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Bill An Act To Require Prior Notification Of Closures Of Labor And Delivery Units And Changes In Maternity Or Newborn Care Services By Hospitals As Recommended By The Commission To Evaluate The Scope Of Regulatory Review And Oversight Over Health Care Transactions That Impact The Delivery Of Health Care Services In The State An Act To Require Prior Notification Of Closures Of Labor And Delivery Units And Changes In Maternity Or Newborn Care Services By Hospitals As Recommended By The Commission To Evaluate The Scope Of Regulatory Review And Oversight Over Health Care Transactions That Impact The Delivery Of Health Care Services In The State us/states/me Maine Legislature 132 LD 2189 Maine LD 2189 (132)
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HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
HOSPITALS
LABOR AND DELIVERY UNITS
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Kristi MATHIESON
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Maine LD 2189 (132) — An Act To Require Prior Notification Of Closures Of Labor And Delivery Units And Changes In Maternity Or Newborn Care Services By Hospitals As Recommended By The Commission To Evaluate The Scope Of Regulatory Review And Oversight Over Health Care Transactions That Impact The Delivery Of Health Care Services In The State

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment C-A (H-851) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment H-A to C-A (H-886) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Chapter 606 (committee substitute) — source
  4. LD 2189 HP 1470 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 1392 (pass) · lower
  • ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 320 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Kristi MATHIESON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-03 Representative MATHIESON for the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 106, section 8 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. referral-committee
  • 2026-02-03 Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
  • 2026-02-03 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES referral-committee
  • 2026-02-03 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2026-02-03 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
  • 2026-02-03 On motion by Senator Bailey of York REFERRED to Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services, in concurrence.
  • 2026-03-17 Reports READ.
  • 2026-03-17 On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
  • 2026-03-17 ROLL CALL NO. 657
  • 2026-03-17 (Yeas 139 - Nays 2 - Absent 8 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
  • 2026-03-17 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
  • 2026-03-17 Committee Amendment "A" (H-851) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2026-03-17 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
  • 2026-03-17 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-851). reading-3
  • 2026-03-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2026-03-18 Reports READ
  • 2026-03-18 On motion by Senator BAILEY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence.
  • 2026-03-18 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 776 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
  • 2026-03-18 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
  • 2026-03-18 Committee Amendment "A" (H-851) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2026-03-18 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
  • 2026-03-19 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
  • 2026-03-19 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-851), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
  • 2026-03-19 Ordered sent down forthwith.
  • 2026-03-24 On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, under SUSPENSION of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-851). reading-3
  • 2026-03-24 On further motion of the same Representative, under further SUSPENSION of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-851).
  • 2026-03-24 On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, House Amendment "A" (H-886) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-851) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2026-03-24 Committee Amendment "A" (H-851) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-886) thereto was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-24 Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-851) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-886) thereto. reading-3
  • 2026-03-24 In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
  • 2026-03-24 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2026-03-25 On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-851) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-886) thereto. reading-3
  • 2026-03-25 Ordered sent down forthwith.
  • 2026-03-26 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
  • 2026-03-26 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
  • 2026-03-26 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2026-03-30 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
  • 2026-04-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
  • 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
  • 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Reconsidered
  • 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
  • 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27f9d49c-1d12-465d-91fa-64cc968763f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).