---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Affordable Housing Options And Services To Address Homelessness"
description: "An Act To Improve Affordable Housing Options And Services To Address Homelessness"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 953"
citation: "Maine LD 953 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS", "TAX INCREMENT FINANCING", "USES EXPANDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan DESCHAMBAULT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f75370-281e-4292-9b9b-027d44c31f49"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079408"
source_hash: "256d91e5af2ac352b1d42f3afa0e8d62e09b82327f4c4b6c77de2de630428901"
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 953 (130) — An Act To Improve Affordable Housing Options And Services To Address Homelessness

## 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=SP0305&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0305&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0305&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Susan DESCHAMBAULT — primary (person)
- Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
- Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2021-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2021-06-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-10** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-237) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-237). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-237). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+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/f8f75370-281e-4292-9b9b-027d44c31f49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).