republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-653.md

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Bill	An Act To Provide Maine Residents Losing Employer-Based Health Coverage With Information About Other Coverage	An Act To Provide Maine Residents Losing Employer-Based Health Coverage With Information About Other Coverage	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 653	Maine LD 653 (130)	bill	EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES NOTICE OF INSURANCE COVERAGE SEVERANCE NOTICE	enacted	Poppy ARFORD	2	18	0	2021-03-01	2021-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/1afc5639-1b2b-4878-b253-8b60a5e6dd11	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079117	f5fe1661ae2e307459241f263a306f481a06b141d566f5621d5ffe8f555e7528	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 653 (130) — An Act To Provide Maine Residents Losing Employer-Based Health Coverage With Information About Other Coverage

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Poppy ARFORD — primary (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
• Heather SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
• Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
• Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
• Richard EVANS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-01 Received by the Clerk of the House on March 1, 2021. receipt
• 2021-03-01 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
• 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.
• 2021-04-28 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2021-04-28 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2021-04-28 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-3
• 2021-04-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-04-28 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2021-04-28 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2021-04-28 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2021-04-28 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2021-04-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2021-04-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-05-19 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2021-05-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP
• 2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1afc5639-1b2b-4878-b253-8b60a5e6dd11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).