| Overview | 
       
         | Date: | March 27, 2008 | 
       
         | Motion: | ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP | 
       
         | Number of Yeas Required: | 71 (simple majority) | 
       
         | Outcome: | PREVAILS | 
       
         | Tallies: | Yeas (Y): 75,
                  Nays (N): 66, Absent (X): 10,
                  Excused (E): 0 | 
     
     
       
         | Details | 
       
         | Member | Party | Vote |  |  | Member | Party | Vote | 
         
            
               | ADAMS of Portland | D | Y |  |  | KAENRATH of South Portland | D | X | 
         
            
               | ANNIS of Dover-Foxcroft | R | N |  |  | KNIGHT of Livermore Falls | R | N | 
         
            
               | AUSTIN of Gray | R | N |  |  | KOFFMAN of Bar Harbor | D | Y | 
         
            
               | AYOTTE of Caswell | R | N |  |  | LANSLEY of Sabattus | R | N | 
         
            
               | BABBIDGE of Kennebunk | D | Y |  |  | LEWIN of Eliot | R | X | 
         
            
               | BARSTOW of Gorham | D | Y |  |  | LUNDEEN of Mars Hill | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BEAUDETTE of Biddeford | D | N |  |  | MacDONALD of Boothbay | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BEAUDOIN of Biddeford | D | Y |  |  | MAKAS of Lewiston | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BEAULIEU of Auburn | R | N |  |  | MAREAN of Hollis | I | N | 
         
            
               | BERRY of Bowdoinham | D | Y |  |  | MARLEY of Portland | D | X | 
         
            
               | BERUBE of Lisbon | R | N |  |  | MAZUREK of Rockland | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BLANCHARD of Old Town | D | Y |  |  | McDONOUGH of Scarborough | R | N | 
         
            
               | BLANCHETTE of Bangor | D | Y |  |  | McFADDEN of Dennysville | R | N | 
         
            
               | BLISS of Cumberland | D | Y |  |  | McKANE of Newcastle | R | N | 
         
            
               | BOLAND of Sanford | D | Y |  |  | McLEOD of Lee | R | N | 
         
            
               | BRAUTIGAM of Falmouth | D | Y |  |  | MILLER of Somerville | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BRIGGS of Mexico | D | Y |  |  | MILLETT of Waterford | R | N | 
         
            
               | BROWNE of Vassalboro | R | N |  |  | MILLS of Farmington | D | N | 
         
            
               | BRYANT of Windham | D | Y |  |  | MIRAMANT of Camden | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BURNS of Berwick | D | Y |  |  | MOORE of Standish | R | N | 
         
            
               | CAIN of Orono | D | Y |  |  | MUSE of Fryeburg | R | N | 
         
            
               | CAMPBELL of Newfield | I | N |  |  | NASS of Acton | R | N | 
         
            
               | CANAVAN of Waterville | D | Y |  |  | NORTON of Bangor | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CAREY of Lewiston | D | Y |  |  | PATRICK of Rumford | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CARTER of Bethel | D | Y |  |  | PENDLETON of Scarborough | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CASAVANT of Biddeford | D | Y |  |  | PEOPLES of Westbrook | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CEBRA of Naples | R | N |  |  | PERCY of Phippsburg | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CHASE of Wells | R | N |  |  | PERRY of Calais | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CLARK of Millinocket | D | Y |  |  | PIEH of Bremen | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CLEARY of Houlton | D | Y |  |  | PILON of Saco | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CONNOR of Kennebunk | D | X |  |  | PINEAU of Jay | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CONOVER of Oakland | D | Y |  |  | PINGREE of North Haven | D | Y | 
         
            
               | COTTA of China | R | N |  |  | PINKHAM of Lexington Township | R | N | 
         
            
               | CRAVEN of Androscoggin | D | Y |  |  | PIOTTI of Unity | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CRAY of Palmyra | R | N |  |  | PLUMMER of Windham | R | N | 
         
            
               | CROCKETT of Augusta | D | N |  |  | PRATT of Eddington | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CROSTHWAITE of Ellsworth | R | N |  |  | PRESCOTT of Topsham | R | N | 
         
