---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Fiscal Responsibility In The Purchasing Of Debt"
description: "An Act To Promote Fiscal Responsibility In The Purchasing Of Debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1199"
citation: "Maine LD 1199 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS PRACTICES", "BILLING", "DEBT COLLECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANBORN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94314996-7c68-4117-9cc8-2db96e0cb9ad"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064335"
source_hash: "10800bb0172d2aad4264810d565dc971432af02171e7d077bec1d25b1e9db5b8"
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 1199 (128) — An Act To Promote Fiscal Responsibility In The Purchasing Of Debt

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP083601.asp)

## Sponsors

- SANBORN — primary (person)
- CARDONE — cosponsor (person)
- CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- CASÁS — cosponsor (person)
- FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- GROHMAN — cosponsor (person)
- LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- PRESCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** Committee on Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-468).
- **2017-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-468) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-468), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94314996-7c68-4117-9cc8-2db96e0cb9ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).