---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Eliminate The Debt Limit Of The North Jay Water District"
description: "An Act To Eliminate The Debt Limit Of The North Jay Water District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2041"
citation: "Maine LD 2041 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDING", "NORTH JAY DEBT LIMIT", "WATER DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheila LYMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-03"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/098fd32c-49b6-47d3-a5f0-8b277bf4dc85"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100906"
source_hash: "8d30b80635f5836ce5f51e9df664a7274fc39276934c3991b93f51ef292ed420"
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 2041 (132) — An Act To Eliminate The Debt Limit Of The North Jay Water District

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **ACTPS Chapter 11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1371&item=3&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-A (H-792)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1371&item=2&snum=132)
3. **LD 2041 HP 1371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1371&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Sheila LYMAN — primary (person)
- Joseph MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-03** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-12-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-02-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-02-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-792). `reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-02-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-02-10** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-792) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-02-12** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-12** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-792), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-02-24** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-02-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-02-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+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/098fd32c-49b6-47d3-a5f0-8b277bf4dc85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).