---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Nondiscriminatory Treatment Of Public, Educational And Governmental Access Channels By Cable System Operators"
description: "An Act To Ensure Nondiscriminatory Treatment Of Public, Educational And Governmental Access Channels By Cable System Operators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1371"
citation: "Maine LD 1371 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TELEVISION", "CABLE TELEVISION", "PUBLIC", "EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b633b3e2-ccb3-42a7-a00a-896e85eb38f7"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072679"
source_hash: "cfbe0e82d6587ee01e5aedd7645b074bec4f2f78674726bd6b4e935f35c7d9db"
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 1371 (129) — An Act To Ensure Nondiscriminatory Treatment Of Public, Educational And Governmental Access Channels By Cable System Operators

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0426&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0426&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- David WOODSOME — primary (person)
- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
- Justin CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
- Lester ORDWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** Reports READ
- **2019-05-21** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.
- **2019-05-21** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report,
- **2019-05-23** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-05-23** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-28** Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.
- **2019-05-28** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.
- **2019-05-28** Later today assigned.
- **2019-05-29** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-05-29** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-05-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 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/b633b3e2-ccb3-42a7-a00a-896e85eb38f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).