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Actions for LD 1745

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LD 1745 (SP 644)

"An Act Regarding a Biomass-generated Energy Purchase and Sale Agreement and Payments to Contractors"

Sponsored by President Troy Jackson

Date	Chamber	Action
12/19/2017	Senate	Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
4/17/2018	Senate	Reports READ On motion by Senator WOODSOME of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 633 Yeas 23 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) Sent down for concurrence
4/17/2018	House	Reports READ. On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 609 (Yeas 116 - Nays 27 - Absent 8 - Excused 0) The Bill was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) 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" (S-464). In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/17/2018	House	This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary. PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/18/2018	Senate	PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
5/2/2018	Senate	LD 1745 In Senate, May 2, 2018, 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?" 22 IN FAVOR and 12 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)