---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Funding To Emergency Medical Services Organizations"
description: "An Act To Provide Funding To Emergency Medical Services Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 526"
citation: "Maine LD 526 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "FUNDING", "SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b56869ec-0676-410e-8fb4-bfa712ee7384"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086032"
source_hash: "cf1b579621f3ed4143124226d391d7b4e8b80a6ee21fb39525699ef2c1e81ba3"
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 526 (131) — An Act To Provide Funding To Emergency Medical Services Organizations

## 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=HP0331&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0331&item=7&snum=131)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0331&item=3&snum=131)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0331&item=1&snum=131)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0331&item=5&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-15** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-15** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-528). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-16** Reports READ
- **2023-06-16** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** 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-528) `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-500) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-500) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-500) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-07-26** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-528) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-500) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-26** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-14T04:00:00+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/b56869ec-0676-410e-8fb4-bfa712ee7384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).