---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Remove Veterinarians From The Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program"
description: "An Act To Remove Veterinarians From The Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1730"
citation: "Maine LD 1730 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "EXEMPT VETERINARIANS FROM MONITORIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAMPER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e57f1eee-8cbc-49b2-a0d4-8a221b98f953"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067177"
source_hash: "fa6a9809dac102fecb91195165d90a6f8b08ab885d03b6c4244065db35b1cfff"
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 1730 (128) — An Act To Remove Veterinarians From The Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program

## 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/SP062901.asp)

## Sponsors

- HAMPER — primary (person)
- BERRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2018-03-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-422) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-422). `reading-2`
- **2018-03-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2018-03-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-03-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-03-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-422).
- **2018-03-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-04** 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/e57f1eee-8cbc-49b2-a0d4-8a221b98f953`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).