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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Regulation Of Tiny Houses"
description: "An Act Regarding The Regulation Of Tiny Houses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1981"
citation: "Maine LD 1981 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "TITLES", "TINY HOUSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael CARPENTER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c7aa042-c1d2-448b-a908-703e248ddd4f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075840"
source_hash: "eb1c06e5de4b7112048da04b0167485070f6e4c49c28290fbf7dad97a62f4b3b"
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 1981 (129) — An Act Regarding The Regulation Of Tiny Houses
## 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=SP0683&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0683&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0683&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Michael CARPENTER — primary (person)
- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2020-01-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-17** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-429) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-429). `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-03-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-429).
- **2020-03-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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/1c7aa042-c1d2-448b-a908-703e248ddd4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).