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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Protect Maine Consumers By Prohibiting Fees Charged For Receiving Paper Statements From Financial Institutions And Credit Card Issuers"
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description: "An Act To Protect Maine Consumers By Prohibiting Fees Charged For Receiving Paper Statements From Financial Institutions And Credit Card Issuers"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 580"
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citation: "Maine LD 580 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FINANCIAL PRACTICES", "PAPER STATEMENTS", "STATEMENTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f9e32a6-f015-46d6-8b13-d9fddaadf953"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096587"
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source_hash: "eb203e8c428a7cee856f79674d3faf9064e87e79b4220c9ec63582ad510fe0b1"
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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 580 (132) — An Act To Protect Maine Consumers By Prohibiting Fees Charged For Receiving Paper Statements From Financial Institutions And Credit Card Issuers
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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. **Amendment C-A (S-8)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Chapter 35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&item=3&snum=132)
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3. **LD 580 SP 261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&item=1&snum=132)
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## Votes
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- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **117–27** (pass) · lower
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- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **30–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
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- Abigail GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
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- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
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- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
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- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
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- Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
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- **2025-04-08** Reports READ
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- **2025-04-08** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
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- **2025-04-08** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 94 Yeas 30 - Nays 2 - Excused 2 - Absent 1
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- **2025-04-08** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-8) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-8) `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2025-04-10** Reports READ.
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- **2025-04-10** On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-04-10** ROLL CALL NO. 80
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- **2025-04-10** (Yeas 117 - Nays 27 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
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- **2025-04-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-8) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2025-04-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-8). `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-04-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-04-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2025-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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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/2f9e32a6-f015-46d6-8b13-d9fddaadf953`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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