# Maine LD 580: An Act to Protect Maine Consumers by Prohibiting Fees Charged for Receiving Paper Statements from Financial Institutions and Credit Card Issuers Maine LD 580, An Act to Protect Maine Consumers by Prohibiting Fees Charged for Receiving Paper Statements from Financial Institutions and Credit Card Issuers, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Donna Bailey (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 35); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD580-132 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 580 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Protect Maine Consumers by Prohibiting Fees Charged for Receiving Paper Statements from Financial Institutions and Credit Card Issuers - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-19 - Last action: 2025-04-22, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 35 - Sponsor: Donna Bailey (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: FINANCIAL PRACTICES, FINANCIAL PRACTICES - STATEMENTS - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (147 yes, 29 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Maine changes paper statement fee rules: benefit, low. The law repeals one part of Maine's paper statement fee law: 10 MRSA §9420(2). The supplied text does not explain what that part required, so the repeal's effect on consumer fees is unclear. The Governor approved the law on April 22, 2025; the supplied text gives no effective date. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Donna Bailey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Abigail Griffin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Shagoury (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Henry L. Ingwersen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James D. Libby (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Marianne Moore (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Poppy Arford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Richard A. Bennett (Independent), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP | pass | 117 | 27 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT | pass | 30 | 2 | | ## Actions (7) - 2025-04-22: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 35 - 2025-04-17: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-04-10: Reports READ.On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 80(Yeas 117 - Nays 27 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (S-8) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-8). In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-04-08: Reports READ On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 94 Yeas 30 - Nays 2 - Excused 2 - Absent 1 Bill READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-8) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-8) Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence (Senate) - 2025-03-21: CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (S-8), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&item=2&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&item=3&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&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-8), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&item=2&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&item=3&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0261&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-LD580-132 (as of 2026-10-18).