HR42: Honoring the life and legacy of Melissa Hortman.
Introduced
House
Summary
Honoring the life and legacy of Melissa Hortman.
Sponsors
Alexis Simpson
D - HD-33-ROC
Primary
Matthew Wilhelm
D - HD-21-HIL
Co-sponsor
Mary Wallner
D - HD-19-MER
Co-sponsor
Lucy Weber
D - HD-05-CHE
Co-sponsor
Laura Telerski
D - HD-11-HIL
Co-sponsor
Jaci Grote
D - HD-24-ROC
Co-sponsor
Karen Ebel
D - HD-07-MER
Co-sponsor
Mary Hakken-Phillips
D - HD-12-GRA
Co-sponsor
Henry Giasson
R - HD-29-HIL
Co-sponsor
Sherman Packard
R - HD-16-ROC
Co-sponsor
Cindy Rosenwald
D - SD-013
Co-sponsor
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka
D - SD-021
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-12-04 Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Legislative Administration House Journal 1 P. 40
- 2026-01-14 Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 03:00 pm GP 234
- 2026-01-22 Executive Session: 01/29/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- 2026-02-06 Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/29/2026 (Vote 6-5; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 9 P. 43
- 2026-03-05 Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 308-11 03/05/2026 House Journal 6
Committee Referrals
2025-12-04
Legislative Administration
House
Calendar Events
Past Events (2)
2026-01-22
Hearing - GP 234
2026-01-29
Hearing - GP 234
Votes
OTP
2026-03-05
Passed
Yea: 308
Nay: 11
NV: 28
Absent: 45
Individual Votes (392)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Simpson | Yea | Aboul Khan | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Yea | Adam Presa | Yea |
| Alicia Gregg | Absent | Alvin See | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Yea | Andrew Prout | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Yea | Arnold Davis | Yea |
| Allison Knab | Yea | Barbara Comtois | Yea |
| Amy Malone | NV | Bill Boyd | Yea |
| Anita Burroughs | Yea | Bill Ohm | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Yea | Bob Lynn | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Yea | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Yea | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Yea | Brian Nadeau | Yea |
| Brian Sullivan | Yea | Brian Seaworth | NV |
| Buzz Scherr | Yea | Brian Taylor | Yea |
| Carrie Sorensen | Yea | Bryan Morse | NV |
| Carry Spier | Yea | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Yea | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Yea | Cathy Kenny | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Yea | Charles Foote | Yea |
| Cathryn Harvey | Yea | Charles McMahon | Yea |
| Charlie St. Clair | Absent | Charles Melvin | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Absent | Cindy Bennett | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Yea | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Yea | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Yea | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | Yea | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Yea | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Yea | Darrell Louis | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Yea | David Love | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | Yea | David Lundgren | Absent |
| Daniel LeClerc | Yea | David Milz | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Yea | David Nagel | Absent |
| David Fracht | Yea | David Walker | Yea |
| David Luneau | Yea | Deborah Aylward | Yea |
| David Meuse | Yea | Debra DeSimone | Yea |
| David Paige | Yea | Denis Murphy | Yea |
| David Preece | Yea | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Yea | Dennis Mannion | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Yea | Diane Kelley | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Absent | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Yea | Dick Thackston | Absent |
| Eleana Colby | Yea | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Ellen Read | Yea | Donald McFarlane | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Yea | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Yea | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Turer | Yea | Douglas Trottier | NV |
| Erica deVries | NV | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erik Johnson | Yea | Ernesto Gonzalez | Yea |
| Erin Kerwin | Yea | Gary Daniels | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Yea | George Grant | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Absent | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gary Gilmore | Yea | Glen Aldrich | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Yea | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | NV | Gregory Hill | Yea |
| George Sykes | Yea | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| Gerald Ward | Yea | Jack Flanagan | Nay |
| Gregory Sargent | NV | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Yea | James Spillane | Absent |
| Heather Baldwin | Yea | James Summers | NV |
| Heather Raymond | Yea | James Thibault | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Yea | James Tierney | Absent |
| Jaci Grote | Yea | Jason Osborne | NV |
| James Gruber | Yea | Jay Markell | Yea |
| James MacKay | NV | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James Newsom | Yea | Jeanine Notter | NV |
| James Roesener | NV | Jeffrey Tenczar | Absent |
| Janet Lucas | Yea | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Yea | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Yea | Jess Edwards | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Yea | Jim Creighton | Yea |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Yea | Jim Fedolfi | Absent |
| Jerry Stringham | Yea | Jim Kofalt | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | Yea | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Yea | Jodi Nelson | Absent |
| Jim Maggiore | Yea | Joe Alexander | Yea |
| Jim Snodgrass | Yea | Joe Sweeney | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Yea | John Hunt | NV |
| John Cloutier | Yea | John Janigian | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Yea | John Leavitt | Yea |
| John Stone | NV | John MacDonald | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | Yea | John Potucek | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Yea | John Schneller | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Yea | John Sellers | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Absent | John Suiter | Absent |
| Kat McGhee | Yea | John Sytek | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Yea | Jonathan Morton | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Yea | Jonathan Smith | Yea |
