---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Concerning Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Data Collection In Health Care Facilities"
description: "An Act Concerning Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Data Collection In Health Care Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 956"
citation: "Maine LD 956 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "DATA COLLECTION", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ambureen RANA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d26f07-f04c-4a6b-a1a4-77f02d3c3d82"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086943"
source_hash: "502d538fca8da397117f56ca0d2ca661dff9eff00a6c6d292eb5dc392f1a8c54"
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 956 (131) — An Act Concerning Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Data Collection In Health Care Facilities

## 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=HP0603&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0603&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0603&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **22–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ambureen RANA — primary (person)
- Charles SKOLD — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-02** 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.
- **2023-05-16** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-16** On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-127) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-127). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-18** Reports READ
- **2023-05-18** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 147 Yeas 22 - Nays 8 - Excused 5 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-05-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-127) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-23** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-23** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-127), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** 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
- **2023-05-12T04:00:00+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/65d26f07-f04c-4a6b-a1a4-77f02d3c3d82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).