---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify The Criminal Statutes With Regard To Assaults On Emergency Medical Services Persons"
description: "An Act To Clarify The Criminal Statutes With Regard To Assaults On Emergency Medical Services Persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1119"
citation: "Maine LD 1119 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL WORKERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f63c16-bee1-4523-ab4b-2f3d909761fe"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087246"
source_hash: "eb0d483d648a555010a5a20f1521e21a61d0420430351fec3a761dc17ae38e29"
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 1119 (131) — An Act To Clarify The Criminal Statutes With Regard To Assaults On Emergency Medical Services Persons

## 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=SP0453&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0453&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0453&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0453&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- Enactment — **105–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** 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
- **2023-03-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2023-06-21** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-360) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-360) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-22** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-22** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-22** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-360) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-360). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** ROLL CALL NO. 306
- **2023-06-22** (Yeas 105 - Nays 38 - Absent 7 - Excused 1)
- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64f63c16-bee1-4523-ab4b-2f3d909761fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).