---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve The Regulation Of Debt Collectors"
description: "An Act To Improve The Regulation Of Debt Collectors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1663"
citation: "Maine LD 1663 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL PRACTICES", "DEBT COLLECTION", "REGULATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WHITTEMORE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-29"
last_action: "2018-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2787615-07f5-4f21-923d-fb70bf4127b5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067074"
source_hash: "449d50fd19aadb6571355e7b339856198e36bce687230e808257343bbab4519a"
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 1663 (128) — An Act To Improve The Regulation Of Debt Collectors

## 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/SP061301.asp)

## Sponsors

- WHITTEMORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on November 27, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2018-01-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2018-01-25** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2018-01-25** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2018-01-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-01-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-01-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2018-01-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-02-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-02-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** 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/a2787615-07f5-4f21-923d-fb70bf4127b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).