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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions"
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description: "An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 1261"
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citation: "Maine LD 1261 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-14"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad2205c-2f2f-4eb7-ac69-5b0c89053a63"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072502"
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source_hash: "ee708325c7219155dc993bc039e8ce454fa86515943462284001e758cfe2a14c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1261 (129) — An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0922&item=1&snum=129)
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2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0922&item=3&snum=129)
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## Votes
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- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **74–58** (pass) · lower
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- ACCEPT MAJ OTP RPT — **19–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
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- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
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- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
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- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
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- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
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- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-14** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2019-03-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-21** Reports READ.
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- **2019-05-21** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-05-21** ROLL CALL NO. 114
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- **2019-05-21** (Yeas 74 - Nays 58 - Absent 16 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
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- **2019-05-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
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- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
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- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 119 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad2205c-2f2f-4eb7-ac69-5b0c89053a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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