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Jeff Timberlake
Republican · Senator

Jeff Timberlake

Represents District 17 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Republicans
98%
on 607 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 96%
Cast a vote
91%
Yea or Nay on 706 of 775 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
1 of 15
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 5
Roll calls on record
775
132nd Legislature
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 132nd Legislature.

How Jeff Timberlake votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Jeff Timberlake sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Jeff Timberlake is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

10 of 607 party-line votes.

LD2099 · An Act to Amend Certain Eligibility Requirements for Secondary Students Receiving State Subsidies for Postsecondary Courses
Yea
Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #775 · 2026-03-18 · Passed 24–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD1343 · An Act to Protect the Right to Harvest Fish and Wildlife
Nay
Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #729 · 2026-03-03 · Failed 15–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD1217 · An Act Regarding the New Markets Tax Credit and the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program
Yea
Commit RC #657 · 2025-06-25 · Failed 12–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD532 · An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings
Nay
Recede And Concur RC #632 · 2025-06-18 · Failed 15–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD1840 · An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act
Yea
Accept Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #535 · 2025-06-13 · Passed 24–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD1012 · An Act to Fund the Operations of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Laboratory
Yea
Recede And Concur RC #358 · 2025-06-04 · Passed 19–14 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD1012 · An Act to Fund the Operations of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Laboratory
Yea
Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #332 · 2025-06-03 · Failed 16–17 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD213 · An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets
Yea
Insist RC #273 · 2025-06-02 · Passed 19–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
LD226 · An Act to Protect the Cultural Resources and Historical Heritage of Sears Island in Searsport by Extending Conservation Easement Protections
Yea
Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #92 · 2025-04-08 · Passed 24–9 · most Republicans voted the other way
SP0173 · JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPLICATION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT ADDRESSING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Yea
Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #47 · 2025-03-18 · Passed 19–16 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

LD299 · An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund
Yea
Adopt Senate Amendment (s-717) To Committee Amendment RC #958 · 2026-04-14 · Failed 17–17
LD893 · An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements
Yea
Enactment RC #648 · 2025-06-25 · Failed 16–16
LD1731 · An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service
Nay
Veto Override (2/3) RC #643 · 2025-06-25 · Failed 16–16
LD1868 · An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws
Yea
Commit RC #598 · 2025-06-17 · Failed 17–17
LD556 · An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor
Yea
Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #565 · 2025-06-16 · Failed 17–17
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Craig HickmanDemocrat · District 14 · 647 shared contested votes
28%
Joe BaldacciDemocrat · District 9 · 599 shared contested votes
26%
Tim NangleDemocrat · District 26 · 623 shared contested votes
14%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (69 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 6 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 9 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 31 roll calls, 5 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 39 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 120 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 369 roll calls, 22 without a Yea or Nay2026-01: 4 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 19 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 71 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 107 roll calls, 40 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Jeff Timberlake was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced15
Out of committee3
Passed one chamber3
Passed both chambers2
Became law1
Never left committee0

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 5 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
Licensing 2Administration 2Elections 1Voting Procedures 1Compensation 1Minimum Wage 1
An Act to Create a Separate Department of Child and Family Services
FailedSent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. · 2026-04-29
An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Fantasy Contest Licensing
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) · 2026-03-05
An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements
FailedRELEASED. · 2026-02-10
An Act Requiring Photographic Identification for Voting
FailedPlaced in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) · 2025-06-05
An Act to Allow a Journeyman Electrician to Supervise 3 Helper Electricians
FailedPlaced in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) · 2025-06-03
An Act to Conform the State's Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Laws to Federal Standards
FailedPlaced in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) · 2025-06-02
An Act to Support Maine Eating and Drinking Establishments by Allowing Vendors to Operate on the Premises of an Establishment with a Liquor License
Became lawPASSED TO BE ENACTED – Emergency – 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. · 2025-06-02
An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage
FailedPlaced in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) · 2025-05-22
An Act to Allow Hunting on University of Maine System Property
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) · 2025-05-20
An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) · 2025-05-14
An Act to Allow Certain County Commissioners Who Are Maine Public Employees Retirement System Members to Switch to the Legislative Retirement Program
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) · 2025-04-29
An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug Administration
FailedPlaced in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) · 2025-04-17
An Act to Reduce the Cost of Electricity by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Renewable Resources of Energy
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) · 2025-04-08
An Act to Amend the Bag Limit for Turkey
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) · 2025-03-27
An Act Regarding Documents Obtained by Subpoena by the Government Oversight Committee
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) · 2025-03-20

