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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Protect Health Care Professionals Providing Reproductive Health Care Services"
+description: "An Act To Protect Health Care Professionals Providing Reproductive Health Care Services"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 616"
+citation: "Maine LD 616 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MEDICAL MALPRACTICE", "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE", "TORTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy KUHN"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-14"
+last_action: "2023-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4cf2a7-4684-4dee-8467-8306f0134464"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086209"
+source_hash: "1b24328189e2e86891db8d113de48f7a67fad5e0e082708fe94898105529922b"
+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 616 (131) — An Act To Protect Health Care Professionals Providing Reproductive Health Care Services
+
+## 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=HP0393&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0393&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0393&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **79–66** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **23–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy KUHN — primary (person)
+- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)
+- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
+- Jane PRINGLE — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2023-02-14** On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-02-14** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York, TABLED until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE.
+- **2023-03-02** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2023-03-02** Subsequently On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES In NON-CONCURRENCE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.
+- **2023-03-07** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
+- **2023-06-12** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-12** On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
+- **2023-06-12** Later today assigned.
+- **2023-06-20** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2023-06-20** Subsequently, on motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-20** ROLL CALL NO. 277
+- **2023-06-20** (Yeas 79 - Nays 66 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
+- **2023-06-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-402) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-402). `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
+- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2023-06-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 402 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-402) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-402) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-06-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c4cf2a7-4684-4dee-8467-8306f0134464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+