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LD532 • 2025

An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings

An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings

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Did Not Pass

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Sponsor
Representative Holly Stover
Last action
2025-06-18
Official status
Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved to INSIST on INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 632 Yeas 15 - Nays 19 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED on INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT . Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings

An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings Sponsor: Representative Holly Stover Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings Sponsor: Representative Holly Stover Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1158(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1158(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 532 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.
Adopted by House

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1158(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1158(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 532 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.
Sponsored By Representative Hasenfus of Readfield

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1158(05) HOUSE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1158(05) HOUSE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 532 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 4STATE OF MAINE 5HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6132ND LEGISLATURE 7FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 8 HOUSE AMENDMENT “ ” to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “A” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-18 House

    The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (H-576) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. 2025-06-18 Senate

    Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved to INSIST on INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 632 Yeas 15 - Nays 19 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED on INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT . Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  3. 2025-06-06 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-02-11 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings
Sponsor:
Representative Holly Stover
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 532
H.P. 351 House of Representatives, February 11, 2025
An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in
Health Care Settings
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative STOVER of Boothbay.
Cosponsored by Senator CYRWAY of Kennebec and
Representatives: ABDI of Lewiston, CLOUTIER of Lewiston, GRAHAM of North Yarmouth,
NUTTING of Oakland, SALISBURY of Westbrook, Senators: CURRY of Waldo, DUSON of
Cumberland, RENY of Lincoln.

Page 1 - 132LR1158(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §752-F, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 455, §2, is amended to read:
3§752-F. Assault in an emergency room on a health care worker
41. A person is guilty of assault in an emergency room on a health care worker if that
5 person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to a person employed or
6 contracted by a hospital licensed under Title 22, chapter 405 if or a person employed or
7 contracted by a health care entity, as defined in Title 22, section 1718-B, subsection 1,
8 paragraph B, that is licensed by the State to provide health care and the injury occurs in the
9 hospital's designated emergency room course of the person's employment as a health care
10 worker.
112. Assault in an emergency room on a health care worker is a Class C crime.
12SUMMARY
13 This bill expands the statute related to assault on emergency room workers to include
14 all health care workers or persons employed or contracted by a health care entity licensed
15 by the State.
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