---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Finance Authority Of Maine To Establish A Pilot Program To Encourage The Development Of Accessory Dwelling Units"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Finance Authority Of Maine To Establish A Pilot Program To Encourage The Development Of Accessory Dwelling Units"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 654"
citation: "Maine LD 654 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS PROGRAM", "ASSISTANCE", "HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew POULIOT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59c32285-09c5-4116-81ca-8e9a7716caed"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086242"
source_hash: "44d87f30cf2ad479112424577fef72748159c9e88adf5865ae31f66918c6339b"
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 654 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Finance Authority Of Maine To Establish A Pilot Program To Encourage The Development Of Accessory Dwelling Units

## 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=SP0271&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0271&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0271&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0271&item=4&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Matthew POULIOT — primary (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Joint Select Committee on HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Joint Select Committee on HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-14** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Joint Select Committee on HOUSING.
- **2023-02-14** 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.
- **2023-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-177). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-08** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-08** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-08** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-177). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-460) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-460) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-460) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-07-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-177) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-460) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-25** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-07-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-25** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+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/59c32285-09c5-4116-81ca-8e9a7716caed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).