---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Service Of Notice Of Restricted Person Status To Hospitalized Patients"
description: "An Act Regarding Service Of Notice Of Restricted Person Status To Hospitalized Patients"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 983"
citation: "Maine LD 983 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAL RIGHTS", "PATIENTS RIGHTS", "RESTRICTED PERSON STATUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be41519-696d-4c42-a1d7-e41d94503504"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097242"
source_hash: "9da73035c86bf70dce162bb0093b7021eabae26299e2f7b816920927d785397f"
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 983 (132) — An Act Regarding Service Of Notice Of Restricted Person Status To Hospitalized Patients

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-57)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0413&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0413&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 983 SP 413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0413&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- David HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-03-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2025-05-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-57) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-57). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-57). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be41519-696d-4c42-a1d7-e41d94503504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).