---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Establish A Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities In Maine By Studying Zoning And Land Use Restrictions"
description: "Resolve, To Establish A Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities In Maine By Studying Zoning And Land Use Restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 609"
citation: "Maine LD 609 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING", "STUDY", "ZONING AND LAND USE RESTRICTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan FECTEAU"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03a3ed9-e08b-48bd-b04f-6d5b941d4012"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079043"
source_hash: "948c61e261e54aed3611d8d62b90ecbdce1aab20a5d6384cd34a219f91404d9b"
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 609 (130) — Resolve, To Establish A Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities In Maine By Studying Zoning And Land Use Restrictions

## 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=HP0445&item=5&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0445&item=2&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0445&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0445&item=6&snum=130)
5. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0445&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- Final Passage - Emer — **113–33** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage - Emer — **124–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryan FECTEAU — primary (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 25, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-02-25** The Resolve 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.
- **2021-04-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-75). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-75) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-75), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-04-28** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2021-04-28** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Requested)
- **2021-05-19** Speaker laid before the House
- **2021-05-19** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-05-19** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.
- **2021-05-19** ROLL CALL NO. 50
- **2021-05-19** (Yeas 113 - Nays 33 - Absent 5 - Excused 0)
- **2021-05-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-02** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-07** Taken from the table by the President
- **2021-06-07** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc RECONSIDERED whereby The Senate PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-75) `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-75) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-75) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
- **2021-06-07** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "B" (S-177) READ and ADOPTED
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Senate Amendment "B" (S-177) In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-08** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "B" (S-177) `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** Representative DUNPHY of Old Town REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.
- **2021-06-08** On motion of same Representative TABLED pending FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2021-06-08** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
- **2021-06-09** Speaker laid before the House
- **2021-06-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.
- **2021-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 206
- **2021-06-09** (Yeas 124 - Nays 16 - Absent 11 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d03a3ed9-e08b-48bd-b04f-6d5b941d4012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).