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Maine 132

LD 297

An Act Regarding The Management Of Oversized Bulky Waste From Wastewater Treatment Plants

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Maine
Session
132
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
BIOSOLIDS, MANAGEMENT, SOLID WASTES
Introduced / first action
2025-01-30 00:00:00

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by Governor

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  2. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 571 Yeas 24 - Nays 10 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED

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  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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  6. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. Subsequently, the House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-392)

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  8. (Yeas 49 - Nays 94 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)

  9. ROLL CALL NO. 511

  10. Motion of Representative ANKELES of Brunswick, to RECEDE FAILED.

  11. Sent down for concurrence

  12. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 505 Yeas 25 - Nays 10 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  13. Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) thereto, in NON-CONCURRENCE. PREVAILED

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  14. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 504 Yeas 9 - Nays 26 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  15. Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED

  16. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 503 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  17. Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford to RECONSIDER ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) FAILED

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  18. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 502 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  19. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) READ and ADOPTED. PREVAILED

  20. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

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  21. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO ENACTED

  22. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  23. Subsequently, Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor WITHDREW his motion to RECONSIDER whereby the Bill FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

  24. Speaker laid before the House

  25. Sent down for concurrence

  26. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 505 Yeas 25 - Nays 10 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  27. Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) , in NON-CONCURRENCE. PREVAILED

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  28. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 504 Yeas 9 - Nays 26 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  29. Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED

  30. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 503 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  31. Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford to RECONSIDER ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) FAILED

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  32. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 502 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  33. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-392) READ and ADOPTED. PREVAILED

  34. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED

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  35. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECONSIDERED PASSAGE TO ENACTED

  36. Later today assigned.

  37. Further motion of the same Representative, TABLED pending his motion to RECONSIDER.

  38. Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, MOVED to RECONSIDER whereby the Bill FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

  39. (Yeas 85 - Nays 57 - Absent 7 - Excused 2)

  40. ROLL CALL NO. 440

  41. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.

  42. FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

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  43. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 447 Yeas 23 - Nays 9 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  44. PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) in concurrence. PREVAILED

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  45. Subsequently, Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME.

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  46. Senator Bennet OBJECTED to Second Reading of the Bill

  47. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 446 Yeas 7 - Nays 25 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  48. Motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED

  49. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 445 Yeas 13 - Nays 19 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  50. Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ADOPT Senate Amendment "A" (S-324) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) FAILED

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  51. Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) READ.

  52. Bill READ ONCE.

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  53. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 444 Yeas 22 - Nays 10 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  54. Subsequently, The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED

  55. Taken from the table by the President

  56. On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) Report in concurrence.

  57. Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc moved to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) Report.

  58. Report READ

  59. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  60. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537).

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

  62. Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) was READ and ADOPTED.

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  63. The Bill was READ ONCE.

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  64. (Yeas 100 - Nays 44 - Absent 5 - Excused 2)

  65. ROLL CALL NO. 356

  66. On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  67. Reports READ.

  68. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  69. Voted - Divided Report

  70. Work Session Held

  71. Work Session Held - TABLED

  72. Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  73. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

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  74. Received by the Clerk of the House on January 30, 2025.

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