republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-556.md

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Bill	An Act To Preserve Heating And Energy Choice By Prohibiting A Municipality From Prohibiting A Particular Energy System Or Energy Distributor	An Act To Preserve Heating And Energy Choice By Prohibiting A Municipality From Prohibiting A Particular Energy System Or Energy Distributor	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 556	Maine LD 556 (132)	bill	ENERGY SYSTEMS AND DISTRIBUTERS MUNICIPALITIES ORDINANCES	enacted	Matthew HARRINGTON	2	42	8	2025-02-11	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bc555474-caf7-4bb8-bab8-02db3ff64f67	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096361	28cbd5300a98b1493671aed30b5518997b8ed4537b60d38f1367a6157ddb7134	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 556 (132) — An Act To Preserve Heating And Energy Choice By Prohibiting A Municipality From Prohibiting A Particular Energy System Or Energy Distributor

Version chain

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

1. Chapter 456 (committee substitute) — source
2. LD 556 SP 218 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• RECONSIDER — 1–31 (fail) · upper
• ENACTMENT — 18–14 (pass) · upper
• RECEDE AND CONCUR — 17–16 (pass) · upper
• TABLE UNTIL LATER — 14–20 (fail) · upper
• ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — 81–67 (pass) · lower
• Enactment — 78–67 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — 17–17 (fail) · upper
• RECONSIDER — 17–18 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Matthew HARRINGTON — primary (person)
• Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
• Randall GREENWOOD — cosponsor (person)
• Reagan PAUL — cosponsor (person)
• Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 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
• 2025-02-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 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.
• 2025-04-29 Reports READ
• 2025-04-29 On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
• 2025-06-16 Taken from the table by the President
• 2025-06-16 Motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass Report FAILED.
• 2025-06-16 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 565 Yeas 17 - Nays 17 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-16 Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
• 2025-06-16 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 566 Yeas 14 - Nays 20 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-16 Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-16 HELD at the Request of Senator STEWART of Aroostook.
• 2025-06-16 Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York to RECONSIDER whereby the Senate ACCEPTED The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
• 2025-06-16 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 576 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-16 Sent down for concurrence
• 2025-06-17 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-17 On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-17 ROLL CALL NO. 553
• 2025-06-17 (Yeas 81 - Nays 67 - Absent 1 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-17 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-17 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-17 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-3
• 2025-06-17 In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
• 2025-06-17 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-18 Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report.
• 2025-06-18 On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook the Senate RECEDED AND CONCURRED to The Majority Ought to Pass Report and the Bill PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence. PREVAILED reading-3
• 2025-06-18 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 620 Yeas 17 - Nays 16 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-18 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-18 ROLL CALL NO. 582
• 2025-06-18 (Yeas 78 - Nays 67 - Absent 4 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-18 Sent for concurrence.
• 2025-06-18 HELD at the Request of Representative MOONEN of Portland.
• 2025-06-25 RELEASED.
• 2025-06-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED passage
• 2025-06-25 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 646 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-25 Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York to RECONSIDER PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED FAILED
• 2025-06-25 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 646 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2025-07-01 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
• 2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc555474-caf7-4bb8-bab8-02db3ff64f67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).