Bill Title: Resolve, To Study the Design and Implementation of Options for a Universal Health Care Plan in the State That Is in Compliance with the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-30 - LD 384 In Senate, June 30, 2015, 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?" 18 In Favor and 17 Against, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED. [LD384 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Geoffrey Gratwick [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ralph Tucker [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Catherine Breen [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Duchesne [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-121	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Hymanson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Stanley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-143	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Tepler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Tipping-Spitz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Arthur Verow [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-128	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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