---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Abandoned Capital Credits Held By Rural Electrification Cooperatives"
description: "An Act To Address Abandoned Capital Credits Held By Rural Electrification Cooperatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2013"
citation: "Maine LD 2013 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-22"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56484ff5-6f1e-492c-b425-a27101de62dc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280090482"
source_hash: "cd1603cb363011db4109b8e0a186e1a36bd4b09e1c7b9278d80b1a3ff25f7434"
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 2013 (131) — An Act To Address Abandoned Capital Credits Held By Rural Electrification Cooperatives

## 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=SP0835&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0835&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-22** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-23** Reported by Senator LAWRENCE for the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 1714, subsection 8.
- **2023-06-23** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2023-06-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-27** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Comes From Committee - EUT
- **2023-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2023-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56484ff5-6f1e-492c-b425-a27101de62dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).