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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LD1911 · 2026-04-29
An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information for Certain Crimes (Reconsideration – Veto RC #962)
Failed · 20-11
Nay
LD127 · 2026-04-29
An Act to Strengthen Legislative Oversight of Government Agencies and Programs by Reaffirming the Legislature's Access to Confidential Records (Recede And Concur RC #963)
Passed · 22-9
Yea
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Adopt Senate Amendment (s-709) To Committee Amendment RC #953)
Passed · 27-7
Absent
LD2054 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits for Hunting Outfitters (Recede And Concur RC #952)
Passed · 24-10
Absent
LD2054 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits for Hunting Outfitters (Reconsider RC #954)
Failed · 0-33
Absent
LD1519 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products (Enactment RC #957)
Passed · 21-13
Absent
LD493 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Expand Testing for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Private Drinking Water Wells (Enactment RC #956)
Passed · 21-13
Absent
LD307 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation on Certain Data Centers (Enactment RC #955)
Passed · 21-13
Absent
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Adopt Senate Amendment (s-717) To Committee Amendment RC #958)
Failed · 17-17
Yea
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #959)
Passed · 29-6
Nay
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Enactment-bond Issue RC #960)
Passed · 23-10
Absent
LD785 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Amend Certain Tax Laws Regarding the Wabanaki Nations (Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #944)
Passed · 22-11
Nay
LD2173 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Housing Developments and Accessory Dwelling Units (Accept Report RC #942)
Passed · 20-13
Nay
LD713 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data Centers (Indefinitely Postpone RC #949)
Failed · 14-20
Yea
LD1803 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Optometric Practice (Insist RC #948)
Passed · 30-4
Yea
LD2155 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses (Enactment RC #946)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
LD2226 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Amend the Essential Programs and Services School Funding Formula (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #947)
Passed · 28-6
Yea
LD579 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Include Certain Nurses Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (Recede And Concur RC #950)
Passed · 35-0
Yea
LD2230 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Invest in the Construction of Industrialized Housing (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #943)
Passed · 20-13
Nay
LD2220 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Establish the Maine Home Energy Navigator and Coaching Resource Hub (Enactment RC #945)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
LD1847 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Institute Testing and Tracking of Medical Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products Similar to Adult Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products, Dedicate a Portion of the Adult Use Cannabis Sales and Excise Tax to Medical Use Cannabis Programs and Create a Study Group (Accept Report 'b' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #951)
Passed · 20-15
Yea
LD208 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Eliminate the 72-hour Waiting Period on Firearm Purchases (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #934)
Failed · 17-18
Nay
LD208 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Eliminate the 72-hour Waiting Period on Firearm Purchases (Accept Minority Ought To Pass Report RC #935)
Passed · 18-17
Yea
LD1230 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Abolish the 72-hour Waiting Period for a Gun Purchase (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #938)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
LD555 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Create a Separate Department of Child and Family Services (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #928)
Failed · 12-23
Nay
LD1647 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act to Provide Additional Remedies for Educational Discrimination (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #933)
Passed · 21-13
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-09
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Enactment RC #927)
Passed · 18-16
Nay
LD1821 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Ensure Responsible Business Practices by Licensed Firearms Dealers (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #939)
Passed · 23-12
Yea
LD1009 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Restore Full Civil Rights to Possess Firearms to Persons Previously Convicted of Certain Nonviolent Felonies (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #936)
Failed · 17-18
Nay
LD1009 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Restore Full Civil Rights to Possess Firearms to Persons Previously Convicted of Certain Nonviolent Felonies (Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #937)
