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
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citation |
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action_count |
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| Bill |
An Act To Protect Access To Veterinary Care By Prohibiting Noncompete Agreements |
An Act To Protect Access To Veterinary Care By Prohibiting Noncompete Agreements |
us/states/me |
Maine Legislature |
131 |
LD 688 |
Maine LD 688 (131) |
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| BUSINESS PRACTICES |
| NONCOMPETE CLAUSES |
| VETERINARY PRACTICES |
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enacted |
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2 |
22 |
0 |
2023-02-16 |
2023-06-01 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/20b8503e-d40c-479f-866c-52db2aae12e5 |
https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086472 |
a39742481a772d2e0fe7d2f563e039ebfc605c9367ad0054658dd792626623ff |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
|
Maine LD 688 (131) — An Act To Protect Access To Veterinary Care By Prohibiting Noncompete Agreements
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
- Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source
- Jessica FAY — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-16 Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- 2023-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING.
referral-committee
- 2023-02-16 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- 2023-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING 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.
- 2023-05-11 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- 2023-05-11 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- 2023-05-11 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
reading-3
- 2023-05-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- 2023-05-16 Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- 2023-05-16 READ ONCE
reading-1
- 2023-05-16 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- 2023-05-18 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- 2023-05-18 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.
reading-2, reading-3
- 2023-05-18 Ordered sent down 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
- 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
- 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP
- 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20b8503e-d40c-479f-866c-52db2aae12e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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