republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-229.md

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Bill	An Act To Increase The Safety Of Home Buyers Concerning Chimney Inspections	An Act To Increase The Safety Of Home Buyers Concerning Chimney Inspections	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 229	Maine LD 229 (129)	bill	BUSINESS PRACTICES REAL ESTATE SALES CHIMNEY INSPECTIONS	enacted	Paul STEARNS	3	19	0	2019-01-22	2019-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/5cd07e62-e938-4c15-bff5-0d8d25c4f696	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070985	de2f49e0724212ea3958d0dbdc369f06db081a2ca408491c38887e895282e137	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 229 (129) — An Act To Increase The Safety Of Home Buyers Concerning Chimney Inspections

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Paul STEARNS — primary (person)
• Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
• Richard FARNSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
• Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-22 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-24 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-03-28 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-03-28 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-44).
• 2019-03-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-03-28 Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
• 2019-03-28 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-03-28 Committee Amendment "A" (H-44) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2019-03-28 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2019-04-02 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2019-04-02 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-44), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-04-02 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-04-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-04-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-04-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cd07e62-e938-4c15-bff5-0d8d25c4f696. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).