Passed · 20-15
Yea
LD2150 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Enhance Notice to Individuals Whose Access to State Property Has Been Restricted (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #931)
Passed · 21-13
Nay
LD1457 · 2026-04-09
Resolve, to Allow the Maine Turnpike Authority to Conduct a Pilot Program to Implement Automated Speed Control Systems in Highway Work Zones (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #930)
Failed · 11-24
Yea
LD1803 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Optometric Practice (Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #929)
Failed · 9-26
Nay
LD2162 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Regulate and Prevent Children's Access to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots with Human-like Features and Social Artificial Intelligence Companions (Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #932)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
LD1917 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Allow the Sealing of Criminal History Record Information Related to Convictions for Conduct That Is No Longer a Crime in the State and to Clarify Dissemination of Sealed Criminal History Record Information to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #912)
Passed · 21-14
Nay
LD1893 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Establish an Independent Office of the Child Advocate (Accept Report RC #909)
Passed · 35-0
Yea
LD2054 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits for Hunting Outfitters (Commit RC #914)
Passed · 19-16
Nay
LD1902 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Support Nonprofit Organizations by Authorizing the Operation of Electronic Lucky Seven Devices and Similar Sealed Ticket Games (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #905)
Passed · 19-16
Yea
LD307 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation on Certain Data Centers (Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #906)
Passed · 21-14
Nay
LD2231 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Support Owners of Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes and Tiny Homes (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #915)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
LD2106 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Limit Consent for Entry into Nonpublic Areas of and to Limit Access to Protected Records Maintained by Certain Public Entities (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #917)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
LD2018 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Amend the Requirements Governing Self-insurance Plans in the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #918)
Passed · 19-15
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #919)
Passed · 19-15
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #920)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #921)
Passed · 19-15
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Table Until Later RC #922)
Failed · 14-20
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #924)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #925)
Passed · 18-16
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #926)
Passed · 18-16
Nay
LD1918 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Clarify the Criminal History Record Information Act with Respect to Criminal Charges Dismissed as the Result of a Plea Agreement and to Clarify Dissemination of Sealed Criminal History Record Information to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #913)
Passed · 21-14
Nay
LD2155 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses (Recede RC #910)
Passed · 25-10
Nay
LD2155 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses (Adopt Senate Amendment (s-633) To Committee Amendment RC #911)
Passed · 19-16
Nay
LD2217 · 2026-04-08
An Act Related to the Electronic Tagging of Deer (Recede And Concur RC #916)
Failed · 12-23
Nay
LD1941 · 2026-04-08
Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Examine the Intersection of Parole and Current Sentencing Practices (Accept Report 'c' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #907)
Passed · 21-14
Nay
LD1941 · 2026-04-08
Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Examine the Intersection of Parole and Current Sentencing Practices (Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #908)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
LD2165 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Change Supervisory Authority over the Capitol Police (Recede And Concur RC #904)
Failed · 11-22
Yea
LD2100 · 2026-04-07
An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Fuel Gas Detector Requirements (Recede And Concur RC #897)
Failed · 17-14
Nay
LD2089 · 2026-04-07
An Act to Amend the Law Governing Agricultural Labor Housing Standards (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #903)
Failed · 15-19
Nay
LD2217 · 2026-04-07
An Act Related to the Electronic Tagging of Deer (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #899)
Failed · 4-26
Nay
LD2208 · 2026-04-07
An Act to Offset Federal Cuts to Health Insurance for Certain Maine Families and Seniors (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #902)
Passed · 20-14
Nay
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