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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Mortgage Holders To Notify A Homeowner'S Insurance Company On The Sale Or Transfer Of A Mortgage"
description: "An Act To Require Mortgage Holders To Notify A Homeowner'S Insurance Company On The Sale Or Transfer Of A Mortgage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 553"
citation: "Maine LD 553 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MORTGAGES", "REAL ESTATE", "SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua MORRIS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8a13f2c-fbba-4ec8-a5a0-e5196f06cfcb"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086031"
source_hash: "bf0e9cc55ae48b3dfedfe4c60e0dd4f10da1d24820fe29b245b09020d55598d3"
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 553 (131) — An Act To Require Mortgage Holders To Notify A Homeowner'S Insurance Company On The Sale Or Transfer Of A Mortgage
## 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=HP0358&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0358&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0358&item=3&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Joshua MORRIS — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory SWALLOW — cosponsor (person)
- John DUCHARME — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-09** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 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.
- **2023-04-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-04-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-04-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-37). `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-04-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-37) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-04-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-37), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+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/a8a13f2c-fbba-4ec8-a5a0-e5196f06cfcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).