Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted 5 D cosponsors

LD 1539 — An Act To Provide Access To Fertility Care

Last action — Signed by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 20, 2021. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence

  3. On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  4. On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  5. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  7. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  8. (Yeas 72 - Nays 57 - Absent 18 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)

  9. ROLL CALL NO. 581

  10. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-865) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-566) thereto.

  11. Sent down for concurrence

  12. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-865) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-566) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE

  13. Committee Amendment "A" (H-865) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-566) thereto ADOPTED

  14. Senator SANBORN of Cumberland asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw her motion for a Roll Call.

  15. Senator POULIOT of Kennebec asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw his motion to Table.

  16. On motion by Senator POULIOT of Kennebec to Table Until Later in Today's Session

  17. On motion by Same Senator Roll Call Ordered

  18. On motion by Senator SANBORN of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-566) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-865) READ and ADOPTED

  19. Committee Amendment "A" (H-865) READ

  20. READ ONCE

  21. On motion by Senator POULIOT of Kennebec Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 773 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  22. On motion by Senator SANBORN of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  23. Taken from the table by the President

  24. On motion by Senator SANBORN of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  25. Reports READ

  26. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  27. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-865).

  28. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  29. Committee Amendment "A" (H-865) was READ and ADOPTED.

  30. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  31. (Yeas 70 - Nays 63 - Absent 14 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)

  32. ROLL CALL NO. 504

  33. On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  34. Reports READ.

  35. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  36. Voted - Divided Report

  37. Work Session Held

  38. Work Session Held - TABLED

  39. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.

  40. Carry Over Approved

  41. Carry Over Requested

  42. Work Session Held - TABLED

  43. 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.

  44. Received by the Clerk of the House on April 20, 2021.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on · 41 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Colleen MADIGAN

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (178)

178 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT

Passed 21 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 10000
Independent 1000
Republican 1700
Unaffiliated 9501
Total 211201
% of votes cast 62%35%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Nay
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Not Voting
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
ROSEN of Hancock — Nay
SANBORN of Cumberland — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

Official roll call →

RECEDE AND CONCUR

Passed 72 Yea · 57 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3525017
Democrat 33100
Republican 23101
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 7257018
% of votes cast 49%39%0%12%
How each member voted (147)
Member Party Vote
STANLEY of Medway — Not Voting
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Not Voting
SYLVESTER of Portland — Not Voting
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BOYLE of Gorham — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Not Voting
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Not Voting
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Not Voting
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Not Voting
LAROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Not Voting
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Not Voting
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Not Voting
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Not Voting
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Nay
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

Official roll call →

ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 70 Yea · 63 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3631010
Republican 23002
Democrat 30202
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 7063014
% of votes cast 48%43%0%10%
How each member voted (147)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Not Voting
BOYLE of Gorham — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Not Voting
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Not Voting
CEBRA of Naples — Nay
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Not Voting
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Nay
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LAROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Yea
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Not Voting
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
ROCHE of Wells — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Not Voting
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Not Voting
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Not Voting
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Not Voting
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Nay
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Not Voting
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1539?
LD 1539 is sponsored by Michele Meyer (Democrat), Ryan Fecteau (Democrat), Richard EVANS, Matthea E.L. Daughtry (Democrat), Margaret CRAVEN, Anne M. Carney (Democrat), Stacy F. Brenner (Democrat), and Colleen MADIGAN.
What is the current status of LD 1539?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 20, 2021. Enacted.
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