---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Municipal Access To Utility Poles Located In Municipal Rights-Of-Way"
description: "An Act To Establish Municipal Access To Utility Poles Located In Municipal Rights-Of-Way"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1192"
citation: "Maine LD 1192 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "UTILITY POLES", "MUNICIPAL ACCESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba7e0ff-e721-4932-a667-0818e422a303"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072353"
source_hash: "acd128202779f5b743338cdfea06dbda747c26bf0eec4ddb1712d353ad363bae"
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 1192 (129) — An Act To Establish Municipal Access To Utility Poles Located In Municipal Rights-Of-Way

## 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=SP0366&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0366&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0366&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **86–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Dana DOW — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — 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 REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-30** Reports Read
- **2019-04-30** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-69) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-04-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-69) `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-02** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-02** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-02** ROLL CALL NO. 64
- **2019-05-02** (Yeas 86 - Nays 56 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 - Vacancy 1)
- **2019-05-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-69) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-69).
- **2019-05-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 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/4ba7e0ff-e721-4932-a667-0818e422a303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).