---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Pertaining To Disability Retirement Benefits Administered By The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Pertaining To Disability Retirement Benefits Administered By The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 176"
citation: "Maine LD 176 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "BENEFITS", "DISABILITY RETIREMENT PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FOLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3011c182-d601-45d0-9912-b54e93cad063"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062732"
source_hash: "227126ab8e0623910c690654bf2aa25bcb43f4facc0f238c68dd485069e71e57"
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 176 (128) — An Act To Amend The Laws Pertaining To Disability Retirement Benefits Administered By The Maine Public Employees Retirement System

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP013201.asp)

## Sponsors

- FOLEY — primary (person)
- GERRISH — cosponsor (person)
- HANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
- KATZ — cosponsor (person)
- PICCHIOTTI — cosponsor (person)
- PRESCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-26** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2017-08-02** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2018-03-27** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-03-27** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-681).
- **2018-03-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2018-03-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-681) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-681), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2018-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3011c182-d601-45d0-9912-b54e93cad063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).