The House and Senate both passed the GMO labeling bill with overwhelming support, and it became law in January 2014. The law will require food companies to label products that have been produced using Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). LD 718 will go into effect when 5 contiguous northeast states, including Maine, pass GMO labeling laws. Connecticut has already passed such a law this year. GMOs have significant environmental impacts on species diversity, unknown impacts regarding toxic chemicals in the food supply, and have increased pesticide use. The GMO labeling law will give important freedom of choice to food consumers in Maine and the northeast.

Status: Bill passed; signed by the Governor in January 2014

Sponsor: Lance Evans Harvell

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2013	Roll Call	172	8	0	6	186	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Bernard L. A. Ayotte Yea Paulette G. Beaudoin Absent Michael G. Beaulieu Absent Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Paul Edward Bennett Yea Seth A. Berry Yea Russell J. Black Yea Andrea M. Boland Nay Brian D. Bolduc Yea James A. Boyle Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Yea Joseph E. Brooks Yea David C. Burns Yea Emily Ann Cain Yea James J. Campbell, Sr. Yea Richard H. Campbell Yea Michael E. Carey Yea Alan M. Casavant Yea Katherine W. Cassidy Yea Ralph Chapman Yea Kathleen D. Chase Yea Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Nay Tyler Clark Yea John J. Cleveland Yea Ronald F Collins Yea Janice E. Cooper Yea H. David Cotta Yea Dale J. Crafts Yea Margaret M. Craven Yea Dean A. Cray Yea Jarrod S. Crockett Yea Andre E. Cushing III Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Yea Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Michael G. Devin Yea Elizabeth E. Dickerson Yea James F. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Absent Peter Doak Yea Ann E. Dorney Yea Larry C. Dunphy Yea Brian M. Duprey Yea David E. Dutremble Yea Ellie Espling Yea Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Mark W. Eves Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Yea Patrick S. A. Flood Yea Lori A. Fowle Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Yea Aaron M. Frey Yea Drew Gattine Yea Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Sara Gideon Yea Jeffery Allen Gifford Yea Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Yea Seth A. Goodall Yea Adam A. Goode Yea Anne P. Graham Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Stacey K. Guerin Yea Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Yea Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Lance Evans Harvell Yea Anne M. Haskell Yea Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Dawn Hill Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Roger A. Jackson Yea Troy Dale Jackson Yea Peter B. Johnson Yea David D. Johnson Yea Christopher K. Johnson Yea Brian L. Jones Nay Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Bryan T Kaenrath Yea Roger J. Katz Yea Peter S. Kent Nay Dennis L. Keschl Yea Jonathan L. Kinney Yea L. Gary Knight Yea Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Karen Kusiak Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Aaron F Libby Yea Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Yea Ricky D. Long Yea Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Sharri K. MacDonald Absent Colleen M. Madigan Yea Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Yea Donald G. Marean Yea Timothy I. Marks Yea Andrew T. Mason Yea Garrett Paul Mason Yea Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Yea Carol A. McElwee Yea Paul D. McGowan Yea Andrew J. McLean Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Stephen W. Moriarty Yea Terry K. Morrison Yea Allen Michael Nadeau Yea Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Yea William F. Noon (Deceased) Yea Robert W. Nutting Absent Wayne R. Parry Yea John L. Patrick Yea Jethro D. Pease Yea Anita Peavey Haskell Yea Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Absent Joshua R. Plante Yea Gary E. Plummer Yea Matthew G. Pouliot Yea Christine B. Powers Yea Charles R. Priest Yea Jane P. Pringle Yea Helen Rankin Yea Roger E. Reed Yea Megan M. Rochelo 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 Yea Jeremy G. Saxton Yea John C. Schneck Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Stanley Byron Short, Jr. Yea Heather W. Sirocki Yea Stephen S. Stanley Yea Peter C. Stuckey Yea Charles Kenneth Theriault Yea Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Douglas A. Thomas Yea Jeffrey L. Timberlake Yea Ryan D. Tipping Yea Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Yea John L. Tuttle Yea Thomas M. Tyler Yea Linda M. Valentino Nay Arthur C. Verow Yea Lisa Renee Villa Yea Amy Fern Volk Yea Raymond A. Wallace Yea Windol C. Weaver Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea R. Wayne Werts Yea Rodney L. Whittemore Yea Alexander Reginald Willette Yea Corey S. Wilson Yea Ellen A. Winchenbach Yea Tom J. Winsor Yea Stephen J. Wood Yea Richard G. Woodbury Yea Edward M. Youngblood Yea