---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Promotional Allowances By Public Utilities"
description: "An Act To Allow Promotional Allowances By Public Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1151"
citation: "Maine LD 1151 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAS UTILITIES", "NATURAL GAS", "PROMOTIONAL ALLOWANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["POULIOT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-23"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e1d8737-5fff-4f65-ae71-3372da437a26"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064287"
source_hash: "a2b06cedd464caded514531e140edde5af40f07a92b2a619b4d5f1b7c9d8f98e"
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 1151 (128) — An Act To Allow Promotional Allowances By Public Utilities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP081401.asp)

## Sponsors

- POULIOT — primary (person)
- DION — cosponsor (person)
- HARVELL — cosponsor (person)
- SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-23** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-11** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-151).
- **2017-05-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2017-05-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-151) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2017-05-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-151) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e1d8737-5fff-4f65-ae71-3372da437a26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).