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Bill	An Act To Clarify The Authority Of The Department Of Health And Human Services During A Public Health Emergency	An Act To Clarify The Authority Of The Department Of Health And Human Services During A Public Health Emergency	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 1344	Maine LD 1344 (130)	bill	ADMINISTRATION CDC EMERGENCY AUTHORITY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPT	enacted	Michele MEYER	3	27	2	2021-03-30	2021-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e9a8972b-8399-42ef-af75-c928887ca3f2	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080086	bcdeafd9b18959d2727aeb7d83f63ef0cd75a1dc4d88f361b341051dfb1f0956	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1344 (130) — An Act To Clarify The Authority Of The Department Of Health And Human Services During A Public Health Emergency

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 22–12 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 81–58 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michele MEYER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-30 Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
• 2021-03-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-03-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
• 2021-06-15 Reports READ.
• 2021-06-15 On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2021-06-15 ROLL CALL NO. 297
• 2021-06-15 (Yeas 81 - Nays 58 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
• 2021-06-15 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2021-06-15 Committee Amendment "A" (H-631) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2021-06-15 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2021-06-15 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-631). reading-3
• 2021-06-15 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-16 Reports READ
• 2021-06-16 On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2021-06-16 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 389 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2021-06-16 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Committee Amendment "A" (H-631) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-16 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-631) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2021-06-17 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2021-06-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-17 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2021-06-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9a8972b-8399-42ef-af75-c928887ca3f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).