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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect The Elderly From Tax Lien Foreclosures"
description: "An Act To Protect The Elderly From Tax Lien Foreclosures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1629"
citation: "Maine LD 1629 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES", "FORECLOSURE", "ELDERLY", "TAX LIENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ESPLING"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-05"
last_action: "2018-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b03aea6-e6ff-47a3-bb1f-46a99c923d87"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065823"
source_hash: "764460d70d17c64f521da0f1d27d55a1dcffadb44f427557dccbb4554253a26d"
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 1629 (128) — An Act To Protect The Elderly From Tax Lien Foreclosures
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP112401.asp)
## Votes
- TABLE UNTIL LATER — **7969** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **6134** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE — **4055** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- ESPLING — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-05** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-06-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2017-08-02** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2018-04-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-04-18** On OBJECTION of Representative HERBIG of Belfast REMOVED.
- **2018-04-18** The Committee Report was READ.
- **2018-04-18** On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
- **2018-04-18** ROLL CALL NO. 618
- **2018-04-18** (Yeas 79 - Nays 69 - Absent 3 - Excused 0)
- **2018-04-18** Later today assigned.
- **2018-05-02** Carried over to any special session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
- **2018-06-21** Speaker laid before the House
- **2018-06-21** Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2018-06-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-06-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2018-06-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771).
- **2018-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-06-25** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Report
- **2018-09-13** Taken from the table by the President
- **2018-09-13** Subsequently Report Accepted in concurrence
- **2018-09-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) READ
- **2018-09-13** On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) To Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) READ and ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2018-09-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2018-09-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2`
- **2018-09-13** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-09-13** Motion of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester to RECEDE failed.
- **2018-09-13** ROLL CALL NO. 750
- **2018-09-13** (Yeas 40 - Nays 55 - Absent 55 - Excused 0 Vacant 1)
- **2018-09-13** On motion of Speaker GIDEON of Freeport, the House RECEDED AND CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-771) as Amended by Senate Amendment "D" (S-551) thereto.
- **2018-09-13** ROLL CALL NO. 751
- **2018-09-13** (Yeas 61 - Nays 34 - Absent 55 - Excused 0 Vacant 1)
- **2018-09-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-09-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-09-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-09-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-09-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b03aea6-e6ff-47a3-bb1f-46a99c923d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).