republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-163.md

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Bill	An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives And Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives	An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives And Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 163	Maine LD 163 (132)	bill	HEALTH INSURANCE INSURANCE NONPRESCRIPTION CONTRACEPTIVES	enacted	Poppy ARFORD	3	29	2	2025-01-14	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0ce9a602-de7b-436d-a910-9a1d9dbbc7d0	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095744	13672bcf496784eecabe5990bdd5afec7d9152fee07bd45c51a77dd2ab1a187e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 163 (132) — An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives And Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-120) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 445 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 163 HP 96 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 21–13 (pass) · upper
• ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP — 73–69 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Poppy ARFORD — primary (person)
• Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
• Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
• Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
• Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
• Sally CLUCHEY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-01-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-01-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-05-13 Reports READ.
• 2025-05-13 On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-13 ROLL CALL NO. 124
• 2025-05-13 (Yeas 73 - Nays 69 - Absent 8 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
• 2025-05-13 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-13 Committee Amendment "A" (H-120) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-13 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-13 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-120). reading-3
• 2025-05-13 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-14 Reports Read
• 2025-05-14 On motion by Senator BAILEY of York the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-120) Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
• 2025-05-14 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 160 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2025-05-14 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-05-14 Committee Amendment "A" (H-120) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-14 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-120) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-21 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
• 2025-06-25 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
• 2025-06-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. passage
• 2025-07-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ce9a602-de7b-436d-a910-9a1d9dbbc7d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).