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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Amend The Maine Uniform Building And Energy Code"
+description: "An Act To Amend The Maine Uniform Building And Energy Code"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1543"
+citation: "Maine LD 1543 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INDUSTRIES", "CONSTRUCTION", "BUILDING AND ENERGY CODE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin CHIPMAN"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-11"
+last_action: "2019-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4596cb6c-14fd-4d30-beda-16055b66137a"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073262"
+source_hash: "c2bdac8e4e658e6be3254b44436e9a551b32262390d93b64a32ff3e5b89aab87"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1543 (129) — An Act To Amend The Maine Uniform Building And Energy Code
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0480&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0480&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0480&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **91–54** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **18–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benjamin CHIPMAN — primary (person)
+- Charlotte WARREN — cosponsor (person)
+- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
+- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-11** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed
+- **2019-04-11** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE
+- **2019-04-16** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2019-04-16** Subsequently On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-16** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-04-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-07** Reports Read
+- **2019-06-07** On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-07** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 226 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-235) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-235) `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-10** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-10** On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
+- **2019-06-10** Later today assigned.
+- **2019-06-14** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2019-06-14** Subsequently, On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-14** ROLL CALL NO. 266
+- **2019-06-14** (Yeas 91 - Nays 54 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
+- **2019-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-235) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-235).
+- **2019-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4596cb6c-14fd-4d30-beda-16055b66137a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+