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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Add Electric Bicycles To The Electric Vehicle Rebate Program"
+description: "An Act To Add Electric Bicycles To The Electric Vehicle Rebate Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 256"
+citation: "Maine LD 256 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST", "ELECTRIC VEHICLE REBATE PROGRAM", "ENERGY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f5f3ca-4d87-4789-8cbd-4abe2ee9780d"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085480"
+source_hash: "d640474180ccfb25ccb844f9c00bc015c419374dc98268bbb66cef646bb25422"
+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 256 (131) — An Act To Add Electric Bicycles To The Electric Vehicle Rebate Program
+
+## 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=SP0122&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0122&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0122&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **77–64** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** 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
+- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
+- **2023-05-23** Reports Read
+- **2023-05-23** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 160 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-114) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-23** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2023-05-25** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-05-25** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-114) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2023-05-30** Reports READ.
+- **2023-05-30** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-05-30** ROLL CALL NO. 102
+- **2023-05-30** (Yeas 77 - Nays 64 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2023-05-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-114) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-114). `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+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/e8f5f3ca-4d87-4789-8cbd-4abe2ee9780d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+