# Maine LD 873: An Act to Expand Municipal Authority over Utility Pole Permits

Maine LD 873, An Act to Expand Municipal Authority over Utility Pole Permits, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Mana Abdi (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 38) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maine LD 873
- State: Maine
- Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to Expand Municipal Authority over Utility Pole Permits
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-04
- Last action: 2025-04-22, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 38
- Sponsor: Mana Abdi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: ELECTRIC UTILITIES, ELECTRIC UTILITIES - UTILITY POLES
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Large Maine towns can remove unsafe poles: benefit, low. Municipal officers in Maine towns with more than 30,000 people can revoke utility pole locations in public streets. The cutoff was 40,000 before. They must give notice and hold a hearing, and find that public safety and public welfare require it. This applies only on local streets, not on state or…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mana Abdi (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julia McCabe (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kristen Cloutier (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Peggy R. Rotundo (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (8)

- 2025-04-22: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 38
- 2025-04-17: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-04-10: Reports ReadOn motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. READ ONCE Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Reports READ.On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-03-21: Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. (House)
- 2025-03-04: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0559&item=2&snum=132)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0559&item=1&snum=132)

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- LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed)
- LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed)
- LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed)
- LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0559&item=2&snum=132)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0559&item=1&snum=132)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD873-132 (as of 2026-10-17).