---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Immunity For A Receiver Appointed By The Public Utilities Commission To Oversee The Operations Of A Consumer-Owned Water Utility"
description: "An Act To Establish Immunity For A Receiver Appointed By The Public Utilities Commission To Oversee The Operations Of A Consumer-Owned Water Utility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1127"
citation: "Maine LD 1127 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER-OWNED", "RECEIVERS", "WATER UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melanie SACHS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/293c8a21-45ee-40e6-b60b-421a57b6ed87"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097590"
source_hash: "e7ed00c5857e0511f691f0e94c365c87c0ba0f2434659fc601848d8c9c258c6f"
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 1127 (132) — An Act To Establish Immunity For A Receiver Appointed By The Public Utilities Commission To Oversee The Operations Of A Consumer-Owned Water Utility

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter 59** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0746&item=3&snum=132)
2. **LD 1127 HP 746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0746&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Melanie SACHS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-04-22** Reports READ.
- **2025-04-22** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-23** Reports Read
- **2025-04-23** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-23** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/293c8a21-45ee-40e6-b60b-421a57b6ed87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).