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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize Vaccine Administration By Pharmacy Technicians And Reduce Vaccine Administration Training Requirements For Pharmacists"
description: "An Act To Authorize Vaccine Administration By Pharmacy Technicians And Reduce Vaccine Administration Training Requirements For Pharmacists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 899"
citation: "Maine LD 899 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL", "PHARMACISTS", "VACCINE ADMINISTRATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert NUTTING"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc8c0dee-817d-4a03-a6ec-151f7a984ff4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086812"
source_hash: "6f205f2719d895fdcd4eabe0813f5d8630ea792b244a93b99af38e6acb868d31"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 899 (131) — An Act To Authorize Vaccine Administration By Pharmacy Technicians And Reduce Vaccine Administration Training Requirements For Pharmacists
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0555&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0555&item=6&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0555&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0555&item=5&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Robert NUTTING — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory SWALLOW — cosponsor (person)
- Jane PRINGLE — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-28** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL 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.
- **2023-05-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-202). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-202) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-202), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-13** RECALLED From Governor's Desk pursuant to Joint Order SP 832.
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was ENACTED
- **2023-06-13** Under further 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-202) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-202) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-281) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-202) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-202) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-281) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-202) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-281) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-14** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-202) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-281) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc8c0dee-817d-4a03-a6ec-151f7a984ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).