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Maine Environmental Rights Amendment (2022)

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Maine Environmental Rights Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Constitutional rights and Environment
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
State legislature

The Maine Environmental Rights Amendment was not on the ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The ballot measure would have added language to the Maine Constitution stating that the people "have the right to a clean and healthy environment and to the preservation of the natural, cultural and healthful qualities of the environment." The constitutional amendment would have also said that "the state shall conserve, protect and maintain the State’s natural resources, including, but not limited to, its air, water, land and ecosystems for the benefit of all the people, including generations yet to come."[1]

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of the ballot measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Maine Constitution

In Maine, a two-thirds vote is required in one legislative session of the Maine State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 101 votes in the Maine House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Maine Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

State Sen. Chloe Maxmin (D-13) introduced the constitutional amendment as Legislative Document 489 (LD 489) during the 2021-2022 legislative session. On April 28, 2021, the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate voted to engross LD 489. However, the amendment failed to receive the two-thirds vote required in both chambers to appear on the ballot.[1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine State Legislature ,"LD 489," accessed May 1, 2021
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