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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act Regarding The Future Of Renewable Energy Transmission In Northern Maine"
+description: "An Act Regarding The Future Of Renewable Energy Transmission In Northern Maine"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 1963"
+citation: "Maine LD 1963 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "NORTHERN MAINE", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-18"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f692b2-c03f-4c26-9978-a493e3dd4717"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089485"
+source_hash: "599ea9ab64e1601d8a968da40f4f6e168f1d7d48d20d2ff504cb2bec293603a3"
+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 1963 (131) — An Act Regarding The Future Of Renewable Energy Transmission In Northern 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=SP0799&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0799&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0799&item=4&snum=131)
+4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0799&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP-AM BY AMENDMENT "A" — **75–65** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **19–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-18** 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
+- **2023-05-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
+- **2024-04-03** Reports READ
+- **2024-04-03** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2024-04-03** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
+- **2024-04-15** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2024-04-15** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-652) Report ACCEPTED
+- **2024-04-15** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 726 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2024-04-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-652) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-652) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-15** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2024-04-15** Reports READ.
+- **2024-04-15** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2024-04-15** ROLL CALL NO. 519
+- **2024-04-15** (Yeas 75 - Nays 65 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2024-04-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-652) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2024-04-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2024-04-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-652). `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2024-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2024-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
+- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
+- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49f692b2-c03f-4c26-9978-a493e3dd4717`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+