---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Energy-Efficient Affordable Housing"
description: "An Act To Promote Energy-Efficient Affordable Housing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1656"
citation: "Maine LD 1656 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOND ISSUES", "ENERGY-EFFICIENT", "HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-03"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17d485f9-bccc-4215-b8b2-23d5d49f92cd"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080748"
source_hash: "212669fa9a219369ebef40c769a4d885a82233b106abcaca624ee022ce8f868d"
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 1656 (130) — An Act To Promote Energy-Efficient Affordable Housing

## 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=HP1227&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1227&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1227&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1227&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **80–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-03** Received by the Clerk of the House on May 3, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-05-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-09** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 203
- **2021-06-09** (Yeas 80 - Nays 63 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** Reports Read
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **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
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-621) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+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/17d485f9-bccc-4215-b8b2-23d5d49f92cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).