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Death with Dignity Legislation Updated through the 130th Legislature Introduction This chart includes legislation proposing and enacting a legal mechanism for physician-assisted death in Maine. Following the enactment of Title 22, Chapter 418, it includes proposed and enacted changes to these statutes.

LD:   LD LD 2257 (115th Legis. 1992) LD 1420 (116th Legis. 1993) LD 748 (117th Legis. 1995) LD 916 (118th Legis. 1997) LD 2348 (119th Legis. 2000) LD 1270 (127th Legis. 2015) LD 347 (128th Legis. 2017) LD 1066 (128th Legis. 2017) LD 1313 (129th Legis. 2019)

Year	LD	Amendments	Final Disposition	Legislative Record Debate & Remarks	Other Documents & News Clips	Full LD History
1992	LD 2257 An Act Regarding the Terminally Ill	N/A	ONTP	Senate, February 20, 1992 p. S-136	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1993	LD 1420 An Act Concerning the Terminally Ill	N/A	ONTP	No debate.	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1995	LD 748 An Act to Allow Physician Assisted Deaths with Dignity for Terminally Ill Persons in Maine	Proposed amendments: H-411 H-412	Died between houses	House, June 13, 1995 p. H-951-H-962 Senate, June 14, 1995 p. S-1119-S-1123	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1997	LD 916 An Act to Allow Physician Assisted Deaths for the Terminally Ill	Proposed amendments: H-788 H-790	ONTP	House, February 11, 1998 p. H-1491-H-1504 Senate, February 12, 1998 p. S-1604-S-1610	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2000	LD 2348 An Act to Enact the Maine Death with Dignity Act	N/A	Failed at referendum Nov. 7, 2000 Yes:  315,031 No:   332,280	No debate.	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2015	LD 1270 An Act Regarding Patient-directed Care at the End of Life	N/A	Died between houses	House, June 15, 2015 p. H-836-H-844 Senate, June 15, 2015 p. S-1019-S-1025	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2017	LD 347 An Act To Support Death with Dignity	Proposed amendment: S-90	ONTP	Senate, May 18, 2017 p. S-677-S-681 House, May 23, 2017 p. H-560-H-566 House, February 27, 2018 p. H-1336	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2017	LD 1066 An Act To Promote Life with Dignity	N/A	ONTP	House, May 23, 2017 p. H-565	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2019	LD 1313 An Act To Enact the Maine Death with Dignity Act	Enacted with amendment: H-305	PL 2019, c. 271	House, May 28, 2019 p. H-673-H-680 House, May 29, 2019 p. H-700 Senate, May 30, 2019 p. S-840-S-846 House, June 3, 2019 p. H-760-H-763 Senate, June 4, 2019 p. S-899-S-900	Report:  Patient-directed care at end of life annual report (Mar. 18, 2020) Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2021	Revisor's Report	N/A	RR 2019, c. 2, §B-118	N/A	N/A	N/A