The legislature overwhelmingly voted to ban the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in reusable food and beverage containers. BPA is widely used in baby bottles, sippy cups, water bottles, food storage containers and in the lining of metal food cans, including some infant formula cans. BPA is linked to a range of health risks, and safer alternatives are already available in the marketplace.

Status:

Bill passed without the Governor's signature

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2011	Roll Call	180	3	0	3	186	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Bernard L. A. Ayotte Yea Philip L. Bartlett Yea Paulette G. Beaudoin Absent Michael G. Beaulieu Yea Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Devin M. Beliveau Yea Paul Edward Bennett Yea Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Yea Russell J. Black Yea Lawrence S. Bliss Yea Anna D. Blodgett Yea Andrea M. Boland Yea Brian D. Bolduc Yea Joseph C. Brannigan Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea David C. Burns Yea David R. Burns Yea Emily Ann Cain Yea Michael E. Carey Yea Alan M. Casavant Yea Richard M. Cebra Yea Michael Celli Yea Ralph Chapman Yea Kathleen D. Chase Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Tyler Clark Yea Herbert E. Clark Yea Michael H. Clarke Yea Ronald F Collins Yea Alexander Cornell du Houx Yea H. David Cotta Yea Jonathan T.E. Courtney Yea Dale J. Crafts Yea Margaret M. Craven Yea Dean A. Cray Yea Jarrod S. Crockett Yea Philip A. Curtis Yea Andre E. Cushing III Yea Douglas K. Damon Yea Paul T. Davis Yea Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Cynthia A. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Yea Dana L. Dow Yea Timothy E. Driscoll Yea Robert S. Duchesne Yea Larry C. Dunphy Nay Jane E. Eberle Yea Peter Edgecomb Yea Ellie Espling Yea Mark W. Eves Yea Nichi S. Farnham Yea Stacey Allen Fitts Yea Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Yea Elspeth M. Flemings Yea Patrick S. A. Flood Yea Leslie T Fossel Yea Karen D. Foster Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Yea Stanley J. Gerzofsky 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 Stacey K. Guerin Yea James M. Hamper Yea Stephen P. Hanley Yea Denise Patricia Harlow Yea R. Ryan Harmon Yea Lance Evans Harvell Yea David R. Hastings Yea Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Dawn Hill Yea Jon Hinck Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea George W. Hogan Yea Robert B. Hunt Yea Melissa Walsh Innes Yea Troy Dale Jackson Yea Peter B. Johnson Yea David D. Johnson Yea Bryan T Kaenrath Yea Roger J. Katz Yea Peter S. Kent Yea Dennis L. Keschl Yea Jane S. Knapp Yea L. Gary Knight Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Aaron F Libby Yea Ricky D. Long Yea Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Stephen D. Lovejoy Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Yea Maeghan Maloney Yea John L. Martin Yea Thomas H. Martin Yea Garrett Paul Mason Yea Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Yea Earle L. McCormick Yea Howard E. McFadden Yea Jonathan B. McKane Yea Susan E. Morissette Yea Terry K. Morrison Yea Bradley S. Moulton Yea Joan M. Nass Yea Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Yea Robert W. Nutting Yea Andrew R. O’Brien Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Kimberly N. Olsen Yea James W. Parker Yea Wayne R. Parry Yea John L. Patrick Yea Anita Peavey Haskell Yea Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Yea John Joseph Picchiotti Yea Donald E. Pilon Yea Debra D. Plowman Yea Gary E. Plummer Yea Kerri L. Prescott Absent Charles R. Priest Yea Helen Rankin Yea Kevin L. Raye Yea Christopher W. Rector Yea David E. Richardson Yea Wesley E. Richardson Yea Peter B. Rioux Yea Megan M. Rochelo Yea Richard W. Rosen Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Yea Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Yea Ralph W. Sarty, Jr. Yea Thomas B. Saviello Yea Elizabeth M. Schneider Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Yea Heather W. Sirocki Nay Lois A. Snowe-Mello Yea Sara R. Stevens Yea Meredith N. Strang Burgess Yea Peter C. Stuckey Yea Nancy B. Sullivan Yea Charles Kenneth Theriault Yea Michael D. Thibodeau Yea Douglas A. Thomas Yea Dianne C. Tilton Yea Jeffrey L. Timberlake Yea David Trahan Yea Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Yea John L. Tuttle Yea Linda M. Valentino Yea Amy Fern Volk Absent Richard V Wagner Yea G. Paul Waterhouse Yea Windol C. Weaver Yea David C. Webster Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea Rodney L. Whittemore Yea Alexander Reginald Willette Yea Michael J. Willette Yea Tom J. Winsor Yea Frederick L. Wintle Yea Stephen J. Wood Yea Richard G. Woodbury Yea