---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Increasing The Debt Limit Of The West Paris Water District"
description: "An Act Increasing The Debt Limit Of The West Paris Water District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2243"
citation: "Maine LD 2243 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTER CHANGES", "WATER DISTRICTS", "WEST PARIS DEBT LIMIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph MARTIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-06"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0750c4f2-6ae4-4802-9901-1102a43c807e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280102454"
source_hash: "9358fd1aff4bbbcda63c8cfca757079d8a43add198bd8607b200777a19be284d"
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 2243 (132) — An Act Increasing The Debt Limit Of The West Paris Water District

## Version chain

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

1. **ACTPS Chapter 20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0921&item=2&snum=132)
2. **LD 2243 SP 921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0921&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Joseph MARTIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-06** 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
- **2026-04-07** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2026-04-07** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-07** On motion by Senator DUSON of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED Suspension of the Rules, READ TWICE AND PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-08** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-04-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0750c4f2-6ae4-4802-9901-1102a43c807e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).