---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exempt Agricultural Fairs From The Assessment Of Demand Charges For Electricity"
description: "An Act To Exempt Agricultural Fairs From The Assessment Of Demand Charges For Electricity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1186"
citation: "Maine LD 1186 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "RATES", "DEMAND CHARGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman HIGGINS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b57e0371-4a8e-46a5-aeda-6bbb0e743acb"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072361"
source_hash: "f2056e84c04b4ab6662de81d1296dac03278c9d45fb4ea2ceb5e4471e173965b"
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 1186 (129) — An Act To Exempt Agricultural Fairs From The Assessment Of Demand Charges For Electricity

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0860&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0860&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0860&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Norman HIGGINS — primary (person)
- Dale DENNO — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-228).
- **2019-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-228) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-228), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-16** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** 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/b57e0371-4a8e-46a5-aeda-6bbb0e743acb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).