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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure The Collection Of Complete Information By Adding A 3Rd Option For Gender On State Forms"
description: "An Act To Ensure The Collection Of Complete Information By Adding A 3Rd Option For Gender On State Forms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 942"
citation: "Maine LD 942 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "FORMS", "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin SHEEHAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4175c8af-36b2-4321-be28-4c4e0f4fd1ec"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086940"
source_hash: "8babe14295604a03ed7595731b35f8717d10999b71c97f5d8a56749af0aa7682"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 942 (131) — An Act To Ensure The Collection Of Complete Information By Adding A 3Rd Option For Gender On State Forms
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0589&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0589&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0589&item=3&snum=131)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **249** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **8161** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Erin SHEEHAN — primary (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany ROBERTS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-02** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-23** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2023-05-23** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-12** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-12** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 186
- **2023-06-12** (Yeas 81 - Nays 61 - Absent 8 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-196) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-196). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** Reports READ
- **2023-06-13** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 313 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-196) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-196) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4175c8af-36b2-4321-be28-4c4e0f4fd1ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).