---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Nursing Facilities To Permit Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists And Physician Assistants To Perform Certain Physician Tasks"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Nursing Facilities To Permit Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists And Physician Assistants To Perform Certain Physician Tasks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1134"
citation: "Maine LD 1134 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "NURSING HOMES", "PHYSICIAN TASKS PERFORMED BY OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEWART"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-23"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb730d1-4146-4d03-9c8c-2b321ffaecfb"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064225"
source_hash: "5186cc9e453e98edcfc3fd8a301e86bc58b90c4c07e1a3ca439339dafe3ae1d8"
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 1134 (128) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Nursing Facilities To Permit Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists And Physician Assistants To Perform Certain Physician Tasks

## 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/HP079701.asp)

## Sponsors

- STEWART — primary (person)
- CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-23** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-24** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-24** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-258).
- **2017-05-24** Sent for concurrence.
- **2017-05-25** Report READ
- **2017-05-25** On motion by Senator CUSHING of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of Report
- **2017-05-25** Taken from the table by the President
- **2017-05-25** Report ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-258) READ
- **2017-05-25** On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin Senate Amendment "A" (S-144) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-258) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-258) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-144) thereto ADOPTED
- **2017-05-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-258) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-144) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-05-30** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-258) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-144) thereto.
- **2017-05-30** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-31** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-05-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 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/1fb730d1-4146-4d03-9c8c-2b321ffaecfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).