---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions"
description: "An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1261"
citation: "Maine LD 1261 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad2205c-2f2f-4eb7-ac69-5b0c89053a63"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072502"
source_hash: "ee708325c7219155dc993bc039e8ce454fa86515943462284001e758cfe2a14c"
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 1261 (129) — An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0922&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0922&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **74–58** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP RPT — **19–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-21** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** ROLL CALL NO. 114
- **2019-05-21** (Yeas 74 - Nays 58 - Absent 16 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 119 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** 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/dad2205c-2f2f-4eb7-ac69-5b0c89053a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).