---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Strengthen The Law Regarding Relief For Improvident Transfers Of Title"
description: "An Act To Strengthen The Law Regarding Relief For Improvident Transfers Of Title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1027"
citation: "Maine LD 1027 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["IMPROVIDENT TRANSFER OF TITLE", "REAL ESTATE", "TITLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f02c5913-465e-4bdb-9e81-21ff03eb02f9"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097395"
source_hash: "3a583824fd0158e91e9ea4a93fec880dd069b42f41821bb6381559c39ffaba5b"
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 1027 (132) — An Act To Strengthen The Law Regarding Relief For Improvident Transfers Of Title

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-251)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0445&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0445&item=4&snum=132)
3. **LD 1027 SP 445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0445&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth CARUSO — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 12, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-04** Reports READ
- **2025-06-04** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-06-04** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 349 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-04** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-05** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f02c5913-465e-4bdb-9e81-21ff03eb02f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).