---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Make Changes To Certain Laws Governing Renewable Energy Projects"
description: "An Act To Make Changes To Certain Laws Governing Renewable Energy Projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2099"
citation: "Maine LD 2099 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "DISTRIBUTED SOLAR PROGRAM", "SOLAR ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc7f7f71-31de-48bb-8810-9061a7cd4705"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091493"
source_hash: "537abe50a0e0e42fe791a7a8d30110fcb7e0d8688587f6b4af7d24af5cbe2277"
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 2099 (131) — An Act To Make Changes To Certain Laws Governing Renewable Energy Projects

## 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=SP0892&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0892&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0892&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** 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
- **2024-01-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-20** Reports READ
- **2024-02-20** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2024-02-22** Taken from the table by the President
- **2024-02-22** Subsequently On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-530) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-530) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-02-28** Reports READ.
- **2024-02-28** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-28** ROLL CALL NO. 380
- **2024-02-28** (Yeas 74 - Nays 63 - Absent 13 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-02-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-530) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-02-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-530). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+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/fc7f7f71-31de-48bb-8810-9061a7cd4705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).