---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Central Aroostook County Emergency Medical Services Authority"
description: "An Act To Establish The Central Aroostook County Emergency Medical Services Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 2050"
citation: "Maine LD 2050 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "SYSTEM", "AROOSTOOK COUNTY AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael CARPENTER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-02-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cf70273-6d78-47d0-92c7-8e7b306d8b0f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280076006"
source_hash: "bfa6c08189e717f9e831f5b82a75cd1ef79e629c48e384f180ff67c470766b91"
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 2050 (129) — An Act To Establish The Central Aroostook County Emergency Medical Services Authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michael CARPENTER — primary (person)
- Chris JOHANSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2020-01-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-20** Reported that the same Ought to Pass.
- **2020-02-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2020-02-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** Assigned for Second Reading next Legislative Day
- **2020-02-20** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook RECONSIDERED whereby The Senate Assigned for Second Reading next Legislative Day
- **2020-02-20** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2020-02-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2020-02-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-27** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2020-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-29** 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/5cf70273-6d78-47d0-92c7-8e7b306d8b0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).