---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require School Identification Cards To Include The Telephone Number Of A Suicide Prevention Hotline"
description: "An Act To Require School Identification Cards To Include The Telephone Number Of A Suicide Prevention Hotline"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1263"
citation: "Maine LD 1263 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL POLICIES", "STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH", "SUICIDE PREVENTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheila LYMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e52e57e-45ad-49da-9a7e-ec5b806b765d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087886"
source_hash: "63db7dbd1ee8a297207de2d4c9f123fd68cae62906af01c402ea91148e9032d6"
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 (131) — An Act To Require School Identification Cards To Include The Telephone Number Of A Suicide Prevention Hotline

## 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=HP0811&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0811&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0811&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Sheila LYMAN — primary (person)
- Heidi SAMPSON — cosponsor (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-21** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 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.
- **2023-06-20** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-20** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-645) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-645). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-645) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-645) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-03-21** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2024-03-21** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e52e57e-45ad-49da-9a7e-ec5b806b765d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).