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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enable Out-Of-State Certified Public Accountancy Firms To Provide Services In Maine On The Basis Of Substantial Equivalency"
description: "An Act To Enable Out-Of-State Certified Public Accountancy Firms To Provide Services In Maine On The Basis Of Substantial Equivalency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 171"
citation: "Maine LD 171 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS", "LICENSING", "OUT-OF-STATE FIRMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/448c616e-2dc9-4338-8c57-8bbb7acf3b72"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078190"
source_hash: "0f66b05f10d50adeb53a230b8e96336c998bf355719c0090c1a25a7663d242d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 171 (130) — An Act To Enable Out-Of-State Certified Public Accountancy Firms To Provide Services In Maine On The Basis Of Substantial Equivalency
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0124&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0124&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0124&item=3&snum=130)
## Sponsors
- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Kyle BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany ROBERTS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-21** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 21, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-01-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-85). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-85) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-85), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/448c616e-2dc9-4338-8c57-8bbb7acf3b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).