republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1490.md

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Bill	An Act To Reduce Rental Housing Costs By Eliminating Additional Fees At Or Prior To The Commencement Of Tenancy	An Act To Reduce Rental Housing Costs By Eliminating Additional Fees At Or Prior To The Commencement Of Tenancy	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1490	Maine LD 1490 (131)	bill	FEES LANDLORD AND TENANT REAL ESTATE	enacted	Christopher KESSLER	4	50	4	2023-04-05	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/3b643d15-0a6a-4dcf-9b26-65018e9da585	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088331	c69763e0d9a15d38fbaae3dbd490954e8035c6381253f2c45a3481258941cbfc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1490 (131) — An Act To Reduce Rental Housing Costs By Eliminating Additional Fees At Or Prior To The Commencement Of Tenancy

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 21–13 (pass) · upper
• TABLE UNTIL LATER — 63–72 (fail) · lower
• ADOPT HAH-838 TO CAH-831 — 74–64 (pass) · lower
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 74–63 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christopher KESSLER — primary (person)
• Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
• Sally CLUCHEY — cosponsor (person)
• Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-05 Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-04-05 On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-04-05 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-04-06 On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot REFERRED to the Committee on Labor and Housing, In NON-CONCURRENCE referral-committee
• 2023-04-06 Sent down for concurrence
• 2023-04-11 The House INSISTED on REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY.
• 2023-04-11 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-04-12 On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED To REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence
• 2023-07-26 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
• 2024-03-19 Reports READ.
• 2024-03-19 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
• 2024-03-19 Speaker laid before the House
• 2024-03-19 Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-19 ROLL CALL NO. 414
• 2024-03-19 (Yeas 74 - Nays 63 - Absent 14 - Excused 0)
• 2024-03-19 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-03-19 Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) was READ.
• 2024-03-19 On motion of Representative KESSLER of South Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-838) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) was READ.
• 2024-03-19 Motion of Representative LANIGAN of Sanford, to TABLE House Amendment "A" (H-838) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) pending ADOPTION FAILED. amendment-failure
• 2024-03-19 ROLL CALL NO. 415
• 2024-03-19 (Yeas 63 - Nays 72 - Absent 16 - Excused 0)
• 2024-03-19 Subsequently, House Amendment "A" (H-838) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-19 ROLL CALL NO. 416
• 2024-03-19 (Yeas 74 - Nays 64 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)
• 2024-03-19 Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-838) thereto was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-19 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2024-03-19 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-838) thereto. reading-3
• 2024-03-19 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-20 Reports Read
• 2024-03-20 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-20 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 602 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2024-03-20 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2024-03-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) READ
• 2024-03-20 House Amendment "A" (H-838) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-838) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-831) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-838) thereto in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-03-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2024-03-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-26 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-04-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2024-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b643d15-0a6a-4dcf-9b26-65018e9da585. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).