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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income"
+description: "An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 1080"
+citation: "Maine LD 1080 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DEPOSITS", "REGULATION", "UTILITY DISTRICTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Melanie SACHS"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681b8eb5-fe02-47da-8ce5-464a65a30cdc"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097507"
+source_hash: "a2bccd4acd0eb4906a71f7e17b0250f365536503547cd529a7d5acb12894215a"
+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 1080 (132) — An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (H-86)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0702&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Chapter 115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0702&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **LD 1080 HP 702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0702&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **18–14** (pass) · upper
+- Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep — **77–63** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED — **19–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Melanie SACHS — primary (person)
+- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
+- Kilton WEBB — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
+- Mathew MCINTYRE — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
+- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)
+- Walter RUNTE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. `receipt`
+- **2025-03-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
+- **2025-05-06** Reports READ.
+- **2025-05-06** Representative KESSLER of South Portland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2025-05-06** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending the motion of Representative KESSLER of South Portland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2025-05-06** Later today assigned.
+- **2025-05-14** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2025-05-14** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-05-14** ROLL CALL NO. 141
+- **2025-05-14** (Yeas 77 - Nays 63 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
+- **2025-05-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-86). `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-20** Reports Read
+- **2025-05-20** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
+- **2025-05-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 176 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
+- **2025-05-20** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) in concurrence PREVAILED `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 177 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
+- **2025-05-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+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/681b8eb5-fe02-47da-8ce5-464a65a30cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+