---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Maine Emergency Medical Services Act Of 1982 And Related Provisions"
description: "An Act To Amend The Maine Emergency Medical Services Act Of 1982 And Related Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1724"
citation: "Maine LD 1724 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "SYSTEM", "REGULATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan DESCHAMBAULT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fff46948-670c-4088-ad40-1304b7787016"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073914"
source_hash: "c14a68c98e969ab22909a77225b3f660ed0a0287d0dec2395232105319d38fdc"
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 1724 (129) — An Act To Amend The Maine Emergency Medical Services Act Of 1982 And Related Provisions

## 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=SP0573&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0573&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0573&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Susan DESCHAMBAULT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-05-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** Reports Read
- **2019-06-07** On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-234) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-234) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-10** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-10** On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-234) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-234).
- **2019-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** 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/fff46948-670c-4088-ad40-1304b7787016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).