---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prohibit Charging Maine Seniors Higher Automobile Insurance Premiums Based Solely On Their Age"
description: "An Act To Prohibit Charging Maine Seniors Higher Automobile Insurance Premiums Based Solely On Their Age"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 308"
citation: "Maine LD 308 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "INCREASED PREMIUMS FOR SENIORS PROH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DIAMOND"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f55ad85-9134-4278-8053-fc84fc3d58b8"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062829"
source_hash: "0ca5152ba03f62dd3c0738a04ad4c525dcd70f1d40d88419aa4182f7b75f39ed"
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 308 (128) — An Act To Prohibit Charging Maine Seniors Higher Automobile Insurance Premiums Based Solely On Their Age

## 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/SP009601.asp)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DIAMOND — primary (person)
- BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
- CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
- COREY — cosponsor (person)
- DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
- DOW — cosponsor (person)
- FAY — cosponsor (person)
- MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- ORDWAY — cosponsor (person)
- PARRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-31** REFERENCE to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
- **2017-01-31** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-03-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-03-14** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-03-16** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-03-16** READ a SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-6)
- **2017-03-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-03-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-03-23** Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
- **2017-03-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-03-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-6).
- **2017-03-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 54 Yeas 32 - Nays 1 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2017-04-10** 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/9f55ad85-9134-4278-8053-fc84fc3d58b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).