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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act Concerning Energy, Utilities And Technology"
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description: "An Act Concerning Energy, Utilities And Technology"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 597"
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citation: "Maine LD 597 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "PLANNING", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0ee7a2-709d-4dfb-8078-863becd7546d"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096607"
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source_hash: "5637d32aa8d3c8da4a66471735cacc6c8f8a5713022d49c0f5db51fa82ade23b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 597 (132) — An Act Concerning Energy, Utilities And Technology
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment C-A (S-401)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0281&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Chapter 392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0281&item=3&snum=132)
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3. **LD 597 SP 281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0281&item=1&snum=132)
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## Sponsors
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- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
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- **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.
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- **2025-06-13** Reports READ
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- **2025-06-13** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
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- **2025-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-401) READ. READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-401) `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2025-06-16** Reports READ.
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- **2025-06-16** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-401) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2025-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2025-06-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-401). `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-16** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
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- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2025-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2025-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db0ee7a2-709d-4dfb-8078-863becd7546d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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