---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Patients And The Prudent Layperson Standard"
description: "An Act To Protect Patients And The Prudent Layperson Standard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1155"
citation: "Maine LD 1155 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRUDENT LAYPERSON STANDARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/767b7a48-9ce8-430e-b4f9-7a605e2cdf1e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072313"
source_hash: "0ad01f38d5f230330070e283a11cf883d066b064e516a949bebf1277a9233379"
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 1155 (129) — An Act To Protect Patients And The Prudent Layperson Standard

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0844&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0844&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0844&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory SWALLOW — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-372).
- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-372) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-372), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 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/767b7a48-9ce8-430e-b4f9-7a605e2cdf1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).