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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Limit Utility Shut-Offs"
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description: "An Act To Limit Utility Shut-Offs"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "131"
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identifier: "LD 1962"
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citation: "Maine LD 1962 (131)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DELIVERY", "ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "SHUT-OFFS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-05-18"
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last_action: "2024-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b683df8-c366-4fac-b584-91e466dae264"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089484"
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source_hash: "ea5937b0292d7068483e687486b16322227ba155688aad7d50e4868e624389d9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1962 (131) — An Act To Limit Utility Shut-Offs
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0798&item=2&snum=131)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0798&item=1&snum=131)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0798&item=3&snum=131)
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## Votes
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- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-18** 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
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- **2023-05-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
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- **2024-03-05** Reports Read
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- **2024-03-05** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
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- **2024-03-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 576 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
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- **2024-03-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-554) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-05** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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- **2024-03-06** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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- **2024-03-06** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-554) `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2024-03-07** Reports READ.
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- **2024-03-07** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2024-03-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-554) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2024-03-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-554). `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2024-03-12** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
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- **2024-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2024-03-13** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2024-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
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- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
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- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b683df8-c366-4fac-b584-91e466dae264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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