---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Primary Care Reporting By The Maine Quality Forum And To Establish The Primary Care Advisory Council"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Primary Care Reporting By The Maine Quality Forum And To Establish The Primary Care Advisory Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1497"
citation: "Maine LD 1497 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "PLANNING", "QUALITY FORUM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuel ZAGER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-08"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a77b540e-a81c-4098-a8bd-869268d62a31"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098263"
source_hash: "2f4a0245be94c8346fc27d170ff83993036ef46fb351244dac9b1d3da7ca9074"
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 1497 (132) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Primary Care Reporting By The Maine Quality Forum And To Establish The Primary Care Advisory Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-268)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0981&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0981&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1497 HP 981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0981&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Samuel ZAGER — primary (person)
- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-08** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-268). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-268) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-268), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-23T04:00:00+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/a77b540e-a81c-4098-a8bd-869268d62a31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).