An Act to Address the Safety of Nurses and Improve Patient Care by Enacting the Maine Quality Care Act
What it does: Creates the Maine Quality Care Act, setting minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels by patient care unit in hospitals, freestanding emergency departments and ambulatory surgical facilities, with staffing calculation, anti-retaliation, record-keeping and civil-penalty enforcement provisions. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)
Question before the chamber: REFERENCE — Refer the Bill to the Committee on Labor (L.D.1281) (S.P. 509)
The tally
Yes 18 · No 15 · Not voting 2
Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.
| Party | Yes | No | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| Republicans | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Other or unknown party | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no.
The full roll (35)
Yes 18
No 15
Not voting 2
“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.