# Maine LD 882: An Act to Protect Communication with Providers of Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer Support Maine LD 882, An Act to Protect Communication with Providers of Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer Support, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Suzanne Salisbury (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 678) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD882-132 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 882 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Protect Communication with Providers of Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer Support - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-04 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 678 - Sponsor: Suzanne Salisbury (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - DELIVERY - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (209 yes, 115 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Law now covers peer support: benefit, low. The chapter is retitled to include peer support. It repeals two old sections and replaces them with updated rules and definitions. This clarifies that the law applies to both critical incident stress management and peer support across public and private safety providers. - Stronger privacy for peer support talks: mixed, low. The law makes peer support and critical incident stress talks, meetings, and records private. They cannot be used in court, discovery, or by subpoena. A peer supporter or participant does not have to testify unless the affected person asks or agrees. Nonidentifying stats can be shared for evaluatio… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Suzanne Salisbury (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Holly Stover (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kristen Cloutier (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kristi Mathieson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lori Gramlich (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Parnell Terry (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-02 | Senate | ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT | pass | 32 | 1 | | | 2026-03-31 | House | ADOPT HAH-940 to CAH-926 | fail | 54 | 92 | | | 2026-03-31 | House | ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP | pass | 123 | 22 | | ## Actions (9) - 2026-04-13: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 678 - 2026-04-06: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-04-06: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-04-02: Reports READOn motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 837 Yeas 32 - Nays 1 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (H-926) READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-926) in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Reports READ.On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 704(Yeas 123 - Nays 22 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-926) was READ.On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, House Amendment "A" (H-940) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-926) was READ and FAILED ADOPTION.ROLL CALL NO. 705(Yeas 54 - Nays 92 - Absent 4 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (H-926) was ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-926).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-25: Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (House) - 2025-03-21: Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. (House) - 2025-03-04: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed. On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (H-926), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0568&item=3&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0568&item=5&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0568&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Amendment C-A (H-926), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0568&item=3&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0568&item=5&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0568&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD882-132 (as of 2026-10-19).