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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters In Maine"
+description: "An Act To Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters In Maine"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 698"
+citation: "Maine LD 698 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EMERGENCY SHELTER", "FUNDING", "HOUSING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-20"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201403b0-cd3f-4998-8e0e-445afdb14ba3"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096667"
+source_hash: "1f0dfe4328266720afdafc497a5e00c2dba7e5de54a3a0d185c71c9b3da3f322"
+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 698 (132) — An Act To Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters In Maine
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (S-124)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0315&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Amendment C-B (S-125)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0315&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **Amendment S-A (S-460)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0315&item=5&snum=132)
+4. **Chapter 460** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0315&item=7&snum=132)
+5. **LD 698 SP 315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0315&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **76–62** (pass) · lower
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **85–58** (pass) · lower
+- ENACTMENT — **21–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
+- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
+- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
+- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
+- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
+- Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 20, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **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.
+- **2025-05-21** Reports Read
+- **2025-05-21** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-124) Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-05-21** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-124) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-124) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-21** Sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2025-05-22** Reports READ.
+- **2025-05-22** On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-05-22** ROLL CALL NO. 173
+- **2025-05-22** (Yeas 85 - Nays 58 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
+- **2025-05-22** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-124) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-05-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-124). `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-27** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
+- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
+- **2025-06-25** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED. `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-460) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-124) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-460) In NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-25** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2025-06-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-124) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-460) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-25** ROLL CALL NO. 591
+- **2025-06-25** (Yeas 76 - Nays 62 - Absent 11 - Excused 2)
+- **2025-06-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 652 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
+- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2025-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201403b0-cd3f-4998-8e0e-445afdb14ba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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