---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect The Reproductive Freedom Of Maine People By Preempting The Field Of Abortion Regulation"
description: "An Act To Protect The Reproductive Freedom Of Maine People By Preempting The Field Of Abortion Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1343"
citation: "Maine LD 1343 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "PROCEDURES", "PROVIDER & PATIENT PROTECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura SUPICA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d486501e-9430-409c-9ef6-c918f3ff5604"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088090"
source_hash: "e87492b424d2f72bac3b1b0d0c9062bfb90471babfaf23430e61cf5a38a0a4e0"
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 1343 (131) — An Act To Protect The Reproductive Freedom Of Maine People By Preempting The Field Of Abortion Regulation

## 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=HP0857&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0857&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0857&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **82–63** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura SUPICA — primary (person)
- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
- Holly EATON — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn COPELAND — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-06** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-06** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2023-06-06** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-20** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-20** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-20** ROLL CALL NO. 276
- **2023-06-20** (Yeas 82 - Nays 63 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-279) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-279). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 405 Yeas 28 - Nays 6 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-279) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-279) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d486501e-9430-409c-9ef6-c918f3ff5604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).