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LD 540 (HP 384)

"An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Sea Level Rise"

Sponsored by Representative Lydia Blume

Date	Chamber	Action
2/14/2017	House	Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2/16/2017	Senate	The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence
4/11/2017	House	CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY On OBJECTION of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester REMOVED. The Committee Report was READ. On motion of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report. Later today assigned.
4/11/2017	House	Unfinished Business
4/13/2017	House	Speaker laid before the House Representative FREDETTE of Newport REQUESTED a Roll Call on Acceptance of the Committee Report. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED. On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report. ROLL CALL NO. 33 (Yeas 75 - Nays 70 - Absent 5 - Excused 1) Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
4/13/2017	House	Unfinished Business
4/18/2017	House	Unfinished Business
4/19/2017	House	Unfinished Business
4/20/2017	House	Speaker laid before the House Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 42 (Yeas 88 - Nays 56 - Absent 6 - Excused 1) The Bill was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (H-28) 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-28). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/25/2017	Senate	Report READ Senator DAVIS of Piscataquis moved to ACCEPT the Ought to Pass as Amended Report, in concurrence. On further motion by same Senator, TABLED until Later in Today's Session, pending his motion to ACCEPT the Ought to Pass as Amended Report, in concurrence. Unfinished Business
4/27/2017	Senate	Taken from the table by the President Subsequently Report Accepted READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (H-28) READ and ADOPTED ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
5/2/2017	Senate	COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED. READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-28), in concurrence. Ordered sent down forthwith.
5/4/2017	House	PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
5/9/2017	Senate	PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 112 Yeas 26 - Nays 8 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
5/23/2017	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. 126V 84 having voted in the affirmative and 61 in the negative, with 4 being absent, and 2 excused, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become a law and the veto was sustained. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)