The governor vetoed a bill enacted by the legislature to expand Maine’s solar capacity ten-fold over five years. LD 1649 included provisions to build community solar projects, update net metering, create solar jobs, and reduce electricity costs for all ratepayers. The Senate considered and rejected an undermining amendment that would have given the Public Utilities Commission the authority to decide net metering policy. The vote on the amendment is scored here. The Senate unanimously enacted LD 1649 (without the harmful amendment) and sent it to the House, where it passed with a 91-56 vote. The governor vetoed the bill and the veto override vote fell short by two votes in the House. The subsequent override vote in the House is scored here. Six representatives refused to vote.NO is the pro-environment vote in the Senate; YES is the pro-environment vote in the House.

Status: Bill vetoed by governor, veto override failed.

Sponsor: Sara Gideon

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2016	Roll Call	111	66	0	8	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 Nay Dillon F. Bates Yea Kevin J. Battle Yea Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Pinny Beebe-Center Yea Bruce A. Bickford Yea Russell J. Black Nay 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 Nay 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 Nay Janice E. Cooper Yea Patrick W. Corey Yea Dale J. Crafts Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Scott W. Cyrway Nay 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 Absent Mark N. Dion Yea Donna R. Doore Yea Robert S. Duchesne Yea Larry C. Dunphy Nay Michelle Ann Dunphy Yea David E. Dutremble Excused Peter Edgecomb Nay Anthony J. Edgecomb Nay Ellie Espling Nay 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 Yea Drew Gattine Yea Karen A. Gerrish Nay Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Sara Gideon Yea Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Yea Phyllis A. Ginzler Nay Jared F. Golden Yea Adam A. Goode Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Randall Adam Greenwood Nay Martin J. Grohman Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Nay Sheldon Mark Hanington Nay Jeffery P. Hanley Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Matthew A. Harrington Yea Anne M. Haskell Yea Stephanie Hawke Nay 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 Nay Brian D. Hobart Absent Barry J. Hobbins Yea 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 Absent Jonathan L. Kinney Nay Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Nay Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Absent Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Nay Joyce A. Maker Nay Richard S. Malaby Nay Donald G. Marean Yea John L. Martin Yea Roland Danny Martin Yea Garrett Paul Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Nay Earle L. McCormick Nay 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 Robert W. Nutting Nay Beth A. O’Connor Nay Lester S. Ordway Nay Wayne R. Parry Nay John L. Patrick Yea Matthew J. Peterson Yea John Joseph Picchiotti Absent Richard A. Pickett Nay Teresa S. Pierce Yea Jeffrey K. Pierce Nay Matthew G. Pouliot Yea Christine B. Powers Yea Dwayne W. Prescott Nay Roger E. Reed Nay Kimberley C. Rosen Nay Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Robert J. Saucier Yea Thomas B. Saviello Yea David P. Sawicki Nay John C. Schneck Yea H. Stedman Seavey Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Stanley Byron Short, Jr. Yea Heather W. Sirocki Nay Thomas H. Skolfield Absent Stephen S. Stanley Yea Paul A. Stearns Yea Joel R. Stetkis Nay Peter C. Stuckey Yea Gary E. Sukeforth Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Timothy S. Theriault Absent Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Michael J. Timmons Absent Ryan D. Tipping Yea Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Nay Beth P. Turner Nay Karen Vachon Nay Linda M. Valentino Yea Arthur C. Verow Yea Amy Fern Volk Nay Nathan J. Wadsworth Nay Raymond A. Wallace Nay Karleton S. Ward Nay Charlotte Warren Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea Dustin Michael White Nay Rodney L. Whittemore Nay Michael J. Willette Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Nay David Woodsome Yea