| Kristina Schultz | Yea | Jordan Ulery | Yea |
| Laura Telerski | Yea | Jose Cambrils | Yea |
| Laurel Stavis | Yea | Joseph Barton | Yea |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Absent | Joseph Guthrie | NV |
| Lily Foss | Yea | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Yea | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Yea | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Haskins | Yea | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | NV |
| Linda Ryan | Absent | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Loren Foxx | Yea | Karel Crawford | Yea |
| Loren Selig | Yea | Katelyn Kuttab | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Yea | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Yea | Kathleen Paquette | Absent |
| Lucy Weber | Yea | Katy Peternel | Absent |
| Luz Bay | Yea | Keith Ammon | NV |
| Manoj Chourasia | Yea | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Yea | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Yea | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Yea | Kevin Scully | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Yea | Kevin Verville | Absent |
| Mark Vallone | Yea | Kimberly Rice | Absent |
| Martin Jack | Yea | Kristin Noble | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Yea | Kristine Perez | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Yea | Larry Gagne | NV |
| Mary Wallner | Yea | Laurence Miner | Yea |
| Matthew Hicks | Yea | Leonard Turcotte | Absent |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Yea | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Yea | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Absent | Linda Franz | Absent |
| Michael Cahill | Yea | Linda Gould | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Yea | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Molly Howard | Yea | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Yea | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Myles England | Absent | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Yea | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | NV | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Yea | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Yea | Lorie Ball | Absent |
| Paige Beauchemin | Yea | Louise Andrus | Absent |
| Patricia Cornell | Yea | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Yea | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Yea | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Yea | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Yea | Mark Pearson | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Yea | Mark Proulx | Yea |
| Peter Leishman | Yea | Mark Warden | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Absent | Mary Ford | Yea |
| Peter Petrigno | Yea | Mary Murphy | Yea |
| Peter Schmidt | Yea | Matt Drew | Absent |
| Philip Jones | Yea | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Yea | Matthew Coker | Absent |
| Richard Ames | Yea | Matthew Pitaro | NV |
| Rosemarie Rung | Yea | Maureen Mooney | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | Absent | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Sallie Fellows | Yea | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | NV | Michael Granger | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Yea | Michael Harrington | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Yea | Michael Moffett | Absent |
| Seth Miller | Yea | Michael Murphy | Absent |
| Stephanie Grund | Yea | Michael Vose | Yea |
| Stephanie Payeur | Absent | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Stephen Woodcock | Yea | Mike Bordes | Absent |
| Sue Newman | Yea | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Suraj Budathoki | Yea | Mike Ouellet | Yea |
| Susan Almy | Yea | Nicholas Bridle | Yea |
| Susan Elberger | Yea | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Yea | Paul Terry | Yea |
| Suzanne Vail | Yea | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Yea | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Yea | Peter Morency | Absent |
| Thomas Buco | Absent | Peter Varney | Absent |
| Thomas Cormen | Yea | Phyllis Katsakiores | Nay |
| Thomas Oppel | Yea | Pierre Dupont | Absent |
| Thomas Schamberg | Yea | Ralph Boehm | Yea |
| Thomas Southworth | Yea | Raymond Peeples | Yea |
| Tim Hartnett | Yea | Raymond Plante | Yea |
| Timothy Horrigan | Yea | Richard Brown | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Yea | Richard Lascelles | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Yea | Richard Nalevanko | NV |
| Tony Caplan | Yea | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Yea | Riche Colcombe | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Yea | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Yea | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Yea | Robert Harb | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Yea | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| William Darby | Yea | Robley Hall | Yea |
| William Dolan | Yea | Roderick Ladd | Yea |
| William Palmer | Yea | Ron Dunn | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Yea | Ross Berry | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | NV | ||
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sayra Devito | Absent | ||
| Scott Bryer | Yea | ||
| Sean Durkin | Yea | ||
| Seth King | Nay | ||
| Shane Sirois | Yea | ||
| Sheri Minor | Absent | ||
| Sherman Packard | Absent | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Nay | ||
| Steven Bogert | Yea | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | NV | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Nay | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Yea | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Yea | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | NV | ||
| Ted Gorski | Yea | ||
| Terry Roy | Absent | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | NV | ||
| Tim Mannion | Absent | ||
| Tom Dolan | Yea | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Nay | ||
| Travis Corcoran | Yea | ||
| Travis Toner | Absent | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | Yea | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Yea | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Yea | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Yea | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Yea | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Yea | ||
| Yury Polozov | NV |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — NV