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IntroducedFeb 17, 2021
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Passed SenateApr 28, 2021
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Passed HouseApr 28, 2021
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Signed into Law
SP 196, Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Establish A Right To A Healthy Environment
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 09, 2022: In possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 489
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 82
- ALLEY
- ARFORD
- BABBIDGE
- BAILEY
- BELL
- BERRY
- BLUME
- BRENNAN
- BROOKS
- BRYANT
- CAIAZZO
- CARDONE
- CARLOW
- CLOUTIER
- COLLINGS
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CRAVEN
- CROCKETT
- CUDDY
- DODGE
- DOORE
- DOUDERA
- DUNPHY
- EVANGELOS
- EVANS
- FAY
- FECTEAU
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GRAMLICH
- GROHOSKI
- HARNETT
- KESSLER
- LANDRY
- LOOKNER
- MADIGAN
- MARTIN
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- McCREA
- McCREIGHT
- McDONALD
- MELARAGNO
- MEYER
- MILLETT
- MORALES
- MORIARTY
- O'CONNELL
- O'NEIL
- OSHER
- PAULHUS
- PEBWORTH
- PERRY
- PIERCE
- PLUECKER
- RECKITT
- RIELLY
- RISEMAN
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SHARPE
- SHEEHAN
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- SYLVESTER
- TALBOT ROSS
- TEPLER
- TERRY
- TUCKER
- TUTTLE
- WARREN
- WHITE
- WILLIAMS
- WOOD
- ZAGER
- ZEIGLER
NO: 49
- ARATA
- AUSTIN
- BLIER
- BRADSTREET
- CARMICHAEL
- COLLAMORE
- CONNOR
- COREY
- COSTAIN
- DILLINGHAM
- DOLLOFF
- DOWNES
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- FOSTER
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GRIFFIN
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HANLEY
- HARRINGTON
- HEAD
- HUTCHINS
- HYMANSON
- JAVNER
- JOHANSEN
- KINNEY
- KRYZAK
- LEMELIN
- MASON
- MORRIS
- NADEAU
- NEWMAN
- O'CONNOR
- ORDWAY
- PARRY
- PERKINS
- PICKETT
- POIRIER
- PRESCOTT
- ROCHE
- SKOLFIELD
- STANLEY
- STEARNS
- THERIAULT
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
ABSENT: 20
Actions
- May 09, 2022 | Senate
- In possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
- Apr 07, 2022 | Senate
- On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - 2/3 Present Required, in NON-CONCURRENCE.
- Apr 05, 2022 | House
- Speaker laid before the House
- This being a Constitutional Amendment, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of Article X of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House present was necessary.
- FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Sep 29, 2021 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
- Jul 19, 2021 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
- May 19, 2021 | House
- On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending FINAL PASSAGE.
- Later today assigned.
- Apr 28, 2021 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 44
- (Yeas 82 - Nays 49 - Absent 20 - Excused 0)
- The RESOLUTION was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-53) was READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the rules, the RESOLUTION was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- The RESOLUTION was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-53).
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 28, 2021 | Senate
- Reports READ
- On motion by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- READ ONCE
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-53) READ and ADOPTED
- Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-53)
- Sent down for concurrence
- Mar 30, 2021 | Senate
- CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- Feb 17, 2021 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 17, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-53) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-53) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- BILL ANALYSIS @OPLA, Tartakoff - ENR 03/18/2021 08:30 AM
- Roberta Scruggs, Maine Forest Products Council (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:48 AM
- Paul Robie, Northport (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:41 AM
- Madison Sheppard, Waterford (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/06/2021 08:39 PM
- Linda Woods, Waterville (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/04/2021 10:57 AM
- Mark Rains, Vienna (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 02:02 PM
- Karen Young, Northport (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:17 AM
- Anne D. Burt, Edgecomb (Speaking neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 10:32 PM
- Sen. Mattie Daughtry, Senate District 24 (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:15 AM
- Andrea Kimmich, Planeteers of Southern Maine (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/06/2021 11:47 AM
- Helen Poertner, Bar Harbor (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:48 AM
- Caitlin Marshall, Portland, ME (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 09:21 PM
- Thomas Moroney, Boothbay (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 10:28 AM
- Jason Anthony, Bristol (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 12:11 AM
- Katherine Branch, SOUTH PARIS (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 11:14 PM
- Antonio Blasi, Hancock, Frenchman Bay, Maine, USA (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/04/2021 10:50 PM
- Maggie Blake, Colby College (Speaking neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 11:18 AM
- Tessa Shanteler, Orono (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/05/2021 09:56 AM
- Diane Oltarzewski, Belfast (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/04/2021 10:33 AM
- Natalie Lord, Surfrider Foundation Maine Chapter (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:58 AM
- Tim Trumbauer, Midcoast Conservancy (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/05/2021 04:36 PM
- Eric Venturini, Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/14/2021 10:20 AM
- Matthew Marks, AGC Maine (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:45 AM
