Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Enacted

LD 731 — An Act To Require Mortgage Servicers To Act In Good Faith In Dealings With Homeowners

Last action — ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 40% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Failed a recorded vote

    Failed 1 recorded vote so far — a real headwind.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  3. 77 having voted in the affirmative and 65 in the negative, with 8 being absent, and 1 excused, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become a law and the veto was sustained.

  4. ROLL CALL NO. 405V

  5. This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"

  6. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  7. LD 731 In Senate, June 27, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 28 IN FAVOR and 6 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN.

  8. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  9. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  10. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  11. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  12. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-229).

  13. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  14. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  15. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

  16. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-229).

  17. Committee Amendment "A" (S-229) READ and ADOPTED.

  18. READ ONCE.

  19. Report READ and ACCEPTED.

  20. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  21. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.

  22. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  23. REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY

  24. Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed

Sponsors

  • CARPENTER · Primary
  • TUCKER · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • CARPENTER

Co-sponsors (1)

  • TUCKER

Not signed on (184)

184 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Reconsideration - Veto

Failed 77 Yea · 65 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 594906
Democrat 14101
Republican 41502
Total 776509
% of votes cast 51%43%0%6%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CASÁS of Rockport — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Nay
CHACE of Durham — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Nay
CRAIG of Brewer — Nay
DeCHANT of Bath — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Not Voting
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Yea
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
FREY of Bangor — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Nay
GINZLER of Bridgton — Nay
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Nay
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
HAMANN of South Portland — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Not Voting
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Nay
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Nay
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Not Voting
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Nay
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Not Voting
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KINNEY of Limington — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Nay
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Yea
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Nay
McLEAN of Gorham — Yea
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PARKER of South Berwick — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
POULIOT of Augusta — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
REED of Carmel — Nay
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SANBORN of Portland — Yea
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Nay
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SUTTON of Warren — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Nay
VACHON of Scarborough — Nay
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Not Voting
WHITE of Washburn — Nay
WINSOR of Norway — Nay
WOOD of Greene — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Not Voting
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Quentin Chapman Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Not Voting
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Not Voting
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay

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LD 731 is sponsored by CARPENTER and TUCKER.
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