---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Maintain Mental Health Staffing At The Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center And Support Statewide Forensic Services"
description: "An Act To Maintain Mental Health Staffing At The Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center And Support Statewide Forensic Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1665"
citation: "Maine LD 1665 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS", "DOROTHEA DIX PSYCHIATRIC CENTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MALABY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-01"
last_action: "2018-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7066c44-76bd-4b8b-8332-a14e80693179"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067108"
source_hash: "2ddfdaf20698b7bb134a2c1fe4776672bb4fd1dd618797320a47a8b6f3d84150"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1665 (128) — An Act To Maintain Mental Health Staffing At The Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center And Support Statewide Forensic Services

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP115001.asp)

## Sponsors

- MALABY — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-01** Received by the Clerk of the House on November 29, 2017.
- **2017-12-01** 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. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-02-27** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-02-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-602).
- **2018-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-01** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2018-03-01** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** Committee Amendment "A" (H-602) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-602), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2018-03-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-15** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2018-04-11** On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2018-04-11** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7066c44-76bd-4b8b-8332-a14e80693179`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).