---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce Financial Burdens On Small Water Utilities"
description: "An Act To Reduce Financial Burdens On Small Water Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 2032"
citation: "Maine LD 2032 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER UTILITIES", "PUC REGULATION", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seth BERRY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f99a1ad-a011-4416-acb8-4b939d550954"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075962"
source_hash: "46abe6bb3e80a745322e05a10a0e0062d6cb5d596648d0380d089ec33b9d8d88"
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 2032 (129) — An Act To Reduce Financial Burdens On Small Water Utilities

## 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=HP1442&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1442&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Seth BERRY — primary (person)
- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2020-01-14** The was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2020-02-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2020-02-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-02-25** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-25** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2020-02-27** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2020-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** 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/8f99a1ad-a011-4416-acb8-4b939d550954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).