Scope
Maine L.D. 307 (H.P. 207, 132nd Legislature), as amended by Committee Amendment A (H-881) and House Amendment B (H-1051), would have provided that before 1 November 2027 a municipality, a quasi-independent state entity or a state agency could not accept an application for or issue a permit or other approval for the development, construction or operation of a data center with a load of 20 megawatts or more, and would have created a Maine Data Center Coordination Council.
- Geographic scope
- Maine
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Maine Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (vetoed)
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 29 April 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Maine Legislative Document 307 would have temporarily stopped state and local approvals for data centers with loads of 20 megawatts or more until 1 November 2027 and created a data center coordination council. The Governor vetoed the bill on 24 April 2026 and the Legislature sustained the veto on 29 April 2026, so it did not become law. The 1 November 2027 date was part of the proposal and is not the end of anything in force.
What this does not establish
- The final engrossed text was not separately opened; the record uses the committee amendment text and the Legislature's status page.
- The Governor's veto message (me-governor-ld307-veto-message-20260424) and Executive Order 5 on a data center advisory council (me-governor-eo5-data-center-advisory-council-2026) are separate records.
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 Veto of L.D. 307 data center moratorium bill (Completed)
- Related, not a replacement Data Center Advisory Council and ratepayer protection order (In effect)
Sources
https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0207&item=2&snum=132