# Maine LD 2129: An Act to Prohibit Liens on Principal Residences and Wage Garnishments for Medical Debt Maine LD 2129, An Act to Prohibit Liens on Principal Residences and Wage Garnishments for Medical Debt, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Donna Bailey (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 649); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2129-132 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 2129 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Prohibit Liens on Principal Residences and Wage Garnishments for Medical Debt - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-07 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 649 - Sponsor: Donna Bailey (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: FINANCIAL PRACTICES, FINANCIAL PRACTICES - DEBT COLLECTION - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Main homes protected from medical debt: benefit, high. Maine law protects your main home from being seized or sold to collect medical debt. Debt collectors cannot start a case to attach it, and creditors cannot file an execution against it for medical-debt judgments. For judgments involving property covered by a medical-debt lien or attachment on your… - Workers' wages protected from medical debt: benefit, medium. Maine law bars taking money from your salary or wages to pay a medical-debt judgment. Debt collectors also cannot start a case to garnish your salary or wages for a medical-debt claim. - Courts face medical debt collection limits: benefit, low. Maine courts cannot issue, carry out, or enforce orders or processes under 9-A MRSA §5-105 for medical debt. This blocks that specific court collection method, not every court action involving medical debt. The law uses the medical-debt definition in 32 MRSA §11002(7-A). ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Donna Bailey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Cameron D. Reny (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Craig V. Hickman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Joshua Morris (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kristi Mathieson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matthea E. L. Daughtry (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Tipping (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nicole C. Grohoski (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sean Faircloth (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Timothy E. Nangle (Democratic), Senate ## Actions (8) - 2026-04-06: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 649 - 2026-03-25: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-03-24: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-03-19: CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-551).In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-03-18: COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-551)Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Report READ and ACCEPTED.Bill READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-551) READ and ADOPTED. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY. (Senate) - 2026-01-07: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-01-07: Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (S-551), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0818&item=2&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0818&item=3&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0818&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Amendment C-A (S-551), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0818&item=2&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0818&item=3&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0818&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2129-132 (as of 2026-10-17).