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IntroducedDec 09, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 26, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 30, 2026
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Became LawApr 06, 2026
Maine House Bill
HP 1375, An Act To Ensure Access To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program In Maine
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 06, 2026: Signed by Governor
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 2051
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 8
- Henry Ingwersen
- Michele Meyer
- Flavia DeBrito
- Anne Graham
- Julie McCabe
- Tim Nangle
- Daniel Shagoury
- Sam Zager
NO: 5
- Lucien Daigle
- Ann Fredericks
- Abigail Griffin
- Michael Lemelin
- Marianne Moore
OTHER: 0
YES: 76
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- CLUCHEY
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- EATON
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HARRIMAN
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- JULIA
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- OSHER
- PLUECKER
- PUGH
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- TERRY
- WARREN
- WEBB
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
NO: 67
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- CRAY
- DAIGLE
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JACKSON
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- LYMAN
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- WADSWORTH
- James Lee White
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
EXCUSED: 1
Actions
- Apr 06, 2026 | executive
- Signed by Governor
- Apr 02, 2026 | Senate
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- Mar 31, 2026 | House
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 30, 2026 | Senate
- Reports READ.
- On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 822 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 1
- READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-894) READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-894) in concurrence.
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 693
- (Yeas 76 - Nays 67 - Absent 6 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-894) 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-894).
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 25, 2026 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- Feb 25, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 209)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Jan 14, 2026 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 209)
- Dec 09, 2025 | House
- Received by the Clerk of the House on December 9, 2025.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-894) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-894) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Chapter Fiscal NoteHTML
- Chapter Fiscal NotePDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Heather Arvidson (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Caleb Burgess (Bath)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Alex Carter (Maine Equal Justice)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Mark Dion (City of Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Jessica Fay (Maine Council on Aging)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Victoria Forkus (Maine Community Action Partnership (MeCAP))PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Kelly Gao (Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Kristen Kinchla (Maine Children's Alliance)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Anne Korsen (Full Plates Full Potential)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Terence Miller (Preble Street)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by James Myall (Maine Center for Economic Policy)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Tess Nacelewicz (Portland Public Schools)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Lisa Parisio (Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP))PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Bill Pluecker (Warren)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Victoria Rogers (Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Amy Sassi (Good Shepherd Food Bank)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Calvin Schaffer (Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross (Senate District 28)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Ruben Torres (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Harris Van Pate (Maine Policy Institute)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Sarah Warren (Portland Public Schools)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Ian Yaffe (Maine Department of Health and Human Services)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 14, 2026 by Sam Zuckerman (Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=2051&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280100939
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280100939
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=2051&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100939

