---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Transition State And Local Motor Vehicle Fleets To 100 Percent Zero-Emission Vehicles"
description: "An Act To Transition State And Local Motor Vehicle Fleets To 100 Percent Zero-Emission Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1579"
citation: "Maine LD 1579 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "EQUIPMENT", "ZERO EMISSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/597575b8-e295-498b-8569-5799fcfbab17"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080179"
source_hash: "fe434bd0a449c523ccac1d71b162e131244317650cb54bcd0bc65340c5ec7aa9"
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 1579 (130) — An Act To Transition State And Local Motor Vehicle Fleets To 100 Percent Zero-Emission 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=SP0456&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0456&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0456&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **75–57** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-28** 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
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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** Reports READ
- **2022-04-05** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report . Roll Call Ordered
- **2022-04-07** Taken from the table by the President
- **2022-04-07** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-04-07** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 713 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-484) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-484) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-11** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-11** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-11** ROLL CALL NO. 538
- **2022-04-11** (Yeas 75 - Nays 57 - Absent 15 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-04-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-484) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-484). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-12** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/597575b8-e295-498b-8569-5799fcfbab17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).