---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Conduct A Vehicle-To-Grid Pilot Project Using Electric School Buses"
description: "Resolve, To Conduct A Vehicle-To-Grid Pilot Project Using Electric School Buses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 519"
citation: "Maine LD 519 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST", "ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter RUNTE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd85563-f102-41b3-bc40-e2cfc3272d6e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085957"
source_hash: "279c7fe0187156e05fa605bdf310dcb1185f165521b86f28f2e8ad88529d89c3"
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 519 (131) — Resolve, To Conduct A Vehicle-To-Grid Pilot Project Using Electric School Buses

## 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=HP0324&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0324&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0324&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Walter RUNTE — primary (person)
- Daniel HOBBS — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-09** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-23** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-23** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-186) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-23** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-186). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** Reports READ
- **2023-05-25** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-186) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-186), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd85563-f102-41b3-bc40-e2cfc3272d6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).