republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-147.md

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Bill	An Act To Extend Internet Availability In Rural Maine	An Act To Extend Internet Availability In Rural Maine	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 147	Maine LD 147 (129)	bill	TELECOMMUNICATIONS BROADBAND SERVICES LIBRARY ACCESS PROGRAM	enacted	Robert ALLEY	3	22	1	2019-01-17	2019-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/582d5140-3e09-4433-b20d-d9e8c20c575a	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070899	555a183ba7fa5845c6b8872470d093d8f53f70560cfed6f09e5a69c432cd09ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 147 (129) — An Act To Extend Internet Availability In Rural Maine

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Enactment - Emer — 139–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert ALLEY — primary (person)
• Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
• Arthur VEROW — cosponsor (person)
• David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
• Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
• Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
• William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-17 Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. referral-committee
• 2019-01-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-03-28 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-03-28 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-43).
• 2019-03-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-03-28 Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
• 2019-03-28 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-03-28 Committee Amendment "A" (H-43) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2019-03-28 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2019-04-02 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2019-04-02 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-43), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-04-02 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-04-04 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2019-04-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-04-04 ROLL CALL NO. 36
• 2019-04-04 (Yeas 139 - Nays 0 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
• 2019-04-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-04-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/582d5140-3e09-4433-b20d-d9e8c20c575a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).