Designed to help municipalities combat steep lot rent spikes and secure stability for tenants living in mobile home parks. It also established five areas of state-level work: creating a model rent stabilization ordinance, building housing on vacant lots, supporting affordability for park residents, expanding pathways to resident ownership, and improving access to traditional mortgages.

Although naturopathic doctors are licensed health care providers in Maine, the state had not updated their prescribing formulary since 1996.  LD 1128 removed the outdated statutory roadblock and required the formulary to be modernized, allowing naturopathic doctors to practice to the full extent permitted under Maine’s updated rules.

Maine’s small powersports dealers had little protection when large manufacturers unfairly allocated inventory, changed contracts, required expensive renovations, or underpaid for warranty work. LD 2104 creates stronger, enforceable protections that require fair treatment, adequate notice, retail-rate warranty reimbursement, and reasonable limits on costly manufacturer demands.  Local dealers now have a fair chance to compete in their market.

Maine had no consistent, accountable system for identifying surplus state property and moving it into productive use. LD 1170 requires an annual inventory and puts the Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority in charge of acquiring, transferring, and redeveloping surplus government property.  This creates a clearer pathway to turn vacant and underused sites into housing and other community assets.

Cassie rewrote the committee bill for LD 913, to protect Mainers from ticket bots, speculative sales, deceptive websites, and excessive resale fees. The landmark law is already serving as a model for other states and was also used as a model before recently passing in Washington, D.C.

Cassie contributed significantly to the part of committee bill LD 2231 that helps residents in parks refile with the secretary of state so that their homes can be classified as real estate instead of personal property, which will allow them more protections and to access more affordable mortgages.  More work needs to be done on this, which she will continue in the 133rd.