---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding And Eye Damage In Infants"
description: "An Act To Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding And Eye Damage In Infants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 443"
citation: "Maine LD 443 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "CHILDREN", "VITAMIN K FOR NEWBORNS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec0b9e49-2c75-493f-bf6d-0a9e58fcaae9"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071194"
source_hash: "fa1fb68939279caa69340fc3ac4d05a313659f179effcf8f2afecb069ffd61de"
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 443 (129) — An Act To Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding And Eye Damage In Infants

## 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=SP0121&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0121&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0121&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-29** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-153) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-153). `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-153).
- **2019-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/ec0b9e49-2c75-493f-bf6d-0a9e58fcaae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).