republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-691.md

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Bill	An Act To Reduce Barriers To Housing By Prohibiting Tenant Application Fees	An Act To Reduce Barriers To Housing By Prohibiting Tenant Application Fees	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 691	Maine LD 691 (131)	bill	LANDLORD AND TENANT REAL ESTATE RENTAL APPLICATION FEES	enacted	Christopher KESSLER	3	26	1	2023-02-16	2023-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/7b6ace15-0b32-4a65-bc9a-88626640cb22	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086478	2425b8f81aa753ddb19e6657c34959357e985d674829e331ce33af4972e92c64	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 691 (131) — An Act To Reduce Barriers To Housing By Prohibiting Tenant Application Fees

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

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 80–63 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christopher KESSLER — primary (person)
• Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
• Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
• Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
• Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)
• Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-06-20 Reports READ.
• 2023-06-20 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-06-20 ROLL CALL NO. 265
• 2023-06-20 (Yeas 80 - Nays 63 - Absent 7 - Excused 1)
• 2023-06-20 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-595) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-20 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-06-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-595). reading-3
• 2023-06-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-21 Reports READ
• 2023-06-21 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2023-06-21 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-06-21 Committee Amendment "A" (H-595) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-595) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-21 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b6ace15-0b32-4a65-bc9a-88626640cb22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).