---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Directing That The Towns Constituting Hospital Administrative District No. 4 Hold A Vote On The Proposed Merger With Northern Light Health"
description: "An Act Directing That The Towns Constituting Hospital Administrative District No. 4 Hold A Vote On The Proposed Merger With Northern Light Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1553"
citation: "Maine LD 1553 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITIES", "TOWNS", "HOSPITAL ADMIN DISTRICT 5 PROPOSED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul DAVIS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b434d2-fa19-40cd-83ad-135dc5aace2e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073291"
source_hash: "7e93cd0deb205de76e20d08368d93d22e0280a08135e2d05a2c60821ce387245"
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 1553 (129) — An Act Directing That The Towns Constituting Hospital Administrative District No. 4 Hold A Vote On The Proposed Merger With Northern Light Health

## 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=SP0488&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0488&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0488&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Paul DAVIS — primary (person)
- Lawrence LOCKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2019-04-11** On motion by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-25** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-63) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-63). `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-04-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-63).
- **2019-04-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** In accordance with the provisions of Section 21 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** 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/d8b434d2-fa19-40cd-83ad-135dc5aace2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).