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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enhance The Connectmaine Authority'S Capacity To Provide World-Class Internet"
description: "An Act To Enhance The Connectmaine Authority'S Capacity To Provide World-Class Internet"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1484"
citation: "Maine LD 1484 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROADBAND SERVICES", "CONNECTMAINE", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-12"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb2135c2-baa5-4132-aae1-c9d32f2ecf56"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080384"
source_hash: "b590569d8953a3810d673c83d0a91de119f58f0d7df28ad1071cb444888880d5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 1484 (130) — An Act To Enhance The Connectmaine Authority'S Capacity To Provide World-Class Internet
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0477&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0477&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0477&item=4&snum=130)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0477&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-04-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 12, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** Reports READ
- **2021-06-14** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-248) Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 329 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-248) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-248) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-14** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-248) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-248). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb2135c2-baa5-4132-aae1-c9d32f2ecf56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).