Maine

Maine: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

52 bills: 18 Anti-LGBTQ+, 34 Pro-LGBTQ+. 19 are enacted (0 Anti-LGBTQ+, 19 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed331815
Enacted19019

Most recent bills

All 52 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Maine: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Maine, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152011: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2012: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 7 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 9 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+20122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Maine, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.051015201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Maine by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123452019: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+20122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Maine by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012345201120142017202020232026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
2026514101
20251596202
2024707303
2023936505
2022101000
2021633303
2020101000
2019505505
2012101000
2011220000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents523
Bathrooms & facilities541
Sports participation990
Youth gender-affirming care505
Adult gender-affirming care303
Insurance coverage110
Prisons, jails & detention211
Schools & curriculum505
Pronouns, names & outing101
Marriage, family & custody202
Nondiscrimination protections14311
Hate crimes303
Conversion therapy101
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law321
Symbolic resolutions & recognition523
Government process, funding & data202

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Sports Ban: K12990
Sports Ban: Colleges770
Broad Nondiscrimination404
Education Nondiscrimination404
Birth Certificate Or Identification303
Employment Nondiscrimination303
Forced Outing: Schools330
Holiday/Recognition303
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination303
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12330
Credit Nondiscrimination202
End Legal Recognition220
Show the other 34 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Gender Affirming Care202
Healthcare Nondiscrimination202
Housing Nondiscrimination202
Marriage Equality202
Misgendering: Forced220
Repeal Pro-LGBTQ Laws220
Sports Ban: SWSA220
Anti-Bullying101
Broad Discrimination110
Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies101
Conversion Therapy Ban101
Diaper Changing Station Bill101
Discrimination in Insurance110
Discrimination in Public Accommodations110
End Legal Recognition: SWWA110
End Trans Panic Defense101
Gender Affirming Care Protections101
Hate Crime Classification101
Hate Crime Prevention101
Inclusive Bathrooms101
Inclusive Language101
LGBTQ+ Carceral Survivor Re-Entry101
LGBTQ+ Health Care101
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Menstrual Rights101
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12110
Prisoner Nondiscrimination101
Privacy: Anti-Doxxing101
Provider Protections101
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws101
Safe State Bill101
Sports Ban: Non-Academic110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Accommodations110
Trans Segregation Bill: Shelters110

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Matthew MoonenDRepresentativeHD-11715
Ambureen RanaDRepresentativeHD-0218
Laurie OsherDRepresentativeHD-0258
Anne CarneyDSenatorSD-0296
Craig HickmanDSenatorSD-0146
Lois Galgay ReckittDRepresentativeHD-1226
Matthea Larsen DaughtryDSenatorSD-0236
Rachel Talbot RossDRepresentativeSD-0286
Amy KuhnDRepresentativeHD-1115
Eleanor SatoDRepresentativeHD-1095

All 267 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case c69623908D. Me.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-00131D. Me.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-00173D. Me.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-00324D. Me.District2025
Case n7091c93db6Maine Human Rights CommissionState agency2021
Case nb2928442dfMaine Supreme Judicial CourtState2011
Case n4e2a224f9bAndroscoggin County Superior CourtState2009

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.