---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Charter Of The Richmond Utilities District"
description: "An Act To Amend The Charter Of The Richmond Utilities District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 757"
citation: "Maine LD 757 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITY DISTRICTS", "CHARTER CHANGES", "RICHMOND UTILITIES DISTRICT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PIERCE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d57fd650-a40d-4102-86ca-d1c3b0afdaec"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063689"
source_hash: "ea0eba711400db59eaf553fdc07f18e7342bd9d580291c01109a256f86048a4f"
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 757 (128) — An Act To Amend The Charter Of The Richmond Utilities District

## 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/HP053701.asp)

## Sponsors

- PIERCE — primary (person)
- AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMMONS — cosponsor (person)
- TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
- WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- WOOD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-115).
- **2017-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment "A" (H-115) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-16** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-16** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-115), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **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/d57fd650-a40d-4102-86ca-d1c3b0afdaec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).