---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand The Membership Of The Permanent Commission On The Status Of Women"
description: "An Act To Expand The Membership Of The Permanent Commission On The Status Of Women"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 794"
citation: "Maine LD 794 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION FOR WOMEN", "DATA PROVISION", "STATE BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecf81ba3-04e6-4953-8012-255142bb4b40"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086587"
source_hash: "d29077797f024ce9a3ab7e0d30bc4ec646afbca69b1baa3348cf82239f66b1ca"
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 794 (131) — An Act To Expand The Membership Of The Permanent Commission On The Status Of Women

## 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=SP0353&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0353&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0353&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0353&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **79–59** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca JAUCH — cosponsor (person)
- Sally CLUCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-02** Reports Read
- **2023-05-02** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 116 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-05-02** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-03** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-03** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-04** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-04** On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-04** ROLL CALL NO. 50
- **2023-05-04** (Yeas 79 - Nays 59 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-05-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-51). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-11** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-04-11** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2024-04-11** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-589) READ and ADOPTED
- **2024-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-589) In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-04-12** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-589) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+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/ecf81ba3-04e6-4953-8012-255142bb4b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).