---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Access To Necessary Medical Care For Certain Minors"
description: "An Act To Increase Access To Necessary Medical Care For Certain Minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 535"
citation: "Maine LD 535 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DELIVERY", "GENDER AFFIRMING CARE", "HEALTH CARE SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin SHEEHAN"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1df980e-f3ee-4b65-a254-d241c1d5210a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086057"
source_hash: "8feee2f6c7c7edef0dc6651b6ab078aa366c9b1c132d637d91c41e3c7c8e4298"
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 535 (131) — An Act To Increase Access To Necessary Medical Care For Certain Minors

## 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=HP0340&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0340&item=4&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0340&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0340&item=5&snum=131)
5. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0340&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- ACC REP A OTP-AM — **73–60** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- Enactment — **71–65** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Erin SHEEHAN — primary (person)
- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 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.
- **2023-04-25** Representative MEYER from the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-04-27** The Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-21** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Any Report.
- **2023-06-21** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-23** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-23** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Any Report.
- **2023-06-23** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-26** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-26** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-26** ROLL CALL NO. 334
- **2023-06-26** (Yeas 73 - Nays 60 - Absent 18 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-26** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-26** Committee Amendment "A" (H-596) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-26** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-26** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-596). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-27** Reports READ
- **2023-06-27** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-596) ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-27** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 465 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-596) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-596) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-27** ROLL CALL NO. 347
- **2023-06-27** (Yeas 71 - Nays 65 - Absent 15 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 471 Yeas 19 - Nays 12 - Excused 4 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-07-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - REFERRED
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - REF TO JUD
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP/OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1df980e-f3ee-4b65-a254-d241c1d5210a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).