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Legislative Council advances some study proposals, rejects others in study-table review
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Summary
On April 14 the Legislative Council reviewed its study table: it moved several commissions and working groups forward (including LD 224 and LD 364) and recorded tie or unanimous votes rejecting or approving numerous other study proposals; roll-call tallies were recorded for each item listed below.
The Legislative Council on April 14 worked through its study table, taking presumed motions and recorded voice votes on a large list of study proposals carried over from the current and prior sessions.
Chair presented each item and the council recorded whether to move the study forward. The council moved LD 224 (a reauthorization of the real estate property tax relief task force) forward unanimously; Director Fox said staff were already assigned to that study so it would not count against the council’s staff-resource cap. The council also approved a bill directing the Office of Community Affairs to take responsibility for recodifying manufactured-housing statutes and moved that project forward with staff planning (LD 364), voting 6-0.
Several proposals failed to advance. The council recorded tie votes or unanimous negative votes on multiple items: for example, a commission to study equity in prosecutors’ and public defenders’ compensation (LD 374) failed on a 3-3 vote; a commission on tenant-landlord relations and housing vouchers (LD 847) failed 3-3; a study of transportation-network-company employment practices (LD 877) failed 3-3; and a study about placement of certain individuals committed to the Commissioner of Health and Human Services (LD 1416) failed 0-6.
The council carried a commission to examine the intersection of parole and current sentencing practices (transcript references LD 19 21 / LD 19 41) by a 6-0 vote. Multiple carryover items were handled in sequence; some, including a Gagetown harmful-chemical study commission and a commission to modernize aspects of the legislature, were approved for the study table, while other carryover proposals failed by the recorded tallies listed below.
Votes at a glance (as recorded during the meeting): - LD 224 — Real estate property tax relief task force: moved in, unanimous of those present (motion carried). - LD 374 — Commission on equity in prosecutors/public defenders compensation: motion failed, 3 to 3. - LD 847 — Commission on tenant-landlord relations/housing vouchers: motion failed, 3 to 3. - LD 877 — Commission on TNC employment practices and operations: motion failed, 3 to 3. - LD 1416 — Study on placement of certain HHS-committed individuals: motion failed, 0 to 6. - LD 1921 — Commission to study pathways for resolving housing-development legal disputes: motion failed, 3 to 3. - LD 19 21 / LD 19 41 — Commission to examine parole and sentencing intersection: motion carried, 6 to 0. - LD 1893 — Advisory committee to the child advocate: motion carried, 6 to 0. - LD 364 — Transfer/regulatory recodification for manufactured housing communities (MOCA): motion carried, 6 to 0. - LD 169 (carryover) — MaineCare estate recovery study: motion failed, 0 to 6. - LD 1673 (Gagetown harmful chemicals) — motion carried, 6 to 0. - LD 1673 economic impact statement pilot project (carryover): motion failed, 0 to 6.
The chair closed the study-table review after addressing all items on the charts provided by staff and the council adjourned by unanimous consent.
