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IntroducedApr 28, 2021
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Passed HouseJun 15, 2021
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Passed SenateJun 16, 2021
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Signed into Law
HP 1181, An Act To Decriminalize Engaging In Prostitution, Strengthen The Laws Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation And Allow A Person Convicted Of Engaging In Prostitution To Petition The Court To Expunge The Record Of Conviction
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 30, 2021: ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 1592
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Lois RECKITT
Votes
YES: 76
- ALLEY
- ARFORD
- BABBIDGE
- BAILEY
- BELL
- BERRY
- BLUME
- BRENNAN
- BROOKS
- BRYANT
- CAIAZZO
- CARDONE
- CLOUTIER
- COLLINGS
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CRAVEN
- CROCKETT
- CUDDY
- DODGE
- DOORE
- DOUDERA
- DUNPHY
- EVANGELOS
- EVANS
- FAULKINGHAM
- FAY
- FECTEAU
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GRAMLICH
- GROHOSKI
- HARNETT
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- HYMANSON
- KESSLER
- LANDRY
- LOOKNER
- MADIGAN
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- McCREIGHT
- McDONALD
- MELARAGNO
- MEYER
- MILLETT
- MORALES
- O'NEIL
- OSHER
- PEBWORTH
- PERRY
- PIERCE
- PLUECKER
- RECKITT
- RIELLY
- RISEMAN
- ROEDER
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SHEEHAN
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- SYLVESTER
- TALBOT ROSS
- TEPLER
- TERRY
- WARREN
- WHITE
- WILLIAMS
- WOOD
- ZAGER
- ZEIGLER
NO: 70
- ANDREWS
- ARATA
- AUSTIN
- BERNARD
- BICKFORD
- BLIER
- BRADSTREET
- CARLOW
- CARMICHAEL
- CEBRA
- COLLAMORE
- CONNOR
- COREY
- COSTAIN
- DILLINGHAM
- DOLLOFF
- DOWNES
- DRINKWATER
- FOSTER
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GRIFFIN
- GRIGNON
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HANLEY
- HARRINGTON
- HEAD
- HUTCHINS
- JAVNER
- JOHANSEN
- KINNEY
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- LYFORD
- LYMAN
- MARTIN
- MASON
- McCREA
- MORIARTY
- MORRIS
- NADEAU
- NEWMAN
- O'CONNELL
- O'CONNOR
- ORDWAY
- PARRY
- PERKINS
- PICKETT
- POIRIER
- PRESCOTT
- QUINT
- ROBERTS
- ROCHE
- RUDNICKI
- SAMPSON
- SKOLFIELD
- STANLEY
- STEARNS
- STETKIS
- THERIAULT
- THORNE
- TUCKER
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
Actions
- Jun 30, 2021 | House
- This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"
- ROLL CALL NO. 402V
- 76 having voted in the affirmative and 70 in the negative, with 5 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become a law and the veto was sustained.
- Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
- ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 17, 2021 | Senate
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- Jun 17, 2021 | House
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 16, 2021 | Senate
- Reports READ
- On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 386 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- READ ONCE
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-624) READ and ADOPTED
- Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-624) in concurrence
- Jun 15, 2021 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-624) was READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-624).
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 28, 2021 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence
- Apr 28, 2021 | House
- Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-624) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-624) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Pansy Watson, NCOSE (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 01:28 PM
- Lois Galgay Reckitt, State Representative (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 08:43 AM
- Lucy Bloom, Veronica's Voice (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 01:39 AM
- Alex Powell, Living in Freedom Together (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 10:16 AM
- Andrew Robinson, Farmington, Maine (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 04:49 PM
- Nathan Walsh, Freeport (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 09:21 PM
- Tierra Ross, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 01:12 PM
- Elizabeth Ward Saxl, MECASA (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 06:25 AM
- Jae EcheverrÃa, Decolonize Demilitarize Now (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 09:44 AM
- Jae EcheverrÃa, Decolonize Demilitarize Now (Speaking neither for nor against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 09:28 AM
- Amanda Comeau, Portland maine (Against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 09:57 AM
- Shea Rhodes, Villanova University Law School - Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 09:59 AM
- Eleanor Kennelly Gaetan, New Englanders Against Sexual Exploitation (NEASE) (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/11/2021 09:00 PM
- Lamica Davis, Worcester (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 05:44 PM
- Destie Hohman Sprague, Maine Women's Lobby (Speaking neither for nor against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 10:19 AM
- Michael Kebede, ACLU of Maine (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/12/2021 10:03 AM
- Larry Dansinger, Bangor (Written) - CJPS 05/09/2021 08:43 AM
- dee Clarke, portland (Speaking neither for nor against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 09:35 AM
- Amber Blouin, Living in Freedom Together (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 10:59 AM
- Cristian Eduardo Naa, Sanctuary for Families (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/12/2021 07:03 AM
- Elizabeth Conley-Lepene, Safe House (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 10:10 PM
- Melissa Sontag Broudo, Decriminalize Sex Work (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 09:57 PM
- Lina Nealon, National Center on Sexual Exploitation (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 02:10 PM
- Melissa Pierce, (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 05:40 PM
- Jonathan Sahrbeck, Cumberland County District Attorney (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 08:37 AM
- Lucy Bloom, Veronica's Voice (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/12/2021 01:21 AM
- Rebecca Zipkin, World Without Exploitation (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 07:31 AM
- Caleb Burgess, Bath (Written) - CJPS 05/06/2021 07:49 PM
- Ane Mathieson, The EMPOWER Center (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 03:49 PM
- Sarah Bendtsen Diedhiou, Shared Hope International (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 09:25 AM
- dee Clarke, portland (Speaking neither for nor against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 09:18 AM
- Sarah Trombley, LIFT (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 06:38 PM
- Amanda Comeau, Portland Maine (Speaking Against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 10:25 AM
- HENRI BYNX, EROTIC LABORERS ALLIANCE OF NEW ENGLAND (Speaking neither for nor against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 10:17 AM
- Matthew Ruel, State Bureau of Identification (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 10:02 AM
- Mark Keller, Westbrook (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/12/2021 07:24 AM
- Kathy Maitland, Michigan Abolitionist Project (Written) - CJPS 05/06/2021 04:29 PM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=1592&SessionID=14
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280080622
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080622
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280080622
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=1592&PID=1456&snum=130
- http://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/CJPS/5-12-2021?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2