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LD 1375

Resolve, To Establish A Working Group To Address Regulatory Barriers To Housing Construction

132nd Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Donna Bailey and 5 co-sponsors

Creates a Maine state working group to identify regulatory barriers to housing construction and propose changes to speed up and expand housing supply.

Signed by Governor
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Bill Summary · LD 1375

Summary — LD 1375 (2025)

Resolve, To Establish A Working Group To Address Regulatory Barriers To Housing Construction
Sponsor: Sen. Curry of Waldo | Status: Signed by Governor (June 10, 2025) | Introduced: March 28, 2025

Purpose

LD 1375 creates a state-level working group charged with identifying regulatory barriers that impede housing construction in Maine and developing recommendations to reduce or remove those barriers. The intent is to produce policy options that could increase housing supply and speed the delivery of new housing.

Key provisions

  • Establishes a working group specifically focused on regulatory obstacles to housing construction. (The text provided does not include the group's exact membership, meeting schedule, reporting deadlines, or specific legislative duties.)
  • Directs participating state entities to collaborate in identifying regulatory, permitting, zoning, code, or procedural constraints affecting residential development and to develop recommendations for statutory, regulatory, or administrative changes.
  • The engrossed version (as amended by Committee Amendment “A” (S-228)) involved the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future in implementation, per fiscal notes.

Who is affected

  • State agencies involved in housing, planning, permitting and economic development (e.g., Department of Economic and Community Development; Office of Policy Innovation and the Future).
  • Local governments and municipal officials that administer zoning and permitting.
  • Housing developers, builders, landlords, and organizations involved in housing production.
  • Residents and prospective homebuyers/renters indirectly, via potential policy changes that could alter housing availability and costs.

Fiscal impact

  • Fiscal notes (preliminary and as engrossed) indicate a minor increase in General Fund costs.
  • Agencies named in the fiscal notes (Department of Economic and Community Development; Office of Policy Innovation and the Future) can absorb the additional workload within existing budgeted resources.

Legislative timeline & status

  • Referred to the House Committee on Housing and Economic Development March 28, 2025.
  • Reported out and passed with Committee Amendment “A” (S-228) in early June 2025.
  • Finally passed (in concurrence) June 3, 2025.
  • Signed by the Governor June 10, 2025 — the Resolve is enacted.

Implementation & likely next steps

  • The working group will begin its work under the implementing agencies named in the fiscal notes. The group is expected to produce findings and recommendations for consideration by the Legislature, state agencies, and local governments. Specific deliverables and timelines were not included in the materials provided.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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