The Senate moved to “indefinitely postpone” LD 1810, a bill which would have required the state to pay off landowners if future laws passed by the Legislature reduced their property values by at least 50 percent. If the state could not afford to pay, the landowner would be allowed to ignore the law. The House initially approved the bill by one vote, but then followed the Senate’s lead to “indefinitely postpone,” thereby killing the bill. This legislation threatened to freeze the passage of any future environmental law or regulation because of the potential financial consequences to the state. This bill is scored twice on the 2012 Scorecard because of its significance to the future protection of Maine’s environment.

Status:

Bill died

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2012	Roll Call	72	74	0	4	150
Votes	Show Bernard L. A. Ayotte Nay Paulette G. Beaudoin Yea Michael G. Beaulieu Yea Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Absent Devin M. Beliveau Yea Paul Edward Bennett Nay Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Nay Russell J. Black Nay Anna D. Blodgett Yea Andrea M. Boland Yea Brian D. Bolduc Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea David C. Burns Nay Emily Ann Cain Yea Michael E. Carey Yea Alan M. Casavant Yea Richard M. Cebra Nay Michael Celli Absent Ralph Chapman Yea Kathleen D. Chase Nay Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Tyler Clark Nay Herbert E. Clark Nay Michael H. Clarke Yea Alexander Cornell du Houx Yea H. David Cotta Nay Dale J. Crafts Nay Dean A. Cray Nay Jarrod S. Crockett Nay Philip A. Curtis Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Douglas K. Damon Nay Paul T. Davis Nay James F. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Yea Dana L. Dow Nay Timothy E. Driscoll Yea Robert S. Duchesne Yea Larry C. Dunphy Nay Jane E. Eberle Yea Peter Edgecomb Nay Ellie Espling Nay Mark W. Eves Yea Stacey Allen Fitts Nay Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Nay Elspeth M. Flemings Yea Patrick S. A. Flood Nay Leslie T Fossel Nay Karen D. Foster Nay Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Jeffery Allen Gifford Nay Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Nay Adam A. Goode Yea Anne P. Graham Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay James M. Hamper Nay Stephen P. Hanley Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea R. Ryan Harmon Nay Lance Evans Harvell Nay Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Jon Hinck Yea George W. Hogan Yea Robert B. Hunt Yea Melissa Walsh Innes Yea Peter B. Johnson Nay David D. Johnson Nay Bryan T Kaenrath Absent Peter S. Kent Absent Dennis L. Keschl Yea Jane S. Knapp Nay L. Gary Knight Nay Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Aaron F Libby Nay Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Stephen D. Lovejoy Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Joyce A. Maker Nay Richard S. Malaby Nay Maeghan Maloney Yea John L. Martin Yea Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Nay Howard E. McFadden Nay Jonathan B. McKane Nay Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Susan E. Morissette Nay Terry K. Morrison Yea Bradley S. Moulton Yea Joan M. Nass Nay Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Nay Robert W. Nutting Nay Andrew R. O’Brien Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Kimberly N. Olsen Nay James W. Parker Nay Wayne R. Parry Nay Anita Peavey Haskell Yea Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Yea John Joseph Picchiotti Nay Donald E. Pilon Nay Gary E. Plummer Nay Kerri L. Prescott Nay Charles R. Priest Yea Helen Rankin Yea David E. Richardson Yea Wesley E. Richardson Nay Peter B. Rioux Nay Megan M. Rochelo Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Nay Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Ralph W. Sarty, Jr. Nay Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Heather W. Sirocki Nay Sara R. Stevens Yea Meredith N. Strang Burgess Yea Peter C. Stuckey Yea Charles Kenneth Theriault Yea Dianne C. Tilton Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Nay John L. Tuttle Yea Linda M. Valentino Yea Amy Fern Volk Nay Richard V Wagner Yea Raymond A. Wallace Nay G. Paul Waterhouse Nay Windol C. Weaver Nay David C. Webster Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea Alexander Reginald Willette Nay Michael J. Willette Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Nay