LD 973 creates a first-in-the-nation recycling system for CFLs that will be paid for in part by the bulb manufacturers. The bill also sets a reasonable standard for how much mercury can be contained in light bulbs sold in Maine and improves the state’s procurement policy to prefer light bulbs with the lowest possible mercury content.

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2009	Roll Call	12	0	0	0	12	1
Votes	Show Susan M. W. Austin Yea Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Yea Richard M. Cebra Yea Margaret M. Craven Yea Philip A. Curtis Yea John L. Martin Yea H. Sawin Millett Jr. Yea Ann E. Peoples Yea Anne C. Perry Yea Joseph C. Perry Sr. Yea John L. Tuttle Yea