---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Ensure That Eligible Customers Receive Payments From The Energy Rate Relief Fund"
description: "Resolve, To Ensure That Eligible Customers Receive Payments From The Energy Rate Relief Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1971"
citation: "Maine LD 1971 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "ENERGY RATE RELIEF FUND", "RATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-18"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f8ad80-41ad-4687-952a-184a90980120"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089648"
source_hash: "c2b321e9e4ce4bf21a8ad2696d7bbdf0821b249884567e49afb0902e8f6cd9ee"
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 1971 (131) — Resolve, To Ensure That Eligible Customers Receive Payments From The Energy Rate Relief 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=SP0805&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0805&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0805&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-18** 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
- **2023-05-23** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-196). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-08** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-08** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-08** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-196). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-12** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+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/90f8ad80-41ad-4687-952a-184a90980120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).