New Maine laws taking effect July 1, 2025
8 laws take effect July 1, 2025.
Of the 971 bills enacted since 2025, 962 have an effective date and 9 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:25 a.m. EDT.
Healthcare (2)
LD 1578 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Evaluate the Scope of Regulatory Review and Oversight over Health Care Transactions That Impact the Delivery of Health Care Services in the State
How we got this date
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
LD 1615 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Resolve, to Expand Access to Oral Health Care by Studying Alternative Pathways for Obtaining a License to Practice Dentistry
How we got this date
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
Taxes (2)
LD 1770 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Resolve, to Establish the Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force
How we got this date
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
LD 48 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
An Act to Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes
How we got this date
this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
Budget (1)
LD 1988 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
An Act to Address Funding Needs for State Employees Affected by Federal Funding Disruptions
How we got this date
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
Crime (1)
LD 353 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Recommend Methods for Preventing Deed Fraud in the State
How we got this date
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
Housing (1)
LD 1453 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Resolve, to Establish the Housing Production Innovation Working Group
How we got this date
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
Wages (1)
LD 82 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws by Extending Indefinitely the Presumption Applying to Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
How we got this date
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.
Signed by the Governor Jul 1, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jul 1, 2025
Enacted, but not yet dated (9)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.
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- LD 1427ContingentAn Act Extending the Statute of Limitations on Criminal Actions Involving Aggravated Sex Traffickingapplies to aggravated sex trafficking committed on or after the Act's effective date or not yet time-barred under prior statute of limitations
- LD 1747UnresolvedAn Act to Repeal and Replace the Charter of the Yarmouth Water Districttwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- LD 1986UnresolvedAn Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Judicial Branch Employeestwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- LD 293ContingentAn Act to Increase the Debt Limit of the Boothbay Region Water DistrictAcceptance of the debt limit proposal by a majority of the legal voters within the district voting at the referendum
- LD 3ContingentAn Act to Adopt Eastern Daylight Time Year-round Contingent on Federal ApprovalFulfillment of the condition in subsection 1 (while the State is observing eastern daylight time)
- LD 378UnresolvedAn Act to Clarify That Health Insurers Must Comply with Plan Sponsors' Statutory Rights to Audit Claims and Data Requests Related to Those Auditstwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- LD 529ContingentAn Act to Establish the Alamoosook Lake Watershed Management DistrictApproval by a majority of the legal voters of the Town of Orland voting at a referendum held after June 1, 2025 within 2 years after the Act's effective date
- LD 531UnresolvedAn Act to Establish the Toddy Pond Watershed Management Districttwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- LD 550UnresolvedAn Act to Support Outdoor, Agricultural-based and Hands-on Experiential Learning in Public Schoolstwo clauses set different dates for the same provision