HB 396 — exempting meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.
Last action — Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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
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Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3090h (NT) 11/12/2025 (Vote 9-3; RC)
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Full Committee Work Session: 11/12/2025 11:00 am GP 153
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Full Committee Work Session: 11/05/2025 10:00 am GP153
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Full Committee Work Session: 09/09/2025 10:30 am GP 153
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Retained in Committee
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Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
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Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:20 am LOB 301-303
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Full Committee Work Session: 02/19/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
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Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303
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Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 8
Sponsors
- Barbara Comtois · Primary
- Daniel Innis · Cosponsor
- Judy Aron · Cosponsor
- Howard Pearl · Cosponsor
- Michael Granger · Cosponsor
- Jim Kofalt · Cosponsor
- Erica Layon · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 408 not signed on · 200 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Barbara Comtois Republican
Co-sponsors (6)
- Daniel Innis Republican
- Judy Aron Republican
- Howard Pearl Republican
- Michael Granger Republican
- Jim Kofalt Republican
- Erica Layon Republican
Not signed on (408)
408 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 408 →"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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Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Failed
164 Yea
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168 Nay
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57 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 125 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Unaffiliated | 37 | 50 | 0 | 32 |
| Democrat | 1 | 117 | 0 | 11 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 164 | 168 | 0 | 57 |
| % of votes cast | 42% | 43% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (389)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alan J. Turcotte | — | Nay |
| Alicia D. Lekas | — | Not Voting |
| Allison R. Nutting-Wong | — | Nay |
| Amanda Bouldin | — | Nay |
| Amanda Elizabeth Toll | — | Nay |
| Amy Bradley | — | Not Voting |
| Andrew Renzullo | — | Yea |
| Angela Brennan | — | Nay |
| Arlene Quaratiello | — | Yea |
| Ben Ming | — | Nay |
| Benjamin C. Baroody | — | Nay |
| Bill C. King | — | Yea |
| Bill Conlin | — | Nay |
| Brandon Phinney | — | Not Voting |
| Bruce L. Tatro | — | Not Voting |
| Cam E. Kenney | — | Not Voting |
| Candace Moulton | — | Not Voting |
| Candice M O'Neil | — | Not Voting |
| Carroll M Brown | — | Yea |
| Charlie G. St. Clair | — | Nay |
| Charlotte I. DiLorenzo | — | Nay |
| Chris True | — | Not Voting |
| Chuck W. Grassie | — | Nay |
| Clifford A. Newton | — | Not Voting |
| Corinne E Cascadden | — | Nay |
| Corinne Morse | — | Nay |
| Dan Wolf | — | Nay |
| Daniel A. Eaton | — | Nay |
| Daniel W Fitzpatrick | — | Nay |
| Dave Testerman | — | Not Voting |
| David A. Bickford | — | Yea |
| David O. Huot | — | Not Voting |
| Deborah L. Hobson | — | Yea |
| Dianne E. Schuett | — | Nay |
| Donald J. Bouchard | — | Nay |
| Eamon P. Kelley | — | Nay |
| Emily Phillips | — | Yea |
| Frances E. Nutter-Upham | — | Nay |
| Fred G. Doucette | — | Yea |
| Fred R. Plett | — | Yea |
| Gail L Pare | — | Nay |
| Gary Merchant | — | Nay |
| Gerri D. Cannon | — | Nay |
| Glenn Cordelli | — | Yea |
| Hal W Rafter | — | Not Voting |
| Harry H. Bean | — | Yea |
| Heidi M. Hamer | — | Not Voting |
| Henry W. Noël | — | Nay |
| J.R. Hoell | — | Yea |
| Jaci L. Grote | — | Nay |
| Jacob Brouillard | — | Not Voting |
| Jacqueline H. Chretien | — | Nay |
| James Connor | — | Not Voting |
| James F. Horgan | — | Yea |
| James L. Mason | — | Yea |
| James Michael Murphy | — | Not Voting |
| Jane E. Beaulieu | — | Nay |
| Jason A. Janvrin | — | Yea |
| Jason Gerhard | — | Yea |
| Jeffrey P. Goley | — | Nay |
| Jeffrey Rich | — | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Morton | — | Not Voting |
| Joan L. Hamblet | — | Nay |
| Joe Schapiro | — | Nay |
| John Lewicke | — | Yea |
| Jonathan F. Stone | — | Yea |
| Joseph A. Pitre | — | Yea |
| Josh S. Yokela | — | Nay |
| Judi Lanza | — | Nay |
| Juliet L Smith | — | Nay |
| Karen A Reid | — | Yea |
| Karen E Calabro | — | Nay |
| Kenneth S. Vincent | — | Not Voting |
| Kevin M. Pratt | — | Yea |
| Kimberly L Abare | — | Yea |
| Latha D. Mangipudi | — | Not Voting |
| Laurie J. Sanborn | — | Not Voting |
| Leah P. Cushman | — | Yea |
| Linda A. Massimilla | — | Nay |
| Linda L. Tanner | — | Nay |
| Lisa A Smart | — | Yea |
| Lorrie J. Carey | — | Nay |
| Maria Perez | — | Not Voting |
| Mary C. Freitas | — | Not Voting |
| Mary Heath | — | Nay |
| Matthew Coulon | — | Yea |
| Matthew J. Simon | — | Yea |
| Matthew Santonastaso | — | Yea |
| Mel Myler | — | Nay |
| Michael B. O'Brien | — | Nay |
| Michael Costable | — | Yea |
| Michael D. Abbott | — | Nay |
| Michael P Murphy | — | Not Voting |
| Michael P. Pedersen | — | Nay |
| Nikki McCarter | — | Yea |
| Oliver J. Ford | — | Not Voting |
| Rebecca J. McWilliams | — | Nay |
| Rebecca McBeath | — | Nay |
| Renee M Monteil | — | Nay |
| Richard B Beaudoin | — | Not Voting |
| Sandra L Panek | — | Yea |
| Scott Wallace | — | Yea |
| Sheila C Seidel | — | Yea |
| Shelley Devine | — | Nay |
| Sherry Dutzy | — | Nay |
| Sherry L Gould | — | Nay |
| Stephen J. Kennedy | — | Not Voting |
| Steve J. Shurtleff | — | Nay |
| Susan GS Treleaven | — | Not Voting |
| Suzanne M. Vail | — | Nay |
| Tim P Cahill | — | Yea |
| Tom D Mannion | — | Yea |
| Tommy Hoyt | — | Not Voting |
| Tony Lekas | — | Not Voting |
| Tony Piemonte | — | Yea |
