The Legislature defeated metallic mining rules submitted by the Department of Environmental Protection. The same rules were submitted to and rejected by the 126th Legislature. The Environment and Natural Resources Committee spent significant time reworking the rules this session and voted 8-5 to approve them. However, the rules still did not adequately protect clean water or taxpayers from paying the cost of cleanup and were rejected by large majorities in the House and Senate. By law, the 1991 metallic mining rules will remain in effect until new rules are approved by the Legislature.

Status: Rules rejected

Sponsor: Ralph Chapman

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2015	Roll Call	135	45	0	6	186	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Robert W. Alley, Sr. Yea Susan M. W. Austin Nay Christopher W. Babbidge Yea Linda L. Baker Yea Dillon F. Bates Yea Kevin J. Battle Yea Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Pinny Beebe-Center Yea Bruce A. Bickford Nay Russell J. Black Yea Lydia Blume Yea Eric L. Brakey Nay Catherine Breen Yea Heidi E. Brooks Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea Andrew Russell Buckland Nay David C. Burns Yea Christine S. Burstein Yea James J. Campbell, Sr. Yea Richard H. Campbell Nay Paul Chace Nay Ralph Chapman Yea Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Ronald F Collins Yea Janice E. Cooper Yea Patrick W. Corey Yea Dale J. Crafts Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Scott W. Cyrway Yea Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Yea James E. Davitt Yea Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Michael G. Devin Yea Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Kathleen R. J. Dillingham Nay Mark N. Dion Yea Donna R. Doore Yea Robert S. Duchesne Nay Larry C. Dunphy Yea Michelle Ann Dunphy Yea David E. Dutremble Yea Peter Edgecomb Nay Anthony J. Edgecomb Nay Ellie Espling Yea Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Mark W. Eves Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Bradlee Thomas Farrin Nay Ryan M. Fecteau Yea Robert A. Foley Yea Lori A. Fowle Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Aaron M. Frey Absent Drew Gattine Absent Karen A. Gerrish Yea Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Sara Gideon Yea Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Nay Phyllis A. Ginzler Yea Jared F. Golden Yea Adam A. Goode Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Randall Adam Greenwood Yea Martin J. Grohman Yea Stacey K. Guerin Yea Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Nay Sheldon Mark Hanington Yea Jeffery P. Hanley Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Anne M. Haskell Yea Stephanie Hawke Yea Frances M. Head Nay Erin D. Herbig Yea Lloyd C. Herrick Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Norman E. Higgins Yea Dawn Hill Yea Gary L. Hilliard Yea Brian D. Hobart Yea Barry J. Hobbins Absent George W. Hogan Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Patricia Hymanson Yea Christopher K. Johnson Yea Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Roger J. Katz Yea MaryAnne Kinney Yea Jonathan L. Kinney Yea Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Nay Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Nay Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Nay Donald G. Marean Yea John L. Martin Nay Roland Danny Martin Nay Garrett Paul Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Yea Earle L. McCormick Yea Joyce McCreight Yea Carol A. McElwee Nay Andrew J. McLean Yea Gina M. Melaragno Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea David R. Miramant Yea Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Terry K. Morrison Yea Catherine M. Nadeau Yea William F. Noon (Deceased) Yea Robert W. Nutting Nay Beth A. O’Connor Yea Wayne R. Parry Yea John L. Patrick Yea Matthew J. Peterson Nay John Joseph Picchiotti Nay Richard A. Pickett Yea Teresa S. Pierce Yea Jeffrey K. Pierce Yea Matthew G. Pouliot Absent Christine B. Powers Yea Dwayne W. Prescott Absent Roger E. Reed Nay Kimberley C. Rosen Yea Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Yea Robert J. Saucier Yea Thomas B. Saviello Nay David P. Sawicki Nay John C. Schneck Yea H. Stedman Seavey Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Stanley Byron Short, Jr. Yea Heather W. Sirocki Nay Thomas H. Skolfield Nay Stephen S. Stanley Nay Paul A. Stearns Yea Joel R. Stetkis Nay Peter C. Stuckey Yea Gary E. Sukeforth Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Timothy S. Theriault Nay Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Michael J. Timmons Yea Ryan D. Tipping Yea Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Yea Beth P. Turner Yea Karen Vachon Yea Linda M. Valentino Yea Arthur C. Verow Yea Amy Fern Volk Nay Nathan J. Wadsworth Yea Raymond A. Wallace Nay Karleton S. Ward Yea Charlotte Warren Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea Dustin Michael White Nay Rodney L. Whittemore Yea Michael J. Willette Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Absent David Woodsome Yea