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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income"
description: "An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1080"
citation: "Maine LD 1080 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPOSITS", "REGULATION", "UTILITY DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melanie SACHS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681b8eb5-fe02-47da-8ce5-464a65a30cdc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097507"
source_hash: "a2bccd4acd0eb4906a71f7e17b0250f365536503547cd529a7d5acb12894215a"
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 1080 (132) — An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities From Requiring Deposits Based Solely On A Residential Customer'S Income
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (H-86)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0702&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0702&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1080 HP 702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0702&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **1814** (pass) · upper
- Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep — **7763** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED — **1913** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Melanie SACHS — primary (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Kilton WEBB — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Mathew MCINTYRE — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)
- Walter RUNTE — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-14** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-03-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **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.
- **2025-05-06** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-06** Representative KESSLER of South Portland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2025-05-06** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending the motion of Representative KESSLER of South Portland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2025-05-06** Later today assigned.
- **2025-05-14** Speaker laid before the House
- **2025-05-14** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-14** ROLL CALL NO. 141
- **2025-05-14** (Yeas 77 - Nays 63 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-86). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** Reports Read
- **2025-05-20** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-05-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 176 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-20** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) in concurrence PREVAILED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 177 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 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
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681b8eb5-fe02-47da-8ce5-464a65a30cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).