---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure That Low-Income Residents Of The State Have Access To Telephone Services"
description: "An Act To Ensure That Low-Income Residents Of The State Have Access To Telephone Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1746"
citation: "Maine LD 1746 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MISCELLANEOUS TAXES", "MAINE SERVICE PROVIDER TAX", "LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS EXEMPT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOODSOME"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/133cc722-15a6-4458-aeca-a56800a15e72"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067193"
source_hash: "3e56719c3535ae8684a83e1ae2fd613bed0424b7112e00be01b2f262437b204d"
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 1746 (128) — An Act To Ensure That Low-Income Residents Of The State Have Access To Telephone Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP064501.asp)

## Sponsors

- WOODSOME — primary (person)
- BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- POULIOT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2018-03-20** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-390) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-390). `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2018-03-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-03-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-03-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-390).
- **2018-03-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-28** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-05-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
- **2018-06-20** On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2018-06-20** Under suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-390)
- **2018-06-20** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-524) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-390) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-524) In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2018-06-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-06-21** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-390) andSenate Amendment "A" (S-524).
- **2018-06-21** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/133cc722-15a6-4458-aeca-a56800a15e72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).