---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Help Older Adults Age In Place Through Comprehensive Planning"
description: "An Act To Help Older Adults Age In Place Through Comprehensive Planning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 301"
citation: "Maine LD 301 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELDERLY", "HOME-BASED CARE", "AGING IN PLACE PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher BABBIDGE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49c7302b-cb08-40c7-8ab2-5205c393aad1"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071041"
source_hash: "ceab9838dcc762f8118b2e8f1eb1fb30d4069e09170f2be956f355cf37625d1a"
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 301 (129) — An Act To Help Older Adults Age In Place Through Comprehensive Planning

## 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=HP0225&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0225&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0225&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Christopher BABBIDGE — primary (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-26** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-31).
- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-31) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-04-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-31), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-19** 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/49c7302b-cb08-40c7-8ab2-5205c393aad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).