| LD1516 | Pass | An Act To Clarify the Authority of County Sheriffs To Grant Law Enforcement Powers
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
LD 1516 In Senate, March 31, 2016, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 27 In Favor and 6 Against, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. |
| HP1155 | Engross
Sine Die | JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE MARINE PATROL OFFICERS FOR THEIR RESCUE AND LIFESAVING ACTIONS
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. |
| LD885 | Fail | An Act To Promote Enhanced Eligibility Verification in Maine's Welfare System
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) |
| LD1503 | Pass | An Act To Amend Lobster and Crab Fishing License Laws
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. |
| LD775 | Pass | An Act To Streamline Judicial Review of Certain Land Use Decisions
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD881 | Pass | An Act To Allow the Public Utilities Commission To Contract for Liquefied Natural Gas Storage and Distribution
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1032 | Fail | An Act To Implement the Combination Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Described in a Report Submitted to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs in March 2012
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1559 | Pass | An Act To Encourage Roller Derby
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1637 | Fail | An Act To Assist Maine Citizens Residing along Public Easements
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1588 | Fail | An Act To Require That Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions in the State Give Preference to Maine Producers When Entering into Contracts Related to Heating Fuel
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1318 | Fail | An Act To Promote Individual Private Savings Accounts through a Public-private Partnership
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
Placed in the Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1460 | Pass | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 301: Fee Schedule and Administrative Procedures for Payment of Commission Assigned Counsel, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
LD 1460 In Senate, March 29, 2016, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 34 In Favor and 0 Against , accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. |
| LD778 | Pass | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 3: Eligibility Requirements for Specialized Case Types, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
778 In Senate, March 29, 2016, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 28 In Favor and 4 Against, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. |
| HP1147 | Engross
Sine Die | JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE STATE'S CREDIT UNIONS
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1501 | Fail | An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Disqualification for Unemployment Benefits during Stoppages of Work
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1558 | Pass | An Act To Enable Low-income and Other Customers Greater Access To Efficient Electric Heat Pumps through Unique Financing and Third-party Installation and Maintenance
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 558 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED |
| LD1680 | Engross
Sine Die | RESOLUTION, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF MAINE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS IN THE LEGISLATURE
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
To Joint State And Local Government Committee |
| LD1576 | Pass | An Act To Amend Certain Education Laws
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. |
| LD180 | Pass | An Act To Allow Terminally Ill Patients To Choose To Use Experimental Treatments
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD823 | Fail | An Act To Upgrade the Concealed Handgun Permit Law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
Placed in the Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1280 | Fail | An Act To Provide Income Tax Relief by Expanding Gaming Opportunities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1622 | Fail | An Act To Eliminate the Maine Estate Tax
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) |
| LD1609 | Pass | An Act To Designate the Maine Lobster as the State Crustacean
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD783 | Fail | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Right to Food
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1654 | Fail | An Act To Strengthen Protection from Abuse Laws
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) |
| LD1298 | Fail | An Act Relating to the Creation of Public-private Facilities and Infrastructure
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1593 | Pass | An Act To Make Hunting, Fishing and Trapping the Basis of Managing Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Resources
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1632 | Pass | An Act To Make Certain Statutory Changes in Light of the New Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1662 | Fail | An Act To Require Background Checks for Gun Sales
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| HP1139 | Engross
Sine Die | JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE MARCH 2016 AS SOCIAL WORK MONTH
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1623 | Pass | An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2016-17
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. |
| LD1539 | Pass | An Act To Expand the Early Processing of Absentee Ballots
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence |
| HP1134 | Engross
Sine Die | JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE MAINE NATIONAL GUARD FOR ITS SERVICE TO THE NATION AND STATE
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1459 | Pass | An Act To Clarify the Use of Student Data from the Statewide Assessment Test
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1485 | Pass | An Act To Allow the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Transfer Ownership of Snowmobile Trail Maintenance Equipment to Incorporated Nonprofit Snowmobile Clubs
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
LD 1485 In Senate, March 23, 2016, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 32 in the Affirmative and 0 in the Negative, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. |
| LD1651 | Pass | An Act To Exempt Certain Natural Gas Consumers from an Assessment and To Extend a Moratorium on Assessments for Other Large-volume Consumers of Natural Gas
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1660 | Fail | An Act To Establish the Fund To Advance Public Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1607 | Pass | An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Affordable Housing Working Group
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1595 | Fail | Resolve, Authorizing the Reconveyance of Land and Authorizing the Sinclair Sanitary District To Lease Land for Telecommunications Purposes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) |
| LD951 | Fail | An Act To Restore Judicial Discretion in the Administration of Fines
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) |
| LD405 | Fail | An Act To Support Expanded Capacity for Breeding Wild Atlantic Salmon in Downeast Rivers
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Placed in the Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| HP1129 | Engross
Sine Die | JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE MULTIFACETED AGRICULTURE OF MAINE
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. |
| LD427 | Pass | Resolve, Directing Certain State Agencies To Consider the Effects of Marine Debris
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. |
| LD609 | Pass | An Act To Allow a Nonresident Landowner Who Owns 25 or More Acres of Land To Hunt on Residents-only Deer Hunting Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1494 | Fail | An Act To Revise Oil Spill Reporting Standards
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). |
| LD1487 | Pass | An Act To Amend the Laws on Protection from Abuse, Protection from Harassment and Unauthorized Dissemination of Certain Private Images
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. |
| LD1549 | Pass | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Oversight of and Responsibility for the Kim Wallace Adaptive Equipment Loan Program Fund
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1504 | Pass | An Act To Establish November 1st as Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. |
| LD1322 | Pass | Resolve, To Direct Legislative Staff To Recodify and Revise the Maine Probate Code and To Direct the Probate and Trust Law Advisory Commission and the Family Law Advisory Commission To Study and Make Recommendations on Related Issues
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. |
| LD1580 | Pass | Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 26: Producer Margins, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Milk Commission
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
FINALLY PASSED - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required in concurrence |
