---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Municipal Broadband Infrastructure Through Incentives And Competition"
description: "An Act To Support Municipal Broadband Infrastructure Through Incentives And Competition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1894"
citation: "Maine LD 1894 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROADBAND SERVICES", "INCENTIVIZE MUNICIPAL BROADBAND", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1be810-7d2b-40eb-8dde-d66a3d530c10"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082316"
source_hash: "1d03bf940fbd6e73a6a4973e612239183441aa3802f8a0bf8675507f912208b5"
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 1894 (130) — An Act To Support Municipal Broadband Infrastructure Through Incentives And Competition

## 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=SP0664&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0664&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0664&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** 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
- **2022-01-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** Reports Read
- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-483) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-483) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-05** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-05** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-483) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-483). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+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/2a1be810-7d2b-40eb-8dde-d66a3d530c10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).