republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1624.md

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Bill	An Act To Streamline The Process For Amending A Birth Certificate Of An Adult When Genetic Parentage Is Not Disputed	An Act To Streamline The Process For Amending A Birth Certificate Of An Adult When Genetic Parentage Is Not Disputed	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1624	Maine LD 1624 (131)	bill	DOMESTIC RELATIONS GENETIC PARENTS PARENTAL RIGHTS	enacted	Chad PERKINS	3	24	0	2023-04-12	2023-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/cbac44d2-2911-4ae3-af36-4eef8fe479c9	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088640	a0bf4b63e88b09aef0ff44e92e5198105a53277936f8b9a4ba951e1479c1dd2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1624 (131) — An Act To Streamline The Process For Amending A Birth Certificate Of An Adult When Genetic Parentage Is Not Disputed

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

• Chad PERKINS — primary (person)
• Aaron DANA — cosponsor (person)
• Caleb NESS — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel NEWMAN — cosponsor (person)
• David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• David LAFOUNTAIN — cosponsor (person)
• Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
• Larry DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• Michel LAJOIE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-12 Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-04-12 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-04-13 On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland, REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary, in concurrence. referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 Reports READ.
• 2023-06-15 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-06-15 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-15 Committee Amendment "A" (H-567) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-15 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-06-15 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-567). reading-3
• 2023-06-15 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-16 Reports READ
• 2023-06-16 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
• 2023-06-16 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-06-16 Committee Amendment "A" (H-567) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-16 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-567) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbac44d2-2911-4ae3-af36-4eef8fe479c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).