republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1080.md

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Bill	An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income	An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1080	Maine LD 1080 (132)	bill	DEPOSITS REGULATION UTILITY DISTRICTS	enacted	Melanie SACHS	3	30	3	2025-03-14	2025-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/681b8eb5-fe02-47da-8ce5-464a65a30cdc	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097507	a2bccd4acd0eb4906a71f7e17b0250f365536503547cd529a7d5acb12894215a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1080 (132) — An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-86) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 115 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1080 HP 702 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 18–14 (pass) · upper
• Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep — 77–63 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED — 19–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Melanie SACHS — primary (person)
• Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
• Kilton WEBB — cosponsor (person)
• Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
• Mathew MCINTYRE — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
• Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
• Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)
• Walter RUNTE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-14 Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. receipt
• 2025-03-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-05-06 Reports READ.
• 2025-05-06 Representative KESSLER of South Portland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
• 2025-05-06 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending the motion of Representative KESSLER of South Portland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
• 2025-05-06 Later today assigned.
• 2025-05-14 Speaker laid before the House
• 2025-05-14 Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-14 ROLL CALL NO. 141
• 2025-05-14 (Yeas 77 - Nays 63 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
• 2025-05-14 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-14 Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-14 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-14 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-86). reading-3
• 2025-05-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-20 Reports Read
• 2025-05-20 On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
• 2025-05-20 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 176 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2025-05-20 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-05-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) in concurrence PREVAILED reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 177 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2025-05-22 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-22 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-05-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/681b8eb5-fe02-47da-8ce5-464a65a30cdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).