| Tracy Emerick | — | Yea |
| Travis J. O'Hara | — | Not Voting |
| Walter A. Stapleton | — | Yea |
| William J. Infantine | — | Not Voting |
| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Nay |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Nay |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Nay |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Nay |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Nay |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Yea |
| David Paige | Democrat | Not Voting |
| David Preece | Democrat | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Nay |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Nay |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Nay |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Not Voting |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Nay |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Nay |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Nay |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Nay |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Nay |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Nay |
| Kate Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Haskins | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Nay |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Nay |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Nay |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Nay |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Nay |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Nay |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Nay |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Nay |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Nay |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Nay |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Yea |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Yea |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Yea |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Not Voting |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Yea |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Not Voting |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Yea |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Not Voting |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Yea |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| David Milz | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Yea |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Not Voting |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Yea |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Yea |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Yea |
| James Summers | Republican | Yea |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Yea |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| John Hunt | Republican | Yea |
| John Janigian | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Yea |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Yea |
| John Sytek | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Yea |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Yea |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Yea |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Yea |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Yea |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Yea |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Yea |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Yea |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Yea |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Yea |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Yea |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Vose | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Yea |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Seth King | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Yea |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Yea |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Kaczynski | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Not Voting |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Yea |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Yea |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Not Voting |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Yea |
Passed
14 Yea
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10 Nay
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 58% | 42% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (24)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie L. Gendreau | — | Yea |
| Donna M. Soucy | — | Nay |
| Jeb Bradley | — | Yea |
| Lou D'Allesandro | — | Nay |
| Rebecca G. Whitley | — | Nay |
| Shannon E. Chandley | — | Nay |
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Nay |
| David Watters | Democrat | Nay |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Nay |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Nay |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Regina Birdsell | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
Passed
194 Yea
·
182 Nay
·
18 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 132 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 52 | 59 | 0 | 7 |
| Democrat | 4 | 118 | 0 | 5 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 189 | 178 | 0 | 18 |
| % of votes cast | 49% | 46% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (385)
Passed
192 Yea
·
184 Nay
·
18 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 132 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 51 | 60 | 0 | 7 |
| Democrat | 2 | 120 | 0 | 5 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 186 | 181 | 0 | 18 |
| % of votes cast | 48% | 47% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (385)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 396?
- HB 396 is sponsored by Barbara Comtois (Republican), Daniel Innis (Republican), Judy Aron (Republican), Howard Pearl (Republican), Michael Granger (Republican), Jim Kofalt (Republican), and Erica Layon (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 396?
- This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. 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 HB 396?
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