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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require The Development Of A Standard Written Disclosure For Sellers And Installers Of Distributed Generation Resources, To Make Changes To Other Standard Disclosures And To Make Misrepresentation In The Sale Of Electricity Products An Unfair Trade Practice"
description: "An Act To Require The Development Of A Standard Written Disclosure For Sellers And Installers Of Distributed Generation Resources, To Make Changes To Other Standard Disclosures And To Make Misrepresentation In The Sale Of Electricity Products An Unfair Trade Practice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1964"
citation: "Maine LD 1964 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DELIVERY", "DISCLOSURES", "ELECTRIC UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-13"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b900d510-fe8e-440f-8dd7-071ef364f295"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099219"
source_hash: "15e21f05a0266fcf3aa10ba59d3cd4342989a0c66dc8c617c26774161e3c2735"
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 1964 (132) — An Act To Require The Development Of A Standard Written Disclosure For Sellers And Installers Of Distributed Generation Resources, To Make Changes To Other Standard Disclosures And To Make Misrepresentation In The Sale Of Electricity Products An Unfair Trade Practice
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-511)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=4&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=5&snum=132)
3. **LD 1964 SP 771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=1&snum=132)
## Sponsors
- Russell BLACK — primary (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-13** 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
- **2025-05-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-02-24** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-24** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Committee Amendment "A" (S-511) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-24** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-02-26** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-26** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-511) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2026-03-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-03-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-03-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-511). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-05** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-03-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered - TABLED
- **2025-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2025-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b900d510-fe8e-440f-8dd7-071ef364f295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).