---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Requiring Health Care Providers To Engage In Fair Practices When Selling Medical Debt"
description: "An Act Requiring Health Care Providers To Engage In Fair Practices When Selling Medical Debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2115"
citation: "Maine LD 2115 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEBT COLLECTION", "FINANCIAL PRACTICES", "MEDICAL DEBT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/812a906a-a579-45df-9e54-9506b60682e5"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091510"
source_hash: "12205f5d1b731952362af7d0cd7c82067ba2b0d7a036781bbba62b563548ce73"
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 2115 (131) — An Act Requiring Health Care Providers To Engage In Fair Practices When Selling Medical 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=SP0908&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0908&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0908&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0908&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** 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
- **2024-01-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-09** Reports READ
- **2024-04-09** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-667) Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-04-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-667) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-667) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-04-10** Reports READ.
- **2024-04-10** On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-667) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-04-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-667). `reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/812a906a-a579-45df-9e54-9506b60682e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).