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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
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 | Senate
- Enacted
- 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

