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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers"
+description: "An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 2203"
+citation: "Maine LD 2203 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DELIVERY", "ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "RATEPAYER PROTECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Melanie SACHS"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-10"
+last_action: "2026-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e50f75-9210-43bb-bfed-28144b8dd47d"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101501"
+source_hash: "b294461b8de4467e7ba28b2b3cb2c5493407d4196a33646acdec8b088ce9f8cc"
+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 2203 (132) — An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (H-845)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1482&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Chapter 640** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1482&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **LD 2203 HP 1482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1482&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **129–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Melanie SACHS — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-10** Representative SACHS for the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Public Law 2025, chapter 123, section 3, subsection 2 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-02-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-02-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
+- **2026-02-10** Bill and accomanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-17** Reports READ.
+- **2026-03-17** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-03-17** ROLL CALL NO. 656
+- **2026-03-17** (Yeas 129 - Nays 14 - Absent 6 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
+- **2026-03-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2026-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-845). `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-03-18** Reports READ
+- **2026-03-18** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence.
+- **2026-03-18** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2026-03-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2026-03-19** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-03-19** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-845), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-19** Ordered sent down forthwith.
+- **2026-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-03-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+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/24e50f75-9210-43bb-bfed-28144b8dd47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+