republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-3.md

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Bill	An Act To Establish The Winter Energy Relief Payment Program To Aid Residents With High Heating Costs And To Finalize The Covid Pandemic Relief Payment Program	An Act To Establish The Winter Energy Relief Payment Program To Aid Residents With High Heating Costs And To Finalize The Covid Pandemic Relief Payment Program	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 3	Maine LD 3 (131)	bill	HEAT ASSISTANCE AND COVID RELIEF HUMAN SERVICES SPENDING	enacted	Rachel TALBOT ROSS	5	35	5	2022-12-16	2023-01-04	openstates	ocd-bill/9de7b7ee-07a6-49ff-9253-680029f1bc9e	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085072	33db93e485f3ab42e17c2a0714e877b8a96e59777876bd592b153aabbfc74fb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 3 (131) — An Act To Establish The Winter Energy Relief Payment Program To Aid Residents With High Heating Costs And To Finalize The Covid Pandemic Relief Payment Program

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Divided Reports (committee substitute) — source
3. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source
5. Status In Committee (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Enactment - Emer — 114–29 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT C-3 — 10–24 (fail) · upper
• ADOPT S-1 — 13–21 (fail) · upper
• ADOPT B S-2 — 13–21 (fail) · upper
• INDEF PP of H-A (H-2) — 79–64 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-16 Received by the Clerk of the House on December 16, 2022. receipt
• 2022-12-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2023-01-04 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-01-04 On OBJECTION of Representative LIBBY of Auburn REMOVED.
• 2023-01-04 The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2023-01-04 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-01-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-1) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-01-04 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-01-04 On motion of Representative LIBBY of Auburn, House Amendment "A" (H-2) was READ.
• 2023-01-04 On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, House Amendment "A" (H-2) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
• 2023-01-04 ROLL CALL NO. 3
• 2023-01-04 (Yeas 79 - Nays 64 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
• 2023-01-04 Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1). reading-3
• 2023-01-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-01-04 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2023-01-04 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-01-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-1) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-04 On motion by Senator LIBBY of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-1) ADOPTION FAILED
• 2023-01-04 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 3 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2023-01-04 On motion by Senator MOORE of Washington Senate Amendment "B" (S-2) ADOPTION FAILED
• 2023-01-04 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 4 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2023-01-04 On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin Senate Amendment "C" (S-3) ADOPTION FAILED
• 2023-01-04 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 5 Yeas 10 - Nays 24 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2023-01-04 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-01-04 Ordered sent down forthwith
• 2023-01-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-01-04 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.
• 2023-01-04 ROLL CALL NO. 4
• 2023-01-04 (Yeas 114 - Nays 29 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
• 2023-01-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-01-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-01-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2022-12-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9de7b7ee-07a6-49ff-9253-680029f1bc9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).