Daniel Ankeles (Democrat), and Mana Abdi (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 1748?
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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