---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Permissible Election And Lobbying Expenditures By Consumer-Owned Water Utilities"
description: "An Act To Clarify Permissible Election And Lobbying Expenditures By Consumer-Owned Water Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2254"
citation: "Maine LD 2254 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "ELECTIONS", "WATER UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a8cb9b-b62b-47b0-bfcc-0290dc44d5cc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092323"
source_hash: "d9f353752932045d6f352a70c91564ea2c7878c5c4cf5b78fde1d60fb7fdb988"
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 2254 (131) — An Act To Clarify Permissible Election And Lobbying Expenditures By 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=SP0972&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0972&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0972&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** 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
- **2024-03-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-26** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-26** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-610) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-610). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-03-27** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-610). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+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/60a8cb9b-b62b-47b0-bfcc-0290dc44d5cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).