---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Reasonable And Clinically Appropriate Exceptions To Opioid Medication Prescribing Limits"
description: "An Act To Establish Reasonable And Clinically Appropriate Exceptions To Opioid Medication Prescribing Limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1031"
citation: "Maine LD 1031 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "OPIOIDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRATWICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2017-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a51b9c98-2844-4501-a9e3-223c28ee3327"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064020"
source_hash: "1ac9e60dd2600a0b898a161b541c480c194b24c0b452a074a9d4205ab434f0a4"
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 1031 (128) — An Act To Establish Reasonable And Clinically Appropriate Exceptions To Opioid Medication Prescribing Limits

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP033801.asp)

## Sponsors

- GRATWICK — primary (person)
- BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CHACE — cosponsor (person)
- CUSHING — cosponsor (person)
- DILL — cosponsor (person)
- STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- VOLK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-14** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-03-14** REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- **2017-03-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-03-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-242) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-242). `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-06-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-242).
- **2017-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a51b9c98-2844-4501-a9e3-223c28ee3327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).