---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Pre-Need Funeral Insurance"
description: "An Act Regarding Pre-Need Funeral Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 867"
citation: "Maine LD 867 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUNERAL INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "PRE-NEED POLICIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua MORRIS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/def6d2d8-25d1-4f0d-aa11-d7cd30d4b744"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097153"
source_hash: "4c0e87d6ad5394d98809a83a80f9f75fa363cb80aa46a2fd79eee38cde9b2654"
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 867 (132) — An Act Regarding Pre-Need Funeral Insurance

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-274)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0553&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0553&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 867 HP 553** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0553&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Joshua MORRIS — primary (person)
- David HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Paul FLYNN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-03-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `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.
- **2025-05-27** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-274). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-274) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-274), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-23T04:00:00+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/def6d2d8-25d1-4f0d-aa11-d7cd30d4b744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).