republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1962.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An Act To Limit Utility Shut-Offs	An Act To Limit Utility Shut-Offs	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1962	Maine LD 1962 (131)	bill	DELIVERY ELECTRIC UTILITIES SHUT-OFFS	enacted	Troy JACKSON	3	29	1	2023-05-18	2024-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2b683df8-c366-4fac-b584-91e466dae264	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089484	ea5937b0292d7068483e687486b16322227ba155688aad7d50e4868e624389d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1962 (131) — An Act To Limit Utility Shut-Offs

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

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 20–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Troy JACKSON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-18 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
• 2023-05-18 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-07-26 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
• 2024-03-05 Reports Read
• 2024-03-05 On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-05 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 576 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2024-03-05 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2024-03-05 Committee Amendment "A" (S-554) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-05 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2024-03-06 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-06 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-554) reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2024-03-07 Reports READ.
• 2024-03-07 On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-07 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-03-07 Committee Amendment "A" (S-554) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-03-07 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2024-03-07 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-554). reading-3
• 2024-03-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-12 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2024-03-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-13 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-03-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b683df8-c366-4fac-b584-91e466dae264. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).