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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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86 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Improve Access To Physician Assistant Care"
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description: "An Act To Improve Access To Physician Assistant Care"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 1660"
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citation: "Maine LD 1660 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LICENSING", "MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-04-30"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c20adeb1-484d-4e5c-af39-59c9dcad4672"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073606"
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source_hash: "ace50e6df684d7dc9b98b0544278e3739d5ad415074fb480d397048d359a4786"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1660 (129) — An Act To Improve Access To Physician Assistant Care
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0537&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0537&item=5&snum=129)
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3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0537&item=1&snum=129)
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4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0537&item=3&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
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- Dana DOW — cosponsor (person)
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- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
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- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
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- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
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- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
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- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-30** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2019-04-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-20** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
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- **2019-06-20** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
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- **2020-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED
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- **2020-03-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) READ
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- **2020-03-17** On motion by Senator SANBORN, L. of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) READ and ADOPTED
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- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) thereto ADOPTED
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- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) thereto `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-17** Sent down for concurrence
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- **2020-03-17** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2020-03-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) was READ.
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- **2020-03-17** Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) thereto ADOPTED.
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- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-432) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-444) thereto.
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- **2020-03-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2020-03-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
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- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c20adeb1-484d-4e5c-af39-59c9dcad4672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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