---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Language On Setback Variances For Single-Family Dwellings And Variances From Dimensional Standards"
description: "An Act To Update Language On Setback Variances For Single-Family Dwellings And Variances From Dimensional Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1143"
citation: "Maine LD 1143 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING", "REGULATION", "SETBACKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James LIBBY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee911d5a-3edd-4a17-8b95-d3445518dcf7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097544"
source_hash: "99b2b2ae904ce3dbe0603f7550bb2c1fe66039a8e2eeefd92963395dc3cbd635"
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 1143 (132) — An Act To Update Language On Setback Variances For Single-Family Dwellings And Variances From Dimensional Standards

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-248)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0474&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0474&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1143 SP 474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0474&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- James LIBBY — primary (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2025-06-03** Reports READ
- **2025-06-03** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-03** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-248) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-248) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-04** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-248) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-248). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+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/ee911d5a-3edd-4a17-8b95-d3445518dcf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).