Year |
LD |
Amendments |
Final
Disposition |
Legislative Record
Debate & Remarks |
Other
Documents & News Clips |
Full LD
History |
1969 |
LD 464
Resolve, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Regulating the Size of
the House of Representatives |
Proposed amendments:
H-58
H-59
H-60 |
Died between houses |
House, February 25, 1969
p. 377-379
House, March 5, 1969
p. 476-482
House, April 8, 1969
p. 1017-1021 |
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N/A |
1970 |
LD 1769
Resolve, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Affecting the
Apportionment of the House of Representatives |
Proposed amendment:
H-387 |
Died between houses |
House, January 26, 1970
p. 386-388
Senate,
January 29, 1970
p. 575-576 |
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N/A |
1971 |
LD 94
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Reducing the Size of
the House of Representatives and the Senate
OTP-ND:
LD 1146 |
N/A |
Indefinitely postponed |
Senate, March 11, 1971
p. 691-697
House, March 16, 1971
p. 757-761
Senate, March 17, 1971
p. 815-816 |
N/A |
N/A |
1973 |
LD 1706
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Reducing the Size of
the House of Representatives and Establishing Single Member Districts |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
No debate. |
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N/A |
1973 |
LD 1860
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Reducing the Size of
the House of Representatives to Provide Single Member Districts, Apportion
and Reduce the Number of Legislators in the House of Representatives;
Increase the Terms of Senators; Abolish the Executive Council and Reassign
its Constitutional Powers; Provide for Annual Sessions of the Legislature;
and Provide for Appointment of the Attorney General, Secretary of State and
Treasurer by the Governor |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
House, April 4, 1973
p. 1383-1384 |
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N/A |
1973 |
LD 2017
Resolution, Proposing Amendments to the Constitution to Provide for Annual
Sessions of the Legislature and to Limit the Matters Which May be Considered
in the Second Regular Session; to Provide for Single Member Districts in the
House of Representatives; to Provide for Reduction of the Number of
Representatives and Reapportionment of the House of Representatives and the
Senate in 1983; to Establish an Apportionment Commission to Plan for All
Reapportionments of the House of Representatives and Senate; to Abolish the
Executive Council and Reassign Certain Constitutional Powers to a
Legislative Council; and to Provide that Oaths and Subscriptions of Office
of the Governor, Representatives and Senators Shall be Taken Before the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court
OTP-ND:
LD 2040 |
Proposed amendments:
H-587
H-615
H-589
S-272
H-595
S-293
H-597
H-600 |
Died between houses |
Senate, June 18, 1973
p. 4435-4437
House, June 21, 1973
p. 4674-4678
House, June 26, 1973
p. 4788-4810
House, June 27, 1973
p. 4864-4878
Senate, June 27, 1973
p. 4895-4899
House, June 28, 1973
p. 4927-4937
House, June 29, 1973
p. 4957-4966
House, July 3, 1973
p. 5043-5045
Senate, July 3, 1973
p. 5082 |
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N/A |
1974 |
LD 2071
Resolution, Proposing Amendments to the Constitution to Provide for Annual
Sessions of the Legislature and to Limit the Matters which May be Considered
in the Second Regular Session; to Provide for Single Member Districts in the
House of Representatives; to Provide for Reduction of the Number of
Representatives and Reapportionment of the House of Representatives and the
Senate in 1983; to Establish an Apportionment Commission to Plan for all
Reapportionments of the House of Representatives and Senate; to Abolish the
Executive Council and Reassign Certain Constitutional Powers to a
Legislative Council; and to Provide that Oaths and Subscriptions of Office
of the Governor, Representatives and Senators Shall be taken Before the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court
OTP-ND:
LD 2513
|
Proposed amendments:
H-693
H-713
S-357 |
Died between houses |
House, February 19, 1974
p. 802-815
Senate, February 20, 1974
p. 875-877
House, February 27, 1974
p. 995-1002 |
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N/A |
1975 |
LD 2
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Reducing the Size of
the House of Representatives and Establishing the Size of the Senate |
Proposed amendment:
S-2 |
ONTP |
Senate, January 23, 1975
p. A78-A79
Senate, January 28, 1975
p. A83-A84
House, February 12, 1975
p. A133-A141 |
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N/A |
1975 |
LD 919
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution to Provide for Single
Member Districts in the House of Representatives; Reduction of the Number of
Representatives and Reapportionment of the House of Representatives and the
Senate in 1984; and to Establish an Apportionment Commission to Plan for All
Apportionments of the House of Representatives and Senate
OTP-ND:
LD 1883 |
Proposed amendment:
H-464 |
Indefinitely postponed |
House, May 15, 1975
p. B1042-B1043
House, May 22, 1975
p. B1249-B1250
House, May 28, 1975
p. B1359-B1361 |
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N/A |
1976 |
LD 2075
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution to Provide that the
House of Representatives shall, Beginning on the Day Next Preceding the
First Wednesday after the First Tuesday in January of 1985, Consist of One
Hundred and Thirty-two Members Instead of One Hundred and Fifty-one |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