            
               | CUMMINGS of Portland | D | Y |  |  | PRIEST of Brunswick | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CURTIS of Madison | R | N |  |  | RAND of Portland | D | Y | 
         
            
               | DILL of Cape Elizabeth | D | Y |  |  | RECTOR of Knox | R | N | 
         
            
               | DRISCOLL of Westbrook | D | N |  |  | RICHARDSON of Carmel | R | N | 
         
            
               | DUCHESNE of Hudson | D | Y |  |  | RICHARDSON of Warren | R | N | 
         
            
               | DUNN of Bangor | D | Y |  |  | RINES of Wiscasset | D | Y | 
         
            
               | DUPREY of Hampden | R | X |  |  | ROBINSON of Raymond | R | N | 
         
            
               | EATON of Sullivan | D | Y |  |  | ROSEN of Bucksport | R | N | 
         
            
               | EBERLE of South Portland | D | Y |  |  | SAMSON of Auburn | D | Y | 
         
            
               | EDGECOMB of Caribou | R | N |  |  | SARTY of Denmark | R | N | 
         
            
               | EMERY of Cutler | R | X |  |  | SAVAGE of Falmouth | R | N | 
         
            
               | FAIRCLOTH of Bangor | D | Y |  |  | SAVIELLO of Wilton | U | N | 
         
            
               | FARRINGTON of Gorham | D | Y |  |  | SCHATZ of Blue Hill | D | X | 
         
            
               | FINCH of Fairfield | D | Y |  |  | SILSBY of Augusta | D | N | 
         
            
               | FINLEY of Skowhegan | R | N |  |  | SIMPSON of Androscoggin | D | Y | 
         
            
               | FISCHER of Presque Isle | D | Y |  |  | SIROIS of Turner | D | Y | 
         
            
               | FISHER of Brewer | D | Y |  |  | SMITH of Monmouth | D | Y | 
         
            
               | FITTS of Pittsfield | R | N |  |  | STRANG BURGESS of Cumberland | R | N | 
         
            
               | FLETCHER of Winslow | R | N |  |  | SUTHERLAND of Chapman | D | Y | 
         
            
               | FLOOD of Winthrop | R | N |  |  | SYKES of Harrison | R | N | 
         
            
               | GERZOFSKY of Cumberland | D | Y |  |  | TARDY of Newport | R | N | 
         
            
               | GIFFORD of Lincoln | R | N |  |  | THERIAULT of Madawaska | D | Y | 
         
            
               | GILES of Belfast | R | N |  |  | THIBODEAU of Winterport | R | N | 
         
            
               | GOULD of South Berwick | R | N |  |  | THOMAS of Ripley | R | X | 
         
            
               | GREELEY of Levant | R | N |  |  | TIBBETTS of Columbia | R | N | 
         
            
               | GROSE of Woolwich | D | Y |  |  | TREAT of Hallowell | D | Y | 
         
            
               | HAMPER of Oxford | R | N |  |  | TRINWARD of Waterville | D | Y | 
         
            
               | HANLEY of Gardiner | D | N |  |  | TUTTLE of Sanford | D | Y | 
         
            
               | HARLOW of Portland | D | Y |  |  | VALENTINO of Saco | D | N | 
         
            
               | HASKELL of Portland | D | Y |  |  | VAUGHAN of Durham | R | N | 
         
            
               | HAYES of Buckfield | D | N |  |  | WAGNER of Lewiston | D | Y | 
         
            
               | HILL of York | D | Y |  |  | WALKER of Lincolnville | R | N | 
         
            
               | HINCK of Portland | D | Y |  |  | WATSON of Bath | D | X | 
         
            
               | HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach | D | Y |  |  | WEAVER of York | R | N | 
         
            
               | JACKSON of Aroostook | D | N |  |  | WEBSTER of Freeport | D | Y | 
         
            
               | JACOBSEN of Waterboro | R | N |  |  | WEDDELL of Frankfort | D | Y | 
         
            
               | JOHNSON of Greenville | R | N |  |  | WHEELER of Kittery | D | Y | 
         
            
               | JONES of Mount Vernon | D | N |  |  | WOODBURY of Yarmouth | U | X | 
         
            
               | JOY of Crystal | R | N |  |  |  |  |  |