| Overview | 
       
         | Date: | March 23, 2012 | 
       
         | Motion: | Final Passage | 
       
         | Number of Yeas Required: | 70 (simple majority) | 
       
         | Outcome: | PREVAILS | 
       
         | Tallies: | Yeas (Y): 110,
                  Nays (N): 28, Absent (X): 12,
                  Excused (E): 0 | 
     
     
       
         | Details | 
       
         | Member | Party | Vote |  |  | Member | Party | Vote | 
         
            
               | AYOTTE of Caswell | R | Y |  |  | KESCHL of Belgrade | R | Y | 
         
            
               | BEAUDOIN of Biddeford | D | Y |  |  | KNAPP of Gorham | R | Y | 
         
            
               | BEAULIEU of Auburn | R | Y |  |  | KNIGHT of Livermore Falls | R | Y | 
         
            
               | BEAVERS of South Berwick | D | Y |  |  | KRUGER of Thomaston | D | X | 
         
            
               | BECK of Waterville | D | X |  |  | KUMIEGA of Deer Isle | D | N | 
         
            
               | BELIVEAU of Kittery | D | Y |  |  | LAJOIE of Lewiston | D | N | 
         
            
               | BENNETT of Kennebunk | R | Y |  |  | LIBBY of Waterboro | R | Y | 
         
            
               | BERRY of Bowdoinham | D | N |  |  | LONG of Sherman | R | Y | 
         
            
               | BICKFORD of Auburn | R | Y |  |  | LONGSTAFF of Waterville | D | N | 
         
            
               | BLACK of Wilton | R | Y |  |  | LOVEJOY of Portland | D | X | 
         
            
               | BLODGETT of Augusta | D | Y |  |  | LUCHINI of Ellsworth | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BOLAND of Sanford | D | N |  |  | MacDONALD of Boothbay | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BOLDUC of Auburn | D | Y |  |  | MAKER of Calais | R | Y | 
         
            
               | BRIGGS of Mexico | D | Y |  |  | MALABY of Hancock | R | Y | 
         
            
               | BRYANT of Windham | D | N |  |  | MALONEY of Augusta | D | Y | 
         
            
               | BURNS of Whiting | R | Y |  |  | MARTIN of Eagle Lake | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CAIN of Orono | D | Y |  |  | MAZUREK of Rockland | D | N | 
         
            
               | CAREY of Lewiston | D | Y |  |  | McCABE of Skowhegan | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CASAVANT of Biddeford | D | N |  |  | McCLELLAN of Raymond | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CEBRA of Naples | R | Y |  |  | McFADDEN of Dennysville | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CELLI of Brewer | R | X |  |  | McKANE of Newcastle | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CHAPMAN of Brooksville | G | N |  |  | MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth | D | N | 
         
            
               | CHASE of Wells | R | Y |  |  | MORISSETTE of Winslow | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CHIPMAN of Portland | D | N |  |  | MORRISON of South Portland | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CLARK of Millinocket | D | Y |  |  | MOULTON of York | R | X | 
         
            
               | CLARK of Easton | R | Y |  |  | NASS of Acton | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CLARKE of Bath | D | N |  |  | NELSON of Falmouth | D | Y | 
         
            
               | CORNELL du HOUX of Brunswick | D | X |  |  | NEWENDYKE of Litchfield | R | Y | 
         
            
               | COTTA of China | R | X |  |  | NUTTING of Oakland | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CRAFTS of Lisbon | R | Y |  |  | O'BRIEN of Lincolnville | D | N | 
         
            
               | CRAY of Palmyra | R | Y |  |  | O'CONNOR of Berwick | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CROCKETT of Bethel | R | Y |  |  | OLSEN of Phippsburg | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CURTIS of Madison | R | Y |  |  | PARKER of Veazie | R | Y | 
         
            
               | CUSHING of Hampden | R | Y |  |  | PARRY of Arundel | R | Y | 
         
            
               | DAMON of Bangor | R | Y |  |  | PEOPLES of Westbrook | D | Y | 
         
            
               | DAVIS of Sangerville | R | Y |  |  | PETERSON of Rumford | D | Y | 
         
            
               | DILL of Old Town | D | Y |  |  | PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield | R | Y | 
         
