---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Extend Internet Availability In Rural Maine"
description: "An Act To Extend Internet Availability In Rural Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 147"
citation: "Maine LD 147 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "BROADBAND SERVICES", "LIBRARY ACCESS PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert ALLEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/582d5140-3e09-4433-b20d-d9e8c20c575a"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070899"
source_hash: "555a183ba7fa5845c6b8872470d093d8f53f70560cfed6f09e5a69c432cd09ce"
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 147 (129) — An Act To Extend Internet Availability In Rural Maine

## 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=HP0129&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0129&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0129&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- Enactment - Emer — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert ALLEY — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur VEROW — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-43).
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-43) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-04-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-43), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-04-04** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** ROLL CALL NO. 36
- **2019-04-04** (Yeas 139 - Nays 0 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** 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/582d5140-3e09-4433-b20d-d9e8c20c575a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).