---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require All Police Officers To Carry Naloxone Hydrochloride When On Duty"
description: "An Act To Require All Police Officers To Carry Naloxone Hydrochloride When On Duty"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1036"
citation: "Maine LD 1036 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NALOXONE USE BY POLICE OFFICERS", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "TREATMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nina MILLIKEN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d0997c8-b64e-4475-bc1c-7420e8f2ca98"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087061"
source_hash: "6576bb2ed0bbf6c1c260b48f8afe0263e5cf41f0da253cf7399e4dd6b195ba9d"
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 1036 (131) — An Act To Require All Police Officers To Carry Naloxone Hydrochloride When On Duty

## 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=HP0672&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0672&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0672&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0672&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nina MILLIKEN — primary (person)
- Holly EATON — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia CRAFTS — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Raegan LaROCHELLE — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy GUERRETTE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-23** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-176) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-176). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** Reports READ
- **2023-05-25** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-176) Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-25** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 181 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-176) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-176), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d0997c8-b64e-4475-bc1c-7420e8f2ca98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).