New Maine laws taking effect July 1, 2027

2 laws take effect July 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.

Housing (1)

  • LD 2173 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

    An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Housing Developments and Accessory Dwelling Units

    How we got this date

    The date of the act's main provisions (act).

    This Act applies to municipalities beginning July 1, 2027.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Traffic (1)

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, 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