---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Preserve Heating And Energy Choice By Prohibiting A Municipality From Prohibiting A Particular Energy System Or Energy Distributor"
description: "An Act To Preserve Heating And Energy Choice By Prohibiting A Municipality From Prohibiting A Particular Energy System Or Energy Distributor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 556"
citation: "Maine LD 556 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY SYSTEMS AND DISTRIBUTERS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew HARRINGTON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc555474-caf7-4bb8-bab8-02db3ff64f67"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096361"
source_hash: "28cbd5300a98b1493671aed30b5518997b8ed4537b60d38f1367a6157ddb7134"
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 556 (132) — An Act To Preserve Heating And Energy Choice By Prohibiting A Municipality From Prohibiting A Particular Energy System Or Energy Distributor

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0218&item=2&snum=132)
2. **LD 556 SP 218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0218&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- RECONSIDER — **1–31** (fail) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **17–16** (pass) · upper
- TABLE UNTIL LATER — **14–20** (fail) · upper
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **81–67** (pass) · lower
- Enactment — **78–67** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — **17–17** (fail) · upper
- RECONSIDER — **17–18** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew HARRINGTON — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Randall GREENWOOD — cosponsor (person)
- Reagan PAUL — cosponsor (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-02-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-04-29** Reports READ
- **2025-04-29** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2025-06-16** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-06-16** Motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass Report FAILED.
- **2025-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 565 Yeas 17 - Nays 17 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-16** Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
- **2025-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 566 Yeas 14 - Nays 20 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-16** Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-16** HELD at the Request of Senator STEWART of Aroostook.
- **2025-06-16** Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York to RECONSIDER whereby the Senate ACCEPTED The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
- **2025-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 576 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-17** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 553
- **2025-06-17** (Yeas 81 - Nays 67 - Absent 1 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-18** Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report.
- **2025-06-18** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook the Senate RECEDED AND CONCURRED to The Majority Ought to Pass Report and the Bill PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence. PREVAILED `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 620 Yeas 17 - Nays 16 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-18** ROLL CALL NO. 582
- **2025-06-18** (Yeas 78 - Nays 67 - Absent 4 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-18** Sent for concurrence.
- **2025-06-18** HELD at the Request of Representative MOONEN of Portland.
- **2025-06-25** RELEASED.
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED `passage`
- **2025-06-25** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 646 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-25** Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York to RECONSIDER PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED FAILED
- **2025-06-25** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 646 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc555474-caf7-4bb8-bab8-02db3ff64f67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).