Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 2 D · 2 R cosponsors

LD 860 — An Act To Identify The Railroad Lines From Portland To Bangor As A Major Corridor And To Fund A Feasibility Study

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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

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Action History

  1. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  3. (Yeas 80 - Nays 64 - Absent 7 - Excused 0)

  4. ROLL CALL NO. 445

  5. The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report.

  6. Sent down for concurrence

  7. RELEASED.

  8. HELD at the Request of Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.

  9. Sent down for concurrence

  10. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate INSISTED To The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-565) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-590) thereto

  11. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  12. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  13. (Yeas 82 - Nays 63 - Absent 6 - Excused 0)

  14. ROLL CALL NO. 431

  15. Subsequently, on motion of Representative CRAFTS of Newcastle, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  16. Speaker laid before the House

  17. Later today assigned.

  18. On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.

  19. Reports READ.

  20. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  21. RELEASED.

  22. HELD at the Request of Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland.

  23. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 605 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  24. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-565) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-590) thereto

  25. Committee Amendment "A" (S-565) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-590) thereto ADOPTED

  26. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 604 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  27. On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-590) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-565) READ and ADOPTED

  28. Committee Amendment "A" (S-565) READ

  29. READ ONCE

  30. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 603 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  31. On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  32. Taken from the table by the President

  33. On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  34. Reports READ

  35. Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

  36. Voted - Divided Report

  37. Work Session Held

  38. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.

  39. Carry Over Approved

  40. Carry Over Requested

  41. Work Session Held - TABLED

  42. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.

  43. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  44. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  45. Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 59 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

INSIST

Passed 80 Yea · 64 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 173801
Republican 49502
Unaffiliated 132004
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 1000
Total 806407
% of votes cast 53%42%0%5%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
BOYLE of Gorham — Not Voting
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
DAVIS of East Machias — Yea
DUNPHY of Embden — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GALLETTA of Durham — Not Voting
HOBBS of Wells — Nay
JAUCH of Topsham — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NESS of Fryeburg — Not Voting
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Yea
PRINGLE of Windham — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Not Voting
WORTH of Ellsworth — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
Adam Lee Democrat Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ambureen Rana Democrat Nay
Amy Kuhn Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Nay
Anne Graham Democrat Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Charles Skold Democrat Nay
Cheryl Golek Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Nay
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Nay
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Nay
David Sinclair Democrat Nay
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Nay
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Eaton Democrat Yea
Holly Sargent Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
James Dill Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Karen Montell Democrat Nay
Kelly Murphy Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Nay
Laura Supica Democrat Nay
Laurie Osher Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Not Voting
Mana Abdi Democrat Nay
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Matthew Beck Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Nay
Michel Lajoie Democrat Nay
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Nay
Nina Milliken Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Sally Cluchey Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Nay
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
Walter Runte Democrat Yea
William Bridgeo Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Ann Fredericks Republican Yea
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Yea
Benjamin Hymes Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
David Boyer Republican Yea
David G. Haggan Republican Not Voting
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Dean Cray Republican Yea
Donald Ardell Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Yea
James Thorne Republican Yea
James White Republican Yea
Jeffrey Adams Republican Yea
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
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 Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Yea
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 Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Nutting Republican Yea
Roger Albert Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Stephen Wood Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Yea
Thomas Lavigne Republican Yea
Tiffany Strout Republican Nay
Timothy Guerrette Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Passed 82 Yea · 63 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 203402
Republican 451001
Unaffiliated 161803
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 1000
Total 826306
% of votes cast 54%42%0%4%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
BOYLE of Gorham — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Not Voting
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
DAVIS of East Machias — Yea
DUNPHY of Embden — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GALLETTA of Durham — Yea
HOBBS of Wells — Nay
JAUCH of Topsham — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Yea
PRINGLE of Windham — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Nay
WORTH of Ellsworth — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Ambureen Rana Democrat Nay
Amy Kuhn Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Nay
Ann Matlack Democrat Nay
Anne Graham Democrat Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Charles Skold Democrat Not Voting
Cheryl Golek Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Nay
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Yea
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Nay
David Sinclair Democrat Nay
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Eaton Democrat Yea
Holly Sargent Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
James Dill Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Karen Montell Democrat Nay
Kelly Murphy Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Nay
Laura Supica Democrat Nay
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Mana Abdi Democrat Nay
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Matthew Beck Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Not Voting
Michel Lajoie Democrat Nay
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Nay
Nina Milliken Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Sally Cluchey Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Nay
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 Nay
William Bridgeo Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Ann Fredericks Republican Yea
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Yea
Benjamin Hymes Republican Nay
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 Yea
Dean Cray Republican Yea
Donald Ardell Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Yea
James Thorne Republican Yea
James White Republican Yea
Jeffrey Adams Republican Yea
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Katrina Smith Republican Yea
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Laurel Libby Republican Yea
Lucas Lanigan Republican Yea
Mark Babin Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Walker Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Yea
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 Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Nutting Republican Nay
Roger Albert Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Stephen Wood Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Nay
Thomas Lavigne Republican Not Voting
Tiffany Strout Republican Nay
Timothy Guerrette Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Passed 22 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 15201
Independent 0100
Republican 3600
Unaffiliated 4300
Total 221201
% of votes cast 63%34%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
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 Yea

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ADOPT SAS-590 To CAS-565

Passed 23 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 17001
Independent 0100
Republican 2700
Unaffiliated 4300
Total 231101
% of votes cast 66%31%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
James D. Libby Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

Passed 23 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 16101
Independent 0100
Republican 3600
Unaffiliated 4300
Total 231101
% of votes cast 66%31%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
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 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 Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 860?
LD 860 is sponsored by Lynne WILLIAMS, Ambureen Rana (Democrat), James D. Libby (Republican), Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican), Benjamin CHIPMAN, and Joseph M. Baldacci (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 860?
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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