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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Review Strategies For Improving Utility Rate Affordability And To Provide Utility Relief"
description: "An Act To Review Strategies For Improving Utility Rate Affordability And To Provide Utility Relief"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1913"
citation: "Maine LD 1913 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "IMPACT ON LOW- AND FIXED-INCOME CO", "RATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d55fad03-cbf0-414d-9f4f-0ae4a6427249"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082443"
source_hash: "fe9acf60dbfb9ee925e10400599dd889d575d984b8d7af491202237ae84634ae"
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 1913 (130) — An Act To Review Strategies For Improving Utility Rate Affordability And To Provide Utility Relief
## 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=SP0674&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0674&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0674&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 10, 2022 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** Reports READ
- **2022-04-12** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-04-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 741 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-529) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-529) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-12** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-12** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-529) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-529). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-12** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2022-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+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/d55fad03-cbf0-414d-9f4f-0ae4a6427249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).