ME LD82 | 2025-2026 | 132nd Legislature
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Passed on June 25 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-25 - PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Passed on June 25 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-25 - PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws by Extending Indefinitely the Presumption Applying to Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Title
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws by Extending Indefinitely the Presumption Applying to Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Sponsors
| Rep. Kristi Mathieson [D] | Rep. Ryan Fecteau [D] | Rep. Michel Lajoie [D] | Sen. Mark Lawrence [D] |
| Rep. Michele Meyer [D] |
Roll Calls
2025-05-20 - House - Enactment - Mandate RC #161 (Y: 134 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 11) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-25 | Senate | PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence. |
| 2025-06-25 | Senate | On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table |
| 2025-05-21 | Senate | On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required |
| 2025-05-20 | House | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| 2025-05-20 | House | ROLL CALL NO. 161 (Yeas 134 - Nays 6 - Absent 11 - Excused 0) |
| 2025-05-20 | House | PASSED TO BE ENACTED. |
| 2025-05-20 | House | In accordance with the provisions of Section 21 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary. |
| 2025-05-14 | Senate | Ordered sent down forthwith. |
| 2025-05-14 | Senate | Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-134), in concurrence. |
| 2025-05-14 | Senate | Committee Amendment "A" (H-134) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. |
| 2025-05-14 | Senate | READ ONCE. |
| 2025-05-14 | Senate | Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence. |
| 2025-05-13 | House | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| 2025-05-13 | House | The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-134). |
| 2025-05-13 | House | Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY. |
| 2025-05-13 | House | CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY |
| 2025-05-09 | Joint | Reported Out: OTP-AM |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. |
| 2025-02-12 | Joint | Voted: OTP-AM |
| 2025-02-12 | Joint | Work Session Held |
| 2025-01-06 | House | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. |
| 2025-01-06 | House | Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025. |
