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LD1750 • 2025

An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease

An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative David Boyer
Last action
2025-06-25
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease

An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease Sponsor: Representative David Boyer Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease Sponsor: Representative David Boyer Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1655(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1655(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1750 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. 2025-06-25 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-06-11 House

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

  3. 2025-06-11 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-09 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-22 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a Model Residential Lease
Sponsor:
Representative David Boyer
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR1655(03)
STATE OF MAINE
_____
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1168 - L.D. 1750
An Act to Require the Attorney General to Create and Update Biennially a
Model Residential Lease
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6030-K is enacted to read:
§6030-K. Model residential lease
1. Model residential lease. By December 1, 2025, the Attorney General shall create
and post on the Attorney General's publicly accessible website a model lease for residential
property that complies with current law, including any disclosure and any document
required to be attached to a residential lease. The Attorney General shall update the model
lease biennially and post the revised model lease no later than December 1st of every odd-
numbered year.
2. Implementation. The Attorney General shall implement this section within
existing resources.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 25, 2025
CHAPTER
426
PUBLIC LAW