---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Access To Prescription Contraceptives"
description: "An Act To Ensure Access To Prescription Contraceptives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1954"
citation: "Maine LD 1954 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACEPTIVE PRESCRIPTIONS", "INSURANCE PRACTICES", "MANDATED COVERAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c78d433-976d-4bcc-9f58-0be8f1134895"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082699"
source_hash: "1971fff3901dc12c0802afb04766c50a6094e31d117d7b2a0fcb67504855b60f"
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 1954 (130) — An Act To Ensure Access To Prescription Contraceptives

## 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=SP0691&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0691&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0691&item=4&snum=130)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0691&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 1, 2022 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Reports Read
- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator SANBORN of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "A" (S-499) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-499) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-499) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2022-04-05** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-05** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-499) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-499). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 727 Yeas 30 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c78d433-976d-4bcc-9f58-0be8f1134895`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).