---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Raise The Debtor'S Exemption On Vehicles And To Exempt Amounts Rolled Over From 401(K) Or 403(B) Accounts To Individual Retirement Accounts"
description: "An Act To Raise The Debtor'S Exemption On Vehicles And To Exempt Amounts Rolled Over From 401(K) Or 403(B) Accounts To Individual Retirement Accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1442"
citation: "Maine LD 1442 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL PRACTICES", "DEBT COLLECTION", "BANKRUPTCY EXEMPTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARPENTER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-13"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40c466a7-6f18-4989-8797-596e7e7bcadc"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064802"
source_hash: "5279ac69783fa0908d1f36a55e4b989a49b1b12b2d10849cc2fae254aa50eb2e"
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 1442 (128) — An Act To Raise The Debtor'S Exemption On Vehicles And To Exempt Amounts Rolled Over From 401(K) Or 403(B) Accounts To Individual Retirement Accounts

## 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/SP049701.asp)

## Sponsors

- CARPENTER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-13** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-212) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-212). `reading-2`
- **2017-06-08** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-06-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-212).
- **2017-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 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/40c466a7-6f18-4989-8797-596e7e7bcadc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).