republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-2254.md

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Bill	An Act To Clarify Permissible Election And Lobbying Expenditures By Consumer-Owned Water Utilities	An Act To Clarify Permissible Election And Lobbying Expenditures By Consumer-Owned Water Utilities	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 2254	Maine LD 2254 (131)	bill	CAMPAIGN FINANCE ELECTIONS WATER UTILITIES	enacted	Mark LAWRENCE	3	20	0	2024-03-06	2024-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/60a8cb9b-b62b-47b0-bfcc-0290dc44d5cc	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092323	d9f353752932045d6f352a70c91564ea2c7878c5c4cf5b78fde1d60fb7fdb988	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2254 (131) — An Act To Clarify Permissible Election And Lobbying Expenditures By Consumer-Owned Water Utilities

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

Sponsors

• Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-06 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
• 2024-03-06 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-26 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-26 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-03-26 Committee Amendment "A" (S-610) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-03-26 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-610). reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2024-03-27 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2024-03-27 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2024-03-27 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-610). reading-3
• 2024-03-27 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-28 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2024-03-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2024-03-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-04-01 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-04-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60a8cb9b-b62b-47b0-bfcc-0290dc44d5cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).