- Bradley Sawyer, Maine Rural Water Association (Speaking Against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:19 AM
- John Brautigam, Falmouth (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:40 AM
- Jennifer Armstrong, Kennebunkport (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 10:34 AM
- Melanie Loyzim, Augusta (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:49 AM
- Bill Pluecker, Maine Legislature (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:09 AM
- Anna Siegel, Yarmouth (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/03/2021 09:31 PM
- Maya van Rossum, Green Amendments For The Generations (Speaking For) - ENR 03/07/2021 07:59 AM
- Melissa E. Gates, Surfrider Foundation Maine Chapter (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 01:20 PM
- Sue Inches, North Yarmouth (Speaking For) - ENR 03/04/2021 10:09 AM
- Rebekah Quere, Waterville (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/05/2021 09:56 PM
- philip devenish, hancock (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 09:55 AM
- Rena Newell, Maine Legislature (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:23 AM
- Eric Best, Frenchboro (Speaking For) - ENR 03/07/2021 11:01 AM
- Margaret Bartenhagen, KENNEBUNK (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/06/2021 10:36 AM
- Roger Crouse, Maine Water Utilities Association (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:26 AM
- Anthony Moffa, Portland (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/09/2021 03:40 PM
- Nancy B Chandler, Topsham (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/06/2021 02:11 PM
- Heather Spalding, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:39 AM
- Jessica Cooper, Norway (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:54 AM
- Melissa Dearborn, Waldoboro (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/05/2021 12:18 PM
- Ben Gilman, Maine State Chamber of Commerce (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 12:28 PM
- Neal Goldberg, Maine Municipal Association (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 12:17 PM
- Michelle Henkin, New Harbor (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 12:26 AM
- Robert Klotz, (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 10:50 AM
- Olivia Griset, Brunswick (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:37 AM
- Justin Fecteau, State of Maine Legislature (Written) - ENR 03/18/2021 01:51 PM
- Antonio Blasi, Hancock, Frenchman Bay, Maine, USA (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 10:25 AM
- Julie-Marie Bickford, Maine Dairy Industry Assoc. (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:13 AM
- Zachary Heiden, ACLU of Maine (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/05/2021 03:23 PM
- Heidi J Vierthaler, Social and Environmental Advocate from Southern Maine in Wabanaki Territory near Brunswick. (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:27 AM
- Savannah Shaw, Auburn (For) - ENR 03/07/2021 11:37 AM
- Morgan Rowe, Camden (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/06/2021 11:06 AM
- Hallie Arno, Maine Youth for Climate Justice (Speaking neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 08:13 PM
- Beedy Parker, Camden ME (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 08:53 AM
- Marty Fox, Wiscasset (Speaking neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 10:24 AM
- Perrin Milliken, Brunswick (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/04/2021 07:06 PM
- Landis Hudson, Maine Rivers (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:32 AM
- Richard Bennett, Oxford (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:25 AM
- LANGUAGE REV @OPLA, Tartakoff (Written) - ENR 04/07/2021 03:04 PM
- John Hennessy, Episcopal Diocese of Maine (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:48 AM
- Leif Maynard, Sunrise Bowdoin (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/06/2021 06:07 PM
- Charles Spanger, Scarborough (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 02:09 PM
- Rev. Richard Killmer, Defend Our Health (Speaking For) - ENR 03/07/2021 02:04 PM
- Carol Gregor, Brooksville (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 10:21 AM
- Maureen Drouin, Maine Conservation Voters (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 10:02 AM
- Audrey Hufnagel, Damariscotta (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 10:05 AM
- Mandy Ball, North Yarmouth (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 06:59 PM
- Chloe Maxmin, Senate District 13 (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:20 AM
- Peter Garrett, Winslow (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 07:14 AM
- Mark Brown, 350 Maine (Speaking For) - ENR 03/05/2021 02:58 PM
- Mark Rains, Vienna, ME (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 01:37 AM
- Benjamin Felser, Brunswick, ME (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/04/2021 07:37 PM
- Jerry Marx, Portland (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/04/2021 12:15 PM
- Richard Nelson, Friendship (Speaking For) - ENR 03/06/2021 01:28 PM
- Amy Davidoff, Vassalboro (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 09:51 AM
- Phoebe MacDonald, PORTLAND (Speaking For) - ENR 03/08/2021 07:22 AM
- Maulian Dana, Penobscot Nation (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:26 AM
- Victoria Gravel, Brunswick (Sunrise Bowdoin)/New Vineyard (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/08/2021 08:19 AM
- Rachel Talbot Ross, House District 40 (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/11/2021 11:04 AM
- (Shri) Andrea Verrill, Boothbay (Speaking For) - ENR 03/07/2021 09:43 PM
- Noa Bader, mount desert island (neither for nor against) - ENR 03/07/2021 09:25 PM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=489&SessionID=14
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280078795
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078795
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280078795
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=489&PID=1456&snum=130
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/ENR/03-08-2021?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2