---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Encourage Research To Support The Maine Offshore Wind Industry"
description: "An Act To Encourage Research To Support The Maine Offshore Wind Industry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 336"
citation: "Maine LD 336 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "OFFSHORE", "WIND ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df785ee1-35eb-4948-87e9-ca76541085cf"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078540"
source_hash: "b83b6231525541b9315de64c3a15cfe08a2d9dacdee589c26aea4309138ff5b2"
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 336 (130) — An Act To Encourage Research To Support The Maine Offshore Wind Industry

## 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=SP0142&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0142&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0142&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 4, 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.
- **2021-06-16** Reports READ
- **2021-06-16** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York theMajority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 398 Yeas 24 - Nays 10 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-317) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-317) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-17** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-317) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-317). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** HELD at the Request of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham.
- **2021-06-17** RELEASED.
- **2021-06-17** Sent for concurrence.
- **2021-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+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/df785ee1-35eb-4948-87e9-ca76541085cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).