---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Repeal And Replace The Canton Water District Charter"
description: "An Act To Repeal And Replace The Canton Water District Charter"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1880"
citation: "Maine LD 1880 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITY DISTRICTS", "CHARTER CHANGES", "CANTON WATER DISTRICT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard PICKETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35a4e9c-87ae-42f5-a382-111ce1d034a5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075688"
source_hash: "c0c7641d78522ba8e51e608b70a5f9b6c0e65191d113feb5cd6a1b9ec3ac7dbb"
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 1880 (129) — An Act To Repeal And Replace The Canton Water District Charter

## 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=HP1346&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1346&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1346&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Richard PICKETT — primary (person)
- Abigail GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- James HAMPER — cosponsor (person)
- Josanne DOLLOFF — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 20, 2019.
- **2019-12-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-670).
- **2020-02-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2020-02-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-670) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-02-06** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-02-11** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-11** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-670), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2020-02-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-21** 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/c35a4e9c-87ae-42f5-a382-111ce1d034a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).