---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Public Safety Answering Point And Dispatch Center Cost Reporting And To Direct The Formation Of A Staffing And Recruiting Stakeholder Group"
description: "An Act To Require Public Safety Answering Point And Dispatch Center Cost Reporting And To Direct The Formation Of A Staffing And Recruiting Stakeholder Group"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2278"
citation: "Maine LD 2278 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEM", "PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d270c5-0b7e-4d54-8824-64e561664a99"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092675"
source_hash: "23a60ea1cc2f498c26bac1bcca91911616b98a0843aaf32af5b0d4f2ea6d621d"
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 2278 (131) — An Act To Require Public Safety Answering Point And Dispatch Center Cost Reporting And To Direct The Formation Of A Staffing And Recruiting Stakeholder Group

## 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=SP0993&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0993&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-25** Reported that the same Ought to Pass, pusuant to Public Law 2023, chapter 186, section 3.
- **2024-03-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2024-03-27** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Comes From Committee - EUT
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4d270c5-0b7e-4d54-8824-64e561664a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).