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+type: "Bill"
+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"
+description: "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"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 82"
+citation: "Maine LD 82 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BENEFITS", "PTSD SUPPORT", "WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kristi MATHIESON"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/954a9a9b-4a28-4e45-9eb3-bff58b80c757"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095616"
+source_hash: "451c7fed55e9b228618fb53ff36ea6c9906b551724014bf96169fbef3f86f961"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 82 (132) — 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
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (H-134)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0046&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Chapter 433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0046&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **LD 82 HP 46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0046&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Enactment - Mandate — **134–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kristi MATHIESON — primary (person)
+- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
+- Michel LAJOIE — cosponsor (person)
+- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025. `receipt`
+- **2025-01-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
+- **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.
+- **2025-05-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
+- **2025-05-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-134). `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
+- **2025-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-134) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-134), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
+- **2025-05-20** 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.
+- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-05-20** ROLL CALL NO. 161
+- **2025-05-20** (Yeas 134 - Nays 6 - Absent 11 - Excused 0)
+- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-21** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required
+- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
+- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
+- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/954a9a9b-4a28-4e45-9eb3-bff58b80c757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+