Bill Commons

ME LD 2203

enacted

An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers

Maine · 132 · lower

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Quick answers

Did ME LD 2203 pass?

Yes. ME LD 2203 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-03): Signed by Governor

What is ME LD 2203 about?

ME LD 2203 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers”.

Who sponsors ME LD 2203?

Melanie SACHS is the primary sponsor of ME LD 2203.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-03 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Melanie SACHSprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-03

    Signed by Governor

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  2. 2026-03-25

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

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  3. 2026-03-24

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2026-03-24

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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  5. 2026-03-19

    Ordered sent down forthwith.

  6. 2026-03-19

    READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-845), in concurrence.

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  7. 2026-03-19

    COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.

  8. 2026-03-18

    ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.

  9. 2026-03-18

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) READ and ADOPTED.

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  10. 2026-03-18

    Bill READ ONCE

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  11. 2026-03-18

    On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence.

  12. 2026-03-18

    Reports READ

  13. 2026-03-17

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  14. 2026-03-17

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-845).

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  15. 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.

  16. 2026-03-17

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) was READ and ADOPTED.

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  17. 2026-03-17

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

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  18. 2026-03-17

    (Yeas 129 - Nays 14 - Absent 6 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)

  19. 2026-03-17

    ROLL CALL NO. 656

  20. 2026-03-17

    On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  21. 2026-03-17

    Reports READ.

  22. 2026-03-12

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  23. 2026-02-24

    Voted - Divided Report

  24. 2026-02-24

    Work Session Held

  25. 2026-02-10

    Bill and accomanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY, in concurrence.

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  26. 2026-02-10

    Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.

  27. 2026-02-10

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  28. 2026-02-10

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

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  29. 2026-02-10

    Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

  30. 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.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

    2026-03-17 · pass · 129-14

    Member-level votes (150)
    • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
    • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
    • ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
    • ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
    • ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
    • ARCHER of Saco: yes
    • ARDELL of Monticello: yes
    • 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: yes
    • BLIER of Buxton: yes
    • BOYER of Poland: yes
    • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
    • BRENNAN of Portland: yes
    • BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
    • BUNKER of Farmington: yes
    • CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
    • CARLOW of Buxton: yes
    • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
    • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
    • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
    • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
    • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
    • COLLINS of Sidney: no
    • COOPER of Windham: yes
    • COPELAND of Saco: yes
    • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
    • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
    • CROCKETT of Portland: yes
    • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
    • 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: yes
    • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
    • EATON of Deer Isle: yes
    • EDER of Waterboro: yes
    • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
    • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
    • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
    • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
    • FLYNN of Albion: yes
    • FOLEY of Wells: yes
    • FOSTER of Dexter: yes
    • FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
    • FREDETTE of Newport: yes
    • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
    • FROST of Belgrade: yes
    • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
    • GEIGER of Rockland: yes
    • GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
    • GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
    • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
    • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
    • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
    • GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
    • GRIFFIN of Levant: other
    • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
    • HAGGAN of Hampden: no
    • HALL of Wilton: yes
    • HARRIMAN of Lewiston: yes
    • HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
    • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
    • HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
    • HYMES of Waldo: yes
    • JACKSON of Oxford: other
    • JULIA of Waterville: yes
    • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
    • KUHN of Falmouth: yes
    • LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
    • LANCE of Paris: yes
    • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
    • LAVIGNE of Berwick: other
    • LEE of Auburn: yes
    • LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
    • LIBBY of Auburn: no
    • LOOKNER of Portland: yes
    • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
    • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
    • MALON of Biddeford: yes
    • MASON of Lisbon: yes
    • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
    • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
    • MATLACK of St. George: yes
    • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
    • MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
    • MEYER of Eliot: yes
    • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
    • MINGO of Calais: yes
    • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
    • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
    • MOONEN of Portland: yes
    • MORRIS of Turner: no
    • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
    • NUTTING of Oakland: yes
    • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
    • OLSEN of Raymond: yes
    • OSHER of Orono: yes
    • PARRY of Arundel: yes
    • PAUL of Winterport: no
    • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: yes
    • PLUECKER of Warren: yes
    • POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
    • POMERLEAU of Standish: yes
    • 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: yes
    • 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: yes
    • SINCLAIR of Bath: other
    • SKOLD of Portland: yes
    • SMITH of Palermo: yes
    • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
    • STOVER of Boothbay: yes
    • STROUT of Harrington: yes
    • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
    • SWALLOW of Houlton: yes
    • TERRY of Gorham: yes
    • THORNE of Carmel: yes
    • TUELL of East Machias: yes
    • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: no
    • WADSWORTH of Hiram: yes
    • WALKER of Naples: yes
    • WARREN of Scarborough: yes
    • WEBB of Durham: yes
    • WHITE of Guilford: no
    • WHITE of Ellsworth: yes
    • WOOD of Norway: yes
    • WOOD of Greene: yes
    • WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
    • YUSUF of Portland: yes
    • ZAGER of Portland: yes

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