---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update The Maine Human Rights Act With Respect To Gender Identity"
description: "An Act To Update The Maine Human Rights Act With Respect To Gender Identity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 707"
citation: "Maine LD 707 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "HUMAN RIGHTS", "SEXUAL ORIENTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin SHEEHAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bff467d-779e-4081-8ecb-60b8bd135b7a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086494"
source_hash: "9e93ec8758ed013d44069013afddcbea3853918c01bf14a6ac5179c3001c8942"
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 707 (131) — An Act To Update The Maine Human Rights Act With Respect To Gender Identity

## 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=HP0476&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0476&item=2&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **83–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Erin SHEEHAN — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-16** 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.
- **2023-04-11** Reports READ.
- **2023-04-11** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-11** ROLL CALL NO. 29
- **2023-04-11** (Yeas 83 - Nays 55 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-04-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-12** Reports Read
- **2023-04-12** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-04-13** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-13** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2023-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bff467d-779e-4081-8ecb-60b8bd135b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).