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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require The Office Of The Public Advocate To Implement The State'S Climate Action Plan"
description: "An Act To Require The Office Of The Public Advocate To Implement The State'S Climate Action Plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 837"
citation: "Maine LD 837 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLIMATE ACTION PLAN", "POWERS", "PUBLIC ADVOCATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b682b2a7-79c5-4c97-baa8-78bbe9226315"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097061"
source_hash: "e08c216cb957964a3283282365e81d28363cf758004b8ed5051e257ede4e33dd"
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 837 (132) — An Act To Require The Office Of The Public Advocate To Implement The State'S Climate Action Plan
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-29)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0370&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0370&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 837 SP 370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0370&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ENACTMENT — **2014** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7467** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **1815** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)
- Kilton WEBB — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie SACHS — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)
- Walter RUNTE — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-04** 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
- **2025-03-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2025-04-29** Reports READ
- **2025-04-29** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-04-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 129 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2025-04-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-29) READ. ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-29) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-30** Reports READ.
- **2025-04-30** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-30** ROLL CALL NO. 104
- **2025-04-30** (Yeas 74 - Nays 67 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-04-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-29) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-04-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-29). `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-07** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT
- **2025-05-14** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-05-14** Subsequently, FINALLY PASSED in concurrence PREVAILED `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 169 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-27** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-25T04:00:00+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/b682b2a7-79c5-4c97-baa8-78bbe9226315`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).