---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish A Student Loan Bill Of Rights To License And Regulate Student Loan Servicers"
description: "An Act To Establish A Student Loan Bill Of Rights To License And Regulate Student Loan Servicers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 995"
citation: "Maine LD 995 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION COSTS", "STUDENT DEBT", "STUDENT LOAN OMBUDSMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c0f67a-affa-4e10-a7e4-c707440287d9"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072064"
source_hash: "2cbf80adcc801d7b486c84dd256b47dc844ef32994c548729c188eec0a4f6d2b"
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 995 (129) — An Act To Establish A Student Loan Bill Of Rights To License And Regulate Student Loan Servicers

## 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=SP0285&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0285&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0285&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- PASS TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMEND — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS suggested and ordered printed
- **2019-02-26** On motion by Senator HERBIG of Waldo The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-02-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-225) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-225). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-07** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 219 Yeas 31 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-225).
- **2019-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/77c0f67a-affa-4e10-a7e4-c707440287d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).