Maine Senate · Second Regular Session
LD 2162: An Act to Regulate and Prevent Children's Access to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots with Human-like Features and Social Artificial Intelligence Companions
Acceptance of the Ought to Pass as Amended Report · April 9, 2026 · Yeas 20, nays 14 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Senate President Mattie Daughtry voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- LD 2162
- Motion
- Acceptance of the Ought to Pass as Amended Report
- Date
- April 9, 2026
- Session
- Second Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 20, nays 14; 1 didn't vote (1 excused, 0 abstained)
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the roll call ↗
The bill's page on the Legislature's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
Seats are today's members, liberal to conservative; members who have left aren't shown.
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
How each member voted
Yea (20)
- Donna Bailey D-31
- Joe Baldacci D-9
- Pinny Beebe-Center D-12
- Rick Bennett I-18
- Stacy Brenner D-30
- Anne Carney D-29
- Chip Curry D-11
- Mattie Daughtry D-23
- Jill Duson D-27
- Nicole Grohoski D-7
- Craig Hickman D-14
- Henry Ingwersen D-32
- Mark Lawrence D-35
- Tim Nangle D-26
- Teresa Pierce D-25
- Joe Rafferty D-34
- Cameron Reny D-13
- Peggy Rotundo D-21
- Denise Tepler D-24
- Mike Tipping D-8
Nay (14)
- Sue Bernard R-1
- Bruce Bickford R-20
- Russell Black R-5
- Dick Bradstreet R-15
- Scott Cyrway R-16
- Brad Farrin R-3
- Stacey Guerin R-4
- David Haggan R-10
- Matt Harrington R-33
- Jim Libby R-22
- Joe Martin R-19
- Marianne Moore R-6
- Trey Stewart R-2
- Jeff Timberlake R-17
Excused (1)
- Rachel Talbot Ross D-28