republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-707.md

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Bill	An Act To Update The Maine Human Rights Act With Respect To Gender Identity	An Act To Update The Maine Human Rights Act With Respect To Gender Identity	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 707	Maine LD 707 (131)	bill	DISCRIMINATION HUMAN RIGHTS SEXUAL ORIENTATION	enacted	Erin SHEEHAN	2	27	1	2023-02-16	2023-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/4bff467d-779e-4081-8ecb-60b8bd135b7a	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086494	9e93ec8758ed013d44069013afddcbea3853918c01bf14a6ac5179c3001c8942	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 707 (131) — An Act To Update The Maine Human Rights Act With Respect To Gender Identity

Version chain

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

1. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
2. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — 83–55 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Erin SHEEHAN — primary (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-02-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY 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.
• 2023-04-11 Reports READ.
• 2023-04-11 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-04-11 ROLL CALL NO. 29
• 2023-04-11 (Yeas 83 - Nays 55 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
• 2023-04-11 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-04-11 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-04-11 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-3
• 2023-04-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-04-12 Reports Read
• 2023-04-12 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2023-04-12 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-04-12 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2023-04-13 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2023-04-13 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-04-13 Ordered sent down forthwith
• 2023-04-18 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-04-18 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-04-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-04-24 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bff467d-779e-4081-8ecb-60b8bd135b7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).