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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Protect The Elderly From Tax Lien Foreclosures"
+description: "An Act To Protect The Elderly From Tax Lien Foreclosures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "128"
+identifier: "LD 1629"
+citation: "Maine LD 1629 (128)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES", "FORECLOSURE", "ELDERLY", "TAX LIENS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ESPLING"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-06-05"
+last_action: "2018-09-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b03aea6-e6ff-47a3-bb1f-46a99c923d87"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065823"
+source_hash: "764460d70d17c64f521da0f1d27d55a1dcffadb44f427557dccbb4554253a26d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1629 (128) — An Act To Protect The Elderly From Tax Lien Foreclosures
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP112401.asp)
+
+## Votes
+
+- TABLE UNTIL LATER — **79–69** (pass) · lower
+- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **61–34** (pass) · lower
+- RECEDE — **40–55** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ESPLING — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-05** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2017-06-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2017-06-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2017-08-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
+- **2017-08-02** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
+- **2018-04-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2018-04-18** On OBJECTION of Representative HERBIG of Belfast REMOVED.
+- **2018-04-18** The Committee Report was READ.
+- **2018-04-18** On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
+- **2018-04-18** ROLL CALL NO. 618
+- **2018-04-18** (Yeas 79 - Nays 69 - Absent 3 - Excused 0)
+- **2018-04-18** Later today assigned.
+- **2018-05-02** Carried over to any special session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
+- **2018-06-21** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2018-06-21** Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2018-06-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2018-06-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2018-06-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771).
+- **2018-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2018-06-25** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Report
+- **2018-09-13** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2018-09-13** Subsequently Report Accepted in concurrence
+- **2018-09-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) READ
+- **2018-09-13** On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) To Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) READ and ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
+- **2018-09-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
+- **2018-09-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2`
+- **2018-09-13** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2018-09-13** Motion of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester to RECEDE failed.
+- **2018-09-13** ROLL CALL NO. 750
+- **2018-09-13** (Yeas 40 - Nays 55 - Absent 55 - Excused 0 Vacant 1)
+- **2018-09-13** On motion of Speaker GIDEON of Freeport, the House RECEDED AND CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto.
+- **2018-09-13** ROLL CALL NO. 751
+- **2018-09-13** (Yeas 61 - Nays 34 - Absent 55 - Excused 0 Vacant 1)
+- **2018-09-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2018-09-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2018-09-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2018-09-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2018-09-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b03aea6-e6ff-47a3-bb1f-46a99c923d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+