---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Purchase Rebates For Battery Electric Vehicles"
description: "An Act To Provide Purchase Rebates For Battery Electric Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 614"
citation: "Maine LD 614 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDUSTRIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "REBATE", "BATTERY AND FUEL CELL VEHIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henry INGWERSEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a813f57e-af63-464b-842f-47cb35adc49e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071513"
source_hash: "2513a1fc812c93e0021abfde448010090ec68eef7f5f3462f790c8fddecfaec5"
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 614 (129) — An Act To Provide Purchase Rebates For Battery Electric Vehicles

## 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=HP0442&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0442&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0442&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **85–58** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henry INGWERSEN — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher BABBIDGE — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Erik JORGENSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-21** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** ROLL CALL NO. 110
- **2019-05-21** (Yeas 85 - Nays 58 - Absent 5 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-300) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-300).
- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 118 Yeas 24 - Nays 10 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-300) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-300) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** 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/a813f57e-af63-464b-842f-47cb35adc49e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).