---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require National Banks To Cooperate In The Administration Of The General Assistance Program"
description: "An Act To Require National Banks To Cooperate In The Administration Of The General Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 239"
citation: "Maine LD 239 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSISTANCE", "INCOME", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BALANCE RECOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRAKEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e85747d-fd1a-415b-a177-e625d19c0ee5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062798"
source_hash: "e2e05efb6a5542745a08d851a6c3e28e366df94c92a7daa6911f39ae36380dfb"
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 239 (128) — An Act To Require National Banks To Cooperate In The Administration Of The General Assistance Program

## 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/SP008501.asp)

## Sponsors

- BRAKEY — primary (person)
- LIBBY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- **2017-01-26** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-26** On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2017-01-26** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-31** On motion by Senator WHITTEMORE of Somerset The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With REFERENCE to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence
- **2017-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-24) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-04-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-13** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-13** READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-24) `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-04-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-24).
- **2017-04-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-28** 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/1e85747d-fd1a-415b-a177-e625d19c0ee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).