---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Consumer-Owned Water Utilities"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Consumer-Owned Water Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1655"
citation: "Maine LD 1655 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER-OWNED", "REGULATION", "WATER UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96bdfe33-2922-4da2-a645-9adedcff00a2"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088670"
source_hash: "7da826db2f4d1679142f03ace6c094e52e9ac84847136282bc6ba363c76831ac"
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 1655 (131) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Consumer-Owned Water Utilities

## 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=SP0660&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0660&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0660&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0660&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-13** 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
- **2023-04-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** Reports READ
- **2023-06-12** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-259) Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-259) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-259) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-13** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-13** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-259) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-259). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96bdfe33-2922-4da2-a645-9adedcff00a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).