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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Extend The Period Of Time A Dentist May Operate The Practice Of A Deceased Or Incapacitated Dentist"
description: "An Act To Extend The Period Of Time A Dentist May Operate The Practice Of A Deceased Or Incapacitated Dentist"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 23"
citation: "Maine LD 23 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENTAL", "HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL", "PRACTICE OPERATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/793fd80f-9c02-4440-a42c-c62c077274f3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095548"
source_hash: "2fe0bf6ce06086b1b4c5bd0532bafc1a7a7b303023a49bf67e69b81b26dc56b5"
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 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](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0037&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0037&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 23 SP 37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0037&item=1&snum=132)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/793fd80f-9c02-4440-a42c-c62c077274f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).