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An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as Commercial or Residential in Use

An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as Commercial or Residential in Use

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Did Not Pass

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Sponsor
Representative Traci Gere
Last action
2025-06-05
Official status
Reports Read Motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED . Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 372 Yeas 16 - Nays 16 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as Commercial or Residential in Use

An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as Commercial or Residential in Use Sponsor: Representative Traci Gere Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as Commercial or Residential in Use Sponsor: Representative Traci Gere Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2241(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2241(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1181 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Reports Read Motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED . Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 372 Yeas 16 - Nays 16 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-06-04 House

    Reports READ . Motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED . ROLL CALL NO. 323 (Yeas 67 - Nays 76 - Absent 8 - Excused 0) On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-03 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  4. 2025-05-09 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-09 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Housing and Economic Development.

Official Summary Text

An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as Commercial or Residential in Use
Sponsor:
Representative Traci Gere
Reference committee:
Housing and Economic Development
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1181
H.P. 786 House of Representatives, March 20, 2025
An Act Regarding the Designation of Short-term Rental Units as
Commercial or Residential in Use
Reference to the Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and
ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative GERE of Kennebunkport.
Cosponsored by Representatives: DHALAC of South Portland, MALON of Biddeford,
Senators: BENNETT of Oxford, CURRY of Waldo.

Page 1 - 132LR2241(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4364-C, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 672, §7, is
3 amended to read:
42. Municipalities may regulate short-term rentals. A municipality may establish
5 and enforce regulations regarding short-term rental units in order to achieve the statewide
6 or regional housing production goal, including regulations requiring the municipal assessor
7 to assign a land use code to a short-term rental unit that designates the short-term rental
8 unit as commercial in use or residential in use. For the purposes of this subsection, "short-
9 term rental unit" means living quarters offered for rental through a transient rental platform
10 as defined by Title 36, section 1752, subsection 20‑C. For purposes of this subsection,
11 "commercial in use" means a short-term rental unit that is not claimed as the primary
12 residence of the owner. For purposes of this subsection, "residential in use" means a
13 short-term rental unit that is claimed as the primary residence of the owner.
14SUMMARY
15 This bill clarifies that a municipality may require the municipal assessor to assign a
16 land use code to a short-term rental unit that designates the short-term rental unit as
17 commercial in use or residential in use.
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