# Maine LD 2170: An Act to Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws of Maine Maine LD 2170, An Act to Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws of Maine, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 655); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2170-132 - 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 2170 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws of Maine - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 655 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: STATUTES, STATUTES - ERRORS AND INCONSISTENCIES - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 13 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Towns must allow more homes per lot: benefit, medium. Towns must allow at least 3 homes per lot where residential use is allowed, including conditional uses. Attached homes, detached homes, and accessory homes count toward this minimum. The minimum is 4 in qualifying growth areas or on lots with qualifying centrally managed water and sewer service. To… - Bank insurance buyers get federal coverage warnings: benefit, low. Financial institutions selling insurance under the covered banking law must post a notice that the insurance is not federally insured. They must also tell prospective buyers orally when contacting them directly and personally. Before completing a sale, the institution must get the buyer's signed wr… - Charity care rules clarify lab coverage: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, charity care outpatient rules include lab services performed by hospitals or qualifying licensed medical labs. Labs can be licensed by Maine's health department or an equivalent out-of-state authority. Patients must qualify under the covered provider's charity care policy an… - Mental health advocates can access patient records: benefit, low. The contracted advocacy agency can access medical records for people with serious mental illness hospitalized in Maine state mental health institutes. Access must be needed to provide advocacy services authorized under Title 5. This permission applies despite the cited state mental health confident… - Climate plans give towns grant priority: benefit, low. When grant money is available, Maine gives priority to towns and joint municipal regions with adopted local climate action plans. Applicants with a comprehensive plan or growth management program also need a climate vulnerability assessment. That assessment no longer must follow the previously cite… - Towns get more time for plans: benefit, low. Towns and joint municipal regions must get a chance to fix comprehensive plans found inconsistent with state requirements. They retain 24 months from that finding to make fixes without new review standards. After that, the whole plan must be resubmitted under current standards. Consistency findings… - Insurance regulator can seek orders without bonds: benefit, low. Maine's insurance superintendent does not have to post a bond for injunctions or restraining orders under the specified insurance-law provisions. The waiver applies to orders under Title 24-A, section 4362, subsections 1 and 2. This removes a court-process requirement, not a household payment rule. - Maine plans walk-in mental health crisis centers: benefit, low. Maine's health department must plan a statewide network of community crisis receiving centers. It must coordinate meetings, training, technical help, and support to create, maintain, and expand the network as needed. Centers provide immediate, short-term walk-in crisis care, including clinical and… - Joint town aid applications face stricter rules: cost, low. Each town applying jointly for assistance under the local planning assistance law must meet all three listed eligibility requirements. Previously, each town only had to meet one of the three. This narrows which joint applications qualify; it does not create a household payment or duty. - Bottle collection agents face clarified licensing rules: cost, low. Beverage-container pickup and contracted collection-agent licensing rules now reference Title 38, section 3106, subsection 8-A, rather than 8 or 8-A. Agents conducting collection activity covered by subsection 8-A must obtain the required annual license. This concerns deposit-program businesses and… - Home burning exceptions expand and narrow: mixed, low. The waste facility definition adds an exception for residential owners burning specified wood waste under Title 12, section 9325. It includes covered painted or unpainted wood from construction and demolition debris. The separate exception for burning highly combustible household trash is removed.… - State job protections expand and narrow: mixed, low. Some state jobs gain access to the listed classified-service dismissal protections and appointment eligibility, while others become excluded. Positions listed in Title 5, section 953 are removed from the exclusions; positions in sections 958–960 are added. The law also removes chapter 69 from the c… - Workers' hearings can use more written evidence: mixed, low. Workers' compensation hearings can admit a physician associate's sworn written statement about matters within their professional work. This applies when the author is unavailable for cross-examination. Opposing counsel must receive notice and a copy of the letter or report 14 days before the schedu… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Actions (7) - 2026-04-13: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 655 - 2026-04-06: PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-04-02: 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. (House) - 2026-04-02: Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-957) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-957), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith. (Senate) - 2026-04-02: 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" (H-957).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-01-20: Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Representative KUHN for the Revisor of Statutes pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 94, reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.Report was READ and ACCEPTED.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (H-957), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&item=2&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&item=3&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&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 (H-957), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&item=2&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&item=3&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&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-LD2170-132 (as of 2026-10-17).