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An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements

An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Anne Graham
Last action
2025-04-25
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements

An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements Sponsor: Representative Anne Graham Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements Sponsor: Representative Anne Graham Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-25 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-04-22 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-04-17 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-04-07 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP

  5. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Voted; OTP

  7. 2025-01-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements
Sponsor:
Representative Anne Graham
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0620(02)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 59 - L.D. 94
An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1596, as amended by PL 2023, c. 416, §1, is further amended
by amending the section headnote to read:
§1596. Abortion and miscarriage data
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1596, sub-§1, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 274,
§1, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1596, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2019, c. 262, §1, is repealed.
APPROVED
APRIL 25, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
42
PUBLIC LAW