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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Review Strategies For Improving Utility Rate Affordability And To Provide Utility Relief"
+description: "An Act To Review Strategies For Improving Utility Rate Affordability And To Provide Utility Relief"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 1913"
+citation: "Maine LD 1913 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "IMPACT ON LOW- AND FIXED-INCOME CO", "RATES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-10"
+last_action: "2022-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d55fad03-cbf0-414d-9f4f-0ae4a6427249"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082443"
+source_hash: "fe9acf60dbfb9ee925e10400599dd889d575d984b8d7af491202237ae84634ae"
+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 1913 (130) — An Act To Review Strategies For Improving Utility Rate Affordability And To Provide Utility Relief
+
+## 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=SP0674&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0674&item=1&snum=130)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0674&item=3&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 10, 2022 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-12** Reports READ
+- **2022-04-12** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2022-04-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 741 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2022-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2022-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-529) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-529) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2022-04-12** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2022-04-12** Reports READ.
+- **2022-04-12** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2022-04-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2022-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-529) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2022-04-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2022-04-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-529). `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-12** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2022-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2022-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2022-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d55fad03-cbf0-414d-9f4f-0ae4a6427249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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