---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Retirement Laws Pertaining To Participating Local Districts"
description: "An Act To Amend The Retirement Laws Pertaining To Participating Local Districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 247"
citation: "Maine LD 247 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "ADMINISTRATION", "PARTICIPATING LOCAL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MADIGAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98cfb232-843d-4a60-a7f3-dde4b840b060"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062845"
source_hash: "d06624fe09ba5b8e087aaced103e1b15ebd14da75bbbfa7a5ab4ec1a56c57fa1"
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 247 (128) — An Act To Amend The Retirement Laws Pertaining To Participating Local Districts

## 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/HP018001.asp)

## Sponsors

- MADIGAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-31** 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.
- **2018-04-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-04-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-716).
- **2018-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2018-04-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-716) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-716), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2018-04-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2018-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-18** 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/98cfb232-843d-4a60-a7f3-dde4b840b060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).