House, February 6, 1976
p. 88-89
Senate, February 9, 1976
p. 102
Senate, April 6, 1976
p. 1000-1001 |
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N/A |
1977 |
LD 13
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Reducing the Size of
the House of Representatives to 99 Members and Establishing the Size of the
Senate at 33 Members |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
No debate. |
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N/A |
1977 |
LD 105
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Reducing the Size of
the House of Representatives to 132 Members and Establishing the Size of the
Senate at 33 Members |
Proposed amendment:
H-180 |
Indefinitely postponed |
House, April 25, 1977
p. 664-666 |
N/A |
N/A |
1977 |
LD 1026
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution to Provide that the
Membership of the House of Representatives shall be Three Times that of the
Senate and that Each Senate District shall be Composed of Three Contiguous
House Districts |
N/A |
ONTP |
House, April 25, 1977
p. 661-664
Senate, April 26, 1977
p. 692 |
N/A |
N/A |
1979 |
LD 119
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide
that the Membership of the House of Representatives shall be Three Times
That of the Senate and That Each Senate District Shall be Composed of Three
Contiguous House Districts |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
No debate. |
N/A |
N/A |
1979 |
LD
301
An Act to Provide for an Advisory Referendum of Reducing the Number of
Members of the Maine House of Representatives from 151 to 99 Members |
Proposed amendment:
H-52 |
Died between houses |
House, March 6, 1979
p. 298-302 |
N/A |
N/A |
1979 |
LD 363
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution to Provide that the
House of Representatives Shall be Reduced from 151 to 132 Members |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
No debate. |
N/A |
N/A |
1981 |
LD 133
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide
that the House of Representatives shall be Reduced from 151 to 132 Members |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
No debate. |
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Yes |
1983 |
LD 788
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Reducing the
Size of the House of Representatives to 99 Members |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
No debate. |
N/A |
Yes |
1985 |
LD 549
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Reducing the
Size of the House of Representatives to 99 Members |
N/A |
Leave to withdraw |
No debate. |
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Yes |
1991 |
LD 1647
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendment:
H-470 |
ONTP |
House, June 4, 1991
p. H-913-H-915 |
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Yes |
1992 |
LD 2337
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the House of Representatives |
Proposed amendments:
H-1161
H-1173
H-1175
H-1196
S-702 |
Died between houses |
House, March 23, 1992
p. H-551-H-556
Senate, March 24, 1992
p. S-390-S-392
Senate, March 25, 1992
p. S-413-S-414
House, March 25, 1992
p. H-588-H-596
House, March 31, 1992
p. H-834
|
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Report:
Special Commission on Governmental Restructuring, Final report (Dec. 15,
1991) |
Yes |
1993 |
LD 551
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendment:
H-276 |
ONTP |
House, May 18, 1993
p. H-764-H-766
Senate, May 20, 1993
p. S-704-S-707
House, April 6, 1994
p. H-2069 |
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Yes |
1993 |
LD 1196
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Number of Members in the House of Representatives and Create a
Unicameral Legislature |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
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Yes |
1993 |
LD 1429
Resolve, to Establish a Commission to Study the Size of the Legislature |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
1994 |
LD 1933
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Maine Legislature |
N/A |
Indefinitely postponed |
House, February 24, 1994
p. H-1589
House, April 6, 1994
p. H-2068-H-2071
House, April 6, 1994
p. H-2072-H-2073
Senate, April 6, 1994
p. S-1912-S-1913
|
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Yes |
1995 |
LD 40
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Maine Legislature to 99 Members in the House and 33 Members
in the Senate |
Proposed amendment:
H-117 |
Died between houses |
House, May 9, 1995
p. H-579-H-580 |
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Yes |
1995 |
LD 317
Resolve, Creating the Commission to Restructure State Government |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
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Yes |
1995 |
LD 431
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature Following Redistricting in the Year 2003 |
Proposed amendment:
S-26 |
Died between houses |
Senate, May 24, 1995
p. S-876 |
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Yes |
1997 |
LD 214
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature Following Redistricting in the Year 2003 |
Proposed amendment:
S-22 |
ONTP |
Senate, March 19, 1997
p. S-268-S-272 |
Committee File:
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Yes |
1999 |
LD 615
Resolution, to Amend the Constitution of Maine to Elect 2 Senators from Each
County |
Proposed amendment:
H-408 |
ONTP |
House, May 18, 1999
p. H-1140-H-1145
Senate, May 18, 1999
p. S-1064-S-1066 |
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Yes |
2003 |
LD 310
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature Beginning in 2005 |
