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An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain Rental Housing in the State

An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain Rental Housing in the State

Energy Housing
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative John Eder
Last action
2025-06-22
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain Rental Housing in the State

An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain Rental Housing in the State Sponsor: Representative John Eder Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain Rental Housing in the State Sponsor: Representative John Eder Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1021(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1021(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1471 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3JUDICIARY 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. 2025-06-22 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-06-10 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-10 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-06 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain Rental Housing in the State
Sponsor:
Representative John Eder
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR1021(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 963 - L.D. 1471
An Act to Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements for Certain
Rental Housing in the State
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6030-C, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
3. Failure to provide energy efficiency disclosure statement. Beginning January 1,
2030, a tenant under subsection 2 who does not receive a signed energy efficiency
disclosure statement as required by this section may terminate the tenant’s lease by
providing the landlord a 30-day written notice. Except as provided in section 6033, a
landlord may not retain any fee, any security deposit or a portion of a security deposit for
a lease or tenancy at will terminated as a result of a failure to provide a signed energy
efficiency disclosure statement in accordance with this section.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 22, 2025
CHAPTER
411
PUBLIC LAW