republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-735.md

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Bill	An Act To Require The State To Hold A Public Hearing In A Municipality Before The State Constructs A Solar Project In That Municipality	An Act To Require The State To Hold A Public Hearing In A Municipality Before The State Constructs A Solar Project In That Municipality	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 735	Maine LD 735 (131)	bill	ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECTS SOLAR ENERGY	enacted	Matthew POULIOT	3	22	0	2023-02-16	2023-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/8d51d0fa-0f5a-42a9-a178-31a9a2f1ead6	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086405	c246289b7d188f3c54595d1b19a0700cd7cbf502dbcdf20f7ec5815ed2026604	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 735 (131) — An Act To Require The State To Hold A Public Hearing In A Municipality Before The State Constructs A Solar Project In That Municipality

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

• Matthew POULIOT — primary (person)
• Raegan LaROCHELLE — cosponsor (person)
• William BRIDGEO — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-03-30 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-05-25 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2023-05-25 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-05-25 Committee Amendment "A" (S-123) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-25 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2023-05-30 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2023-05-30 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-123) reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-05-30 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2023-06-01 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-06-01 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-06-01 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-123). reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-06 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d51d0fa-0f5a-42a9-a178-31a9a2f1ead6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).