---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Maine Residents Losing Employer-Based Health Coverage With Information About Other Coverage"
description: "An Act To Provide Maine Residents Losing Employer-Based Health Coverage With Information About Other Coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 653"
citation: "Maine LD 653 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES", "NOTICE OF INSURANCE COVERAGE", "SEVERANCE NOTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poppy ARFORD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1afc5639-1b2b-4878-b253-8b60a5e6dd11"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079117"
source_hash: "f5fe1661ae2e307459241f263a306f481a06b141d566f5621d5ffe8f555e7528"
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 653 (130) — An Act To Provide Maine Residents Losing Employer-Based Health Coverage With Information About Other Coverage

## 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=HP0480&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0480&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Poppy ARFORD — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Heather SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Richard EVANS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 1, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1afc5639-1b2b-4878-b253-8b60a5e6dd11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).