republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1663.md

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Bill	An Act To Improve The Regulation Of Debt Collectors	An Act To Improve The Regulation Of Debt Collectors	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1663	Maine LD 1663 (128)	bill	FINANCIAL PRACTICES DEBT COLLECTION REGULATION	enacted	WHITTEMORE	1	15	0	2017-11-29	2018-02-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a2787615-07f5-4f21-923d-fb70bf4127b5	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067074	449d50fd19aadb6571355e7b339856198e36bce687230e808257343bbab4519a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1663 (128) — An Act To Improve The Regulation Of Debt Collectors

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• WHITTEMORE — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-29 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on November 27, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2018-01-23 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2018-01-23 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2018-01-25 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2018-01-25 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-2
• 2018-01-25 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2018-01-30 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2018-01-30 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2018-01-30 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2018-01-30 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-02-01 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-02-01 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-02-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-02-06 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2787615-07f5-4f21-923d-fb70bf4127b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).