republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1956.md

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Bill	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Optometrists	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Optometrists	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1956	Maine LD 1956 (131)	bill	HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL OPTOMETRISTS PROVISIONS REVISED	enacted	Jennifer POIRIER	4	34	0	2023-05-18	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/49f285e9-ad71-469d-8d6d-16bb2141b475	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089494	c8fbb3d18bb58490cbe6aeec77562322027da04259160852d3140994de525142	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1956 (131) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Optometrists

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Chaptered Law (committee substitute) — source
3. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Jennifer POIRIER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-18 Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-05-18 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-05-23 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2023-07-26 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
• 2024-03-05 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2024-03-05 On OBJECTION of Representative PERRY of Calais REMOVED.
• 2024-03-05 The Committee Report was READ.
• 2024-03-05 On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
• 2024-03-05 Later today assigned.
• 2024-03-19 Speaker laid before the House
• 2024-03-19 Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-19 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-03-19 Committee Amendment "A" (H-799) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-03-19 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2024-03-19 On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, House Amendment "A" (H-836) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2024-03-19 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-799) and House Amendment "A" (H-836) reading-3
• 2024-03-19 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-20 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2024-03-20 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2024-03-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-799) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 House Amendment "A" (H-836) READ and ADOPTED
• 2024-03-20 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-799) and House Amendment "A" (H-836) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-03-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2024-03-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-26 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-03-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49f285e9-ad71-469d-8d6d-16bb2141b475. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).