republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-961.md

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Bill	An Act To Address Maine'S Health Care Workforce Shortage And Improve Access To Care	An Act To Address Maine'S Health Care Workforce Shortage And Improve Access To Care	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 961	Maine LD 961 (132)	bill	HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL LICENSING NURSE PRACTITIONERS	enacted	Kristi MATHIESON	3	28	0	2025-03-06	2026-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b9020ba2-cfc5-4838-8b9f-535a1c9c25f8	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097248	8ed62b6b76b75e724ac3a20c95b11f1347c285bb50981a6d5b9b50a71b49d4cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 961 (132) — An Act To Address Maine'S Health Care Workforce Shortage And Improve Access To Care

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-785) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 540 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 961 HP 620 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Kristi MATHIESON — primary (person)
• Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
• Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
• Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-06 Received by the Clerk of the House on March 6, 2025. receipt
• 2025-03-06 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL 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.
• 2025-06-25 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
• 2026-01-13 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2026-01-13 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2026-01-13 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-785). reading-3
• 2026-01-13 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-01-20 Reports READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-01-20 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-01-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-785) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-01-20 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-01-27 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-785), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-01-27 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2026-02-03 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2026-02-03 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-02-03 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-02-10 On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
• 2026-02-12 Taken from the table by the President
• 2026-02-12 Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-02-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9020ba2-cfc5-4838-8b9f-535a1c9c25f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).