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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Transparency With Regard To Pawnshops"
description: "An Act To Increase Transparency With Regard To Pawnshops"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1290"
citation: "Maine LD 1290 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS PRACTICES", "PAWNBROKERS", "PRACTICES REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew HARRINGTON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc9f4ab2-533f-4f5c-9b58-b67f4d3da676"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072556"
source_hash: "607c48d74b3687f18d465699163075d8594e3e2c18a5293c7fb82d756cf5afc9"
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 1290 (129) — An Act To Increase Transparency With Regard To Pawnshops
## 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=HP0933&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0933&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0933&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Matthew HARRINGTON — primary (person)
- John DeVEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-19** Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-415).
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-04** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-415) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-415), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 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/fc9f4ab2-533f-4f5c-9b58-b67f4d3da676`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).