---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Advance A Clean Energy Economy By Updating Renewable And Clean Resource Procurement Laws"
description: "An Act To Advance A Clean Energy Economy By Updating Renewable And Clean Resource Procurement Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1868"
citation: "Maine LD 1868 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "PLANNING", "STATE GOALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-05-01"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1dc7bc9-1624-4aec-bdbd-54d890ae4c04"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098980"
source_hash: "bce53d52e0d8bb53c793e04f5c372407ea455c51977b754440d416a36d2fb5e8"
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 1868 (132) — An Act To Advance A Clean Energy Economy By Updating Renewable And Clean Resource Procurement Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-356)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0738&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0738&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1868 SP 738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0738&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- COMMIT — **17–17** (fail) · upper
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **19–16** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–68** (pass) · lower
- Enactment — **77–68** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **19–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 1, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2025-06-13** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-06-13** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-356) PREVAILED
- **2025-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 533 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-356) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-356), . `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-13** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-13** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-13** ROLL CALL NO. 500
- **2025-06-13** (Yeas 74 - Nays 68 - Absent 7 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-356) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-356). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-16** ROLL CALL NO. 515
- **2025-06-16** (Yeas 77 - Nays 68 - Absent 4 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-17** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-06-17** Motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock to COMMITT Bill and accompanying papers to ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. FAILED
- **2025-06-17** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 598 Yeas 17 - Nays 17 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-17** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT. Roll Call Ordered
- **2025-06-17** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-06-17** Subsequently the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence PREVAILED `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 610 Yeas 20 - Nays 15 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-17** On motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford the Senate RECONSIDERED their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. PREVAILED `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 612 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-17** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO ENACTED in concurrence.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+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/c1dc7bc9-1624-4aec-bdbd-54d890ae4c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).