---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require The Attorney General To Create And Update Biennially A Model Residential Lease"
description: "An Act To Require The Attorney General To Create And Update Biennially A Model Residential Lease"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1750"
citation: "Maine LD 1750 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD AND TENANT", "MODEL LEASE", "REAL ESTATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David BOYER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2240931-4617-48d9-8df9-50098bd5af47"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098706"
source_hash: "c25c429ba696786452d384c96966de655b839b071fdfc88bb72bdf4e0fa7aced"
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 1750 (132) — An Act To Require The Attorney General To Create And Update Biennially A Model Residential Lease

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment C-A (H-601)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1168&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1168&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1750 HP 1168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1168&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP — **56–89** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David BOYER — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth CARUSO — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
- Karen MONTELL — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-10** Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
- **2025-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 407
- **2025-06-10** (Yeas 56 - Nays 89 - Absent 4 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-10** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-601) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-601). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** Reports Read
- **2025-06-10** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-601) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-10** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-601) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-601) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-25** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2240931-4617-48d9-8df9-50098bd5af47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).