---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Economic Reuse Of Contaminated Land Through Clean Energy Development"
description: "An Act To Promote Economic Reuse Of Contaminated Land Through Clean Energy Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1591"
citation: "Maine LD 1591 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "CONTAMINATED LAND DEVELOPMENT", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacy BRENNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/445791df-9c4b-43a1-913b-4eec0662e2b1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088542"
source_hash: "734245c4f15c362fda85b7aef378dd7a163357a2f09c5be2a2382ef7078cc116"
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 1591 (131) — An Act To Promote Economic Reuse Of Contaminated Land Through Clean Energy Development

## 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=SP0622&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0622&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0622&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Stacy BRENNER — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- David LAFOUNTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- James BOYLE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Richard CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** 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
- **2023-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-20** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-353) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-353). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-353). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+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/445791df-9c4b-43a1-913b-4eec0662e2b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).