republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-1778.md

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Bill	An Act To Improve Health Care Affordability And Increase Options For Comprehensive Coverage For Individuals And Small Businesses In Maine	An Act To Improve Health Care Affordability And Increase Options For Comprehensive Coverage For Individuals And Small Businesses In Maine	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 1778	Maine LD 1778 (130)	bill	AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES STUDY	enacted	Richard EVANS	3	24	2	2021-11-30	2022-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/9b2de759-3158-4796-afa5-f1deda7c082b	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280081992	70be3e301afc07ba9e2549388035861c1741ad053c7fe2e3aad572f244c85cec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1778 (130) — An Act To Improve Health Care Affordability And Increase Options For Comprehensive Coverage For Individuals And Small Businesses In Maine

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

• ENACTMENT — 18–13 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 77–58 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard EVANS — primary (person)
• Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
• Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Gina MELARAGNO — cosponsor (person)
• Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
• Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
• Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-30 Received by the Clerk of the House on November 30, 2021. receipt
• 2021-11-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Reports READ.
• 2022-02-23 On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2022-02-23 ROLL CALL NO. 458
• 2022-02-23 (Yeas 77 - Nays 58 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)
• 2022-02-23 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2022-02-23 Committee Amendment "A" (H-773) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2022-02-23 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2022-02-23 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-773). reading-3
• 2022-02-23 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-03-09 Reports Read
• 2022-03-09 On motion by Senator SANBORN of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2022-03-09 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2022-03-09 Committee Amendment "A" (H-773) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-09 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-773) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-03-22 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-03-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-03-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2022-03-24 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 636 Yeas 18 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2022-03-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b2de759-3158-4796-afa5-f1deda7c082b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).