---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Eliminate The Energy Efficiency And Renewable Resource Fund"
description: "An Act To Eliminate The Energy Efficiency And Renewable Resource Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 187"
citation: "Maine LD 187 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY CONSERVATION", "ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND", "PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8c1b0db-70af-4abe-81e4-92c64d16f961"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085360"
source_hash: "42cd639d27ae9408ab01f7f7f2e8972aea81075ca2b741906ab38126bcdb8a78"
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 187 (131) — An Act To Eliminate The Energy Efficiency And Renewable Resource Fund

## 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=SP0091&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0091&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0091&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0091&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)
- James BOYLE — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** 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
- **2023-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-25** Reports READ
- **2023-05-25** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S--133) Report.
- **2023-05-25** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-133) Report,
- **2023-06-15** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-06-15** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-133) Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-133) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-133) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-16** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-16** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-133) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-133). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+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/e8c1b0db-70af-4abe-81e4-92c64d16f961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).