---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide For The Merger Of Hospital Administrative District No. 4 Into Mrh Corp., A Maine Nonprofit, Nonstock Private Corporation"
description: "An Act To Provide For The Merger Of Hospital Administrative District No. 4 Into Mrh Corp., A Maine Nonprofit, Nonstock Private Corporation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1708"
citation: "Maine LD 1708 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITIES", "TOWNS", "MAYO REGIONAL HOSPITAL MERGER WITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman HIGGINS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-09"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cae4e1c-fa2b-473b-88ae-e217a0f09862"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073841"
source_hash: "7501397940ae3e4723520967149e38ffa03e38b1365a900cd2d55edc49b947dd"
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 1708 (129) — An Act To Provide For The Merger Of Hospital Administrative District No. 4 Into Mrh Corp., A Maine Nonprofit, Nonstock Private Corporation

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1220&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1220&item=5&snum=129)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1220&item=1&snum=129)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1220&item=4&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Norman HIGGINS — primary (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-09** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-11** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537).
- **2019-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-11** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-537), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-12** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-12** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-537)
- **2019-06-19** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) was ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-367) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-367) thereto ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-367) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-19** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-20** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-537) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-367) thereto.
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-20** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 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/0cae4e1c-fa2b-473b-88ae-e217a0f09862`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).