---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Better Dental Care For Cancer Survivors"
description: "An Act To Promote Better Dental Care For Cancer Survivors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 665"
citation: "Maine LD 665 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANCER SURVIVORS", "DENTAL CARE", "HEALTH CARE SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret CRAVEN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/335e52c9-23e7-41e8-a806-b6f7f2bfa893"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079121"
source_hash: "c0aaa53362495213ab20b2bb249e116ac8702e70513cb996d76a0d0df7ee4603"
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 665 (130) — An Act To Promote Better Dental Care For Cancer Survivors

## 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=HP0492&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0492&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0492&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0492&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Margaret CRAVEN — primary (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — 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.
- **2021-07-19** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
- **2022-03-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-03-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-03-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-864). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-31** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-03-31** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment "A" (H-864) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-864), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-864) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-864) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-600) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-864) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-864) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-600) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-864) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-600) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-864) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-600) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/335e52c9-23e7-41e8-a806-b6f7f2bfa893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).