--- type: "Bill" title: "An Act To Address The Use Of Electricity By Data Centers" description: "An Act To Address The Use Of Electricity By Data Centers" jurisdiction: "us/states/me" legislature: "Maine Legislature" session: "132" identifier: "LD 912" citation: "Maine LD 912 (132)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "DATA CENTERS", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Glenn CURRY"] version_count: 3 action_count: 24 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2025-03-05" last_action: "2025-05-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b41db0-5e9c-4c39-9d30-40c672b69bf8" source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097189" source_hash: "f36643c4b0f2ad28915b53774e5237209af107fceffff022a615ad6433cd4360" 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 912 (132) — An Act To Address The Use Of Electricity By Data Centers ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment C-A (S-67)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0402&item=2&snum=132) 2. **Chapter 85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0402&item=3&snum=132) 3. **LD 912 SP 402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0402&item=1&snum=132) ## Sponsors - Glenn CURRY — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 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. - **2025-05-13** Reports READ - **2025-05-13** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-67) Report ACCEPTED - **2025-05-13** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1` - **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-67) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-67) `reading-2, reading-3` - **2025-05-13** Sent down forthwith for concurrence - **2025-05-14** Reports READ. - **2025-05-14** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED. - **2025-05-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1` - **2025-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-67) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading. - **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-67). `reading-3` - **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. - **2025-05-20** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary. - **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage` - **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. - **2025-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage` - **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED - **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report - **2025-05-09T04:00:00+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/43b41db0-5e9c-4c39-9d30-40c672b69bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).