---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure That Building Codes Allow The Installation And Use Of Products And Equipment That Use Certain Federally Regulated Refrigerants"
description: "An Act To Ensure That Building Codes Allow The Installation And Use Of Products And Equipment That Use Certain Federally Regulated Refrigerants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1940"
citation: "Maine LD 1940 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "REFRIGERANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e24547-922f-4219-84ad-7d2c94acee5c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082489"
source_hash: "134b5bd172289d1a5644b46a96ed2f4a1926c1c6f17c908a4a22cb8817b3fe00"
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 1940 (130) — An Act To Ensure That Building Codes Allow The Installation And Use Of Products And Equipment That Use Certain Federally Regulated Refrigerants

## 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=SP0680&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0680&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0680&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — primary (person)
- Jeffery HANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Randall GREENWOOD — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed
- **2022-01-26** On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2022-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-02-23** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-02-23** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-421) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-02-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-421). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-02-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-02-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-02-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-421). `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+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/08e24547-922f-4219-84ad-7d2c94acee5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).