republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-613.md

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Bill	An Act To Amend The Maine Death With Dignity Act To Ensure Access By Qualified Patients	An Act To Amend The Maine Death With Dignity Act To Ensure Access By Qualified Patients	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 613	Maine LD 613 (132)	bill	DEATH WITH DIGNITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PLANNING	enacted	Michele MEYER	4	58	11	2025-02-20	2025-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/300e50eb-c766-43ea-b659-4b42a117d24d	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096683	8232b97c3b6f97c0a709aa85142759148cc5374a8438242cba632199232e3a6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 613 (132) — An Act To Amend The Maine Death With Dignity Act To Ensure Access By Qualified Patients

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-433) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment S-A to C-A (S-365) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 375 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 613 HP 381 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• INDEFINITELY POSTPONE — 16–19 (fail) · upper
• RECEDE — 22–13 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED — 18–15 (pass) · upper
• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 19–16 (pass) · upper
• RECEDE AND CONCUR — 67–76 (fail) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 17–18 (fail) · upper
• RECEDE AND CONCUR — 79–62 (pass) · lower
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 74–64 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT COMMITTEE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT — 20–15 (pass) · upper
• RECEDE AND CONCUR — 17–18 (fail) · upper
• ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-365) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT — 20–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michele MEYER — primary (person)
• Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
• Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
• Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025. receipt
• 2025-02-20 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. 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.
• 2025-06-04 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-04 On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-04 ROLL CALL NO. 320
• 2025-06-04 (Yeas 74 - Nays 64 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)
• 2025-06-04 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-04 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-04 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433). reading-3
• 2025-06-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-05 Reports READ
• 2025-06-05 On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT.
• 2025-06-09 Taken from the table by the President
• 2025-06-09 Motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report FAILED.
• 2025-06-09 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 399 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-09 Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in NON-CONCURRENCE.
• 2025-06-09 Sent down for concurrence
• 2025-06-10 Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST.
• 2025-06-10 Motion of Representative JAVNER of Chester to RECEDE and CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
• 2025-06-10 ROLL CALL NO. 396
• 2025-06-10 (Yeas 67 - Nays 76 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-10 Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) reading-3
• 2025-06-10 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-10 HELD at the Request of Representative MEYER of Eliot.
• 2025-06-11 RELEASED.
• 2025-06-11 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-12 Motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York to RECEDE AND CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) Report FAILED amendment-failure
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 481 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 Motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York to RECEDE from ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass PREVAILED
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 482 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 483 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-06-12 Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 484 Yeas 16 - Nays 19 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) READ
• 2025-06-12 On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) READ and ADOPTED. PREVAILED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 485 Yeas 20 - Nays 15 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) As Amended By Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) ADOPTED thereto. PREVAILED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 486 Yeas 20 - Nays 15 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 Assigned for Second Reading in One Hour
• 2025-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) thereto, in NON-CONCURRENCE. PREVAILED reading-3
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 499 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 Sent down for concurrence.
• 2025-06-16 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) thereto. reading-3
• 2025-06-16 ROLL CALL NO. 508
• 2025-06-16 (Yeas 79 - Nays 62 - Absent 8 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-16 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-16 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/300e50eb-c766-43ea-b659-4b42a117d24d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).