---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Energy Policy In Maine"
description: "An Act To Establish Energy Policy In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1313"
citation: "Maine LD 1313 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY", "PLANNING", "ENERGY POLICY ESTABLISHED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANBORN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c6a986-f581-41ad-9f09-85663b8c90b0"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064540"
source_hash: "32941397261662d68ef75efdeae17aa28e05ff53f0d93120b01ba12fba239be3"
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 1313 (128) — An Act To Establish Energy Policy In Maine

## 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/HP091001.asp)

## Votes

- Enactment — **142–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SANBORN — primary (person)
- BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- COOPER — cosponsor (person)
- HARVELL — cosponsor (person)
- RILEY — cosponsor (person)
- RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-429).
- **2017-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** Report READ
- **2017-06-08** On motion by Senator WOODSOME of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of Report in concurrence
- **2017-06-16** Taken from the table by the President ProTem
- **2017-06-16** Subsequently Report Accepted in concurrence
- **2017-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-429) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-429) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2017-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-19** ROLL CALL NO. 348
- **2017-06-19** (Yeas 142 - Nays 3 - Absent 6 - Excused 0)
- **2017-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 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/07c6a986-f581-41ad-9f09-85663b8c90b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).