---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Maine Uniform Building And Energy Code To Ensure It Is Consistent With Current Standards And Applies To Small Municipalities"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Maine Uniform Building And Energy Code To Ensure It Is Consistent With Current Standards And Applies To Small Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1509"
citation: "Maine LD 1509 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE", "POPULATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deane RYKERSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98690c97-7411-45c6-9f10-755a37a6c85d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073038"
source_hash: "790bf3484cef5d5a69ebc7f8224227d7c0e175060d1e8cb1a5f46afb7730ef8f"
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 1509 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Maine Uniform Building And Energy Code To Ensure It Is Consistent With Current Standards And Applies To Small Municipalities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1101&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1101&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1101&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- Enactment — **97–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deane RYKERSON — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher CAIAZZO — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-04** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, TABLED pending REFERENCE.
- **2019-04-04** Later today assigned.
- **2019-04-16** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-04-16** Subsequently, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-18** On motion by Senator Deschambault of York, REFERRED to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-14** On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-592) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-592).
- **2019-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-17** Reports READ
- **2019-06-17** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-592) Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-17** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 311 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-592) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-592) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 281
- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 97 - Nays 44 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/98690c97-7411-45c6-9f10-755a37a6c85d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).