With the passage of LD 289, Maine became the first state in the country to ban single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam (commonly known by the trade name Styrofoam). These containers are a major source of plastic pollution. Because they are lightweight and non-recyclable, Styrofoam containers are often blown by the wind and end up polluting our lands and waters. They break down into microplastics, which pose a threat to fish and wildlife. More environmentally sound packaging will replace Styrofoam in Maine when the new law takes effect in January of 2021.

Status: Enacted

Sponsor: Stanley Paige Zeigler
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Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2019	Roll Call	109	61	0	11	184	1
Votes	Show Kent Ackley Yea Robert W. Alley, Sr. Yea John Andrews Nay Amy B. Arata Nay Susan M. W. Austin Nay Betty A. Austin Yea Christopher W. Babbidge Yea Shawn A. Babine Yea Donna Bailey Yea Pinny Beebe-Center Yea Shenna L Bellows Yea Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Nay Russell J. Black Yea Mark John Blier Nay Lydia Blume Yea Richard T. Bradstreet Nay Catherine Breen Yea Michael F. Brennan Yea Heidi E. Brooks Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea Christopher James Caiazzo Yea Richard H. Campbell Nay Barbara A. Cardone Yea Anne M. Carney Yea Michael E Carpenter Excused Brownie Carson Yea Richard M. Cebra Nay Justin M. Chenette Excused Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Ned Claxton Yea Kristen Sarah Cloutier Yea Benjamin T. Collings Yea Janice E. Cooper Yea Patrick W. Corey Nay Danny E. Costain Nay Margaret M. Craven Yea W. Edward Crockett Yea Scott W. Cuddy Yea Philip A. Curtis Absent Scott W. Cyrway Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Yea Diane M. Denk Absent Susan A. Deschambault Yea John DeVeau Nay Michael G. Devin Excused Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Kathleen R. J. Dillingham Absent Janice S. Dodge Yea Josanne C. Dolloff Nay Donna R. Doore Absent Victoria W. Doudera Yea Dana L. Dow Nay Gary A. Drinkwater Nay Michelle Ann Dunphy Absent Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Bradlee Thomas Farrin Nay Billy Bob Faulkingham Nay Jessica L. Fay Yea Ryan M. Fecteau Yea Justin Fecteau Nay Robert A. Foley Nay Victoria Foley Absent Steven D. Foster Nay Drew Gattine Yea Sara Gideon Yea Lori K. Gramlich Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Abigail W. Griffin Nay Chad Wayne Grignon Nay Nicole Grohoski Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay David G. Haggan Nay Randall C. Hall Nay James M. Hamper Nay James R. Handy Yea Sheldon Mark Hanington Nay Jeffery P. Hanley Nay Thom Harnett Yea Matthew A. Harrington Nay Frances M. Head Nay Allison Hepler Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Norman E. Higgins Yea Daniel J. Hobbs Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Sherman H. Hutchins Nay Patricia Hymanson Yea Henry L. Ingwersen Yea Troy Dale Jackson Yea Kathy Irene Javner Nay Chris A. Johansen Nay Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Lisa Keim Nay Dennis L. Keschl Nay Christopher J. Kessler Yea MaryAnne Kinney Nay Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Theodore Joseph Kryzak Jr. Nay H. Scott Landry Jr. Yea Mark W. Lawrence Yea Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Absent Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Nay Colleen M. Madigan Yea Donald G. Marean Absent John L. Martin Yea Thomas H. Martin Absent Roland Danny Martin Yea Richard G. Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Ann H. Matlack Yea David Harold McCrea Yea Joyce McCreight Yea Genevieve McDonald Yea Andrew J. McLean Yea Gina M. Melaragno Yea Michele Meyer Yea H. Sawin Millett Jr. Nay Rebecca J. Millett Yea David R. Miramant Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Marianne Moore Yea Victoria E. Morales Yea Joshua Morris Nay Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Margaret M. O’Neil Yea Lester S. Ordway Nay Sean C. Paulhus Yea Sarah Pebworth Yea Ann E. Peoples Yea Michael D. Perkins Nay Anne C. Perry Yea Joseph C. Perry Sr. Yea Richard A. Pickett Absent Teresa S. Pierce Yea William D. Pluecker Yea Matthew G. Pouliot Nay Dwayne W. Prescott Nay Lois Galgay Reckitt Yea Roger E. Reed Nay Christina Riley Yea Walter N. Riseman Yea Tiffany Roberts Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Yea Shelley Rudnicki Nay Deane Rykerson Yea Heidi H. Sampson Nay Heather B. Sanborn Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea John C. Schneck Yea Braden Sharpe Yea Bettyann W. Sheats Yea Thomas H. Skolfield Nay Stephen S. Stanley Nay Paul A. Stearns Nay Joel R. Stetkis Nay Harold L. Stewart III Nay Holly B. Stover Yea Scott Walter Strom Nay Gregory Lewis Swallow Nay Michael A. Sylvester Yea Rachel Talbot Ross Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Maureen Fitzgerald Terry Yea Timothy S. Theriault Absent Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Ryan D. Tipping Yea Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Nay Arthur C. Verow Yea Eloise A. Vitelli Yea Nathan J. Wadsworth Nay Charlotte Warren Yea Dustin Michael White Nay Bruce A. White Yea David Woodsome Nay Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr. Yea