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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Approval Of Transmission Lines"
description: "An Act Regarding The Approval Of Transmission Lines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 810"
citation: "Maine LD 810 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROVAL PROCESS", "ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "TRANSMISSION LINES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher KESSLER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe7ca010-4624-451d-9e2f-f7ba74252f3a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097003"
source_hash: "994bbe4ec7f9843068d1bdb3898b78d83697669e384d6729af589ed80d6f02b2"
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 810 (132) — An Act Regarding The Approval Of Transmission Lines
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (H-410)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0517&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0517&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 810 HP 517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0517&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7275** (fail) · lower
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **7473** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **1816** (pass) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **7469** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Christopher KESSLER — primary (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-27** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 27, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** 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.
- **2025-06-03** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-03** Motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.
- **2025-06-03** ROLL CALL NO. 303
- **2025-06-03** (Yeas 72 - Nays 75 - Absent 4 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-03** Subsequently, on motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-04** Reports Read
- **2025-06-04** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-04** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 346 Yeas 18 - Nays 16 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-04** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-410) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-410) in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-09** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-410) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 363
- **2025-06-09** (Yeas 74 - Nays 73 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** HELD.
- **2025-06-09** RELEASED.
- **2025-06-10** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2025-06-10** Later today assigned.
- **2025-06-10** Speaker laid before the House
- **2025-06-10** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 419
- **2025-06-10** (Yeas 74 - Nays 69 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** HELD.
- **2025-06-10** RELEASED.
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+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/fe7ca010-4624-451d-9e2f-f7ba74252f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).