republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-565.md

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Maine LD 565 (128) — An Act To Address Maine'S Opiate Addiction Crisis

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration - Veto — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration - Veto — 121–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• CHIPMAN — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-02-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-08-02 CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
• 2017-08-02 Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
• 2018-03-06 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2018-03-06 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2018-03-06 Committee Amendment "A" (S-372) READ and ADOPTED
• 2018-03-06 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-372) reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Sent down for concurrence
• 2018-03-15 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2018-03-15 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2018-03-15 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-372).
• 2018-03-15 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-03-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-22 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-04-04 LD 565 In Senate, April 4, 2018, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 32 IN FAVOR and 0 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. veto-override-passage
• 2018-04-04 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2018-04-05 This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"
• 2018-04-05 ROLL CALL NO. 573V
• 2018-04-05 121 having voted in the affirmative and 21 in the negative, with 9 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since two-thirds of the members of the House so voted.
• 2018-04-05 In concurrence. Sent to the Engrossing Department. became-law
• 2018-04-05 Ordered Sent Forthwith.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/780e8e0f-3137-4e2b-9622-1a55e851a598. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).