ME LD 2203
enactedAn Act To Limit Rates Charged To Low-Income Electricity Consumers
Maine · 132 · lower
Quick answers
Did ME LD 2203 pass?
Yes. ME LD 2203 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-03. 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
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.
referral-committee
2026-02-10
Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
2026-02-10
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
referral-committee
2026-02-10
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-02-10
Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
2026-02-10
Bill and accomanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY, in concurrence.
referral-committee
2026-03-17
Reports READ.
2026-03-17
On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
2026-03-17
ROLL CALL NO. 656
2026-03-17
(Yeas 129 - Nays 14 - Absent 6 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
2026-03-17
The Bill was READ ONCE.
reading-1
2026-03-17
Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) was READ and ADOPTED.
committee-passage-favorable,passage
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.
2026-03-17
The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-845).
reading-3
2026-03-17
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-03-18
Reports READ
2026-03-18
On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence.
2026-03-18
Bill READ ONCE
reading-1
2026-03-18
Committee Amendment "A" (H-845) READ and ADOPTED.
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-03-18
ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
2026-03-19
COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
2026-03-19
READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-845), in concurrence.
reading-2,reading-3
2026-03-19
Ordered sent down forthwith.
2026-03-24
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
passage
2026-03-24
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-03-25
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
passage
2026-04-03
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2026-02-24
Work Session Held
2026-02-24
Voted - Divided Report
2026-03-12
Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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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