ME LD 1949

enacted

An Act Regarding Energy Fairness

Maine · 132 · upper

Quick answers

Did ME LD 1949 pass?

Yes. ME LD 1949 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-23. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Signed by Governor

What is ME LD 1949 about?

ME LD 1949 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act Regarding Energy Fairness”.

Who sponsors ME LD 1949?

Anne CARNEY is the primary sponsor of ME LD 1949, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-23 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-05-07
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
2025-05-07
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.
referral-committee
2025-05-07
In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-06-13
On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF ANY REPORT
2025-06-13
Taken from the table by the President
2025-06-13
On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-387) Be ACCEPTED
2025-06-13
Tabled
2025-06-17
Taken from the table by the President
2025-06-17
Subsequently Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-387) Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
2025-06-17
Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 594 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
2025-06-17
READ ONCE
reading-1
2025-06-17
Committee Amendment "A" (S-387) READ
2025-06-17
On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-387) READ and ADOPTED
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-17
Committee Amendment "A" (S-387) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto ADOPTED
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-17
Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-387) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto
reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-17
Sent down for concurrence
2025-06-17
Reports READ.
2025-06-17
On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Any Report.
2025-06-17
Later today assigned.
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.
2026-01-07
Speaker laid before the House
2026-01-07
Subsequently, on motion of Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford the Bill and accompanying papers were COMMITTED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.
referral-committee
2026-01-07
In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
2026-01-07
ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-01-07
On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED to Bill and accompanying papers being COMMITTED to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology
2026-02-24
Reports READ
2026-02-24
Senator LAWRENCE of York moved the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED Report.
2026-02-24
On motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "C" (S-504) Report.
2026-03-05
Taken from the table by the President
2026-03-05
ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "C" (S-504) Report PREVAILED.
2026-03-05
Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 736 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
2026-03-05
Bill READ ONCE
reading-1
2026-03-05
Committee Amendment "C" (S-504) READ and ADOPTED
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-05
ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
2026-03-10
COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
2026-03-10
READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "C" (S-504)
reading-2,reading-3
2026-03-10
Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
2026-03-12
Reports READ.
2026-03-12
On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
2026-03-12
The Bill was READ ONCE.
reading-1
2026-03-12
Committee Amendment "C" (S-504) was READ and ADOPTED.
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-03-12
Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
2026-03-12
The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "C" (S-504).
reading-3
2026-03-12
In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-03-17
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
passage
2026-03-17
ROLL CALL NO. 650
2026-03-17
(Yeas 86 - Nays 56 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
2026-03-17
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-03-17
HELD.
2026-03-17
RELEASED.
2026-03-18
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
passage
2026-03-23
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-20
Work Session Held - TABLED
2025-05-21
Work Session Held - TABLED
2025-05-22
Work Session Held
2025-05-28
Work Session Held
2025-05-28
Voted - Divided Report
2025-06-12
Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM/ONTP
2026-01-15
Work Session Held - TABLED
2026-01-22
Work Session Held - TABLED
2026-02-03
Work Session Held
2026-02-03
Voted - Divided Report
2026-02-17
Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Versions

