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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Maine Human Rights Act   Updated through the 130th Legislature Introduction This legislative history covers efforts to amend the Maine Human Rights Act (5 MRS §4551 et seq) to include protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Browse by Session Law / LD:   Session Law / LD LD 1419 (108th Legis. 1977) LD 860 (109th Legis. 1979) LD 961 (110th Legis. 1981) LD 679 (111th Legis. 1983) LD 1249 (112th Legis. 1985) LD 602 (113th Legis. 1987) LD 556 (114th Legis. 1989) LD 430 (115th Legis. 1991) LD 246 (116th Legis. 1993) LD 310 (117th Legis. 1995) LD 1448 (117th Legis. 1995) PL 1997, c. 205 PL 1999, c. 629 PL 2005, c. 10 LD 908 (122nd Legis. 2005) LD 1365 (122nd Legis. 2005) PL 2019, c. 464 LD 1703 (129th Legis. 2019) PL 2021, c. 366 LD 982 (130th Legis. 2021)

Year	LD	Amendments	Final Disposition	Legislative Record Debate & Remarks	Other Documents & News Clips	Full LD History
1977	LD 1419 An Act to Include the Term "Sexual or Affectional Preference" in the Maine Human Rights Act	Proposed amendment: H-444	ONTP	House, June 1. 1977 p. 1350-1356 Senate, June 2, 1977 p. 1411-1412 Roll Call Votes	News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	N/A
1979	LD 860 An Act to Include the Term "Sexual or Affectional Orientation" in the Maine Human Rights Act	N/A	ONTP	House, April 26, 1979 p. 880-883 Senate, April 27, 1979 p. 916 Roll Call Votes	News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	N/A
1981	LD 961 An Act to Include the Term "Sexual or Affectional Orientation" in the Maine Human Rights Act	N/A	Died between houses	Senate, May 8, 1981 p. 1006-1009 House, May 11, 1981 p. 1013-1016 Roll Call Votes	News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1983	LD 679 An Act to Include the Term "Sexual or Affectional Orientation" in the Maine Human Rights Act	Proposed amendments: S-117 S-123	Died between houses	Senate, May 16, 1983 p. 885-887 House, May 17, 1983 p. 890-895 House, May 18, 1983 p. 916 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1985	LD 1249 An Act to Include the Term 'Sexual Orientation' in the Maine Human Rights Act	Proposed amendment: S-221	Died between houses	House, June 7, 1985 p. 1075-1079 Senate, June 7, 1985 p. 1093-1094 House, June 10, 1985 p. 1097-1098 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1987	LD 602 An Act to Include the Term Sexual Orientation in the Maine Human Rights Act	N/A	Majority ONTP accepted by Senate House: Indefinitely postponed	House, May 27, 1987 p. 1055-1063 Senate, May 27, 1987 p. 1071-1074 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1989	LD 556 An Act to Prevent Discrimination	Proposed amendments: H-211 H-236 H-319	Died between houses	House, May 18, 1989 p. 852-859 House, May 19, 1989 p. 882-887 Senate, May 22, 1989 p. 916-924 House, May 30, 1989 p. 1016-1019 Senate, May 31, 1989 p. 1043-1045 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1991	LD 430 An Act to Prevent Discrimination	Proposed amendments: H-60 S-32 S-33	Died between houses	Senate, March 28, 1991 p. S-396-S-411 House, April 1, 1991 p. H-411-H-428 Senate, April 11, 1991 p. S-459-S-460 Senate, April 11, 1991 p. S-472 House, April 16, 1991 p. H-507-H-515 Senate, April 16, 1991 p. S-481 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1993	LD 246 An Act to Prevent Discrimination	Proposed amendments: S-57     H-147  S-60     H-149 S-61     H-151 S-62     H-152 S-63     H-153 S-64     H-159 S-65     H-160 S-66     H-161 S-77     H-162	Veto sustained	Senate, April 12, 1993 p. S-387-S-390 Senate, April 12, 1993 p. S-390-S-398 House, April 13, 1993 p. H-474-H-495 Senate, April 13, 1993 p. S-409-S-417 House, April 15, 1993 p. H-512-H-513 Senate, May 4, 1993 p. S-531-S-533 Senate, May 6, 1993 p. S-553-S-559 Senate, May 6, 1993 p. S-579 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1995	LD 1448 An Act to Reconcile Rights and Responsibilities with Respect to Sexual Orientation and Related Matters	N/A	ONTP	No debate.	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1997	LD 1116 An Act to Prevent Discrimination	Proposed amendments: H-397 H-401 H-402 H-421	PL 1997, c. 205 Repealed in People's Veto referendum Feb. 10, 1998 Yes: 145,452 No:  138,135	Senate, May 7, 1997 p. S-727-S-733 House, May 8, 1997 p. H-696-H-713 House, May 9, 1997 p. H-726 Senate, May 9, 1997 p. S-794-S-795 Senate, February 10, 1998 p. S-1590 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1999	LD 2239 An Act to Ensure Civil Rights and Prevent Discrimination	Enacted with amendment: S-624 Proposed amendments: S-625 H-1046 H-1052 H-1053	PL 1999, c. 629 Failed at referendum Nov. 7, 2000 Yes: 314,012 No:  318,846	Senate, April 3, 2000 p. S-2001-S-2007 House, April 4, 2000 p. H-2243-H-2256 House, April 5, 2000 p. H-2296-H-2298 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2005	LD 1196 An Act To Extend Civil Rights Protections to All People Regardless of Sexual Orientation	Enacted with amendment: H-92 Proposed amendments: H-82     H-89 H-83     H-94 H-84     H-95 H-85     S-38 H-86     S-44 H-87     S-48 H-88	PL 2005, c. 10 Survived People's Veto referendum  Nov. 8, 2005  Yes: 181,926 No:  223,274	Senate, March 28, 2005 p. S-336-S-339 House, March 29, 2005 p. H-291-H-307 Senate, March 29, 2005 p. S-349-S-352 Senate, March 29, 2005 p. S-353-S-355 Senate, March 30, 2005 p. S-365 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2005	LD 1365 An Act To End Discrimination	N/A	ONTP	No debate.	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2019	LD 1701 An Act To Clarify Various Provisions of the Maine Human Rights Act	Enacted with amendment: H-652	PL 2019, c. 464	Senate, June 19, 2019 p. S-1201-S-1203 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2019	LD 1703 An Act To Improve Consistency within the Maine Human Rights Act	Proposed amendments: H-643 H-654 H-663 H-665 S-349	Died upon conclusion of the 129th Legislature	Senate, June 19, 2019 p. S-1200-S-1201 Senate, March 3, 2020 p. S-1499-S-1501 Roll Call Votes	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2021	LD 1688 An Act To Improve Consistency in Terminology and within the Maine Human Rights Act	Enacted with amendment: S-323	PL 2021, c. 366	No debate.	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2022	LD 982 An Act To Protect against Discrimination by Public Entities	Enacted with amendment: H-1033	Died on adjournment	No debate.	Committee File:  Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes