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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Amend The Net Energy Billing Laws To Require Net Energy Billing Credits To Be Nonlapsing"
+description: "An Act To Amend The Net Energy Billing Laws To Require Net Energy Billing Credits To Be Nonlapsing"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 509"
+citation: "Maine LD 509 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "NET ENERGY BILLING", "RATES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-09"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d73a82a9-af7d-4b2a-ad3a-f8c69cf34163"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085936"
+source_hash: "1a46d7cd7a963b75cbfb51267b10cb9bdfac92364515fff1dc5819019ed657b2"
+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 509 (131) — An Act To Amend The Net Energy Billing Laws To Require Net Energy Billing Credits To Be Nonlapsing
+
+## 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=SP0226&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0226&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0226&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–14** (pass) · upper
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **77–63** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09** 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
+- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09** 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.
+- **2023-06-07** Reports READ
+- **2023-06-07** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
+- **2023-06-07** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
+- **2023-06-08** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2023-06-08** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2023-06-08** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 259 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-06-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2023-06-12** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-12** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 166
+- **2023-06-12** (Yeas 77 - Nays 63 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2023-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-202). `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+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/d73a82a9-af7d-4b2a-ad3a-f8c69cf34163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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