---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Law Regarding Joint Use Of Certain Utility And Telecommunications Infrastructure"
description: "An Act To Amend The Law Regarding Joint Use Of Certain Utility And Telecommunications Infrastructure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 406"
citation: "Maine LD 406 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION", "POWERS", "JOINT USE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOODSOME"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5fb557c-efd5-42ed-ae76-d9757806176f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063060"
source_hash: "65fdc9e810a5f530fd24f7579f79fb062b70a75ab5ed487849c8a0f2b6f479ea"
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 406 (128) — An Act To Amend The Law Regarding Joint Use Of Certain Utility And Telecommunications Infrastructure

## 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/SP013301.asp)

## Sponsors

- WOODSOME — primary (person)
- BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-07** REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
- **2017-02-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-177). `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-177).
- **2017-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 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/e5fb557c-efd5-42ed-ae76-d9757806176f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).