---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Administrative And Financial Services, The State Court Administrator And The Executive Director Of The Legislative Council To Add A 3Rd Option For Gender On State Forms"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Administrative And Financial Services, The State Court Administrator And The Executive Director Of The Legislative Council To Add A 3Rd Option For Gender On State Forms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2235"
citation: "Maine LD 2235 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENDER", "HUMAN RIGHTS", "STATE FORMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew MOONEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a7b0dc-8c61-4a49-baae-3f71a2d9bf06"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092166"
source_hash: "a2019f680e58f4b529584ef07df5e675823ee7851ed5258f0579652f57cfac18"
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 2235 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Administrative And Financial Services, The State Court Administrator And The Executive Director Of The Legislative Council To Add A 3Rd Option For Gender On State Forms

## 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=HP1434&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1434&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1434&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **81–64** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew MOONEN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** Representative MOONEN for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 76, section 2 reports that the Resolve be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-28** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2024-02-28** Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Reports READ.
- **2024-03-27** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-27** ROLL CALL NO. 428
- **2024-03-27** (Yeas 81 - Nays 64 - Absent 6 - Excused 0)
- **2024-03-27** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-854) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-854). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-28** Reports READ
- **2024-03-28** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 631 Yeas 22 - Nays 11 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-854) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-854) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-02** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+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/76a7b0dc-8c61-4a49-baae-3f71a2d9bf06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).