---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Future Energy Procurements For Renewable Energy Development In Northern Maine"
description: "An Act Regarding Future Energy Procurements For Renewable Energy Development In Northern Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1943"
citation: "Maine LD 1943 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "NORTHERN MAINE", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-16"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d8b5c3-6458-4887-8347-9107335740b7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089417"
source_hash: "9517d710ffd08a1c193e9d63186e3b7cc0b2692b6d53ff9961abf17176ddb837"
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 1943 (131) — An Act Regarding Future Energy Procurements For Renewable Energy Development In Northern Maine

## 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=SP0792&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0792&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0792&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0792&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **78–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Austin THERIAULT — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16** 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
- **2023-05-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** Reports READ
- **2023-06-20** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2023-06-20** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
- **2023-06-21** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-06-21** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York Senate Amendment "A" (S-390) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-390) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-390) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-21** On motion of Representative BOYLE of Gorham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-21** ROLL CALL NO. 303
- **2023-06-21** (Yeas 78 - Nays 60 - Absent 12 - Excused 1)
- **2023-06-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) was READ.
- **2023-06-21** Senate Amendment "A" (S-390) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-390) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-359) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-390) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+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/d7d8b5c3-6458-4887-8347-9107335740b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).