---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Home Ownership By Minimizing Education Debt"
description: "An Act To Promote Home Ownership By Minimizing Education Debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1709"
citation: "Maine LD 1709 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE AUTHORITY", "HOME OWNERSHIP REDUCE SCHOOL DEBT", "PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-05-14"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/276aec57-82f2-4307-98c6-1ce50f7038a8"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080910"
source_hash: "e2362bee28f1e78037cd486b27e1df08dcc825d1a01aeabc28f46703c1ab63bf"
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 1709 (130) — An Act To Promote Home Ownership By Minimizing Education Debt

## 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=SP0562&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0562&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0562&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 14, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-173) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-173). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-173). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/276aec57-82f2-4307-98c6-1ce50f7038a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).