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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act Regarding The Issuance Of A Birth Certificate Following A Gender Marker Change"
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description: "An Act Regarding The Issuance Of A Birth Certificate Following A Gender Marker Change"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "130"
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identifier: "LD 855"
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citation: "Maine LD 855 (130)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CERTIFICATES", "GENDER MARKER CHANGE", "VITAL STATISTICS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thom HARNETT"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-10"
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last_action: "2021-06-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c4acc58-7223-428b-88b3-7b7bead22b4c"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079324"
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source_hash: "939018af3fc80d89f7771cc8690536f759e447ada5d98e0fe7dfbc331e854d21"
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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 855 (130) — An Act Regarding The Issuance Of A Birth Certificate Following A Gender Marker Change
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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. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0623&item=2&snum=130)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0623&item=1&snum=130)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0623&item=4&snum=130)
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## Votes
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- ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP — **21–11** (pass) · upper
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- ACC REPORT 'A' OTP — **82–56** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Thom HARNETT — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-10** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2021-03-10** On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2021-03-10** On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland, REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
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- **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.
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- **2021-06-14** Reports READ.
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- **2021-06-14** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, REPORT A Ought to Pass was ACCEPTED.
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- **2021-06-14** ROLL CALL NO. 263
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- **2021-06-14** (Yeas 82 - Nays 56 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)
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- **2021-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-14** 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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- **2021-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
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- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2021-06-15** Reports READ
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- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Report A Ought to Pass ACCEPTED
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- **2021-06-15** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 362 Yeas 21 - Nays 11 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
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- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP/OTP-AM
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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/4c4acc58-7223-428b-88b3-7b7bead22b4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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