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An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability

An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Christopher Kessler
Last action
2026-01-11
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability

An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability Sponsor: Representative Christopher Kessler Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability Sponsor: Representative Christopher Kessler 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

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1868(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1868(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1927 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.
Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1868(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1868(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1927 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.
Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1868(04) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1868(04) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1927 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. 2026-01-11 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-07-08 Senate

    HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.

  3. 2025-06-16 House

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

  4. 2025-06-12 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP-AM/OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-27 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-27 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-05-23 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-05-07 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability
Sponsor:
Representative Christopher Kessler
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR1868(05)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1288 - L.D. 1927
An Act to Add Mold to the Implied Warranty and Covenant of Habitability
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6021, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 401, §4, is repealed
and the following enacted in its place:
1. Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the
following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Dwelling unit" includes mobile homes, apartments, buildings and other structures,
including the common areas thereof, that are rented for human habitation.
B. "Leaking event" means a water leak from flooding or a system or structural failure,
such as a failure of a roof, window, door, plumbing system, foundation or appliance.
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §6021, sub-§6-B is enacted to read:
6-B. Mold; bacteria; other biological organisms. It is a breach of the implied
warranty of fitness for human habitation when a landlord offers for rent a dwelling unit in
which there is a leaking event, chronic moisture or humidity conditions outside of the
control of a tenant that result in the growth of mold, bacteria or other biological organisms.
A municipality may adopt more stringent standards by ordinance than those provided in
this section.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JANUARY 11, 2026
CHAPTER
515
PUBLIC LAW