---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update The Family Planning Statutes"
description: "An Act To Update The Family Planning Statutes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 494"
citation: "Maine LD 494 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID", "MAINECARE", "FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e754aee4-0cf4-4696-b78f-c5dff2c39a47"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071333"
source_hash: "d14fc2e19e471cd3c11405110090627021aecf422ac145cb4e7a2b0754fea61e"
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 494 (129) — An Act To Update The Family Planning Statutes

## 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=SP0159&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0159&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0159&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0159&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **85–57** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
- Janice COOPER — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 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
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Reports Read
- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-151) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 151 Yeas 23 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-151) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-151) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-30** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-30** On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-30** ROLL CALL NO. 153
- **2019-05-30** (Yeas 85 - Nays 57 - Absent 6 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-151) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-151).
- **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** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 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/e754aee4-0cf4-4696-b78f-c5dff2c39a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).