Amendment H-A to C-A (H-780)Compare
Amendment S-A to C-A (S-412)Compare
Amendment C-B (S-388)Compare
Amendment C-A (S-387)Compare
Chapter 588Compare
Amendment C-C (S-504)Compare
LD 1949 SP 756Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED
2025-06-16 · pass · 22-13
Member-level votes (35)
- BAILEY of York: yes
- BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
- BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
- BENNETT of Oxford: yes
- BERNARD of Aroostook: no
- BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
- BLACK of Franklin: no
- BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
- BRENNER of Cumberland: yes
- CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
- CURRY of Waldo: yes
- CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
- DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
- DUSON of Cumberland: yes
- FARRIN of Somerset: no
- GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
- GUERIN of Penobscot: no
- HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
- HARRINGTON of York: no
- HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
- INGWERSEN of York: yes
- LAWRENCE of York: yes
- LIBBY of Cumberland: no
- MARTIN of Oxford: no
- MOORE of Washington: yes
- NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
- PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
- RAFFERTY of York: yes
- RENY of Lincoln: yes
- ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
- STEWART of Aroostook: no
- TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
- TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
- TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
- TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT
2026-03-05 · pass · 21-12
Member-level votes (35)
- BAILEY of York: yes
- BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
- BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
- BENNETT of Oxford: yes
- BERNARD of Aroostook: no
- BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
- BLACK of Franklin: no
- BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
- BRENNER of Cumberland: yes
- CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
- CURRY of Waldo: yes
- CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
- DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
- DUSON of Cumberland: yes
- FARRIN of Somerset: other
- GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
- GUERIN of Penobscot: no
- HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
- HARRINGTON of York: no
- HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
- INGWERSEN of York: yes
- LAWRENCE of York: yes
- LIBBY of Cumberland: other
- MARTIN of Oxford: no
- MOORE of Washington: no
- NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
- PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
- RAFFERTY of York: yes
- RENY of Lincoln: yes
- ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
- STEWART of Aroostook: no
- TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
- TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
- TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
- TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
Enactment
2026-03-17 · pass · 86-56
Member-level votes (150)
- ABDI of Lewiston: yes
- ADAMS of Lebanon: other
- ALBERT of Madawaska: no
- ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
- ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
- ARCHER of Saco: yes
- ARDELL of Monticello: no
- ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
- BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
- BAGSHAW of Windham: no
- BECK of South Portland: yes
- BELL of Yarmouth: yes
- BISHOP of Bucksport: no
- BLIER of Buxton: no
- BOYER of Poland: no
- BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
- BRENNAN of Portland: yes
- BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
- BUNKER of Farmington: yes
- CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
- CARLOW of Buxton: yes
- CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
- CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
- CIMINO of Bridgton: no
- CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
- COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
- COLLINS of Sidney: no
- COOPER of Windham: no
- COPELAND of Saco: yes
- CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
- CRAY of Palmyra: yes
- CROCKETT of Portland: yes
- DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
- DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
- DHALAC of South Portland: yes
- DILL of Old Town: yes
- DODGE of Belfast: yes
- DOUDERA of Camden: yes
- DRINKWATER of Milford: no
- DUCHARME of Madison: no
- EATON of Deer Isle: yes
- EDER of Waterboro: no
- FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
- FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
- FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
- FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
- FLYNN of Albion: no
- FOLEY of Wells: no
- FOSTER of Dexter: no
- FREDERICKS of Sanford: no
- FREDETTE of Newport: no
- FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
- FROST of Belgrade: yes
- GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
- GEIGER of Rockland: yes
- GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
- GIFFORD of Lincoln: other
- GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
- GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
- GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
- GREENWOOD of Wales: no
- GRIFFIN of Levant: other
- GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
- HAGGAN of Hampden: no
- HALL of Wilton: no
- HARRIMAN of Lewiston: yes
- HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
- HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
- HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
- HYMES of Waldo: no
- JACKSON of Oxford: other
- JULIA of Waterville: yes
- KESSLER of South Portland: yes
- KUHN of Falmouth: yes
- LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
- LANCE of Paris: no
- LANIGAN of Sanford: other
- LAVIGNE of Berwick: other
- LEE of Auburn: yes
- LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
- LIBBY of Auburn: no
- LOOKNER of Portland: yes
- LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
- MACIAS of Topsham: yes
- MALON of Biddeford: yes
- MASON of Lisbon: no
- MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
- MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
- MATLACK of St. George: yes
- MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
- MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
- MEYER of Eliot: yes
- MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
- MINGO of Calais: no
- MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
- MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
- MOONEN of Portland: yes
- MORRIS of Turner: no
- MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
- NUTTING of Oakland: no
- O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
- OLSEN of Raymond: no
- OSHER of Orono: yes
- PARRY of Arundel: no
- PAUL of Winterport: no
- PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
- PLUECKER of Warren: yes
- POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
- POMERLEAU of Standish: no
- PUGH of Portland: yes
- QUINT of Hodgdon: no
- RANA of Bangor: yes
- RAY of Lincolnville: yes
- RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
- ROBERTS of South Berwick: other
- ROEDER of Bangor: yes
- ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
- RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
- RUNTE of York: yes
- SACHS of Freeport: yes
- SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
- SARGENT of York: yes
- SATO of Gorham: yes
- SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: no
- SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
- SIMMONS of Waldoboro: no
- SINCLAIR of Bath: other
- SKOLD of Portland: yes
- SMITH of Palermo: no
- SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
- STOVER of Boothbay: yes
- STROUT of Harrington: no
- SUPICA of Bangor: yes
- SWALLOW of Houlton: no
- TERRY of Gorham: yes
- THORNE of Carmel: no
- TUELL of East Machias: no
- UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: no
- WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
- WALKER of Naples: no
- WARREN of Scarborough: yes
- WEBB of Durham: yes
- WHITE of Guilford: no
- WHITE of Ellsworth: no
- WOOD of Norway: yes
- WOOD of Greene: no
- WOODSOME of Waterboro: no
- YUSUF of Portland: yes
- ZAGER of Portland: yes

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https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280099117

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