---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Specialized Risk Screening For First Responders"
description: "An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Specialized Risk Screening For First Responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 784"
citation: "Maine LD 784 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRST RESPONDERS", "HEALTH INSURANCE", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/078e0bee-e499-4992-8cb7-b3af1cff88ae"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096904"
source_hash: "5bfd742f17a43a46a51113fd64ae40184eff22ae7a1d6b8c7484dfb44d2028b9"
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 784 (132) — An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Specialized Risk Screening For First Responders

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-95)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0343&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0343&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 784 SP 343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0343&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **78–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn COPELAND — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 27, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 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.
- **2025-05-20** Reports READ
- **2025-05-20** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-05-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 181 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-95) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-95) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-21** Reports READ
- **2025-05-21** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-05-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 181 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-95) READ. READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-95) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-27** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-27** On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-27** ROLL CALL NO. 188
- **2025-05-27** (Yeas 78 - Nays 62 - Absent 11 - Excused 0)
- **2025-05-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-95) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-95). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** 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`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/REFERRED

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/078e0bee-e499-4992-8cb7-b3af1cff88ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).