Maine House dispenses with journal reading, sets adjournment for April 6
April 03, 2026 | 2026 Legislature ME, Maine
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The Maine House of Representatives on Thursday opened its 20th legislative day of the second regular session of the 130th Legislature with a short prayer and routine procedural actions, then set its next meeting for Monday, April 6 at 10:00 a.m., the chair announced.
The chair called the chamber to order and announced that the morning prayer would be offered by Anina Breen. Breen offered a brief invocation that included the lines, “we're born alone, we live alone, we die alone,” and closed with “Amen.” The chamber then recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
The chair called for the reading of the journal from the previous day. The clerk recited the session heading for the record, identifying the convening as the House of Representatives, 130th Maine Legislature, second regular session, 20th legislative day, Thursday, April 2, 2026. The chair then announced that the representative from Sidney, Representative Collins, moved that further reading of the journal be dispensed with. The chair put the question and recorded it as a vote; the tally was not specified in the record.
Following that motion, the chair handled petitions and other routine matters and asked whether there were objections to all matters being acted upon forthwith. Hearing none, the chair ordered those matters sent forthwith for processing.
The chair noted that the representatives seated on the right side of the chamber constituted a majority in the House for the first time in the 130th Legislature and thanked them for their attendance. The chair then said the representative from Watteborough, Representative Eder, moved that the House stand adjourned until Monday, April 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. The chair put the question and recorded it as a vote; the record does not include a roll-call tally.
The House concluded the brief session after those procedural items. The next scheduled convening of the chamber is Monday, April 6 at 10:00 a.m.
The chair called the chamber to order and announced that the morning prayer would be offered by Anina Breen. Breen offered a brief invocation that included the lines, “we're born alone, we live alone, we die alone,” and closed with “Amen.” The chamber then recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
The chair called for the reading of the journal from the previous day. The clerk recited the session heading for the record, identifying the convening as the House of Representatives, 130th Maine Legislature, second regular session, 20th legislative day, Thursday, April 2, 2026. The chair then announced that the representative from Sidney, Representative Collins, moved that further reading of the journal be dispensed with. The chair put the question and recorded it as a vote; the tally was not specified in the record.
Following that motion, the chair handled petitions and other routine matters and asked whether there were objections to all matters being acted upon forthwith. Hearing none, the chair ordered those matters sent forthwith for processing.
The chair noted that the representatives seated on the right side of the chamber constituted a majority in the House for the first time in the 130th Legislature and thanked them for their attendance. The chair then said the representative from Watteborough, Representative Eder, moved that the House stand adjourned until Monday, April 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. The chair put the question and recorded it as a vote; the record does not include a roll-call tally.
The House concluded the brief session after those procedural items. The next scheduled convening of the chamber is Monday, April 6 at 10:00 a.m.
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