---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prevent Retaliatory Evictions"
description: "An Act To Prevent Retaliatory Evictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 45"
citation: "Maine LD 45 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "EVICTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8065f74-983e-4007-a6da-0aed54dd1ea7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085114"
source_hash: "612a1c01d6b3e1f0c6b464022450b8e9949d0ea3ff4c3236d08f27aab0bf4d5e"
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 45 (131) — An Act To Prevent Retaliatory Evictions

## 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=SP0037&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0037&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0037&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-01-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-303). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-303). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+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/a8065f74-983e-4007-a6da-0aed54dd1ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).