---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase The Cap On Bonds Issued By The Maine State Housing Authority To Reflect Current Housing Production Needs In The State"
description: "An Act To Increase The Cap On Bonds Issued By The Maine State Housing Authority To Reflect Current Housing Production Needs In The State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2209"
citation: "Maine LD 2209 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS CAP", "HOUSING AUTHORITY", "POWERS & DUTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Traci GERE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/256c1a06-6935-4fa8-b102-37fafb178830"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091981"
source_hash: "dd1e44b79a8b86ab81cdb886992382484293a220dfdac1729e3e5c2287680730"
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 2209 (131) — An Act To Increase The Cap On Bonds Issued By The Maine State Housing Authority To Reflect Current Housing Production Needs In The State

## 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=HP1416&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1416&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1416&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Traci GERE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Representative GERE for the Joint Select Committee on Housing pursuant to Joint Order 2023, H.P. 3, section 3 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Joint Select Committee on HOUSING and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.
- **2024-02-13** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Joint Select Committee on HOUSING
- **2024-02-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2024-02-13** On motion by @CommitteeChair REFERRED to the Committee on COMMITTEE, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2024-02-13** Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Joint Select Committee on HOUSING in concurrence
- **2024-03-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-03-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-03-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-788). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2024-03-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-788) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-03-07** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-07** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-788), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2024-03-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2024-03-21** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2024-03-21** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+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/256c1a06-6935-4fa8-b102-37fafb178830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).