republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-2203.md

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Bill	An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers	An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 2203	Maine LD 2203 (132)	bill	DELIVERY ELECTRIC UTILITIES RATEPAYER PROTECTIONS	enacted	Melanie SACHS	3	30	1	2026-02-10	2026-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/24e50f75-9210-43bb-bfed-28144b8dd47d	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101501	b294461b8de4467e7ba28b2b3cb2c5493407d4196a33646acdec8b088ce9f8cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2203 (132) — An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-845) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 640 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 2203 HP 1482 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 129–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Melanie SACHS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-10 Representative SACHS for the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Public Law 2025, chapter 123, section 3, subsection 2 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-02-10 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2026-02-10 Bill and accomanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY, in concurrence. referral-committee
• 2026-03-17 Reports READ.
• 2026-03-17 On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-17 ROLL CALL NO. 656
• 2026-03-17 (Yeas 129 - Nays 14 - Absent 6 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
• 2026-03-17 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-03-17 Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-17 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2026-03-17 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-845). reading-3
• 2026-03-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-18 Reports READ
• 2026-03-18 On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence.
• 2026-03-18 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2026-03-18 Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-18 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-03-19 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-19 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-845), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-03-19 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2026-03-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+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/24e50f75-9210-43bb-bfed-28144b8dd47d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).