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IntroducedJan 21, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
HP 149, An Act To Protect The Cultural Resources And Historical Heritage Of Sears Island In Searsport By Extending Conservation Easement Protections
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 08, 2025: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 226
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Billy Bob Faulkinghamcosponsor
- Nicole Grohoskicosponsor
- Tiffany Stroutcosponsor
- James Whitecosponsor
- Russell Whitecosponsor
Votes
NO: 11
- Victoria Doudera
- Denise Tepler
- Dan Ankeles
- Art Bell
- Stacy Brenner
- William Bridgeo
- Dick Campbell
- Laurie Osher
- Morgan Rielly
- Tammy Schmersal-Burgess
- David Woodsome
OTHER: 0
YES: 76
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CLOUTIER
- CLUCHEY
- COLLAMORE
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CRAY
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DOUDERA
- DRINKWATER
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- JACKSON
- JULIA
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MALON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- OSHER
- PARRY
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- TERRY
- WARREN
- WEBB
- WOODSOME
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
NO: 68
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- DAIGLE
- DODGE
- DUCHARME
- EATON
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GRIFFIN
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JAVNER
- KESSLER
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- MACIAS
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- PLUECKER
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RANA
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- WALKER
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
OTHER: 1
Actions
- Apr 08, 2025 | Senate
- Reports Read
- On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence PREVAILED
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 92 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- Apr 01, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 65
- (Yeas 76 - Nays 68 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 26, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - ONTP/OTP
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Mar 19, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 216)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Mar 12, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 216)
- Jan 21, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jan 21, 2025 | House
- Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Karen Blakelock (The Nature Conservancy)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Sidney Block (Northport)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Kiarna Boyd (Rockland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Cathy Breen (Maine Conservation Voters)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Meredith Bruskin (Swanville)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Chris Buchanan (Searsport and Campaign to Protect Sears Island)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Anne Burt (Edgecomb)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Bill Carpenter (Campaign to Protect Sears Island)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jackson Chadwick (Maine Youth for Climate Justice)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Alicia Collins (Sidney)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Kate Conly (Edgecomb )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Celina Cunningham (Office of the Governor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Dennis Damon (Trenton)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Dan Davis (Porter)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Janice Dodge (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Eliza Donoghue (Maine Renewable Energy Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Holly Eaton (Deer Isle )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Janet Echeverria (Stockton Springs )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Maria Fuentes (Maine Better Transportation Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Nancy Galland (Rockland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Adler Garner (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by David Gelinas (Camden)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by David Gelinas (Penobscot Bay & River Pilots)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Katie Giddings (Waldo)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by James Gillway (Town of Searsport)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Donna Gold (Stockton Springs)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Donna Gold (Stockton Springs)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Francesca Gundrum (Maine Audubon)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jill Howell (Belfast)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Ron Huber (Penobscot BayWatch)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Elaine Isakson (ROCKLAND)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by David Italiaander (The Campaign to Protect Sears Island)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jason Joyce (Swan's Island )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Joshua Kercsmar (Preserve Rural Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Joshua Kercsmar (Preserve Rural Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Dianne Kopec (Hudson)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Marie LaFontaine Sekera (Eddington)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Corey Lane (Porter)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Gary Lawless (Nobleboro)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Becky Layton BartovicsPDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Ashley Luszczki (Maine State Chamber of Commerce)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by James McCarthy (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Harlan McLaughlin (Searsport)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Pete Nichols (Jefferson)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Susie O'Keeffe (Montville)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Rolf Olsen (Friends of Sears Island)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Heather Omand (Freedom)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Christopher Packard (Hampden)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Deb Paredes (Waterville)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Reagan Paul (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Grant Provost (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Grant Provost (Ironworkers Local 7)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Martha Reeve (Northport)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Lawrence Reichard (Belfast)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Katherine Rhoda (Hiram)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jeff Romano (Maine Coast Heritage Trust)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Joan Saxe (Freeport, Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Luke Sekera-Flanders (Bangor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jack Shapiro (Natural Resources Council of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Sue Shaw (Penobsot)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Allison Smith (Knox)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Bruce Taylor (Sweden)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jesse Watson (Rockland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jean Wiecha (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by John Wyatt (Winterport)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=226&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280095879
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280095879
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=226&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095879