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Maine LD 1772 (128) — An Act To Establish A Study Commission To Examine The Implied Warranty Laws And The Arbitration Process For Those Laws

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration - Veto — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration - Veto — 116–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• MASON — primary (person)
• BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
• DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
• DILL — cosponsor (person)
• ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
• Mason — cosponsor (person)
• PICCHIOTTI — cosponsor (person)
• STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
• VACHON — cosponsor (person)
• WHITE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-03 Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2018-01-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-06 Reports READ
• 2018-03-06 On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) Report ACCEPTED
• 2018-03-06 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2018-03-06 Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) READ and ADOPTED
• 2018-03-06 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Sent down for concurrence
• 2018-03-15 Reports READ.
• 2018-03-15 On motion of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2018-03-15 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2018-03-15 Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2018-03-15 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2018-03-15 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-374).
• 2018-03-15 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-20 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2018-03-20 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2018-03-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-22 FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-04-04 LD 1772 In Senate, April 4, 2018, 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?" 32 IN FAVOR and 0 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. veto-override-passage
• 2018-04-04 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2018-04-05 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?"
• 2018-04-05 ROLL CALL NO. 574V
• 2018-04-05 116 having voted in the affirmative and 26 in the negative, with 9 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since two-thirds of the members of the House so voted.
• 2018-04-05 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-05 Sent to the Engrossing Department. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2315f83-d14c-4ff3-ae9e-518693c26569. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).