This bill would have prevented Maine’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) from imposing extra charges and burdens on home and business owners who use solar power. The bill also would have increased the number of people who can participate in a community solar project from the current limit of ten to 50. The bill passed the legislature by more than a two-thirds majority in both bodies but was vetoed by the governor. While the Senate overrode the veto, the House sustained it by a razor thin margin of two votes. The veto override votes are scored here.

Status: Bill vetoed by governor; veto sustained

Sponsor: David Woodsome

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2018	Roll Call	122	57	0	5	186	1
Votes	Show Kent Ackley Yea Robert W. Alley, Sr. Yea Susan M. W. Austin Nay Betty A. Austin Yea Christopher W. Babbidge Yea Donna Bailey Yea Dillon F. Bates Yea Kevin J. Battle Yea Pinny Beebe-Center Yea Shenna L Bellows Yea Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Absent Russell J. Black Yea Lydia Blume Yea Richard T. Bradstreet Nay Eric L. Brakey Nay Catherine Breen Yea Heidi E. Brooks Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea Richard H. Campbell Nay Barbara A. Cardone Yea Michael E Carpenter Excused Brownie Carson Yea Owen D. Casás Yea Richard M. Cebra Absent Paul Chace Yea Ralph Chapman Yea Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Benjamin T. Collings Yea Ronald F Collins Yea Janice E. Cooper Yea Patrick W. Corey Yea Garrel Robert Craig Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Scott W. Cyrway Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Yea Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Dale J. Denno Yea Susan A. Deschambault Yea Michael G. Devin Yea Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Excused Kathleen R. J. Dillingham Nay Mark N. Dion Yea Donna R. Doore Yea Dana L. Dow Yea Robert S. Duchesne Yea Michelle Ann Dunphy Yea Ellie Espling Nay Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Bradlee Thomas Farrin Nay Jessica L. Fay Yea Ryan M. Fecteau Yea Robert A. Foley Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Aaron M. Frey Yea Roger Jason Fuller Yea Drew Gattine Yea Karen A. Gerrish Nay Sara Gideon Yea James S. Gillway Yea Phyllis A. Ginzler Nay Jared F. Golden Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Chad Wayne Grignon Nay Martin J. Grohman Yea Stacey K. Guerin Absent David G. Haggan Nay Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Nay James R. Handy Yea Sheldon Mark Hanington Nay Jeffery P. Hanley Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Matthew A. Harrington Nay Lance Evans Harvell Absent 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 Yea George W. Hogan Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Patricia Hymanson Yea Troy Dale Jackson Yea Chris A. Johansen Nay Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Roger J. Katz Yea Lisa Keim Yea MaryAnne Kinney Yea Jonathan L. Kinney Nay Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Mark W. Lawrence Yea Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Nay Colleen M. Madigan Yea John E. Madigan, Jr. Yea Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Nay Donald G. Marean Yea John L. Martin Yea Roland Danny Martin Yea Richard G. Mason Nay Garrett Paul Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea David Harold McCrea 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 Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Margaret M. O’Neil Yea Lester S. Ordway Nay Jennifer Ellen Parker Yea Wayne R. Parry Nay Michael D. Perkins Nay Anne C. Perry Yea John Joseph Picchiotti Nay Richard A. Pickett Nay Teresa S. Pierce Yea Jeffrey K. Pierce Nay Matthew G. Pouliot Nay Dwayne W. Prescott Nay Lois Galgay Reckitt Yea Roger E. Reed Nay Christina Riley Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Heidi H. Sampson Nay Heather B. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Thomas B. Saviello Yea John C. Schneck Yea H. Stedman Seavey Yea Bettyann W. Sheats Yea Roger L. Sherman Absent Abden S. Simmons Nay Heather W. Sirocki Nay Thomas H. Skolfield Yea John Alden Spear Yea Stephen S. Stanley Yea Paul A. Stearns Yea Joel R. Stetkis Nay Harold L. Stewart III Nay Scott Walter Strom Nay Paula G. Sutton Nay Michael A. Sylvester Yea Rachel Talbot Ross Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Maureen Fitzgerald Terry Yea Timothy S. Theriault Nay Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Ryan D. Tipping Yea Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Yea Beth P. Turner Nay Karen Vachon Yea Eloise A. Vitelli Yea Amy Fern Volk Yea Nathan J. Wadsworth Nay Raymond A. Wallace Nay Karleton S. Ward Yea Charlotte Warren Yea Dustin Michael White Nay Rodney L. Whittemore Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Nay David Woodsome Yea Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr. Yea