With the passage of LD 1541, big corporations that flood Maine with plastic and other excessive packaging will have to pay for the growing volume of waste they create. This new policy, Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (EPR), incentivizes the design of less wasteful packaging that can be recycled. LD 1541 establishes a stewardship organization, contracted by the state, to accept funds from packaging producers. Fees will be based on the weight of packaging material generated by the company’s products. The collected fees will then be redistributed to cities and towns to compensate them for the high costs of disposal fees. EPR for Packaging will help Maine finally reach its long-established 50% recycling goal. While EPR has been successfully implemented in 47 jurisdictions worldwide, Maineis the first state in the country to enact this program.

Status: SUCCESS! Bill enacted into law with Gov.’s signature.

Sponsor: Nicole Grohoski

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2021	Roll Call	109	69	0	8	186	1
Votes	Show Robert W. Alley, Sr. Yea John Andrews Nay Amy B. Arata Yea Poppy Arford Yea Susan M. W. Austin Nay Christopher W. Babbidge Yea Donna Bailey Yea Kyle Bailey Yea Joseph Baldacci Yea Arthur Bell Yea Richard Bennett Yea Susan Bernard Nay Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Nay Russell J. Black Nay Mark John Blier Nay Lydia Blume Yea Richard T. Bradstreet Nay Catherine Breen Yea Michael F. Brennan Yea Stacy Brenner Yea Heidi E. Brooks Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea Christopher James Caiazzo Yea Barbara A. Cardone Yea Nathan Carlow Yea Meldon Carmichael Nay Anne M. Carney Yea Richard M. Cebra Absent Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Ned Claxton Yea Kristen Sarah Cloutier Yea Amanda Collamore Nay Benjamin T. Collings Yea Jonathan Connor Nay Lynn Copeland Yea Patrick W. Corey Yea Danny E. Costain Nay Lydia Crafts Yea Margaret M. Craven Yea W. Edward Crockett Nay Scott W. Cuddy Yea Chip Curry Yea Scott W. Cyrway Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Nay Susan A. Deschambault Yea Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Kathleen R. J. Dillingham Nay Janice S. Dodge Yea Josanne C. Dolloff Nay Donna R. Doore Yea Victoria W. Doudera Yea Kathy Downes Nay Gary A. Drinkwater Nay John “Jack” Ducharme Nay Michelle Ann Dunphy Yea Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Richard Evans Yea Bradlee Thomas Farrin Nay Billy Bob Faulkingham Nay Jessica L. Fay Yea Ryan M. Fecteau Yea Justin Fecteau Nay Steven D. Foster Nay Valli Geiger Yea Traci Gere Yea Jeffery Allen Gifford Nay Lori K. Gramlich Yea Randall Adam Greenwood Nay Abigail W. Griffin Nay Chad Wayne Grignon Absent Nicole Grohoski Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay David G. Haggan Nay Randall C. Hall Nay Jeffery P. Hanley Absent Thom Harnett Yea Matthew A. Harrington Nay Tavis Hasenfus Yea Frances M. Head Nay Allison Hepler Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Sherman H. Hutchins Nay Patricia Hymanson Yea Troy Dale Jackson Yea Kathy Irene Javner Absent Chris A. Johansen Nay Lisa Keim Nay Christopher J. Kessler Yea MaryAnne Kinney Nay Theodore Joseph Kryzak Jr. Nay H. Scott Landry Jr. Yea Mark W. Lawrence Yea Michael Lemelin Nay Laurel Libby Nay Nathan L. Libby Yea Grayson Lookner Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Yea Sheila Lyman Nay Colleen M. Madigan Yea John L. Martin Yea Thomas H. Martin Nay Roland Danny Martin Yea Richard G. Mason Nay Kristi Mathieson Yea Ann H. Matlack Yea Chloe Maxmin Yea David Harold McCrea Yea Joyce McCreight Yea Genevieve McDonald Yea Gina M. Melaragno Yea Michele Meyer Yea H. Sawin Millett Jr. Nay Rebecca J. Millett Yea David R. Miramant Yea Marianne Moore Nay Victoria E. Morales Yea Stephen W. Moriarty Yea Joshua Morris Nay Cathy R. Nadeau Nay Daniel Newman Nay Kevin O’Connell Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Margaret M. O’Neil Yea Lester S. Ordway Nay Laurie Osher Yea Wayne R. Parry Nay Sean C. Paulhus Yea Sarah Pebworth Yea Michael D. Perkins Nay Anne C. Perry Yea Joseph C. Perry Sr. Yea Richard A. Pickett Nay Teresa S. Pierce Yea William D. Pluecker Yea Jennifer Poirier Nay Matthew G. Pouliot Nay Dwayne W. Prescott Absent Tracy Quint Nay Joseph Rafferty Yea Lois Galgay Reckitt Yea Morgan Rielly Yea Walter N. Riseman Yea Tiffany Roberts Yea Timothy Roche Absent Amy Roeder Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Nay Shelley Rudnicki Nay Melanie Sachs Yea Suzzane Salisbury Yea Heidi H. Sampson Absent Heather B. Sanborn Yea Braden Sharpe Absent Erin Sheehan Yea Thomas H. Skolfield Nay Peggy Jo Stanley Nay Paul A. Stearns Nay Joel R. Stetkis Nay Trey Stewart Nay Holly B. Stover Yea Laura Supica Yea Michael A. Sylvester Yea Rachel Talbot Ross Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Maureen Fitzgerald Terry Yea Timothy S. Theriault Nay James Thorne Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Nay John L. Tuttle Yea Joseph Underwood Nay Eloise A. Vitelli Yea Nathan J. Wadsworth Nay Charlotte Warren Yea Sophia Warren Yea Dustin Michael White Nay Bruce A. White Yea Lynne Williams Yea Barbara Wood Yea David Woodsome Nay Samuel Zager Yea Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr. Yea