---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prohibit, Except In Emergency Situations, The Performance Without Consent Of Pelvic Examinations On Unconscious Or Anesthetized Patients"
description: "An Act To Prohibit, Except In Emergency Situations, The Performance Without Consent Of Pelvic Examinations On Unconscious Or Anesthetized Patients"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1948"
citation: "Maine LD 1948 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "DELIVERY", "PELVIC EXAMS UNDER ANESTHETIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victoria DOUDERA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c508106-3b3a-4619-92c5-0b895e488c1a"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075706"
source_hash: "3d4849f1906c9cdcb0c1002534ac296c2c8d8ca10edd1c2df83c932f182096d0"
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 1948 (129) — An Act To Prohibit, Except In Emergency Situations, The Performance Without Consent Of Pelvic Examinations On Unconscious Or Anesthetized Patients

## 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=HP1392&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1392&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1392&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Victoria DOUDERA — primary (person)
- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard FARNSWORTH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2020-01-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-01-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-688).
- **2020-02-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2020-02-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2020-02-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-03-03** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-03** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-688), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2020-03-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** 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/3c508106-3b3a-4619-92c5-0b895e488c1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).