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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require The Public Utilities Commission To Open An Investigation Whenever It Initiates A Management Audit"
description: "An Act To Require The Public Utilities Commission To Open An Investigation Whenever It Initiates A Management Audit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1559"
citation: "Maine LD 1559 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION", "PROCEDURES", "MANAGEMENT AUDITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e788a9d-ac93-49ff-9795-6472f1ed3688"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073364"
source_hash: "2f0cdf23497cdd1a2c73ccf39745a579a7feb51539a36369046034badf6284e3"
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 1559 (129) — An Act To Require The Public Utilities Commission To Open An Investigation Whenever It Initiates A Management Audit
## 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=SP0494&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0494&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0494&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)
- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-16** 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
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-154) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-154). `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-154).
- **2019-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 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/4e788a9d-ac93-49ff-9795-6472f1ed3688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).