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LD 1573 (SP 551)

"An Act To Encourage Development in the Logging Industry by Requiring State and Local Government Agencies To Give Preference to Lumber and Solid Wood Products Harvested in the State"

Sponsored by President Troy Jackson

Date	Chamber	Action
5/4/2017	House	The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
5/4/2017	Senate	Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
6/14/2017	Senate	Reports Read On motion by Senator DAVIS of Piscataquis the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
6/15/2017	House	Reports READ. On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report. Later today assigned.
6/15/2017	House	Unfinished Business
6/16/2017	House	Unfinished Business
6/19/2017	House	Unfinished Business
6/20/2017	House	Speaker laid before the House On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 358 (Yeas 86 - Nays 57 - Absent 8 - Excused 0) The Bill was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) was READ. On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, House Amendment "B" (H-520) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) was READ and ADOPTED. Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) as Amended by House Amendment "B" (H-520) thereto was ADOPTED. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading. Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) as Amended by House Amendment "B" (H-520) thereto. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/21/2017	Senate	On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending FURTHER CONSIDERATION Unfinished Business
6/22/2017	Senate	Unfinished Business
6/23/2017	Senate	Unfinished Business
6/27/2017	Senate	Unfinished Business
6/28/2017	Senate	Unfinished Business
6/29/2017	Senate	Taken from the table by the President On motion by Senator DAVIS of Piscataquis The Senate RECEDED From PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECEDED From ADOPTION OF Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-307) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) was READ Subsequently Senate Amendment "A" (S-307) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) FAILED ADOPTION Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 393 Yeas 16 - Nays 19 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 On motion by Senator JACKSON of Aroostook Senate Amendment "C" (S-315) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) READ and ADOPTED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 394 Yeas 18 - Nays 17 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) as Amended by Senate Amendment "C" (S-315) thereto ADOPTED PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) as Amended by Senate Amendment "C" (S-315) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
6/29/2017	House	The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-269) as Amended by Senate Amendment "C" (S-315) thereto. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/30/2017	House	PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
7/1/2017	Senate	PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
7/20/2017	Senate	LD 1573 In Senate, July 20, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 14 IN FAVOR and 16 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)