---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Preserve Fair Housing In Maine"
description: "An Act To Preserve Fair Housing In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1269"
citation: "Maine LD 1269 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "HOUSING", "PRESERV COMM & NEIGHBRHD CHOICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-25"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc32cd27-d848-419f-9ecb-e8d93274eaa5"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079941"
source_hash: "a1917d0929fab910a38cf96878a130bbe9ce48519a307f0da7aafc564b1d256e"
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 1269 (130) — An Act To Preserve Fair Housing In Maine

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0929&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0929&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0929&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **88–55** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-25** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 25, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-09** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 201
- **2021-06-09** (Yeas 88 - Nays 55 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-476) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-476). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** Reports Read
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 300 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-476) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-476) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc32cd27-d848-419f-9ecb-e8d93274eaa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).