Proposed amendments:
H-223
H-272 |
ONTP |
House, May 6, 2003
p. H-499-H-501
House, May 6, 2003
p. H-506-H-507
Senate, May 12, 2003
p. S-599-S-600 |
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Yes |
2003 |
LD 562
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Elect 2
Senators from Each County |
Proposed amendment:
H-225 |
ONTP |
House, May 5, 2003
p. H-478-H-479 |
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Yes |
2005 |
LD 440
Resolution, to Amend the Constitution of Maine to Change the Number of
Senators to 2 from Each County |
Proposed amendment:
H-151 |
Died between houses |
House, May 5, 2005
p. H-478
Senate, May 12, 2005
p. S-735 |
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Yes |
2005 |
LD 455
An Act to Create a Paperless Legislature and Encourage More Working-Income
Legislators by Allocating Savings Resulting from a Reduction in the Size of
the Legislature |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
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Yes |
2005 |
LD 461
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendments:
H-350
H-363 |
ONTP |
House, May 17, 2005
p. H-584
House, May 17, 2005
p. H-605-H-606 |
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Yes |
2007 |
LD 917
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature to 132 Members |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2007 |
LD 1530
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature to 140 Members |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2007 |
LD 1552
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide
for the Reduction in the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendment:
H-266 |
ONTP |
House, May 22, 2007
p. H-550-H-552 |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2007 |
LD 1718
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendment:
H-316 |
Died between houses |
House, June 1, 2007
p. H-643-H-649
House, June 4, 2007
p. H-658
House, June 5, 2007
p. H-670 |
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Yes |
2009 |
LD 144
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Reduce
the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendments:
H-135
H-252
S-322 |
Died between houses |
House, May 6, 2009
p. H-435-H-439
House, May 29, 2009
p. H-671-H-681
Senate, June 1, 2009
p. S-886-S-887
House, June 11, 2009
p. H-894-H-896
House, June 11, 2009
p. H-901-H-902 |
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Yes |
2009 |
LD 434
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Provide
for the Reduction in the Size of the Legislature |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2009 |
LD 838
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Elect 2
Senators from Each County and To Increase the Senate Term from 2 to 4 Years |
Proposed amendment:
H-77 |
ONTP |
House, April 16, 2009
p. H-347-H-348 |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2011 |
LD 40
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Size of the House of Representatives |
Proposed amendments:
H-198
S-158
S-159
S-169 |
Died between houses |
House, May 11, 2011
p. H-421-H-423
House, May 23, 2011
p. H-557-H-560
Senate, May 24, 2011
p. S-837-S-842
Senate, May 26, 2011
p. S-940-S-941 |
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Yes |
2011 |
LD 153
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide
for the Reduction of the Size of the Legislature |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
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Yes |
2011 |
LD 329
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Elect
State Senators by County |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
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Yes |
2011 |
LD 669
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Change
the Number of Members of the Legislature, the Length of Legislative Sessions
and the Requirements for Introduction of Bills in a Second Regular Session |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
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Yes |
2013 |
LD 134
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Reduce
the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendment:
H-104 |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2015 |
LD 641
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Elect 2
Senators from Each County |
Proposed amendment:
S-43 |
ONTP |
House, April 23, 2015
p. H-326-H-328 |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2016 |
LD 1679
An Act To Increase the Salary of the Governor and the Salary of Legislators
upon Reduction in the Size of the Legislature |
Proposed amendment:
H-646 |
ONTP |
House, March 29, 2016
p. H-1479 |
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Yes |
2016 |
LD 1680
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Reduce
the Number of Representatives and Senators in the Legislature |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2019 |
LD
1489
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Regarding
the Election of Senators |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2021 |
LD
1670
Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study and Recommend Solutions for
Modernizing the Maine Legislature |
N/A |
ONTP |
No debate. |
Committee File:
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Yes |
2022 |
LD
1073
Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Research Effective Strategies and
Efficiencies of Legislatures |
Proposed amendments:
S-199
S-333 |
Died on adjournment |
House, June 30, 2021
p. H-930-H-931 |
Committee File:
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Yes |