Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD733: Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals
Status: Signed into law, May 29, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
APPROVED CHAPTER MAY 29, 2025 40 BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES STATE OF MAINE _____ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE _____ H.P. 475 - L.D. 733 Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals Sec. 1. Report. Resolved: That, by June 30, 2026, the Maine State Housing Authority shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic Development with details on the authority's pilot project to facilitate rent payment history reporting to credit reporting agencies for purposes of establishing or improving the credit ratings of low-income residential tenants through voluntary participation of residential landlords and tenants in the State in submitting rent payment histories of tenants. The report must include details on the effectiveness of collecting and reporting rent payment histories, an analysis of any improvement in the credit ratings of tenant participants and recommended legislation to make the pilot project permanent. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over housing and economic development matters may report out legislation based upon the report to the 133rd Legislature in 2027. Page 1 - 132LR0665(03)
Sponsors
- Samuel Zager (D, 116) · primary sponsor
- Richard Bennett (R, 18)
- Mark Blier (R, 138)
- Traci Gere (D, 134)
Latest actions
- : FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
- : FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-236) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-236), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-236).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in concurrence
- : Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Common questions
- What is LD733?
- LD733 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals.
- What is the status of LD733?
- Signed into law as of May 29, 2025. Latest action: FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. (May 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD733?
- Samuel Zager (D, 116), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD733?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=733&snum=132
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