---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Access To Affordable Wireless Communications By Allowing The Public Utilities Commission To Designate Eligible Telecommunications Carriers"
description: "An Act To Improve Access To Affordable Wireless Communications By Allowing The Public Utilities Commission To Designate Eligible Telecommunications Carriers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2193"
citation: "Maine LD 2193 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "WIRELESS FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew HARRINGTON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d7ca062-e308-43d8-8178-268b244c057e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091789"
source_hash: "a240b477eaa994d6fde4aaf788837ff4c385dfd9097b9f1045e19fd7fb117ccf"
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 2193 (131) — An Act To Improve Access To Affordable Wireless Communications By Allowing The Public Utilities Commission To Designate Eligible Telecommunications Carriers

## 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=SP0932&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0932&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0932&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Matthew HARRINGTON — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** 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
- **2024-01-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-562) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-562). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-03-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-03-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-03-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-562). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+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/9d7ca062-e308-43d8-8178-268b244c057e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).