---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prevent Homelessness By Establishing An Eviction Mediation Program"
description: "An Act To Prevent Homelessness By Establishing An Eviction Mediation Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1508"
citation: "Maine LD 1508 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EVICTION", "LANDLORD AND TENANT", "MEDIATION PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-13"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db5ffb6-b8eb-4fac-bf92-7f79e79cdd4c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080441"
source_hash: "b726991f4b5bb9402370fb2be2c336f037c2302f623e3e7ea26938acf4e46b9a"
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 1508 (130) — An Act To Prevent Homelessness By Establishing An Eviction Mediation Program

## 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=SP0485&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0485&item=4&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0485&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0485&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **82–61** (pass) · lower
- TABLE UNTIL LATER — **62–81** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 13, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** Reports READ
- **2021-06-14** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 335 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) READ
- **2021-06-14** Senate Amendment "A" (S-265) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-265) thereto READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-265) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-15** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-15** Representative HARNETT of Gardiner moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2021-06-15** Representative HAGGAN of Hampden REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.
- **2021-06-15** Motion of Representative BLIER of Buxton to TABLE until later today pending the motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.
- **2021-06-15** ROLL CALL NO. 276
- **2021-06-15** (Yeas 62 - Nays 81 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-15** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-15** ROLL CALL NO. 277
- **2021-06-15** (Yeas 82 - Nays 61 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) was READ.
- **2021-06-15** Senate Amendment "A" (S-265) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-265) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-257) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-265) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** In concurrence.
- **2021-06-15** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-11T04:00:00+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/9db5ffb6-b8eb-4fac-bf92-7f79e79cdd4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).