            
               | DION of Portland | D | X |  |  | PILON of Saco | D | Y | 
         
            
               | DOW of Waldoboro | R | Y |  |  | PLUMMER of Windham | R | Y | 
         
            
               | DRISCOLL of Westbrook | D | Y |  |  | PRESCOTT of Topsham | R | Y | 
         
            
               | DUCHESNE of Hudson | D | Y |  |  | PRIEST of Brunswick | D | N | 
         
            
               | DUNPHY of Embden | R | Y |  |  | RANKIN of Hiram | D | Y | 
         
            
               | EBERLE of South Portland | D | N |  |  | RICHARDSON of Carmel | R | Y | 
         
            
               | EDGECOMB of Caribou | R | Y |  |  | RICHARDSON of Warren | R | Y | 
         
            
               | ESPLING of New Gloucester | R | Y |  |  | RIOUX of Winterport | R | Y | 
         
            
               | EVES of North Berwick | D | Y |  |  | ROCHELO of Biddeford | D | N | 
         
            
               | FITTS of Pittsfield | R | Y |  |  | ROSEN of Bucksport | R | X | 
         
            
               | FITZPATRICK of Houlton | R | Y |  |  | ROTUNDO of Lewiston | D | N | 
         
            
               | FLEMINGS of Bar Harbor | D | N |  |  | RUSSELL of Portland | D | N | 
         
            
               | FLOOD of Winthrop | R | Y |  |  | SANBORN of Gorham | D | Y | 
         
            
               | FOSSEL of Alna | R | Y |  |  | SANDERSON of Chelsea | R | Y | 
         
            
               | FOSTER of Augusta | R | Y |  |  | SARTY of Denmark | R | Y | 
         
            
               | FREDETTE of Newport | R | Y |  |  | SHAW of Standish | D | Y | 
         
            
               | GIFFORD of Lincoln | R | Y |  |  | SIROCKI of Scarborough | R | Y | 
         
            
               | GILBERT of Jay | D | N |  |  | STEVENS of Bangor | D | Y | 
         
            
               | GILLWAY of Searsport | R | Y |  |  | STRANG BURGESS of Cumberland | R | Y | 
         
            
               | GOODE of Bangor | D | Y |  |  | STUCKEY of Portland | D | X | 
         
            
               | GRAHAM of North Yarmouth | D | Y |  |  | THERIAULT of Madawaska | D | Y | 
         
            
               | GUERIN of Glenburn | R | Y |  |  | TILTON of Harrington | R | Y | 
         
            
               | HAMPER of Oxford | R | Y |  |  | TIMBERLAKE of Turner | R | Y | 
         
            
               | HANLEY of Gardiner | D | Y |  |  | TREAT of Hallowell | D | N | 
         
            
               | HARLOW of Portland | I | N |  |  | TURNER of Burlington | R | Y | 
         
            
               | HARMON of Palermo | R | Y |  |  | TUTTLE of Sanford | D | Y | 
         
            
               | HARVELL of Farmington | R | Y |  |  | VALENTINO of Saco | D | N | 
         
            
               | HASKELL of Portland | D | Y |  |  | VOLK of Scarborough | R | Y | 
         
            
               | HAYES of Buckfield | D | Y |  |  | WAGNER of Lewiston | D | N | 
         
            
               | HERBIG of Belfast | D | N |  |  | WALLACE of Dexter | R | Y | 
         
            
               | HINCK of Portland | D | Y |  |  | WATERHOUSE of Bridgton | R | Y | 
         
            
               | HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach | D | X |  |  | WEAVER of York | R | Y | 
         
            
               | HUNT of Buxton | D | N |  |  | WEBSTER of Freeport | D | N | 
         
            
               | INNES of Yarmouth | D | N |  |  | WELSH of Rockport | D | Y | 
         
            
               | JOHNSON of Eddington | R | Y |  |  | WILLETTE of Mapleton | R | Y | 
         
            
               | JOHNSON of Greenville | R | Y |  |  | WILLETTE of Presque Isle | R | Y | 
         
            
               | KAENRATH of South Portland | D | Y |  |  | WINSOR of Norway | R | Y | 
         
            
               | KENT of Woolwich | D | X |  |  | WOOD of Greene | R | Y |