---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Help Maine Residents With High Electricity Costs"
description: "An Act To Help Maine Residents With High Electricity Costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 2010"
citation: "Maine LD 2010 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "RATES", "SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-09"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef8a87e-c8fa-43d4-b8c4-51c9c2875c0d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082952"
source_hash: "826e2805a98c3f4fb757ded16da023391687c74d2ef9075e94460e03c79e84a4"
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 2010 (130) — An Act To Help Maine Residents With High Electricity Costs

## 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=SP0723&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-09** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2022-03-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-549) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-549). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-04-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-04-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-04-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-549). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-14** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-15** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-19** Taken from the table by the President
- **2022-04-19** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-549) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** Under further suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-549) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-569) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-549) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-549) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-569) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-549) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-569) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-19** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-549) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-569) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-19** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2022-04-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-19** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef8a87e-c8fa-43d4-b8c4-51c9c2875c0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).