---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update The Maine Insurance Code To Maintain Conformance With Uniform National Standards"
description: "An Act To Update The Maine Insurance Code To Maintain Conformance With Uniform National Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1544"
citation: "Maine LD 1544 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE BUREAU", "PROCEDURES", "INSURANCE CODE REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WHITTEMORE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-27"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa301ee-44ad-4802-b6ba-0eefaa9fbbb1"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065067"
source_hash: "023753d3f2ed40f1ce95a75dc64701ebfb2d55cfba3a9eb48bc7bf65c23636be"
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 1544 (128) — An Act To Update The Maine Insurance Code To Maintain Conformance With Uniform National Standards

## 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/SP053901.asp)

## Sponsors

- WHITTEMORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-27** Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-27** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-01** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-01** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-06-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-06-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 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/caa301ee-44ad-4802-b6ba-0eefaa9fbbb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).