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LD 603 (SP 183)

"RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require Approval by a 2/3 Vote of Each Branch of the Legislature in Order To Raise a Tax"

Sponsored by Senator Jonathan Courtney

Date	Chamber	Action
2/17/2011	Senate	Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed On motion by Senator Trahan of Lincoln REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
2/17/2011	House	RESOLUTION REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/3/2011	Senate	reports read On motion by Senator PLOWMAN of Penobscot Tabled Later Today Assigned pending motion by Same Senator to accept the majority ought to pass as amended by committee amendment "a" (s-230) report Subsequently Taken from the table by the President ProTem (Remarks Made) On motion by Senator TRAHAN of Lincoln Roll Call Ordered Roll Call # 159 20 Yeas - 14 Nays- 1 Excused - 0 Absent read once Committee Amendment "A" (S-230) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-230) Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
6/6/2011	House	Reports READ. On motion of Representative KNIGHT of Livermore Falls, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED. The RESOLUTION was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-230) 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-230). In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/7/2011	House	FAILED FINAL PASSAGE. This being a Constitutional Amendment, a two-thirds vote of the House being necessary, a total was taken. ROLL CALL NO. 132 (Yeas 75 - Nays 69 - Absent 6 - Excused 0) (Vacancy 1) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/7/2011	Senate	Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Senator ROSEN of Hancock Tabled Later Today Assigned pending FINAL PASSAGE in non concurrence
6/8/2011	Senate	Taken from the table by the President On motion by Senator KATZ of Kennebec PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE In NON-CONCURRENCE
6/28/2011	Senate	On motion by Senator ROSEN of Hancock TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE (Remarks Made) Failed final passage On motion by Senator ALFOND of Cumberland Roll Call Ordered Roll Call # 284 17 Yeas - 17 Nays- 0 Excused - 1 Absent Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)