---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create Affordable Workforce And Senior Housing And Preserve Affordable Rural Housing"
description: "An Act To Create Affordable Workforce And Senior Housing And Preserve Affordable Rural Housing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1645"
citation: "Maine LD 1645 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX", "CREDITS", "AFFORDABLE HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan FECTEAU"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-25"
last_action: "2020-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed27ece-c3e9-4577-9b21-d2dafedc63d7"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073590"
source_hash: "acf7a06609ca7e883e6c2bf82958c784dbcb784d18bb88a8deb465cc6c3e861b"
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 1645 (129) — An Act To Create Affordable Workforce And Senior Housing And Preserve Affordable Rural Housing

## 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=HP1180&item=6&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1180&item=2&snum=129)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1180&item=1&snum=129)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1180&item=7&snum=129)

## Votes

- Enactment — **132–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryan FECTEAU — primary (person)
- Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-25** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-30** On motion by Senator Chipman of Cumberland, REFERRED to the Committee on Taxation, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-481).
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-481) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-481), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 207
- **2019-06-07** (Yeas 132 - Nays 4 - Absent 12 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-20** CARRIED OVER on the Special Appropriations Table to any Special or Regular Sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2019-06-20** Carried over on the Special Appropriations Table to any special or regular sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2020-01-28** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-481)
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-481) was ADOPTED
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Committee Amendment "A" (H-481) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-374) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-01-28** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-374) In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2020-01-28** Sent down for concurrence
- **2020-01-30** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-374).
- **2020-01-30** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-04** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2020-02-04** Later today assigned.
- **2020-02-06** Speaker laid before the House
- **2020-02-06** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-12** 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/fed27ece-c3e9-4577-9b21-d2dafedc63d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).