---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Eviction Process"
description: "An Act Regarding The Eviction Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 136"
citation: "Maine LD 136 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD AND TENANT", "EVICTION", "PROCESS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CYRWAY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301da756-ee40-4a1e-9187-16b75dd1d4c9"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062637"
source_hash: "7b1c4e5cf5d88f0ada63769d3ca6744905624e379f0f5370c8953712f55abf32"
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 136 (128) — An Act Regarding The Eviction Process

## 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/SP005501.asp)

## Sponsors

- CYRWAY — primary (person)
- BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
- CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- KATZ — cosponsor (person)
- KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- MAKER — cosponsor (person)
- PARRY — cosponsor (person)
- TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-19** REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
- **2017-01-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-19** On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending REFERENCE.
- **2017-01-19** In concurrence. Later today assigned.
- **2017-02-02** Speaker laid before the House
- **2017-02-02** Subsequently, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-17** Report READ
- **2017-05-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-98) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-98) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-05-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-98).
- **2017-05-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 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/301da756-ee40-4a1e-9187-16b75dd1d4c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).