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Bill	An Act To Promote Public Health By Eliminating Criminal Penalties For Possession Of Hypodermic Apparatuses	An Act To Promote Public Health By Eliminating Criminal Penalties For Possession Of Hypodermic Apparatuses	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 994	Maine LD 994 (130)	bill	CRIMES DECRIMINALIZE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE PO DRUG RELATED	enacted	Genevieve McDONALD	3	29	0	2021-03-10	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/b723f24f-dd40-4c24-b149-02ed029ab836	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079461	308589d5152226ec0d06ce0ab740d1f782a7842192c3cb1c0fd8bab779f44a3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 994 (130) — An Act To Promote Public Health By Eliminating Criminal Penalties For Possession Of Hypodermic Apparatuses

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

Sponsors

• Genevieve McDONALD — primary (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
• Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Richard EVANS — cosponsor (person)
• Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)
• Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
• William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-10 Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
• 2021-03-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-03-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 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.
• 2021-06-02 Reports READ.
• 2021-06-02 On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2021-06-02 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2021-06-02 Committee Amendment "A" (H-240) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2021-06-02 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2021-06-02 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-240). reading-3
• 2021-06-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-03 Reports READ
• 2021-06-03 Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
• 2021-06-03 On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
• 2021-06-08 Taken from the table by the President
• 2021-06-08 Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2021-06-08 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2021-06-08 Committee Amendment "A" (H-240) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-240) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2021-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2021-06-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-10 On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2021-07-02 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2021-07-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2021-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b723f24f-dd40-4c24-b149-02ed029ab836. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).