Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House 1 D cosponsors

LD 2285 — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Education To Establish The Commission To Study School Construction Policy And Funding

Last action — Died in Possession of the Senate Upon Conclusion of the 131st Legislature and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Died in Possession of the Senate Upon Conclusion of the 131st Legislature and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)

  2. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1482.

  3. On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE Pending FINAL PASSAGE - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required In NON-CONCURRENCE

  4. Taken from the table by the President

  5. On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending FINAL PASSAGE - 2/3 Elected Required, in NON-CONCURRENCE.

  6. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. (Yeas 93 - Nays 47 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  8. ROLL CALL NO. 480

  9. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.

  10. FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.

  11. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence

  12. READ ONCE

  13. Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence

  14. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  15. The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED

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

  17. The Resolve was READ ONCE.

  18. Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

  19. Reported by Representative BRENNAN for the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Public Law 2023, chapter 462, section 4.

  20. Reported Out - OTP

  21. Voted - OTP

  22. Work Session Held

  23. Work Session Held

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 42 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (185)

185 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

Final Passage - Emer

Failed 93 Yea · 47 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 54002
Republican 124202
Unaffiliated 25506
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 9347010
% of votes cast 62%31%0%7%
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 — Nay
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 — Yea
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 — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NESS of Fryeburg — Yea
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Yea
PRINGLE of Windham — Not Voting
RISEMAN of Harrison — Not Voting
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WORTH of Ellsworth — Not Voting
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ambureen Rana Democrat Yea
Amy Kuhn Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Anne Graham Democrat Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Not Voting
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
David Sinclair Democrat Yea
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Mana Abdi Democrat Yea
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthew Beck Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michel Lajoie Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
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 Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
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 Nay
Dean Cray Republican Yea
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 Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Nay
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Not Voting
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Katrina Smith Republican Nay
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Laurel Libby Republican Nay
Lucas Lanigan Republican Nay
Mark Babin Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Walker Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Michael Soboleski Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Rachel Henderson Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Reagan Paul Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Nutting Republican Nay
Roger Albert Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Stephen Wood Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Nay
Thomas Lavigne Republican Not Voting
Tiffany Strout Republican Yea
Timothy Guerrette Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 2285?
LD 2285 is sponsored by Michael Brennan (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 2285?
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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