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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Enact The Maine Death With Dignity Act"
+description: "An Act To Enact The Maine Death With Dignity Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1313"
+citation: "Maine LD 1313 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "PLANNING", "END OF LIFE OPTION COUNSELING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patricia HYMANSON"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-03-19"
+last_action: "2019-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c08a8a-b769-4e67-b413-8df0ce072109"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072574"
+source_hash: "20267eee3120347ca6bad77142a661aa24cf820d8b01b9c8d5666d676453844a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1313 (129) — An Act To Enact The Maine Death With Dignity Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0948&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0948&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0948&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Enactment — **73–72** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **19–16** (pass) · upper
+- Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep — **72–68** (pass) · lower
+- ENACTMENT — **19–16** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patricia HYMANSON — primary (person)
+- Dale DENNO — cosponsor (person)
+- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
+- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
+- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-19** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-03-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-03-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-21** Reports READ.
+- **2019-05-21** Representative HYMANSON of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2019-05-21** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending her motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2019-05-21** Later today assigned.
+- **2019-05-28** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2019-05-28** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-28** ROLL CALL NO. 142
+- **2019-05-28** (Yeas 72 - Nays 68 - Absent 8 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-305) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-305).
+- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-29** Reports READ
+- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
+- **2019-05-30** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2019-05-30** On motion by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2019-05-30** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 165 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-05-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (H-305) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-05-30** Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin Objected to Suspension of the Rules to give Bill A SECOND READING
+- **2019-05-30** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING LATER IN TODAY'S SESSION.
+- **2019-05-30** Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin moved Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-305) in concurrence `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-30** HELD at the Request of Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin.
+- **2019-05-30** RELEASED.
+- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-03** ROLL CALL NO. 173
+- **2019-06-03** (Yeas 73 - Nays 72 - Absent 3 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-04** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 185 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c08a8a-b769-4e67-b413-8df0ce072109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+