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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects And Distributed Generation Resources In Maine"
+description: "An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects And Distributed Generation Resources In Maine"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1711"
+citation: "Maine LD 1711 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES", "EXPANDED RENEWABLE ENERGY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dana DOW"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-05-09"
+last_action: "2019-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a24abf8-d896-45b6-baa2-c2242b755a9f"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073839"
+source_hash: "5a61543fca347ea30fa2ad4d6fc02f826d6d552bae1caf740094abeba5c3e45f"
+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 1711 (129) — An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects And Distributed Generation Resources In Maine
+
+## 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=SP0565&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0565&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0565&item=4&snum=129)
+4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0565&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ADOPT HAH-618 TO CAS-295 — **54–86** (fail) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **93–52** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dana DOW — primary (person)
+- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
+- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-09** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-17** Reports READ
+- **2019-06-17** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2019-06-17** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 312 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-17** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-17** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-17** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 282
+- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 93 - Nays 52 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
+- **2019-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) was READ.
+- **2019-06-17** On motion of Representative FOSTER of Dexter, House Amendment "A" (H-618) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) was READ.
+- **2019-06-17** Subsequently, House Amendment "A" (H-618) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) FAILED ADOPTION.
+- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 283
+- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 54 - Nays 86 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
+- **2019-06-17** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) was ADOPTED.
+- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-295).
+- **2019-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 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/2a24abf8-d896-45b6-baa2-c2242b755a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+