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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers"
description: "An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2203"
citation: "Maine LD 2203 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DELIVERY", "ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "RATEPAYER PROTECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melanie SACHS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-10"
last_action: "2026-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e50f75-9210-43bb-bfed-28144b8dd47d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101501"
source_hash: "b294461b8de4467e7ba28b2b3cb2c5493407d4196a33646acdec8b088ce9f8cc"
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 2203 (132) — An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (H-845)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1482&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 640** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1482&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2203 HP 1482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1482&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **12914** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Melanie SACHS — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-10** Representative SACHS for the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Public Law 2025, chapter 123, section 3, subsection 2 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-02-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-02-10** Bill and accomanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-17** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-17** ROLL CALL NO. 656
- **2026-03-17** (Yeas 129 - Nays 14 - Absent 6 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-845). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-18** Reports READ
- **2026-03-18** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence.
- **2026-03-18** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-03-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-19** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-19** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-845), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+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/24e50f75-9210-43bb-bfed-28144b8dd47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).