---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Cardiac Emergency Response Plans And Athletic Emergency Action Plans For Schools And School-Sponsored Athletic Events"
description: "An Act To Require Cardiac Emergency Response Plans And Athletic Emergency Action Plans For Schools And School-Sponsored Athletic Events"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 587"
citation: "Maine LD 587 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CARDIAC EMERGENCY PLANS", "MEDICAL", "SCHOOL POLICIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e64e7c1-c29c-4bc2-98f3-748ab5ce36a3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096596"
source_hash: "cdf2f7ff1f3366df46de5cdb87cab302421365613718648ee0d9c788de91b25b"
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 587 (132) — An Act To Require Cardiac Emergency Response Plans And Athletic Emergency Action Plans For Schools And School-Sponsored Athletic Events

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-214)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0270&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-272)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0270&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0270&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 587 SP 270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0270&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **27–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
- Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
- Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ
- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2025-06-05** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-06-05** Senator RAFFERTY of York moved to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) Report. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 370 Yeas 27 - Nays 5 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-05** Subsequently, The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-05** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) READ
- **2025-06-05** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York Senate Amendment "A" (S-272) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-272) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-272) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-09** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) was READ.
- **2025-06-09** Senate Amendment "A" (S-272) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-214) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-272) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-214). as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-272) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+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/4e64e7c1-c29c-4bc2-98f3-748ab5ce36a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).