---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Health Care Coverage For Maine Families"
description: "An Act To Protect Health Care Coverage For Maine Families"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1"
citation: "Maine LD 1 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "CONFORMATION WITH AFFORDABLE CARE A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09f76037-12e7-4e1d-a395-8bafc04f8e89"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070605"
source_hash: "01362acb393828e9e29d43afc94b27d9db824c49632a68d087a862babbad308b"
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 1 (129) — An Act To Protect Health Care Coverage For Maine Families

## 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=SP0010&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0010&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0010&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **140–3** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT OTP-A RPT — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-02** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-28** Reports READ
- **2019-02-28** On motion by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report Accepted
- **2019-02-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 19 Yeas 31 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
- **2019-02-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-3) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-02-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-05** READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-3) `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-03-07** Reports READ.
- **2019-03-07** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-07** ROLL CALL NO. 5
- **2019-03-07** (Yeas 140 - Nays 3 - Absent 5 - Excused 1 Vacant 2)
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-3) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-3).
- **2019-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-03-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-03-19** 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/09f76037-12e7-4e1d-a395-8bafc04f8e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).