republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-2009.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An Act To Prevent Abandonment Of Children And Adults With Disabilities In Hospitals	An Act To Prevent Abandonment Of Children And Adults With Disabilities In Hospitals	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 2009	Maine LD 2009 (131)	bill	ABUSE AND NEGLECT CHILD ABANDONMENT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES	enacted	Harold STEWART	3	26	0	2023-06-06	2024-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/07b389a8-ffc1-482c-873c-b91dfedad32b	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280090028	6a3c7bdc976031aaba5f9979e0638d6ca21463b0740aca09d44848c4724480c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2009 (131) — An Act To Prevent Abandonment Of Children And Adults With Disabilities In Hospitals

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

• Harold STEWART — primary (person)
• Austin THERIAULT — cosponsor (person)
• Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-06 Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-06-06 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2023-06-06 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 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.
• 2024-02-21 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2024-02-21 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2024-02-21 Committee Amendment "A" (S-535) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2024-02-22 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2024-02-22 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-535) reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2024-02-27 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2024-02-27 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2024-02-27 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-535). reading-3
• 2024-02-27 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-02-28 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2024-02-28 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2024-02-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-02-29 FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07b389a8-ffc1-482c-873c-b91dfedad32b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).