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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations Of The Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities In Maine By Studying Land Use Regulations And Short-Term Rentals"
description: "An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations Of The Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities In Maine By Studying Land Use Regulations And Short-Term Rentals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1294"
citation: "Maine LD 1294 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING", "SHORT-TERM RENTALS", "ZONING AND LAND USE RESTRICTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Traci GERE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdaa1fef-2e2c-4033-a7f6-8d70d3f0736b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087960"
source_hash: "51a234beefdcda87cf7e6d7609e708ff1313e3f7d83f384fafac8164aa0e4114"
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 1294 (131) — An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations Of The Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities In Maine By Studying Land Use Regulations And Short-Term Rentals
## 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=HP0819&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0819&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0819&item=3&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Traci GERE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-23** Joint Select Committee on Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Joint Select Committee on HOUSING.
- **2023-03-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Joint Select Committee on HOUSING in concurrence
- **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.
- **2023-07-26** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-02-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-02-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-02-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-779). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-29** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-779) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-03-05** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-05** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-779), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2024-03-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+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/cdaa1fef-2e2c-4033-a7f6-8d70d3f0736b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).