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LD733 • 2025

Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals

Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals

Housing
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Samuel Zager
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals

Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals Sponsor: Representative Samuel Zager Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals Sponsor: Representative Samuel Zager Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0665(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0665(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 733 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. 2025-05-29 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-20 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-02-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Housing and Economic Development.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals
Sponsor:
Representative Samuel Zager
Reference committee:
Housing and Economic Development
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0665(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 475 - L.D. 733
Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report
on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals
Sec. 1. Report. Resolved: That, by June 30, 2026, the Maine State Housing
Authority shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic
Development with details on the authority's pilot project to facilitate rent payment history
reporting to credit reporting agencies for purposes of establishing or improving the credit
ratings of low-income residential tenants through voluntary participation of residential
landlords and tenants in the State in submitting rent payment histories of tenants. The report
must include details on the effectiveness of collecting and reporting rent payment histories,
an analysis of any improvement in the credit ratings of tenant participants and
recommended legislation to make the pilot project permanent. The joint standing
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over housing and economic development
matters may report out legislation based upon the report to the 133rd Legislature in 2027.
APPROVED
MAY 29, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
40
RESOLVES