---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Accidental Drug Overdose Death Review Panel"
description: "An Act To Establish The Accidental Drug Overdose Death Review Panel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1718"
citation: "Maine LD 1718 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE DEATH REV PNL", "ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPT", "MEDICAL EXAMINER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard EVANS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-05-19"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21671a84-ff90-459a-837e-e548b1859f36"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080948"
source_hash: "c5b55f0f74b81318b30ca63d7513e5884fe57e6a8f5670734f90ec334c0612f3"
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 1718 (130) — An Act To Establish The Accidental Drug Overdose Death Review Panel

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1273&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1273&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Richard EVANS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-19** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-06-15** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21671a84-ff90-459a-837e-e548b1859f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).