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Maine 132

LD 1517

An Act To Replace Participation Thresholds With Approval Thresholds In Certain School, Municipal And County Measures

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Maine
Session
132
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
BUDGETS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, VOTING
Introduced / first action
2025-04-08 00:00:00

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

    failure

  2. On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland The Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of Report B Ought Not To Pass Report.

  3. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-578)

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  5. (Yeas 67 - Nays 73 - Absent 9 - Excused 2)

  6. ROLL CALL NO. 506

  7. Motion of Representative GREENWOOD of Wales to RECEDE and CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of REPORT B Ought Not to Pass . FAILED.

  8. Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST.

  9. Sent down for concurrence

  10. Subsequently, Report B Ought Not to Pass ACCEPTED, in NON-CONCURRENCE.

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  11. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 532 Yeas 6 - Nays 28 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  12. On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot to ACCEPT The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-578) Report FAILED.

    amendment-failure

  13. Taken from the table by the President

  14. On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT.

  15. Reports READ

  16. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  17. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-578).

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

  19. Committee Amendment "A" (H-578) was READ and ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. The Bill was READ ONCE.

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  21. (Yeas 73 - Nays 71 - Absent 5 - Excused 2)

  22. ROLL CALL NO. 411

  23. On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.

  24. Reports READ.

  25. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  26. Voted - Divided Report

  27. Work Session Held

  28. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence

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  29. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  30. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

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  31. Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.

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