---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Multiple-Party Accounts With Financial Institutions"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Multiple-Party Accounts With Financial Institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 242"
citation: "Maine LD 242 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROBATE", "TRANSFERS ON DEATH", "JOINT ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dab2542-9351-49cf-9233-2bc9c7b1c053"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070942"
source_hash: "bff4f7d03f66dba1c14f74e399bc765adb8bf0640631d2284b558285f11cadfe"
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 242 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Multiple-Party Accounts With Financial Institutions

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0054&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0054&item=3&snum=129)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2019-02-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-02-14** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-02-14** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-02-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-02-21** Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
- **2019-02-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-02-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-02-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-26** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-02-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** 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/8dab2542-9351-49cf-9233-2bc9c7b1c053`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).