---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Notification Of Proposed Rate Increases For Long-Term Care Policies"
description: "An Act To Require Notification Of Proposed Rate Increases For Long-Term Care Policies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 5"
citation: "Maine LD 5 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE BUREAU", "PROCEDURES", "NOTIFICATION OF RATE INCREASES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise TEPLER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/170f30ba-e983-494c-8c4f-d8131f125aa7"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070618"
source_hash: "b11b30085ab77492af339ad18d89c83f3b9583419145db3bb10ecfc9310944a8"
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 5 (129) — An Act To Require Notification Of Proposed Rate Increases For Long-Term Care Policies

## 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=HP0006&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0006&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0006&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Denise TEPLER — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria FOLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-21** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-25).
- **2019-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2019-03-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-25) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-21** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-26** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-26** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-25), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** 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/170f30ba-e983-494c-8c4f-d8131f125aa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).