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LD893Introduced in the Senate

An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements

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Introduced by Jeffrey Timberlake, District 17

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Official description

An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements

Where it stands

RELEASED.

February 10, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: Recede And Concur RC #614 · February 10, 2026

71

Yes

67

No

11

Absent or Not Voting

149 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Lucien Daigle1No
Roger Albert2No
Mark Babin3No
Timothy Guerrette4No
Joseph Underwood5No
Donald Ardell6No
Gregory Swallow7No
Tracy Quint8No
Arthur Mingo9No
William Tuell10No

Bill history

  1. Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  2. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.

  3. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  5. Work Session Held: TABLED

  6. Work Session Held

  7. Voted: Divided Report

  8. Reported Out: ONTP/OTP-AM

  9. Reports READ

  10. On motion by Senator BAILEY of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT.

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  18. Taken from the table by the President

  19. On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED

  20. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 264 Yeas 18 - Nays 17 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  21. HELD at the Request of Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.

  22. RELEASED.

  23. On motion by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland to RECONSIDER whereby the Senate ACCEPTED the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report

  24. Subsequently, ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED.

  25. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 271 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  26. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED.

  27. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 272 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  28. Bill READ ONCE.

  29. Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) READ and ADOPTED.

  30. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59)

  31. Sent down for concurrence

  32. Reports READ.

  33. Motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.

  34. ROLL CALL NO. 275 (Yeas 69 - Nays 69 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)

  35. Subsequently, on motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  36. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  37. Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) was READ and ADOPTED.

  38. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  39. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59).

  40. HELD at the Request of Representative MOONEN of Portland.

  41. Representative MOONEN of Portland moved that the House RECONSIDER its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59)

  42. Motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, to TABLE pending the motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland to RECONSIDER FAILED.

  43. ROLL CALL NO. 280 (Yeas 65 - Nays 72 - Absent 14 - Excused 0)

  44. Subsequently, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59)

  45. ROLL CALL NO. 281 (Yeas 72 - Nays 65 - Absent 14 - Excused 0)

  46. Representative MOONEN of Portland REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.

  47. Representative HENDERSON of Rumford MOVED to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE the Bill and accompanying papers.

  48. Subsequently, Representative HENDERSON of Rumford WITHDREW her motion to INDEFINITLEY POSTONE the Bill and accompanying papers.

  49. (Roll Call Ordered)

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  61. Speaker laid before the House

  62. Subsequently, the Bill was PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59)

  63. ROLL CALL NO. 578 (Yeas 76 - Nays 71 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)

  64. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  65. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  66. Sent for concurrence.

  67. HELD at the Request of Representative MOONEN of Portland.

  68. RELEASED.

  69. PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED FAILED In NON-CONCURRENCE

  70. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 648 Yeas 16 - Nays 16 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  71. Sent down for concurrence

  72. On motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, TABLED pending FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

  73. Later today assigned.

  74. Unfinished Business

  75. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.

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  81. Speaker laid before the House

  82. Subsequently, the House RECEDED and CONCURRED to FAILING of PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

  83. ROLL CALL NO. 614 (Yeas 71 - Nays 67 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 - Vacant 2)

  84. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  85. Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  86. HELD.

  87. RELEASED.

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