---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create Needed Broadband Infrastructure In Rural Maine Through The Establishment Of A Satellite-Based Broadband Grant Program"
description: "An Act To Create Needed Broadband Infrastructure In Rural Maine Through The Establishment Of A Satellite-Based Broadband Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1107"
citation: "Maine LD 1107 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROADBAND SERVICES", "EXPANSION TO RURAL AREAS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc51f846-7b00-4eb2-a57c-27d4414539c7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079642"
source_hash: "1a90e0df0a83c8c893f87c031dd538119d9add71065a8bc744f9960d1336bed1"
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 1107 (130) — An Act To Create Needed Broadband Infrastructure In Rural Maine Through The Establishment Of A Satellite-Based Broadband Grant Program

## 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=SP0368&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0368&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0368&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan CARLOW — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 18, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
- **2022-04-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-496) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-496). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-04-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-496). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc51f846-7b00-4eb2-a57c-27d4414539c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).