republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-228.md

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Bill	An Act To Require Substance Use Disorder To Be Disclosed As A Cause Of Death On Death Certificates	An Act To Require Substance Use Disorder To Be Disclosed As A Cause Of Death On Death Certificates	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 228	Maine LD 228 (131)	bill	DEATH DEATH CERTIFICATES RECORDS	enacted	Colleen MADIGAN	4	33	0	2023-01-24	2023-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1d3fecda-a827-48e7-b417-6b9825c11f80	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085437	91655145a3a678c272a85e9a549392b47d7ae5a8202992888d4b42b3c6a3975d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 228 (131) — An Act To Require Substance Use Disorder To Be Disclosed As A Cause Of Death On Death Certificates

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

• Colleen MADIGAN — primary (person)
• Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
• Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
• Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-24 Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-01-24 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2023-01-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-01-24 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-06-08 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-06-08 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-06-08 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-380). reading-3
• 2023-06-08 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-08 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2023-06-08 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Committee Amendment "A" (H-380) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-380), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-08 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2023-06-12 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2023-06-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-12 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, 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" (H-380) reading-3
• 2023-07-25 Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-380) was ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-25 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-380) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-25 Committee Amendment "A" (H-380) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-25 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-380) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-3
• 2023-07-25 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-07-25 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-380) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) thereto. reading-3
• 2023-07-25 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-07-25 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2023-07-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-07-25 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-07-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d3fecda-a827-48e7-b417-6b9825c11f80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).