---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Adopt Eastern Daylight Time Year-Round Contingent On Federal Approval"
description: "An Act To Adopt Eastern Daylight Time Year-Round Contingent On Federal Approval"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 3"
citation: "Maine LD 3 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PLANNING", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "YEAR-ROUND EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0999c854-43eb-41de-b12f-dd046de45255"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095520"
source_hash: "3e322b01a6f09c5a6c8c330804dd24d18ed5b2d90f3fdf907b2b8df8ddab8614"
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 3 (132) — An Act To Adopt Eastern Daylight Time Year-Round Contingent On Federal Approval

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-180)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0012&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0012&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 3 SP 12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0012&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, 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.
- **2025-05-29** Reports READ
- **2025-05-29** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-29** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-180) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-180) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-02** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-180) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-180). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+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/0999c854-43eb-41de-b12f-dd046de45255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).