New Maine laws taking effect January 1, 2027
9 laws take effect January 1, 2027.
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 (6)
LD 1502 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Update the Requirements for Health Insurance Coverage of Prostate Cancer Screening
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (act).
This Act applies to all policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2027.
LD 1890 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Facilitate the Development of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities by Increasing the Monetary Threshold for Certain Facilities Under the Requirement to Obtain a Certificate of Need and to Index the Threshold Annually Thereafter
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: Beginning January 1, 2027 and annually thereafter, the threshold amount for review must be updated by the commissioner
LD 2103 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act Requiring Hospitals to Adopt Cybersecurity Plans
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1832).
Section 1832: This section takes effect January 1, 2027.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
LD 2201 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Implement Certain Recommendations Related to the Regulatory Review and Approval of Certain Health Care Transactions Involving Private Equity Companies, Hedge Funds or Management Services Organizations from 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
This Act takes effect January 1, 2027.
LD 2233 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Combine the Board of Licensure in Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Licensure into a Single Licensing Board for All Physicians and Physician Associates
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Part).
Part: This Part takes effect January 1, 2027.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
LD 582 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Require Health Insurance Carriers to Provide Coverage for Blood Testing for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (act).
This Act applies to all policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2027.
Civil Rights (1)
LD 2142 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Establish Guidance for Awarding General Spousal Support
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (act).
This Act applies to all actions pending on or after January 1, 2027.
Taxes (1)
LD 2178 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Establish the Independent Office of Tax Appeals and Make Other Changes to the Laws Governing the Tax Appeals Process
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (This Part).
This Part: This Part takes effect January 1, 2027.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Traffic (1)
LD 2191 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An Act to Establish a Biennial Inspection System for Vehicle Rental Companies
How we got this date
This Act takes effect January 1, 2027.
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 January 1, 2027 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