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type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Require The Approval By The Public Utilities Commission Of A Proposal For A Long-Term Contract For Deep-Water Offshore Wind Energy"
description: "Resolve, To Require The Approval By The Public Utilities Commission Of A Proposal For A Long-Term Contract For Deep-Water Offshore Wind Energy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 994"
citation: "Maine LD 994 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION", "POWERS", "LONG-TERM CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c830648a-9093-4d56-bbff-002c8d6bb7dd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072062"
source_hash: "8ebdd3f2e9cfe71458ce3577a9629e91f37769aaeb485c5e184b246b4ae1f402"
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 994 (129) — Resolve, To Require The Approval By The Public Utilities Commission Of A Proposal For A Long-Term Contract For Deep-Water Offshore Wind Energy
## 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=SP0284&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0284&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0284&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0284&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **8560** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David WOODSOME — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-26** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed
- **2019-02-26** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE
- **2019-03-12** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-03-12** Subsequently On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-03-14** On motion of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford, the Resolve was TABLED pending REFERENCE in concurrence.
- **2019-03-14** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-05-08** Subsequently, the Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** Reports Read
- **2019-06-11** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "A" (S-245) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-245) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-245) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-12** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-12** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 234
- **2019-06-12** (Yeas 85 - Nays 60 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-12** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-245) was READ.
- **2019-06-12** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (S-245).
- **2019-06-12** Later today assigned.
- **2019-06-12** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-06-12** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-245) was ADOPTED.
- **2019-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-12** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-245).
- **2019-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-13** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-14** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/c830648a-9093-4d56-bbff-002c8d6bb7dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).