Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0987
Sponsors: DAVIS, ALLEY, BICKFORD, ESPLING, HARLOW, HILLIARD, ORDWAY, SKOLFIELD, MASON

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House 
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt, Clerk
, Clerk
, Clerk
, Clerk 
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29th Legislative Day 
Thursday, April 13, 2017 
Calling of the House to Order by the Speaker. 
Prayer by Honorable Sheldon Mark Hanington, Lincoln. 
National Anthem by Sanford High School Concert Band. 
Pledge of Allegiance. 
Doctor of the day, Paul Cain, M.D., Oxford. 
Reading of the Journal of Tuesday, April 11, 2017. 
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HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Thursday, April 13, 2017
ORDERS 
(4-1)  On motion of Representative STANLEY of Medway, the following Joint Resolution:  
(H.P. 987) (Cosponsored by Senator DAVIS of Piscataquis and Representatives: ALLEY of Beals, 
BICKFORD of Auburn, ESPLING of New Gloucester, HARLOW of Portland, HILLIARD of 
Belgrade, ORDWAY of Standish, SKOLFIELD of Weld, Senator: MASON of Androscoggin) 
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING APPLICATION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED 
STATES FOR CALLING A CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE 
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO LIMIT THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
WHEREAS, executive orders by the President of the United States have become a vehicle 
through which the President may overstep the limits of the President's constitutional authority; and 
WHEREAS, the concentration of power at the federal level has had the effect of making 
federal officials less responsive to the will of the people and more readily influenced by lobbyists, 
wealthy corporations and special interests in Washington, D.C.; and 
WHEREAS, much of federal law is now made by federal bureaucrats who were never chosen 
by the people and have no accountability to the people whatsoever; and 
WHEREAS, policy decisions made at the state level tend to be more responsive to the needs 
and desires of the people; and 
WHEREAS, the Federal Government has created a crushing national debt through improper 
and imprudent spending; and 
WHEREAS, the Federal Government has invaded the legitimate roles of the states through 
the manipulative process of federal mandates, many of which are unfunded to a great extent; and 
WHEREAS, the states have the ability to restore the responsiveness of government to the 
people and to restrain abuses of federal power by proposing amendments to the United States 
Constitution through a limited convention of the states under Article V; and 
WHEREAS, under the United States Constitution, Article V, the Congress of the United 
States, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the 
United States Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several 
states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments that, in either case, shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes, as part of the United States Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of 
three-fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other 
mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; now, therefore, be it 
HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Thursday, April 13, 2017
RESOLVED: That the Legislature of Maine hereby applies to the Congress of the United 
States, under the provisions of Article V of the United States Constitution, for the calling of a 
convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the United States Constitution that 
impose fiscal restraints on the Federal Government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the Federal 
Government and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress; and be it 
further 
RESOLVED: That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with 
Article V of the United States Constitution until the legislatures of at least 2/3 of the several states 
have made applications on the same subject; and be it further 
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of 
State, be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate and presiding officers of both houses of the 
legislatures of each of the several states in the nation, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States 
House of Representatives, the President and Secretary of the United States Senate and each member 
of the Maine Congressional Delegation. 
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(4-2)  On motion of Representative LONGSTAFF of Waterville, the following House Order:  
(H.O. 30) 
ORDERED, that Representative Aaron M. Frey of Bangor be excused April 11 for personal 
reasons. 
AND BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that Representative Chad Wayne Grignon of Athens be 
excused March 9 for health reasons. 
AND BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that Representative Jonathan L. Kinney of Limington 
be excused April 4 and 6 for personal reasons. 
AND BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that Representative MaryAnne Kinney of Knox be 
excused April 4 for health reasons. 
AND BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that Representative Christina Riley of Jay be excused 
April 4 for personal reasons.  
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