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LD1494 • 2025

Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan

Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Victoria Doudera
Last action
2025-06-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan

Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan Sponsor: Representative Victoria Doudera Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan Sponsor: Representative Victoria Doudera Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2136(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2136(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1494 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-12 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-10 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-10 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-03 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan
Sponsor:
Representative Victoria Doudera
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2136(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 978 - L.D. 1494
Resolve, Directing the Office of Procurement Services to Study Adapting the
Procurement Process to the State Climate Action Plan
Sec. 1. Adapting procurement program to climate action plan. Resolved:
That the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Procurement
Services, referred to in this resolve as "the office," shall coordinate with all executive
branch departments, agencies, offices, boards and commissions, referred to in this resolve
as "agencies," to study adapting the State's procurement program to the state climate action
plan under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 577, referred to in this resolve as
"the climate action plan." The office shall exclude from the study procurements conducted
by the Public Utilities Commission for energy or transmission infrastructure pursuant to
Title 35-A. The office shall survey the past 3 fiscal years of requests for proposals.
The office shall include in its survey:
1. An assessment of the volume and percentage of procurements for goods and services
that provide an opportunity to consider the climate change impact of the deliverables of the
requests for proposals and the volume and percentage of procurements that provide no such
opportunity;
2. A determination and quantification of the extent to which agencies have already
adapted the deliverables of their requests for proposals over the past 3 fiscal years to the
climate action plan;
3. A review of agencies identifying the opportunities they may have missed to consider
the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals under the climate action plan when initiating
bids for goods and services; and
4. A review of agencies identifying potential issues based upon their experience with
the procurement process and knowledge of what goods and services they commonly
contract for.
Using the results of its survey, the office shall develop a report and recommendations,
including recommendations to change the State's procurement laws, for how best to
incorporate the goals of the climate action plan as priorities in the State's procurement
program, allowing for exceptions or waivers as are reasonable and appropriate.
APPROVED
JUNE 12, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
70
RESOLVES
Page 2 - 132LR2136(03)
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than December 3, 2025, the office shall
report on its findings and recommendations under section 1, including any suggested
legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government. The joint
standing committee may report out a bill related to the report to the Second Regular Session
of the 132nd Legislature.