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An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on Paper Billing Statement Fees

An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on Paper Billing Statement Fees

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Donna Bailey
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)
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 Clarify the Prohibition on Paper Billing Statement Fees

An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on Paper Billing Statement Fees Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on Paper Billing Statement Fees Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2743(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2743(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 2061 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8SECOND REGULAR SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 Governor

    Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)

  2. 2026-03-17 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.

  3. 2026-03-12 House

    This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary. PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2026-02-27 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2026-02-04 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2026-02-04 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2026-01-21 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-12-15 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on Paper Billing Statement Fees
Sponsor:
Senator Donna Bailey
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2743(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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S.P. 847 - L.D. 2061
An Act to Clarify the Prohibition on Paper Billing Statement Fees
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, the current law regarding electronic records of transactions, as amended by
Public Law 2025, chapter 35, prohibits a customer from being penalized or charged a fee
for opting out of receiving a billing statement by electronic record rather than in paper
form; and
Whereas, this legislation clarifies that law and allows a customer to be charged a
reasonable fee for providing a replacement statement, a statement covering a custom date
range or a statement requested for financial or legal purposes or for fulfilling any other
labor-intensive or nonroutine request to provide copies of statements, as long as the fee is
fully disclosed to and authorized by the customer prior to the copies of statements being
provided; and
Whereas, this legislation must take effect immediately for the protection of
customers; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9420, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 226, §1, is amended
by enacting a new first blocked paragraph to read:
For purposes of this subsection, "billing statement" means a monthly or periodic account
statement that a person is required to provide to a customer under federal or state law,
regulation or rule. This subsection does not prohibit a person from charging a reasonable
fee for providing a replacement statement, a statement covering a custom date range or a
statement requested for financial or legal purposes or for fulfilling any other labor-intensive
or nonroutine request to provide copies of statements, as long as the fee is fully disclosed
to and authorized by the customer prior to the copies being provided.
APPROVED
MARCH 19, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
579
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR2743(03)
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation
takes effect when approved.