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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand Health Insurance Coverage To Certain State Employees"
description: "An Act To Expand Health Insurance Coverage To Certain State Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 121"
citation: "Maine LD 121 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSURANCE", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06966d32-be57-42a0-bec5-45cc3704ea46"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085254"
source_hash: "efed1bf7a4048ac563780ea975b524cf7fea9b60436febfcf6f06f003d520156"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 121 (131) — An Act To Expand Health Insurance Coverage To Certain State Employees
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0060&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0060&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0060&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0060&item=4&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Eric BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Sean PAULHUS — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-01-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-04-27** Reports Read
- **2023-04-27** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-03** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-03** On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-49). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-09** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-504) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-504) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-504) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-07-26** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-504) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-26** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06966d32-be57-42a0-bec5-45cc3704ea46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).