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LD 1089 (SP 360)

"An Act To Prohibit the Use of Handheld Phones and Devices While Driving"

Sponsored by Senator Bill Diamond

Date	Chamber	Action
3/21/2017	Senate	Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
3/21/2017	House	The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/15/2017	Senate	Reports READ On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF REPORT Unfinished Business
6/16/2017	Senate	Taken from the table by the President ProTem Subsequently Report ACCEPTED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 326 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-272) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-272) Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
6/16/2017	House	CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY On OBJECTION of Representative McLEAN of Gorham REMOVED. The Committee Report was READ. On motion of Representative McLEAN of Gorham, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report. Later today assigned.
6/16/2017	House	Unfinished Business
6/19/2017	House	Unfinished Business
6/20/2017	House	Speaker laid before the House The Committee Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 360 (Yeas 85 - Nays 60 - Absent 6 - Excused 0) The Bill was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-272) was READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-272). In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/21/2017	House	PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/21/2017	Senate	On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
7/20/2017	Senate	On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE. Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence
8/2/2017	Senate	LD 1089 In Senate, August 2, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 24 IN FAVOR and 10 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
8/2/2017	House	This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" ROLL CALL NO. 461V 81 having voted in the affirmative and 54 in the negative, with 15 being absent, and 1 excused, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become a law and the veto was sustained. Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.