---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require All Emergency Medical Services Persons To Be Trained In The Dispensing Of Naloxone Hydrochloride"
description: "An Act To Require All Emergency Medical Services Persons To Be Trained In The Dispensing Of Naloxone Hydrochloride"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 981"
citation: "Maine LD 981 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE TRAINING", "PROCEDURES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94511bec-a173-4dee-9c12-15f6175d595c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086922"
source_hash: "a5a41049bfd906b38a8f79b75549510991dc833a601b84cb27de229625d8a71d"
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 981 (131) — An Act To Require All Emergency Medical Services Persons To Be Trained In The Dispensing Of Naloxone Hydrochloride

## 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=SP0400&item=4&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0400&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0400&item=5&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)
- Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** 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
- **2023-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** 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.
- **2023-04-12** Reports READ
- **2023-04-12** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-04-12** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-04-12** Reports READ
- **2023-04-12** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2023-04-25** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-04-25** Subsequently On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Minority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-04-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-04-27** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-05-02** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Senate Amendment "A" (S-48) READ and ADOPTED
- **2023-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-48) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-05-03** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-03** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2023-05-03** Later today assigned.
- **2023-05-04** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-05-04** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Minority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Senate Amendment "A" (S-48) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-48). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - ONTP/OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94511bec-a173-4dee-9c12-15f6175d595c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).