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Maine Senate refers multiple supplemental items to committees; contested referral to Judiciary passes 19-16
Summary
The Maine Senate referred several supplemental items to standing committees by voice consent; a roll-call request produced a 19-16 vote sending Supplement No. 2, item 1‑1 to the Judiciary Committee.
The Maine Senate during its session referred a series of supplemental items to standing committees, and on a roll-call vote sent Supplement No. 2, item 1‑1 to the Judiciary Committee by a 19‑16 margin.
The contested referral occurred after Senator Harrington requested a roll call on a motion by Senator Beebe Center to dispense with the reading of Supplement No. 2, item 1‑1 and refer it to the Committee on Judiciary. “I have requested a roll call,” Senator Harrington said before the vote. The secretary later announced that 19 senators voted in the affirmative and 16 in the negative, and the motion to refer prevailed.
Most other motions during the portion of the session recorded in the transcript were handled by consent or by non-recorded voice approval. Those actions included motions to dispense with readings of numbered items in Supplement No. 1 and to refer them to committees. The referrals recorded in the transcript included:
- Items 1‑6 through 1‑8 referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (moved by a senator from the Second; no roll call recorded).
- Items 1‑9 through 1‑11 referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services (mover identified as the senator from York; no roll call recorded).
- Items 1‑15 through 1‑21 referred to the Committee on Housing and Economic Development (moved by Senator Curry; no roll call recorded).
- Items 1‑23 through 1‑28 referred to the Committee on Judiciary (moved by the senator from Cumberland; no roll call recorded).
- Items 1‑32 through 1‑34 referred to the Committee on State and Local Government (moved by Senator Baldacci; no roll call recorded).
- Items 1‑39 and 1‑40 referred to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs (moved by Senator Hickman; no roll call recorded).
- Supplement No. 2, item 1‑1: referred to the Committee on Judiciary after a roll-call vote, 19 yes, 16 no (motion moved by Senator Beebe Center; roll call requested by Senator Harrington).
- Item 1‑2 (Supplement No. 2) referred to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance, and Financial Services (moved by the senator from Waldo; no roll call recorded).
- Item 1‑3 referred to the Committee on Marine Resources (moved by the senator from Cumberland; no roll call recorded).
The transcript records the motions to “dispense with the reading” of listed items and refer them to specified committees. Where the transcript shows no roll call was requested, the body accepted the referrals without recorded roll-call tallies; where a roll call was recorded, the exact tally is reported above.
The referrals send the listed supplemental items into committee review, where they can be scheduled for hearings, amendments, or votes. The transcript does not record the substantive content of the items themselves, only the procedural motions to dispense with reading and refer.
