---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Telehealth"
description: "An Act Regarding Telehealth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1263"
citation: "Maine LD 1263 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "DELIVERY", "TELEHEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geoffrey GRATWICK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6f9f83e-6efd-453c-a775-100c3722350b"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072449"
source_hash: "c9d4ae94dbe698d46377dd302bff491a286ce8d45ea071e92168336da216fc06"
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 1263 (129) — An Act Regarding Telehealth

## 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=SP0383&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **126–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geoffrey GRATWICK — primary (person)
- Abigail GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** Reports Read
- **2019-06-03** On motion by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-03** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-176) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-176) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-04** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-04** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 174
- **2019-06-04** (Yeas 126 - Nays 14 - Absent 8 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-176) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-176).
- **2019-06-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 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/b6f9f83e-6efd-453c-a775-100c3722350b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).