republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-2129.md

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Bill	An Act To Prohibit Liens On Principal Residences And Wage Garnishments For Medical Debt	An Act To Prohibit Liens On Principal Residences And Wage Garnishments For Medical Debt	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 2129	Maine LD 2129 (132)	bill	DEBT COLLECTION FINANCIAL PRACTICES LIENS AND GARNISHMENTS	enacted	Donna BAILEY	3	21	0	2026-01-07	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d2624502-70d4-4c91-ad69-a18194862ad1	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100840	905d45c929b6fedad7e050ab61913696d9201d9c12659a672587fe28b220f43d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2129 (132) — An Act To Prohibit Liens On Principal Residences And Wage Garnishments For Medical Debt

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-551) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 649 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 2129 SP 818 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
• Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
• Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
• Sean FAIRCLOTH — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07 Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2026-01-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2026-01-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-17 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-17 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-03-17 Committee Amendment "A" (S-551) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-17 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-03-18 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-18 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-551) reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-03-18 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2026-03-19 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2026-03-19 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2026-03-19 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-551). reading-3
• 2026-03-19 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-06 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2624502-70d4-4c91-ad69-a18194862ad1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).