Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD2079: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Municipal Reporting on Residential Buildings
Status: Signed into law, March 23, 2026
What the bill says
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Municipal Reporting on Residential Buildings.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Municipal Reporting on Residential Buildings Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3241, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2025, c. 495, §2, is amended to read: 5. Municipal housing data reporting. By January March 31st of each year, a municipality with 4,000 or more residents shall provide to the office for use in administering the program an annual a report of that includes the following information from the prior calendar year: A. Residential The number of residential units approved through residential building permit applications, including the number of applications submitted, approved and denied, categorized into single-family, single-family with the following residential building types: accessory dwelling unit, 2-to-4-family and more-than-4-family homes single-family housing unit, 2-unit housing, 3-to-4-unit housing and housing with 5 or more units. The number of units that are income-restricted must also be reported if known; B. The number of dwelling units permitted and demolished approved for demolition; and C. The number of residential units approved through certificates of occupancy or other final approvals of housing units issued, the number of those housing units affordable to persons or families whose incomes are 80% or less of the area median income as determined by the Maine State Housing Authority and the number of those housing units affordable to persons or families whose incomes are from 81% …
Sponsors
- Traci Gere (D, 134) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. Ordered sent down forthwith
- : Reports READOn motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 747 Yeas 18 - Nays 13 - Excused 4 - Absent 0 Bill READ ONCE. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- : Reports READ.On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 638(Yeas 72 - Nays 70 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)The Bill was READ ONCE.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : 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.
Votes
- Senate RC #747: ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT (March 10, 2026): 18 yea, 13 nay, passed
- House RC #638: ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP (March 5, 2026): 72 yea, 70 nay, passed
Subjects: Legislature, HOUSING, REPORTING, Senate, Other, ASSISTANCE
Common questions
- What is LD2079?
- LD2079 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Municipal Reporting on Residential Buildings.
- What does LD2079 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Municipal Reporting on Residential Buildings.
- What is the status of LD2079?
- Signed into law as of March 23, 2026. Latest action: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (March 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored LD2079?
- Traci Gere (D, 134).
- Where is the official record for LD2079?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=2079&snum=132
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