An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor
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Officially: “An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor” Read the full text
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132nd legislature (2025-2026)SP 218
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Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence · Feb 11, 2025
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.^ · Feb 11, 2025
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. · Mar 21, 2025
Reports READ On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT Unfinished Business · Apr 29, 2025
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Taken from the table by the President Motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass Report FAILED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 565 Yeas 17 - Nays 17 - Excused 1 - · Jun 16, 2025
Reports READ. On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 553 (Yeas 81 - Nays 67 - Absent 1 - Excused 2) The Bill was READ ONCE. U · Jun 17, 2025
Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report. On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook the Senate RECEDED AND CONCURRED to The Majority · Jun 18, 2025
PASSED TO BE ENACTED. ROLL CALL NO. 582 (Yeas 78 - Nays 67 - Absent 4 - Excused 2) Sent for concurrence. HELD at the Request of Representative MOONEN of Portland. · Jun 18, 2025
RELEASED. · Jun 25, 2025
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 646 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York to RECONSIDER PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED · Jun 25, 2025
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Matthew HarringtonRandall GreenwoodHarold StewartSteven FosterJoseph BaldacciReagan Paul
Recorded votes
RECONSIDERSenate · 2025-06-25 · FAILS · Yeas 1, Nays 31, Excused 3, NotVoting 0, Total 32
ENACTMENTSenate · 2025-06-25 · PREVAILS · Yeas 18, Nays 14, Excused 3, NotVoting 0, Total 32
EnactmentHouse · 2025-06-18 · PREVAILS · Yeas 78, Nays 67, Excused 2, NotVoting 4, Total 145
RECEDE AND CONCURSenate · 2025-06-18 · PREVAILS · Yeas 17, Nays 16, Excused 2, NotVoting 0, Total 33
ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REPHouse · 2025-06-17 · PREVAILS · Yeas 81, Nays 67, Excused 2, NotVoting 1, Total 148
RECONSIDERSenate · 2025-06-16 · FAILS · Yeas 17, Nays 18, Excused 0, NotVoting 0, Total 35
TABLE UNTIL LATERSenate · 2025-06-16 · FAILS · Yeas 14, Nays 20, Excused 1, NotVoting 0, Total 34
ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORTSenate · 2025-06-16 · FAILS · Yeas 17, Nays 17, Excused 1, NotVoting 0, Total 34
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Maine legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 646 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Motion by Se (Jun 25, 2025).