republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-23.md

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Bill	An Act To Extend The Period Of Time A Dentist May Operate The Practice Of A Deceased Or Incapacitated Dentist	An Act To Extend The Period Of Time A Dentist May Operate The Practice Of A Deceased Or Incapacitated Dentist	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 23	Maine LD 23 (132)	bill	DENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL PRACTICE OPERATION	enacted	Richard BENNETT	3	19	0	2025-01-08	2025-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/793fd80f-9c02-4440-a42c-c62c077274f3	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095548	2fe0bf6ce06086b1b4c5bd0532bafc1a7a7b303023a49bf67e69b81b26dc56b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 23 (132) — An Act To Extend The Period Of Time A Dentist May Operate The Practice Of A Deceased Or Incapacitated Dentist

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-87) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 121 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 23 SP 37 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
• Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, 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.
• 2025-05-20 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-20 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-20 Committee Amendment "A" (S-87) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-87). reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2025-05-22 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-05-22 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2025-05-22 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-87). reading-3
• 2025-05-22 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-05-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/793fd80f-9c02-4440-a42c-c62c077274f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).