republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-351.md

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Bill	An Act To Increase Access To Birth Control By Making Certain Contraception Available Over The Counter	An Act To Increase Access To Birth Control By Making Certain Contraception Available Over The Counter	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 351	Maine LD 351 (131)	bill	CONTRACEPTIVES HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRESCRIPTION DRUGS	enacted	Eric BRAKEY	3	23	0	2023-01-31	2023-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9baeb17c-df77-46cb-b69b-28b7d5d0358c	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085614	6dcff2ec26c3df673f3c8c8eef69845cbeb8a6177827f99494656187bfb2af2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 351 (131) — An Act To Increase Access To Birth Control By Making Certain Contraception Available Over The Counter

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

• Eric BRAKEY — primary (person)
• Ann FREDERICKS — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy SHAW — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
• Shelley RUDNICKI — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-31 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
• 2023-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2023-01-31 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.
• 2023-05-11 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2023-05-11 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-05-11 Committee Amendment "A" (S-82) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-11 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2023-05-16 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2023-05-16 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-82) reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-05-16 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2023-05-18 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-05-18 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-05-18 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-82). reading-3
• 2023-05-18 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-05-23 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-05-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9baeb17c-df77-46cb-b69b-28b7d5d0358c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).