---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Maine State Housing Authority"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Maine State Housing Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1340"
citation: "Maine LD 1340 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING AUTHORITIES", "STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["VOLK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-06"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a181f34-2aaa-49d4-ab72-20dc6eb342a7"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064579"
source_hash: "107acff27dbe97cc7c1249ad68e9c3094b411d3d4ad65631f80a56c4a651b1c9"
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 1340 (128) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Maine State Housing Authority

## 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/SP045401.asp)

## Sponsors

- VOLK — primary (person)
- AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
- BATES — cosponsor (person)
- FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- HANDY — cosponsor (person)
- LANGLEY — cosponsor (person)
- LOCKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- MASTRACCIO — cosponsor (person)
- SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- VACHON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-06** Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** Reports READ
- **2017-06-13** On motion by Senator VOLK of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2017-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-243) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-243) `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2017-06-14** On motion of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-243) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-243).
- **2017-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-19** 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/9a181f34-2aaa-49d4-ab72-20dc6eb342a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).