---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support The Continued Access To Solar Energy And Battery Storage By Maine Homes And Businesses"
description: "An Act To Support The Continued Access To Solar Energy And Battery Storage By Maine Homes And Businesses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1100"
citation: "Maine LD 1100 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "HOME & BUSINESS GENERATION & STORA", "SOLAR ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f868f47-46b5-4ef2-9ae0-17c554a229b2"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079635"
source_hash: "5f72b0951773e6893b1aa0e221625335d4287ed247eb99e05bfd7d99d3a4c629"
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 1100 (130) — An Act To Support The Continued Access To Solar Energy And Battery Storage By Maine Homes And Businesses

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0361&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0361&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0361&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **79–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David WOODSOME — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 18, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-10** Reports Read
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 303 Yeas 24 - Nays 10 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-229) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-229) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-10** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-10** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 240
- **2021-06-10** (Yeas 79 - Nays 52 - Absent 20 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-229) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-229). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+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/7f868f47-46b5-4ef2-9ae0-17c554a229b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).