Scope
The Governor of Maine's veto message of 24 April 2026 returns L.D. 307, An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation on Certain Data Centers, without signature. The message describes the amended bill as placing a moratorium on municipal and state permitting of data centers with a load of 20 megawatts or more until 1 November 2027, and says a council will be established by executive order instead.
- Geographic scope
- Maine
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Executive
- Issuing authority
- Governor of Maine
Dates
- Adopted
- 24 April 2026
- Effective
- Effective date not stated in the source
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 24 April 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- 24 April 2026
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
On 24 April 2026 the Governor of Maine vetoed L.D. 307, which as amended would have created a data center coordination council and paused municipal and state permitting of data centers of 20 megawatts or more until 1 November 2027. The veto message objects to the lack of an exemption for a specific mill-site project and says the Governor would create a council by executive order. The veto is a completed act; the bill itself is recorded separately as vetoed.
What this does not establish
- The bill record (me-legislature-ld307-data-center-moratorium-bill-2026) records the Legislature sustaining the veto on 29 April 2026; that sustain date was not re-confirmed here because the Legislature's status pages (LawMakerWeb) do not permit automated access.
- The veto message is not a restriction and has no ongoing effect.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement L.D. 307 temporary halt on 20 MW data center approvals (vetoed) (Vetoed)
Sources
https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/official_documents/veto_messages/2026-04-ld-307-act-establish-maine-data-center-coordination