---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize The Treasurer Of State To Facilitate The Establishment Of Able Accounts For Qualified Persons"
description: "An Act To Authorize The Treasurer Of State To Facilitate The Establishment Of Able Accounts For Qualified Persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1881"
citation: "Maine LD 1881 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BUREAU", "ADMINSTRATION", "ABLE ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["POULIOT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-27"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3821f83-0ee3-497b-bf5f-3499408a2ac8"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280068303"
source_hash: "9f03eea236217425d2def6e287941bb6b033c9a13357332911bb358b13f3dfca"
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 1881 (128) — An Act To Authorize The Treasurer Of State To Facilitate The Establishment Of Able Accounts For Qualified Persons

## 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/HP131401.asp)

## Sponsors

- POULIOT — primary (person)
- FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-27** Committee on Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2018-03-27** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-27** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-04-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-717).
- **2018-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2018-04-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-717) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-717), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2018-04-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2018-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-18** 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/c3821f83-0ee3-497b-bf5f-3499408a2ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).