# Maine LD 613: An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients Maine LD 613, An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Michele Meyer (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-20 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 375) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD613-132 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 613 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Amend the Maine Death with Dignity Act to Ensure Access by Qualified Patients - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-20 - Last action: 2025-06-20, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 375 - Sponsor: Michele Meyer (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CARE SERVICES - PLANNING - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 11 (369 yes, 331 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New timelines and waivers for aid in dying: mixed, medium. If you are a qualified patient, you must make two oral requests at least 15 days apart and a written request. You must sign the written request no earlier than 15 days after your first oral request. At least 48 hours must pass between your signature and the doctor writing the prescription. Your doc… - One rule is removed from the law: mixed, low. The law removes subsection 13 of the Maine Death with Dignity Act. This text does not state what that subsection covered. That rule no longer applies. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Michele Meyer (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Amy Kuhn (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Anne M. Carney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Donna Bailey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Henry L. Ingwersen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Holly Stover (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kristi Mathieson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marianne Moore (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Matthea E. L. Daughtry (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Samuel Zager (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-16 | House | RECEDE AND CONCUR | pass | 79 | 62 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | RECEDE AND CONCUR | fail | 17 | 18 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | RECEDE | pass | 22 | 13 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT | pass | 19 | 16 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | INDEFINITELY POSTPONE | fail | 16 | 19 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-365) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT | pass | 20 | 15 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | ADOPT COMMITTEE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT | pass | 20 | 15 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED | pass | 18 | 15 | | | 2025-06-10 | House | RECEDE AND CONCUR | fail | 67 | 76 | | | 2025-06-09 | Senate | ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT | fail | 17 | 18 | | | 2025-06-04 | House | ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP | pass | 74 | 64 | | ## Actions (12) - 2025-06-20: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 375 - 2025-06-16: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-06-16: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-16: The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) thereto.ROLL CALL NO. 508(Yeas 79 - Nays 62 - Absent 8 - Excused 2)ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-12: Motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York to RECEDE AND CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) Report FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 481 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York to RECEDE from ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 482 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 483 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 READ ONCE Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Bill and accompanying papers FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 484 Yeas 16 - Nays 19 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) READ On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) READ and ADOPTED. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 485 Yeas 20 - Nays 15 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) As Amended By Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) ADOPTED thereto. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 486 Yeas 20 - Nays 15 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Assigned for Second Reading in One Hour PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) thereto, in NON-CONCURRENCE. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 499 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Sent down for concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-06-11: RELEASED.ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-10: Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST. Motion of Representative JAVNER of Chester to RECEDE and CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.ROLL CALL NO. 396(Yeas 67 - Nays 76 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.HELD at the Request of Representative MEYER of Eliot. (House) - 2025-06-09: Taken from the table by the President Motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report FAILED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 399 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in NON-CONCURRENCE. Sent down for concurrence (Senate) - 2025-06-05: Reports READ On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT. Unfinished Business (Senate) - 2025-06-04: Reports READ.On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 320(Yeas 74 - Nays 64 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-433) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-433). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 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. (House) - 2025-02-20: Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (House) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (H-433), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=2&snum=132) - Amendment S-A to C-A (S-365), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=4&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=5&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Amendment C-A (H-433), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=2&snum=132) - [Amendment S-A to C-A (S-365), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=4&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=5&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0381&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD613-132 (as of 2026-10-19).