republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1730.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding The Beneficial Electrification Policy Of The State	An Act Regarding The Beneficial Electrification Policy Of The State	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1730	Maine LD 1730 (132)	bill	BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION ELECTRIC UTILITIES TRANSMISSION LINES	enacted	Nicole GROHOSKI	4	46	3	2025-04-22	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/851b9478-c1d9-4b70-8851-a2c27365a172	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098657	b2394855e0bc0631bafd0013c490fe3c3e45a8f811ddf370ee684ebe08d2dca6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1730 (132) — An Act Regarding The Beneficial Electrification Policy Of The State

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-544) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment S-A to C-A (S-581) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 644 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 1730 SP 676 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Enactment — 79–65 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 25–8 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED — 29–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nicole GROHOSKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-22 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
• 2025-04-22 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-25 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
• 2026-03-17 Reports READ.
• 2026-03-17 On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-17 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 767 Yeas 25 - Nays 8 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2026-03-17 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-03-17 Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-17 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-03-18 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-18 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) PREVAILED reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-03-18 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 778 Yeas 29 - Nays 3 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2026-03-18 Sent down for concurrence
• 2026-03-19 Reports READ.
• 2026-03-19 On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-19 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-03-19 Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-19 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2026-03-19 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-544). reading-3
• 2026-03-19 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-24 ROLL CALL NO. 665
• 2026-03-24 (Yeas 79 - Nays 65 - Absent 5 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
• 2026-03-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-25 On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
• 2026-03-26 Taken from the table by the President
• 2026-03-26 On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock Under suspension of the Rules the Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) reading-3
• 2026-03-26 On motion by Same Senator and Under further suspension of the Rules the Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-581) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) READ and ADOPTED in NON-CONCURRENCE. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-581) thereto ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-581) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE. reading-3
• 2026-03-26 Sent down for concurrence
• 2026-03-30 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-544) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-581) thereto. reading-3
• 2026-03-30 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-31 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-31 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-04-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-06 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/851b9478-c1d9-4b70-8851-a2c27365a172. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).