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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Increase The Safety Of Home Buyers Concerning Chimney Inspections"
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description: "An Act To Increase The Safety Of Home Buyers Concerning Chimney Inspections"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 229"
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citation: "Maine LD 229 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BUSINESS PRACTICES", "REAL ESTATE SALES", "CHIMNEY INSPECTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul STEARNS"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-01-22"
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last_action: "2019-04-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cd07e62-e938-4c15-bff5-0d8d25c4f696"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070985"
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source_hash: "de2f49e0724212ea3958d0dbdc369f06db081a2ca408491c38887e895282e137"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 229 (129) — An Act To Increase The Safety Of Home Buyers Concerning Chimney Inspections
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0192&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0192&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0192&item=3&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Paul STEARNS — primary (person)
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- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard FARNSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-22** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2019-03-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2019-03-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-44).
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- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
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- **2019-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-44) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
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- **2019-03-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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- **2019-04-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-04-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-44), in concurrence. `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
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- **2019-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cd07e62-e938-4c15-bff5-0d8d25c4f696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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