Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Enacted 5 D cosponsors

LD 496 — An Act To Address Solar Energy Development Decommissioning

Last action — Signed by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on June 16, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 D).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  5. Ordered sent down forthwith.

  6. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-288), in concurrence.

  7. Committee Amendment "A" (H-288) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.

  8. READ ONCE.

  9. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.

  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-288).

  12. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  13. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  14. Reported Out - OTP-AM

  15. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.

  16. Voted - OTP-AM

  17. Work Session Held

  18. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence

  19. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

  21. Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 179 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • James BOYLE

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (179)

179 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

environment energy
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 496?
LD 496 is sponsored by Stanley ZEIGLER, Mark W. Lawrence (Democrat), Valli Geiger (Democrat), Victoria Doudera (Democrat), Lydia Crafts (Democrat), Arthur Bell (Democrat), and James BOYLE.
What is the current status of LD 496?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2023. Enacted.
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